Last week, we reviewed some elements of language development (https://www.mayapeds.com/promote-early-literacy-even-without-books/ ). Today, we’ll discuss some gross motor development and the one key activity all babies can benefit from: time on the floor or other open area. We’ll review some basic development and see why and how free time on the floor is so helpful. Next,…
Reading to babies is wonderful and important. When we think about ideas for promoting early literacy, a lot of the discussion revolves around books. And, my goodness. Books are wonderful. I do not want to discount them at all. But what if a family doesn’t have books? Or doesn’t speak the language in which the…
This topic request was submitted via Instagram (@mayapeds). Feel free to submit your own question or topic request either there or here in the comments. We’ve all been there. Our child feels a little warmer than normal, and we think it’s probably a fever. It’s late at night (of course). What to do? In this…
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