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144K views · 6.9K reactions | Is your toddler refusing meals? Here’s what you can do 👇 1️⃣ Implement the Division of Responsibility: Parents decide what, when, and where to eat; children decide if and how much. It’s so important that we stick to these roles in feeding to avoid power struggles (toddlers LOVE being in control). 2️⃣ Avoid catering: Offering alternative “favorite” foods just reinforces picky eating habits over time. Stick to serving balanced meals with familiar (safe foods) and new foods. 3️⃣ Don’t beg or plead: Asking your toddler to “just take one bite” creates unncessary pressure, which can lead to negative associations with mealtime. 4️⃣ Avoid bargaining: Rewarding your toddler for eating certain foods (e.g., “If you eat your broccoli, you can have dessert”) can backfire by making some foods seem less appealing and others more desirable. 5️⃣ Keep meal times consistent: Toddlers thrive on routine! Serve meals and snacks at roughly the same time each day to help them tune into their hunger/fullness cues. 6️⃣ Make food fun: Use different shape cutters, colorful plates, food picks or involve your toddler in the process! This helps make meal time a positive experience rather than a battle. ✅ It’s okay if they skip a meal: Skipping meals is developmentally normal for toddlers! If they aren’t hungry, respect that and don’t force them to eat. If they choose not to eat, know they’ll make up for it at another meal or snack (make sure you’re sticking to a schedule). For more strategies on how to feed your toddler and prevent/manage picky eating, check out our Feeding Toddlers Online Course! ⚡️ 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘! ⚡️ 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝟮𝟬% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 ➡️ Type “𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦𝗘” in the comments for the link! | Baby Led Feeding (Starting Solids) & Toddler Feeding

37K views · 109 reactions | Anticipation isn’t just fun—it’s a workout for your baby’s brain! 🧠✨ You’ll want to save this one! Every giggle and squeal during a game like this is more than just adorable—it’s a sign your baby is learning, growing, and building essential brain connections. Here’s what’s happening behind the scenes when you play anticipation games: ✨ 1. Predictive Thinking – Babies begin to recognize patterns and predict what comes next, laying the foundation for problem-solving and critical thinking. ✨ 2. Cause-and-Effect Understanding – Games like pausing before a tickle or dipping at a slower pace help babies understand their actions (or yours) lead to specific outcomes. ✨ 3. Prefrontal Cortex Development – This part of the brain is responsible for focus, planning, and self-control, and anticipation exercises it beautifully! ✨ 4. Emotional Regulation – The suspense of waiting helps babies manage excitement, which is an early step toward emotional self-control. ✨ 5. Rhythm and Timing – Activities with a tempo or pauses, like swaying or bouncing, help babies understand timing—a skill crucial for movement, speech, and even reading later on. ✨ 6. Vestibular Development – Dipping, bouncing, and spinning engage the vestibular system, which is essential for balance, coordination, and spatial awareness. How to Build Anticipation at Home: 👉 Dramatic pauses between forward dips like shown in this video! Support their neck even if your baby is strong in this with quick movements! 👉 Peek-a-boo with delays for simple cause-and-effect learning. 👉 Swaying, dipping, or bouncing games at varying tempos. 👉 Jack-in-the-Box or pop-up toys to teach timing. Parenting Tip: Brain-building doesn’t have to be complicated—it’s all about small, purposeful moments like this! ❤️ What’s your baby’s favorite anticipation game? Share below or tag a parent who could use some ideas! 👇 #BabyBrainDevelopment #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment #BuildingBrilliantBrains #BabyMilestones #PurposefulParenting #SmartParenting #BabyActivities #PlayfulParenting #ParentingTips | Building Brilliant Brains

10K views · 1K reactions | Just like a child can’t go from rolling over to walking, they (usually) aren’t going from a grunt to a sentence✨ ⭐️ Attention & motivation is the foundation to learning so if your child is having a hard time with this, try being the toy or entering their world! Attention is key✨ ⭐️ Imitation of movements often comes before imitating sounds and words. ⭐️ Once a child is making sounds, try to help them make their attempts more purposeful by shaping them into true words! ⭐️ Once a child is imitating words, try to fade out prompts so that they’re saying more words independently! ⭐️ When they’re saying one word, we can try to expand to 2 word phrases (let me know if I should do a reel on this or if more info on any of these steps would be helpful?!)👇🏼 What level is your little one at? For more information on how to help your little one’s functional language skills using what you have, check out my activity deck! ✅Be sure to follow @learnwithchatterboxes for all the speech & language things and let me know if this is helpful! 👇🏼 . . . . . . . . Baby reels, toddler milestones, first words, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, speech therapist, language development, mom life, first time mom, baby milestones . . . . #latetalker #toddlerparenting #parentadvice #tipsforparents #earlydevelopment #parenthacks #parentinghack #momlife101 #parentingtip #playbased #speechdelay #parentsupport #momhood #momshelpingmoms #lifeasamama #momlifebestlife #learnlanguages #raisingtinyhumans #momtips #mindfulmama #parentinggoals #parentsofinstagram #playtolearn #simplymamahood #parentinghacks #parentingwin #lifewithlittles #speechtherapy #playmatters #parentingtips | Caley Nunnally, M.Ed. CCC-SLP

