Baby Signing - Key Points to Succeeding

Now that you have decided you are going to teach your baby sign language you may anxiously want to see results and progress quickly but let's not forget some brief but important key points to succeeding. 1. Take It Slow: Begin with one sign a week so as to not overwhelm and confuse your baby with too many signs too soon. Once you baby has learned that first sign move on to the next sign. The time...

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Baby Ultrasounds in 3D and 4D

Fetal ultrasounds have gone high tech. Gone are the days of cheesy black and white printouts of an undistinguished blob. Today's fetal ultrasounds come in stunning 3D with amazing detail. Count all ten toes or compare baby's button nose to his dad's. The new 4D ultrasound takes 3D to the next step showing clear, full motion images of the baby long before birth. This technology has spawned an industry...

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How To Get Your Baby To Sleep At Naptime

If you baby is not napping well during her first few months of life, you may want to try to cut back on the time she is awake by 15 minute increments. If she is getting overstimulated, then she will fight sleep and be difficult to get to nap. The way to prevent this is to watch her sleepy cues to make sure that you put her down when she is beginning to get sleepy. Some parents believe that letting their child cry will harm him or her. Fifteen or twenty minutes of crying will not harm your child physically or mentally. Babies will learn to self-soothe and fall asleep by themselves, but only if...

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Signing With Your Baby: What is Involved?

Some parents may be hesitant to begin signing with their baby even after hearing all of the wonderful benefits that come from signing with your baby. After all, sign language takes years to learn, doesn't it? Not at all! Learning to sign with your baby is as easy as reading a recipe. Teaching sign language isn't a time-consuming chore. Rather, it can be worked into your life as a natural part of communication with your child as well as the rest of your family. Think of it as an extension of speech, and you talk to your baby every day. You can start as early as six months of age. Remember, though,...

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