Sonoma Parenting 101

Toddlers are on the go and exploding in all areas of development.
The repetition of the 3 step cycle of normalization: Preparation - Activity - Rest
Toddlers need to roam, explore and discover their environment so they can gain mastery of self help skills such as toilet training and dressing themselves.
Toddlers need adults to be available for them: Physically, emotionally and as role models.

Attachment Parenting is fundamental for a deep sense of well being.
We are modeling a parenting style to our child who will later repeat this style with his own children.
During this first year of life we develop from a horizontal and completely dependent position to a moving vertical position with the beginning of independence.
Nurture your baby on all sensory levels: Touching, hearing, seeing, smelling and tasting.

We all sleep and eat, live in homes and wear clothes. All of us move about and desire to be healthy and feel protected. The food, home, clothes, transportation and health care might look very different amongst human civilizations, but in the end we all want same: Be happy, love and feel loved!
These basic needs are the foundation for peace on earth.

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Communication is one of the characteristics of our families. We communicate our boundaries, rules, roles and decisions to our children. Sometimes this communication is verbal. Other times we communicate with actions and body language.
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Nature / Nurture: How can we support brain development?
Home exercise: Crawl through your home on hands and knees and look at everything through your child's eyes.
Characteristics of families: Boundaries, Rules, Roles, Decision making process.

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The Plug-In Drug, Marie Winn, a short reading as an introduction.
The foundation of brain development are sensory experiences.
What is Child Development?

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