Ella is now one month old. In this month, we have spent time recovering from birth, bonding as a family, and trying to figure out our new routine (a work in progress). Let’s have a look at how we are doing Montessori from birth. Montessori from Birth – Month 1 The first few weeks with …
In this article, I want to share why you don’t need to use many baby items (from jumperoos to swings to bouncy chars to baby walkers), what you could do instead, and what the Montessori perspective is on this. Movement is extremely important, especially for infants. According to Montessori, infants have a sensitive period for gross motor development. Parents can encourage …
“From birth, children are in a sensitive period for movement. In the first year of life, they pass through and master many stages of movement. They learn to reach, grasp, roll, crawl, sit, stand, and walk, along with many stages in between… There is a lot of practice that is required to progress through each …
Again, there is a big trigger warning. This post will contain discussion of a traumatic birth, post-partum depression, and talk of suicide. Please refer to part 1 of our birth story here. In the previous article, I shared the events leading up to our emergency c-section with our third baby, Ella. Unfortunately, from this point, things …
