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Early “Potty” Toilet Training
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Before Henry was born, I read this post about Elimination Communication and decided to give it a try. I skimmed Diaper Free and Elimination Communication websites and learned that you basically come up with two different sounds to make when your child pees and when your child poops. Then, you pay close attention to your child to figure out the small signals they give off when they are about to pee or poop. When you notice the cues, you quickly take off their diaper, hold them over a toilet, and make the sounds.
We tried to do this from birth, but we quickly realized that it was way too traumatic
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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.… Read MoreWe’ve only been implementing Montessori for eights weeks with Henry, but here’s a list of things that have been really useful to us:
- 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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To Every Mother Who Didn’t Overwhelmingly Love Her Baby Right Away
What a title, huh?… Read MoreI have to confess that I didn’t feel overwhelming love for my baby right away. When my bonus father (i.e., my father-in-law) asked Matt, “Could you ever imagine yourself loving someone so much?” right after Henry was born, I was just thankful that he hadn’t asked me. I didn’t want to lie, but I also didn’t want to seem like a bad, indifferent mother.
I didn’t beat myself up (literally or figuratively) about the fact that I didn’t feel overwhelming love for my son when he first entered the world. I know that I can’t control my emotional reactions to things; I can only control my
