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The key here is Don't Read Books You Don't Enjoy.
Peter: [reading a review of a boxing match in a hushed, storytelling way] The champ caught Smith with a savage left hook...
Michael: What are you reading her?
Peter: [responding to Michael in same tone] It doesn't matter what I read, it's the tone you use. She doesn't understand the words ...
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I think @deworde has the best advice to help motivate you to read stories. However, I wanted to add an answer that mentions options other than reading.
Until they are about six months old, babies will rely on tone of voice and sentence patterns to help learn to understand you.
The more you interact with them, the better they'll be able to learn how to ...
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If you want your child to understand language, you have to talk to your child. A study was done on the differing number of words per hour spoken to a child in low income, middle class, and professional families. The difference was startling. A low income child would hear 600 words per hour. A middle class child 1200. A professional class child 2100. A ...
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Even if you are speaking their native language children don't understand all of what is being understood, especially if they are very young. Children enjoy the act of listening and looking at the pictures, and being with their parent. Don't worry about the comprehension, that will come in time. Your motivation is simply the enjoyment of reading a story with ...
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If you start reading immediately after your child is born (or even before!), which I highly recommend, and if the goal specifically to exposure your child to English language, then I'd read the English story books in English only.
However, I'd suggest taking it a step further than just reading a selection of stories in English.
The more exposure to each ...
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You child proof all at once, but you unproof in stages, depending on the item:
stair gate when they can safely navigate the stairs consistently.
small choking hazards when they stop putting everything into their mouth.
sharp furniture corners probably never in an active play room. In the rest of the house, when they can walk consistently without falling ...
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With my son we did minimal baby proofing in the first place. The extent of what we did:
medicines and cleaning products were kept up in high cabinets (which
they were anyway, but we just took care not to leave them out / in
reach)
we put a stair gate at the top of the stairs
we had a cupboard door lock on the large pantry-style food cupboard in the ...
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Here's some helpful information from the Livestrong Foundation:
Causes of Slowed Appetite
If your baby's suddenly eating less but seems to still be healthy and
interested in eating, he’s likely just going through a healthy slow
phase. In a baby 4 to 7 months old, eating less can also indicate he’s
beginning teething. If you think his teeth are ...
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What's the spoken language policy at home? One parent-one language is a popular policy in Europe. India & Philippines are remarkable for the nonstop language switching and that system seems to work fine.
I'm working on teaching my son Russian (I'm also not a native speaker of Russian). We follow a one parent-one language policy, so I sometimes read the ...
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I have searched numerous databases and am finding no studies directly addressing this. I did find that there are links from secondhand smoke to respiratory issues and also increased infections (reduced immunity) in small children - so I would consider either of those as signs to be concerned. In the absence of such symptoms, I would say you are probably ...
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We only put our daughter into a backpack carrier at a year old for the reason you mention - not being able to hold her head up well when bounced around and also being a bit small for one.
Before that we used the Baby Bjorn front carrier, which she still fits at 13 months. It's pricey, but very comfortable for parent and child and really easy to use. ...
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For me it really depends on the weather in your region of the world. We went for longer walks progressively, and when the weather was better (no rain, snow, ice or excessive heat).
We live in the North of France where it is freezing during winter so we didn't really get outside more than a few minutes with our newborn until he was 2 or 3 months old.
On the ...
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