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    Essential Montessori Infant Products

    Henry’s whale mobile (from his nursery tour)

    A friend of mine from my pre-natal yoga class asked me what baby products are useful when trying to implement the Montessori philosophy at home with an infant. After I spent way too long replying to the e-mail (I should have just picked up the phone!), I realized that I should also write a post about it.

    We’ve only been implementing Montessori for eights weeks with Henry, but here’s a list of things that have been really useful to us:

    1. A movement mat: Henry spends a lot of his awake time on his movement mat, looking at mobiles, looking at his black
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    Book Review: Simple Sewing for Baby


    I’m smitten with one of my new Christmas presents: Simple Sewing for Baby by Lotta Jansdotter. Since we are entering the final stretch of pregnancy (um, a month and a half!), I have to be strategic with my time. I’m also going to have to be really careful not to overdue it, since we have a pretty packed January already. Further, I’m anticipating sleeping difficulties as “Coconut” gets heavier and heavier, so I may need even more time for napping.
    I decided to go through the book and make a list of everything I want to make and then number the projects in order from most important (i.e., do first!)
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