How to prepare for baby's arrival? Tips on creating a postpartum plan for the new mom, from a board certified pediatric nurse practitioner and doula. How to find postpartum support, and make sure you're set up for success with your brand new baby.

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On this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, we were joined by Sonnet Simmons, Veronica Morales Frieling, and Bryana Kappa. Sonnet and Veronica are hosts of the “Not Your Mother’s Podcast.” and co-creators of the parenting online course “Raising Children You Like” with Bryana Kappa.  We chatted about: Each of our guests’ backgrounds and […]

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How to support baby or toddler development by organizing a play space and having open ended toys and materials for learning. Baby development activities from an early childhood educator. #earlychildhoodeducation #babydevelopmentactivities #toddlerdevelopmentactivities #looseparts #openendedplay #learnwithless

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Building Empathy and Capacity for Families with Young Children With Medical Needs On this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, Ayelet sits down with Parijat Deshpande, of parijatdeshpande.com. Parijat is a leading high-risk pregnancy expert, mind-body health specialist, trauma professional, speaker and author who teaches women how to deactivate their stress response before, during […]

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Navigating Postpartum Care Can Be Tricky… In this episode of Learn With Less, Ayelet sat down with Arianna Taboada, a maternal health consultant for businesses and entrepreneurs. Arianna holds a Masters of Social Work and Master of Science in Maternal & Child Health, and was introduced to the maternal health field as a public health professional […]

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She envisioned more for herself – beyond the classroom Over the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing a lot with you about the value and benefits of leading caregiver / baby “mommy & me” style family enrichment classes or workshops. We use the term “caregiver & me” classes to describe our programming, as it describes […]

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What babies and toddlers are learning through daily routines interactions and the environment: why routine is important for early development

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What is "hands-on" learning for babies and toddlers, and why is it so important? An Early Childhood Development Specialist tells all.

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Surviving the NICU with micro-preemies... while she had a toddler at home. What this pediatric occupational therapist and mother did to support her babies. Featuring Jennifer Russell

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How do we support our child's behavior by understanding their emotional state? We do it through a process of "co-regulation." Our kids' regulation and behavior is often a mirror of our internal state. In this episode, we explore how the "stories" we tell ourselves about what our children's behavior means... actually affects our ability to support them!

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