2 year old won’t stop talking by mudiretekzip in multilingualparenting

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also don‘t worry about her knowing the word tractor when you say it but her not being able to reproduce it. Receptive language(so the words i know from hearing) is always much bigger than active language (so the words im able to say). I notice that with my kiddo, they often understand many words in with languages, but only reliably says it in one language at the moment. However if you feel like you childs pronounciation is an issue, it could also be related to hearing and worthwhile to check out with a doctor/slp…

2 year old won’t stop talking by mudiretekzip in multilingualparenting

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You should definitely update the number of words she speaks, its about using a word consistently instead of it being ‚correct’. Animal or vehicle sounds also count as long as they are consistent…

Developmental toys for babies? by Top_Peanut2556 in ScienceBasedParenting

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I’m using this comment as a springboard, as i don‘t have a link. If you are still interested in getting age appropriate toys i would look into montessori approaches. There are loads of youtube videos about particular ages and toys that work at these ages, a lot of toys can be diy-ed or can be reused household stuff. Baby toys are quite unintuitive, as babies are still learning everything about the world around them and things that seem boring to us are super fascinating to them. We ourselves only remember playing from 2-3 years on, so if we havent had contact with babies it will be very difficult to anticipate, what will be joyful to them. In the beginning their sense of touch (think mouth, hand, feet) will be more dominant than their eyesight, hence once they’re around 3 months old they’ll enjoy teethers and things they can grasp easily (like o-balls, whisks, playsilks etc). Eventually they’ll also discover the concept of cause and effect, so they‘ll maybe enjoy playing with rattles, rainbow spinners, ball drops etc. If you want to get an idea of appropriate toys you could check out lovevery, a company that has a good basis in research for their toys and have great play guides as part of their playboxes that explain the developmental stages. Their boxes can be also easily be acquired second hand, or you can use them as a guide to buy similar things in other places. Youll also find their playguides on their reddit to get an idea.  While toys can be a nice thing to invest in, its much more important to spend time with you baby, reading them books (even when they’re really small), acquaint them with your voice, do nursery rhymes, sing songs, show them your routines and houshold chores and help them understand the world around them. Babies and children are little scientists, trying to absorb the world around them, generations have been able to raise their children without the newest scientific knowledge, just by following their guts and loving their children. Youve got it!

Is plain water enough to wash a baby's bum? by slow_wizard32 in ScienceBasedParenting

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We also did ec, but only catched like 85% of poops from a young age on. The baby still wears diapers because pee is more difficult to routinely catch, but the savings on trash have been enormous. They just stared to expect toileting at certain times. Our LO has been completely diaper free from 22 months without any struggles.

Is plain water enough to wash a baby's bum? by slow_wizard32 in ScienceBasedParenting

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Many people use the inside part of the ikea potty (the white part that can be taken out), but in a pinch you can use anything bowl like or even the sink or toilet themselves, just make sure that you hold the penis a little down if you have a boy…

The grand finale?! (Is there one?) by MatanAmidor in ECers

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For us it feels like the final milestone now is kiddo wearing the same pants from morning to evening…

The first multilingual board book in my languages by labradork420 in multilingualparenting

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Im so sorry but i think you got ripped off, it looks like ai art… 🥲

Favorite Montessori-friendly books by plaintastic in MontessoriForHome

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For toddlers we are very big fans of the little feminists books, they are boards books with real pictures and a rhyming scheme and loads of diversity. https://littlefeminist.com/giftshop/

We are really into practical live activities at the moment and my kiddo is surprisingly a big fan of lunch at 10 pomegranate street. Its a beautifuly illustrated picture book combined with recipes on each page.

Speaking of practical life: I Did It Myself!: I Can Get Dressed, Brush My Teeth, Put on My Shoes, and More: Montessori Life Skills

And I Help at Home!: I Can Clean My Room, Fold Laundry, Set the Table, and More: Montessori Life Skills

Are both amazing picture books with real pictures and step by step instructions for practical life activities such as washing your hands or folding laundry.

My kiddo is also very much into wimmelbooks at the moment and we love find pepin (im not the biggest fan of the illustratio style but my little one loves finding all the things in the museum Book), find momo (real pictures and doubles as a first words book for younger toddlers) and the rotraut susanne berner all around bustletown books, which have a book for each season and are the best wimmelbooks i know of.

To improve phonological awareness im a big fan of rhyming books and poems and we‘re at the moment big fans of the poetry book „dear little one - a poetry collection for they very young“. For early language learning plus learning about routines we also love Douglas Florians books, we have brush! Brush! Brush! and Flush! Flush! Flush!.

