Baby signs DVD

We used the baby signs which Max seemed to ingnore forever until he reached 18 months and used all signs at once!

We loved the classes at Sign-a-Song. You get to learn some gooffy songs and sign along.

And this DVD was well done:

Preparing the birth

Books in French

Nursing bible

The pregnancy

I loved reading about the pregnancy development, week by week:

Favorite parenting books

When the baby is not gaining weight...

The author's theory is simple: your job as a parent is to offer good and nutritious food to the child. The child's job is to eat. You can't do anything more than offer the food. You can't force or bribe the child. It is important to share normal meals with children and she warns about the perils of cooking for the child. We have been trying to follow those rules by having diner all together, and it seems to work. It is hard not to congratulate Max on each thing he tries, or tonot  push him to have just another bite, but once it becomes an habit, it makes meals much more enjoyable. I also suspect that since we are less stressed around food, Max eats more.

Breast crawl

During our Newborn Care class we watched a video, The Amazing Talents of the Newborn, that totally blew us away. It showed the breast crawl: every newborn, when placed on her mother’s abdomen, soon after birth, has the ability to find her mother’s breast all on her own and to decide when to take the first breastfeed. The UNICEF recommends delaying all intervention on the baby (washing, vitamin K shot, eye anointment...) until the newborn has breastfed. More details here.