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Anyone used this product?  What are your thoughts?  How do they compare to Little Pim?

The Diaperfree website has a list of great books on the topic.  I've read all of them, but I read Ingrid Bauer's book first and acquired the most/best information from that book.  I EC'd my first daughter starting at 6 weeks and my son starting at birth.

The more I do it, the fewer misses I have, it does get to be second nature and seems normal after awhile.  At first my partner was reluctant, but then he discovered he would much rather take a baby to the potty than clean a diaper!

Here is the link to the list of books:http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/shop/index.php?l=product_list&c=1

I found it on google, so it seems like public information, but I thought I would also share it here.
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The code saved me 10% on my order of the Spanish learning CD/DVD set.

What about the obvious, Little Reader - they have some infant stimulation and lots of right brain activities.  Or Little Math has basic Geometric Shapes.

There are lots of free Readeez clips on youtube and my 3 month old Son loves to watch those.

I am currently struggling to brush my daughter's teeth.  She won't open her mouth and runs and hides when she sees the toothbrush in my hand.  My daughter is 3 years old, and I have tried reasoning with her (but can you really reason with a 3 year old ???), I have tried singing, dancing, making it fun, etc, I have tried a few bribes (new toothbrushes, toothpaste, etc.), and I am still not getting anywhere.  Some nights I admit to pinning her down to brush her teeth, other nights I just don't brush them at all.  I am concerned that her teeth are not getting brushed, and yet I don't like the struggle, any ideas to make the situation better?  Thanks for your help.

| agree you must be organized and 3 steps ahead or you else something has to give.  My son is currently 14 weeks old.  I have been trying to follow Doman's how smart is your baby program.  So, for the first 4 weeks, I did the following items:
Light activites - the book says 10x a day, and for most days I did get 10 in.  I would do them almost immediately after Baby was awake, every time he woke up, including the middle of the night.
Sound activity - the book says 10x a day, and I think I only averaged about 5.  I would do them after the light activity, but I wouldn't do these during the night, so I didn't get as many as the light.
Tactile - the book says 10x a day, and I would do them while breastfeeding, so I was getting in at least 10 a day.
Mobility - tummy time in crawling track - 10x a day - I put him in the crawling track after every diaper change, and since I EC/Cloth Diaper - I would get about 10 of these in a 24 hour period.
Mobility - Flat Track - Book says 3-4 hours per day, And I did NOT get this done.  I could barely get my son to sleep in the track at all, he would just wake and cry.  For the first 6 weeks I perservered during his afternoon nap and had him sleep in the crawling track for about 45-60 minutes, but then I gave up.  I still don't do this part of Doman.
Balance Program - I would do 1 balance activity after the light and sound during the day.  Most days I get all 15 activities in.
Manaul - grasp - books recommends 10x a day.  For the first 4 weeks, I was only doing this once a day, I sorta added it as part of the balance program.

So, for the first 4-6 weeks my days and nights were basically one long never ending quest to complete all the Doman Stuff.  Baby would wake up, I would EC and/orchange him, put him in the crawling track for 1 minute, snuggle him, do a light activity, snuggle him, do a sound activity, snuggle him, do a balance activity, snuggle him, change/EC again, breastfeed and do the tactile, and he would fall asleep again.  I would sleep.  Repeat.

Hmmmm, the research hasn't be done/isn't complete on if a second language that isn't natural to the parents is useful.  I have been struggling to teach my daughter Spanish.  Everyone I know speaks only English, so I have been using Little Reader and Little Pim to teach her Spanish.  I try to use the words I know around the house with her, but of course I have an accent.  It has been a struggle and I am wondering if I should persist or let it go???  I was just recently considering purchasing a Doman Picture Dictionary for the Spanish words, and the YBCR Spanish set for more help in the Spanish.  Is it worth the $ and effort to keep trying?

I also have a 3 month old son, so I was hoping he might get something out of the Spanish????

Sometimes trying to figure out the best way to teach/provide opportunities is a difficult parenting task!

Thanks, that does help.  Does anyone have Volume 7?

Massed practice is the idea of teaching only one activity for a few hours a day many weeks in a row.  Then moving onto a second activity for a few hours a day many weeks in a row, then moving onto another activity, and so on.  The alternative would be to do each activity every day for less time each day and for a much longer time period.

Doman's How Smart is Your Baby is set out that you do many many activities only a few times a day for many months.  I am feeling very overwhelmed trying to get it all done in a day.  It might be easier to focus one one item for 3 weeks (maybe crawling), then move onto another (maybe outline BIT), etc.

In your opinion/experience what is the better way to learn/teach?

I am considering purchasing a picture dictionary and my daughter is rather into the human skeleton.  Does anyone know what parts of the skeleton are on each DVD?

Volume 1 has Human Skeleton System 1
Volume 2 has Human Skeleton System 2
Volume 7 has Human Skeleton System 3

As my budget only allows for 1 DVD right now, I am trying to pick the best one.  What are the 10 bones listed on each volume?

Thanks for your help.

My favourite author is Alfie Kohn.  His ideas of parenting and schooling are challenging.

The worst book was the Baby Whisperer - I can't recall the author, but all copies of this book should be burnt.

Other than the Doman books, what has been the most influential book/author to your parenting? 

What has been the worst parenting book you have read?

I'm Canadian.  The Cesarean rate in Canada is on average double the WHO recommendation of 15%.  The best way to avoid a Cesarean in Canada is to be an informed mother, hire a doula, and do what you can to find a midwife or Dr. that is receptive to vaginal delivery.  Knowledge is Power and Mothers who understand the importance of vaginal deliveries are more likely to fight for them/be prepared to birth without drugs or medical intervention.

In Canada 'Rooming Together' with the baby is also becoming policy in most hospitals.  They still do have 'baby nurseries', but they encourage the baby and mom to stay together as often as possible.  Again, the best way for a mother to increase this happening is to be informed and knowledgeable.  It helps for the Mother to have continual labour support (such as a doula) to stay with the Mother and help her with the new born baby.  The Mother and Baby are more likely to room together if the Mother has continual support/help other than the hospital nurses.

My babyboy stayed with me from birth until I was discharged from the hospital.  During my hospital stay the only times babyboy wasn't with me in my arms or beside me in bed was the 30 minutes while I was birthing the placenta.  During this time my partner held him.  There were also a few quick trips for me to use the facilities or eat, during this time I invited my sister to hold him.  I note that babyboy soothes very easily for my sister and I suspect that is because he knew hours after his birth.

I was only in the hospital for 12 hours, so that my family and I could go home to the comfort of our own bed.

I had skin to skin contact within 5 minutes of birth and tried to breastfeed then, but my babyboy seemed content to just rest on my chest and not feed.  He lifted his head a few times to look at me and then I had to birth the placenta and do a few other birth things so my partner held him for about 30 minutes.  Then babyboy was back on my chest and we had a very successful breastfeeding session that lasted about an hour.

Babyboy's birth was vaginal, natural (no drugs in site, not even a tylenol), on hands and knees (not in water).