Together We Sign - Baby and Toddler Sign Language Classes

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We were never meant to live like this. Want to know why you’re so tired? It’s not just because your baby wakes all night. It’s not just because you’re nursing 24/7. It’s not because of your baby’s biological needs. It’s because we were never meant to live like this. In so much isolation. So alone. We were meant for a village. We were meant to lay in bed for weeks/months feeding and sleeping with our new baby while our mothers, grandmothers, sisters, cousins, neighbors, and friends helped out.

But there is no mother bringing us food and water. No grandma cooking the meals. No sisters playing with the other children. No cousins folding the laundry. No neighbors taking care of the house, and no friends providing support. Modern life is in constant conflict with childrearing and our biological needs. From returning to work at 6 weeks postpartum to little to no support in the postpartum period. The truth is many of us are just lucky enough to have someone drop a meal off but not lucky enough to have them actually come inside. And it’s not their fault. They don’t have a village either. There’s never been a mother to bring them food and water. Never a grandma to cook their meals. Never sisters playing with their other children. Never cousins folding the laundry. Never neighbors taking care of the house and never friends providing support.

Our babies are biologically designed to wake often and eat often. We are biologically designed for a village. Be easy on yourself and your baby. We were never meant to live like this.

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Did you know that human gestation is 18 months?

“Human gestation is 18 months. 9 months on the inside. 9months on the outside. During this 9 months on the outside called exogestation, I like to think of the Mother and Baby still connected through an energetic umbilical cord.

Physiologically Mama and Baby need to remain close for at least the first 9 months of postpartum.

Breastfeeding, baby wearing, bed sharing this all physiologically necessary for a baby to truly flourish.

It is very similar to Kangaroos, where the baby is born but stays in the Mother’s pouch until around 8 months. Human gestation has evolved to be born at 9-10 months due to the size of the human head but a baby’s brain is really only 25% developed when born compared to other mammals who are fully functioning and able to walk and get themselves around. Human babies need their Mothers to get around, to be fed, to be protected and cared for.

So Mamas keep your babes close.
Hold them.
Love them.
Sing to them.
Eye gaze with them.
Breastfeed them.
Share a bed with them.
You are energetically still pregnant and nourishing them, just from the outside.” Found on:
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Connection between mom and baby.
Incredible!

“When pregnant, the cells of the baby migrate into the mothers bloodstream and then circle back into the baby, it’s called “fetal-maternal microchimerism”.⁠

For 41 weeks, the cells circulate and merge backwards and forwards, and after the baby is born, many of these cells stay in the mother’s body, leaving a permanent imprint in the mothers tissues, bones, brain, and skin, and often stay there for decades. Every single child a mother has afterwards will leave a similar imprint on her body, too.

Even if a pregnancy doesn't go to full term or if you have an abortion, these cells still migrate into your bloodstream.

Research has shown that if a mother's heart is injured, fetal cells will rush to the site of the injury and change into different types of cells that specialize in mending the heart.

The baby helps repair the mother, while the mother builds the baby.

How cool is that?

This is often why certain illnesses vanish while pregnant.

It’s incredible how mothers bodies protect the baby at all costs, and the baby protects & rebuilds the mother back - so that the baby can develop safely and survive.

Think about crazy cravings for a moment. What was the mother deficient in that the baby made them crave?

Studies have also shown cells from a fetus in a mothers brain 18 years after she gave birth. How amazing is that?”

If you’re a mom you know how you can intuitively feel your child even when they are not there….Well, now there is scientific proof that moms carry them for years and years even after they have given birth to them.

I find this to be so very beautiful.

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Benefits of Signing with Your Baby and Toddler

Signing as a parent provides you with the unique opportunity to develop a window into your child's mind. By including signs in daily activities, parents spend less time guessing what a child wants and more time fulfilling their specific needs.
• Using signs allows your baby to clearly communicate specific thoughts.
• Signing reduces frustration for your child and for you.
• Using signs won't delay verbal language development; in fact, it accelerates it! Research shows that babies who sign usually begin to speak sooner and develop larger vocabularies than non-signing babies.
• Signing reinforces verbal language by adding motion and movement to word being spoken.
• Using sign language can serve as a language bridge between English and non-English speakers.
• Signing children tend to be more interested in books.
• Using signs builds on babies' natural tendency to use gestures, such as pointing.
• Signing can help parents and pediatricians identify injuries, pain, and other medical issues.
• Using signs children can notify parents' about potential dangers or concerns.
• Signing with children may actually increase their IQ by10-12 points!

Information provided by Sheri Thompson, CEO and Instructor
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