Finding Moments

Ages & Stages!  Using American Academy of Pediatrics take on Ages and Stages [https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/Pages/default.aspx] as a guide, we discuss the importance of early intervention, milestones, and the challenges faced with significant gaps coming out of the pandemic and living in an age of social media.  Playdates, board games, cooking, and general non-virtual moments all matter.  Reading to our kids at an early age is so important.  The CDC's milestone tracker is a game changer.   ***** Track your child’s milestones with CDC’s, FREE Milestone Tracker mobile app [https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones-app.html], available for iOS [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cdcs-milestone-tracker/id1232718688?mt=8] and Android in English [https://www.cdc.gov/milestonetracker] and Spanish [https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/spanish/actearly/spanish-milestones-app.html]. Interactive developmental milestone checklists help you know what to look for in your child. Use the app to complete a checklist for your child’s age, share a summary with your child’s healthcare provider, and get tips for encouraging your child’s development. The app has many easy-to-use features, including * Milestone checklists for 2 months through 5 years of age; * Summary of your child’s milestones to share; * Activities to support your child’s development; * Tips for what to do if you become concerned; and * Reminders for appointments and developmental screening. Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1268021/open_sms] finding-moments.com or Etsy Shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/FindingMomentsLLC?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1099196670]

Problems, problems, problems!  Big ones for parents may be little ones to our kids.  Big ones to our kids may seem little to parents.  It doesn't matter, all are important.  Listening is critical.  Telling someone else how to feel never truly ends well.  Chad, Trisha & LenEll discuss parenting strategies on how to navigate the tricky balance of teaching our kids how to cope while allowing them room to figure things out.  Parenting never stops, it only changes.  Air pods are the ultimate invisibility cloak to our kids and an outstanding way to avoid having conversations.  How parents were taught doesn't always work today.  Screens & social media (ugh Tik Tok and YouTube Shorts) require creative methods of staying connected with our kids.  Finding perspective in all of this is key to understanding that what we feel may not match what others in our family may feel.  Exploring all of this is our theme in Episode #23 for Finding Moments. FM Thought ... would you want to be a kid again in high school today?  #perspective Quote of the Day ... "be yourself; everyone else is already taken" - Oscar Wilde Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1268021/open_sms] finding-moments.com or Etsy Shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/FindingMomentsLLC?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1099196670]

Episode 22 was recorded prior to the holidays.  Well, it took us a minute and we gave ourselves a bit of grace and the permission to take off January!  With that, we focus our cup of coffee conversation on finding kindness.  The best moments happen when we give of ourselves, and we take a breath, and do the smallest of things to make someone else's day matter.  Our kids watch us and model what we do.  Kindness spreads so quickly and it is also a form of self care for us!   Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1268021/open_sms] finding-moments.com or Etsy Shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/FindingMomentsLLC?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1099196670]

Special Guest!  Jody Diebold, registered dietician, certified diabetes care and education specialist joins LenEll, Trisha & Chad in a self-care discussion as it relates to parenting today.  ZOOM meetings, routines, sleep ... all on the table.   Jody is our first "guest".  She's amazing.  The topics discussed over a cup of coffee conversation .... legit!  It is hard to find the time and parents ... we've got this.  Self care is important. How do we do it?  Let's meet Jody! Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1268021/open_sms] finding-moments.com or Etsy Shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/FindingMomentsLLC?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1099196670]

Parents are human after all!  Mistakes are daily.  It's OK! There is no playbook.  Parents are not perfect.  For #20 ... we discuss Tom Huddleston Jr's article on CNBC [https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/16/parents-who-raise-mentally-strong-kids-never-use-these-phrases-says-psychotherapist.html] with psychotherapist Amy Morin [https://amymorinlcsw.com/] from April 16th, 2023 ... "Parents who raise mentally strong kids never use these 7 phrases when their children are young".   Also there is so much truth Giannis Antetokoumpo's response to losing in the 2023 NBA playoff's being a failure [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mXGSjnUvSM], that it is a perfect tie in to the journey of parenting!  Hint ... not a failure ... it is steps to success! Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1268021/open_sms] finding-moments.com or Etsy Shop [https://www.etsy.com/shop/FindingMomentsLLC?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1099196670]