{"id":4455,"date":"2016-01-05T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T18:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2016-01-04T13:01:25","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:01:25","slug":"52-weeks-of-talking-to-our-kids-baby-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-of-talking-to-our-kids-baby-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids\u2014Baby Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids - Baby Talk\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-of-talking-to-our-kids-baby-talk\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids - Baby Talk\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1445\/23546919153_04212fd489_z.jpg\" alt=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids - Baby Talk\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are the most balanced baby people I know! No extremes here of nursing a child on demand until age three \u2014or of putting a baby on a four hour eating schedule while he\u2019s still in the hospital at two days old! Somewhere between those extremes is an amazing way to parent babies and toddlers in which everybody (baby, parents, and siblings) enjoy each other and fall into a comfortable family rhythm that does not over-emphasize one child\u2019s \u201cwants\u201d over another. And one in which wants and needs are differentiated and met as is appropriate. This is certainly not an article about baby and toddler training (check out our blog for more on that!); however, our parenting of our babies really did have something to do with the deep, communicative relationships that we developed with our children.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Introducing 52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids--Baby Talk\" href=\"#\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Introducing 52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids--Baby Talk\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1588\/23878076730_95f0e9386c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Introducing 52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids--Baby Talk\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Talk about everything while you are going through your regular routines!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a lot of \u201ctalk\u201d these days about talking to your baby in utero. We talked to our babies in the womb\u2014sang to them, read to them, etc.\u2014though not nearly as much as we did once they were born!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we talked to our babies! We sang to them, talked to them, rocked them and walked them as newborns. But we increased this even more once the baby became four to six months old.<\/p>\n<p>When we got our babies and toddlers up in the morning, we spent even more time with them. I would get our babies and toddlers up, rock them, read to them, sing to them, walk around their rooms and read their posters and plaques to them, etc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids - Baby Talk\" href=\"#\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids - Baby Talk\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1647\/23546921773_287372c8a4_z.jpg\" alt=\"52 Weeks of Talking to Our Kids - Baby Talk\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rockies and Reading<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before their naps, we would have \u201crockies and reading\u201d time in which I rocked the baby, sang Scripture songs, and read a little. (This was actually the pre-cursor to when the toddler became mature enough to join the preschoolers for story time\u2014sort of a rite of passage that would happen as this time in Mama\u2019s chair increased, and the little one could sit long enough for afternoon story time (one to two hours!).<\/p>\n<p>We began talking baby talk early! Talking to babies and toddlers via books, songs, rhymes, etc., then eventually discussing these things, was the beginning of communicating with our kids. So\u2026.go for the baby talk! Start communicating early with your kids.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are the most balanced baby people I know! No extremes here of nursing a child on demand until age three \u2014or of putting a baby on a four hour eating schedule while he\u2019s still in the hospital at two days old! 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