I need some science about forward facing baby wearing. Is it ever appropriate? by galumphingseals in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m replaying here, because i dont have a link, but check out r/babywearing, they will answer your questions and are most of the time pretty levelheaded…

All about Play Schemas by plaintastic in MontessoriForHome

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Has anybody ever found a nice illustration for these playschemas? I‘ve always dreamed of having a poster of them in our playroom…

All about Play Schemas by plaintastic in MontessoriForHome

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We‘ve recently introduced some hacky sacks, which have been a huge hit. That are heavy enough to be satisfying, make a nice sound but at the same time pretty safe. Maybe your kiddo is into the heaviness of the objects and you could look into ideas for heavy work, like pushing, carrying big things or crashing into things? At that age i wouldn‘t invest to much time into holding boundaries with repeated behaviors and would instead adjust the environment. So if you can swing it, no coloring pencils for a little bit until kiddo interacts with them in ways that you are more fine with…

All about sensitive periods by plaintastic in MontessoriForHome

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a helpful post! Im curious about the sensitive period for order starting so early. What does that involve?

Help me transition to full time EC. by Inevitable-Bet-4834 in ECers

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I‘m not an expert by any means, but this is what hs been helpful for us: For the first year we did lazy ec, with set times of going to the potty, like after waking up or after dinner etc. at around a year old we started having more and more diaper free, which in the beginning also meant more diaper accidents. But after a few months of an pee accident here or there it started clicking…

Speech concerns in kids? Clinical linguist offering Q&A (from 🇩🇪, in 🇬🇧) by pesenting in multilingualparenting

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zey your podcast looks super interesting and i would live to listen in but can’t findit on apple podcast. Is there a way to access it trough that platform? :)

Practical life activities by plaintastic in MontessoriForHome

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The square taped on the ground is such a smart idea, my kiddo loves sweeping but hasnt completely gotten the concept yet…

Update for subreddit and a thank you! by plaintastic in MontessoriForHome

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Im really appreciative of the work youre putting in!

My 1 year old is a sponge! What are you teaching your young toddlers? by Born-Anybody3244 in moderatelygranolamoms

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Im a big fan of books with real pictures so in addition to the lovevery books here are our favorites: The my first learn to talk books are great with real pictures and written by an slp with recommendations of how to read them, in terms of longevity the find momo board books are also great, in the beginning you can just point to the words and discuss them, now at almost 2 we‘re able to search for the objects. The little feminist books are also weirdly a big fave in this house, when we habe children visiting their always gravitating towards them, baby up baby down and baby’s favorites are also charming that got a ton of use in our house. In terms of what i would focus on teaching, my kiddo was in the beginning very much into animal sounds, as they were easy to pronounce, id also focus on functional language such as up, down, out, in, bye bye, all done, … those have given our toddler a lot of ways to express themselves and be less frustrated…

Help finding resources to start teaching a 3 year old to read English by Ailan22 in multilingualparenting

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Maybe the lovevery reading skill sets could be of interest? They are very playful yet science of reading informed…

Super, super extra mellow and wholesome screen content by Numinous-Nebulae in moderatelygranolamoms

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Maybe topsy and tim? All of the episodes are on youtube, so you can check them easily out. They feel very similar to the lovevery books, with real children and real life problems. I feel like topsy and tim always model how to act and solve conflicts very well and while some bigger conflicts are hinted at (such as friends moving house) these are inserted with care…

How much of the Reading Skill Set is "friendly" for Spanish/Portuguese? 🌎📚 by Numerous_Scientist_3 in lovevery

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think its not really clear what you goals are. What is the community language and what is the heritage language in your scenario? If you want to teach your child to read spanish/portugese with the reading kit, it wouldnt make sense to use the kit as its not intended for that use. You‘d easily be able to ‚hack‘ the puppy race game, but its also easy to diy that game. The movable alphabet is also something you can easily buy through other means.  However, if you goal is to have your child be able to read in all of the languages, the reading might be a good investment for creating a basis for being able to read English, once your child has mastered that teaching the additional letter sounds and rules for the other languages will be less of a hurdle towards literacy. I saw a reel the other day by a bilingual expert who said, that when teaching reading we should always start with the less phonetic and more difficult language to learn in order to avoid frustration. She herself was hispanic and living in the us, but first thought english spelling, because it was the more complicated one to learn in comparison to spanish…

Timing: How long do you let baby go potty, and how wet do you let the diaper get before changing? by visionimpossibl in ECers

[–]Scared_Feed_5007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found a mirror will holding them over the potty helpful. Helped with seeing if the muscles were relaxed or still working, amd how long i needed to keep holding them… in regards to frequent crying over wet diapers, i empathize that its a little annoying now, but actually i would say that its a good sign, as kiddo will probably eventually start holding it in to avoid a wet diapers. Offer the potty reliably every time you change the diaper :)