So what do you do when your little one isn't speaking or trying to communicate with you verbally? In our modern hustle and bustle and highly competitive world, it's easy for parents to worry if their baby's verbal development seems slow or delayed.

As a childcare educator and baby massage instructor, it's second nature to me to look for and interpret those non verbal cues. I highly recommend that all parents learn to read their little one's non verbal communication and to help you, in this week's episode, you'll hear me speaking with Louise Day, who is a speech and language therapist.

Louise works with children under 5, often who are non-speaking and you'll hear us talk about:-

• Accepting your child for who they are and not projecting your own beliefs and expectations on them.
• Reading your child's non-verbal behaviour and looking for their cues and subtleties of communication.
• The importance of face to face contact and observing your child.

AND much more.

So go ahead, my dear mum. Click to listen and get started.

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