Thanks everyone for your responses!

Sometimes being a first time parent is hard because you want so badly for everything to go perfectly, I'm going to relax more and enjoy building a strong relationship with my little girl and work on making learning fun and enjoyable and i will try not to get so hung up on for maybe not talking as much aas i should to her throughout the day. I must remember that even her watching me do stuff around the house and doing everyday life things are still important skills to learn.

Thankyou everyone for your support your kind responses have enabled me to let go a little bit more, and enjoy the ride of early learning, and that will allow Sophia to enjoy her mummy more because i am relaxed.

and also to remember that I am only human, and it is okay to make mistakes alomg the way.

xx to you all
Kimba

Thankyou everyone for your replies.

I had seen my mum and Mother-in-law for breastfeeding help (they are both nurses one is a neo natal nurse) and also followed all the recommendations for increasing milk supply through the australian breastfeeding association website.

Even when I drank enough water and got enough rest the supply was still low due to the way she sucked. She constantly pulled her self on and off and never sucked continuosly. This seemed to be causing the low supply and even though i tried to break her from the habit i just couldn't and i tried pumping but the supply had dropped too low. I should have got help sooner than i did but  didn't want anyone to think that i coudn't do it (silly me but i thought other people would think i was a bad mother because i couldn't get her to suck right)

There is now no supply left at all. I now know for next time and i plan on getting all the help i can get because i really enjoyed the feeling of closness with her. Sophia is now a very happy baby that she is getting enough food, but i still can't help but feel a bit guilty.

Am I being too hard on myself?

Hey everyone,

I have been wondering lately if i am doing enough for my little girl, I have been so busy lately with xmas, getting prepared. Going to appointments that i think i am not doing enough. Today I was so busy cleaning the house that i wondered if i talked to her enough through out the day or didn't play with her enough? I did show her the YBCR dvd twice today.

I have also had to stop breastfeeding due to a low supply. I use a really good formula but i feel like their is something wrong with me because I did not have enough milk and wonder what sort of affect this will have on her cognitive ability, and her general learning development. My mum says not to worry too much because my aunty who was formula fed is now a dr. but i cant help but think that in some way i have been detrimental. I breast fed for 3 months.

Has any one else felt like this?

Hi Everyone!

I have just started the YBCR dvds and I am planning on buying the books and flascards very soon. My daughter is 3 1/2 months old and seems to enjoy the starter video although most of the time her little eyes are darting around the room she does look at the word when they are up on the screen.

I did make my own flashcards but I lost them on a recent holiday so i will have to make some more. I have also made my own books. so far on colours and shapes but i have not showed them to her yet. I just need to find the time to down load a picture of an octogon and print it off for her.

I have also started signing to Sophia. I sign the words milk and more to her, because i can associate those words to her, I use the sign 'milk' when I am giving her a bottle and the sign 'more' if she still seems hungry. I have started the sign 'book' when i am about to read her a book.

I have no idea if any of this is working, but i figure now is the time to start.. to make it a part of her every day life.

I find this very exciting,
Kimbaxx

My question is

Can you intergrate YBCR, Doman, Native reading and Starfall into one approach to use around the home?

I have been watching the Early Learning workshop by Dr Titzer, He says that when the baby starts to make clear sounds such as ba, that you encourage the sound, like saying wow you said ba, and so on and so on. Which is supposed to be the start of phonics. I'm only on the first dvd with Sophia and I start on the next one and the end of this month.

I would like to hear from others if they have used more than one method and what success you have had with it?

My husband and I got interested in early education because we both really love to read.

We started reading to Sophia since i was 16 weeks pregnant and i was feeling a response from her around 6months pregnant. We read dr seuss books particularly Green Eggs and Ham. The morning she was born (via ceaserean) My husband was her first contact and he started reciting Green Eggs and Ham, and there was an instant response from her.

Sophia is a very alert baby even her gp has mentioned on several occasions how alert she is, and i believe that has alot to do with her natal reading.

I also became interested in early education due to the fact that my brother has a major learning difficulty, and I want to make sure that Sophia has the best start in life and to overcome any problems that she may have (if she has any) early in life. My mum also noticed my brother's diffuculty while in infancy and she spent most of his childhood fighting with schools to get the help that he needed and going from paediatrition to paeditrition to get help. If only she new about the doman method or the YBCR,

I hope this helps
Kimba

Hi everyone!

My name is Kimberley and i am from Adelaide Australia.

I am so glad i have come across this forum because I have just started YBCR dvd's with my 3 month old daughter Sophia.
Sophia is my first child and I am keen to teach her to love reading as much as her father and I love to read.

Sophia enjoys the dvd but i am keen to find out more games i can play with her so she learns while playing?

I look forward to getting to know all of you!

Kimbaxx