BREAST IS BEST!!

Maybe with the tainted milk crisis in China, more mothers will consider breast-feeding as the most safest and viable option for their child. It's a win-win situation. No need to spend money on milk, it's rich in fatty acids that cannot be found in milk formula, no need to wash bottles and it's promotes bonding. And with Angelina Jolie and so many celebrity mothers promoting breast-feeding, it has even become sexy!

ANOTHER GREAT BOOK FOR SIGN LANGUAGE FOR TODDLERS (USING ALS)

Dr Marilyn Daniels found that preschoolers who were taught sign language scored significantly higher on the Peabody Vocabulary Test when compared to preschoolers who did not learn sign language. Daniels concluded that a preschooler's vocabulary can be improved if words are presented visually and kinesthetically as well as verbally.

Daniels, Marilyn, Dancing with Words: Signing for Hearing Children's Literacy. Bergin & Garvey, October 2000. ISBN: 0897897927.

NATURAL PARENTING

I was having a tea with a friend on Saturday ( she has just given birth recently) and she was sharing with me her "conversion" to natural parenting. She rounded up the whole list to me
1) cloth diapers 2) breast feeding (of course!) 3) organic soaps 4) organic food were just a few basic things that made her parenting "au naturale". Will post more details later.