Why Does My Baby Copy Me? The Remarkable Development Hidden Inside Mirroring You open your mouth and your baby opens theirs. You make a soft “ooo” sound and, after a long and serious pause, they attempt something similar. Later, they begin clapping when you clap, waving when you wave or copying the expression you make […]
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Does My Baby Know I Love Them? How Babies Experience Love Before They Understand the Words There are moments in parenthood when love feels enormous. It is there when your baby falls asleep against your chest, when they recognise your face across a room or when a tiny hand closes around your finger. Then there […]
How to Help Your Baby Crawl Without Trying to Teach Them to Crawl There is a strange moment in babyhood when the floor suddenly becomes very interesting. Your baby spots the muslin cloth, the remote control, the dog’s tail or the one object you were absolutely certain was out of reach. They stretch, wriggle, rock, […]
How to Encourage Your Baby to Talk: The Conversations That Begin Long Before First Words Your baby may be months away from saying “mama”, “dada” or the name of the family dog, but that does not mean language development is waiting to begin. From the moment your baby starts to recognise your voice, watch your […]
Does My Baby Get Bored? What Your Baby’s Brain Really Needs From Play There is a particular point in the summer holidays when the days begin to feel very long. Your usual groups may have paused, friends are away and the weather cannot decide whether it wants to deliver a heatwave or torrential rain. You […]
Does My Baby Need Entertaining All Day? Why Doing Less Might Be One of the Best Things for Your Baby There is a moment that almost every new parent experiences, although very few of us admit it out loud. It’s usually sometime around three o’clock in the afternoon. The morning has disappeared in a blur […]
How Do Babies Learn? The Surprising Science Behind Your Baby’s First Year “Have we actually done anything today?” It’s one of the questions I’ve heard more times than I can count. Usually it’s said with a little shrug while parents are packing away the changing bag after class. “We had a slow morning really. […]
Why Does My Baby Love Looking at Other Babies? The Beautiful Reason They’re Fascinated by Each Other There is a moment that happens in almost every Adventure Babies class. It isn’t always during the big exciting parts of the story. It isn’t necessarily when the bubbles appear or when a puppet suddenly pops out […]
How to Read to a Wriggly Baby (Because They Were Never Meant to Sit Still) You imagined cosy story times. A comfy chair. A beautiful picture book. Your baby snuggled on your lap, gazing up at every page while you read in your best storyteller voice. Instead… You get halfway through the first page […]
