Get ready for awesome because this podcast is going to inspire, challenge and encourage you with your parenting journey. Join parenting coach Laura Morley as she interviews parents and experts sharing practical ideas that you can use with your child/ren.
Are your ears painted on? Can you just do as you're told?
Have you ever had these thoughts run through your head after trying to get your toddler out the door? It can feel very frustrating trying to get a toddler to do something and resorting to shouting and yelling can be a very well worn path in the social interaction with your resistant toddler.
The good news is that if you are intentional you can improve your toddler's listening skills. In this parenting chat we talk about how to:
Be slow to comment and quick to listen. Model active listening
Reduce the number of instructions that we are giving to give our toddlers time to follow one thing at a time.
Try to get their attention before giving them an instruction. Singing to them can be a great way to cut through the noise or something they are engrossed in
Have quality time in the car while they are strapped in. There is power in developing language and modeling taking turns to talk through car chats without having some music/screen/podcast.
When you are playing with your child try giving them an old phone and playing having a conversation with them taking turns.
Audiobooks especially for quiet time instead of kids youtube or watching a cartoon can be really amazing for developing their listening comprehension.
Action rhymes are not only fun but they are sequential so kids learn to associate names with actions. Kids learn through doing and music is a powerful medium to teach things without the kids even realising.
Specific praise is key. Good boy or good girl have limited meaning for toddlers. But making a sentence to let them know what you are impressed with will up the chances of them wanting to repeat the behaviour.
Kids often do parallel play where they learn alongside someone else. Instead of counting down the minutes until when they go to bed so you can rush around getting heaps of chores done save some to do while your toddler is awake. Helping with jobs empowers kids and gives them a sense of contributing. They learn so much while doing things alongside you.
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24 Mar 2022
Getting Back into Exercise
Do you feel like you need to go to exercise confessional?
When did you last exercise?
Are you like me where you love it when you exercise and at the time wish you could do it more but when it comes down to it you don't prioritise it in your day or week?
Today I'm chatting with Renee Norman from She Moves Collective. She shares some great ideas for fitting in exercise to your busy day.If you have had a baby and are currently not exercising Renee talks about where to start. She discusses what to do if you are breastfeeding so your milk supply doesn't drop when you start exercising.
Renee explains her favourite exercise for Mums who have a baby under 4 months and why it's good for you.
Check out the show notes for this episode: https://looloo.co.nz/blogs/news/getting-back-into-exercise-after-pregnancy
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14 Mar 2022
Making Tasty and Nutritious Baby Food
Chicken liver, beetroot and pear - who would have thought that Tammy's baby would love this flavour combo!
In this parenting podcast chat, Tammy and I chatted about how easy it is to make baby food using everyday ingredients that are currently in your fridge.
There are so many families who are looking to save money on their weekly food bill right now. Making your own baby food means you can save money, create less wastage with packaging and you know exactly what is in each mouthful of food.
Put the different food that you have made into a cube tray and keep in a labelled bag so you can grab out the food when you need it without feeling that you have prepare a meal for your baby every meal from scratch.
Try using vegetables rather than fruit so they get used to different vege flavours before you introduce the sweet stuff.
Choose a time when your baby is feeling settled and happy to introduce solids. Have a time of the day where you are feeling relaxed and have the time to sit with your baby as your introduce each new food to them.
Alot of people don't want to start solids because of the mess. If you have a good bib that covers their clothes that helps to make it more manageable. Give them something that they hold onto while you are feeding them so they don't keep grabbing the spoon off you while you are trying to shovel food into their mouth.
View the show notes: https://looloo.co.nz/blogs/news/making-tasty-and-nutritious-baby-food
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