3.9K views · 2.3K reactions | 🩵 For more tips to help support your child’s chewing development, comment “CHEWING”! I’ll share my 10-page printable guide & the awesome products featured in the video! 🩵 I’m Catherine 👋🏻 Speech Pathologist, feeding therapist, certified lactation counselor, and mom of three here to support you on your feeding journey! Chewing develops naturally from infant reflexes into mature, chewing through exposure to food and daily eating. But sometimes babies have a little bumps along the way. If your little one is struggling to chew, there are simple strategies you can incorporate into meal time to help! Today I’m sharing one but I have 8 more simple strategies to help you within my printable GUIDE TO CHEWING! Grab it today and you’ll be on your way! #baby #babyfood #babyledweaning #babyledweaningideas #parenting #pediatrics Baby food, pediatrics, healthy baby, baby led weaning | Catherine Callahan, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC

33K views · 1.8K reactions | 🚼 Supercharge Your Baby’s Brain Development with Sensory Skin Brushing 🌟 Save this for later! 🖌️ What It Is: A gentle, deep-pressure technique to fuel sensory development. ✨ How It Works: By brushing across the skin, it fine-tunes touch receptors and organizes the central nervous system. Used in sensory diets, it has a big impact on the brain 🧠✨ Why It’s Brilliant: 🤲 Tactile Stimulation: Boosts sensory awareness in hands and feet, building neural connections that help with grasping and exploring. 💓 Comfort Boost: Enhances circulation and lymphatic drainage, easing discomfort and promoting brain health. 🚶‍♀️ Motor Magic: Supports fine motor skill development by stimulating hands and feet, encouraging crawling and walking! It Can Help Resolve: ✨ Sensory sensitivities in the feet – often causing delayed crawling or toe-walking ✨ Asymmetric crawl – by stimulating both sides, balancing movement ✨ Arm and leg stimulation for crawling – building strong brain-body connections Top Spots to Brush: 🧼 Arms (shoulder to fingers) 🧼 Legs (front and back) 🧼 Palms and bottoms of feet/toes When to Brush: Every diaper change or a few times a day! Want my favorite brush? Comment BRUSH! This one is rough enough for proper stimulation but soft for baby’s sensitive skin. Save to add to your diaper routine, and share with a parent who needs this simple, powerful hack! 🙌 #sensoryskinbrushing #momhacks #babybraindevelopment #onpurposeparenting #diaperchanges #buildingbrilliantbrains #milestones #skinbrushing #parentinghacks | Building Brilliant Brains

132K views · 2.8K reactions | 👉🏻An oldie but goodie!#pedsot #occupationaltherapy #braingym #teachersofinstagram #homeschool | By The Magic OT Bug | Facebook

49K views · 581 reactions | Why ‘failing’ is a baby brain-building superpower 🧠✨” Every time your baby struggles to balance, reaches but misses, or tumbles gently, their brain is lighting up with learning. These little “failures” are actually how the brain: 1️⃣ Builds motor pathways: Every stumble rewires their brain for better coordination and balance. This connects the brain to the body so babies CRUSH milestones! 2️⃣ Learns gravity: Gravity is a mystery at first! Babies need trial and error to understand how to control their body in space. 3️⃣ Develops problem-solving skills: Dropping that toy and figuring out how to pick it back up builds focus and perseverance. When we swoop in too quickly, we interrupt this powerful process. Instead, create safe environments where they can take (tiny) risks. Think padded play areas, low furniture, and plenty of time to explore! Safe struggle = better balance, stronger bodies, and sharper brains. 💡 💬 Tag another parent who’s in the thick of this stage, and tell me: What’s the funniest “failure” you’ve seen your baby learn from?” #BrainBuilding #BabyDevelopment #ParentingTips #PurposefulParenting #BabyMilestones #GentleParenting #RaisingSuperstars #SmartParenting #LearningThroughPlay #milestones #buildingbrilliantbrains | Building Brilliant Brains

798K views · 27K reactions | ✨Proper PENCIL grasp song✨ There are so MANY key factors when it comes to using, manipulating and maintaining a functional pencil grasp for writing. I find that most 4-5 year olds are naturally ready for the tripod grasp and that is why I love to teach them the gator 🐊 grip! I love to practice opening and shutting our gators mouths and I find my students singing this song every time they grab a pencil at the beginning of the year! 💛 My class daily performs “finger workout” activities to build and strengthen these fine motor muscles and YES everyone will eventually find their own comfortable way to hold a pencil. Got great printing? Don’t stress no need to change your grasp 🐊 . . Let me be your guide for all things literacy, FOLLOW along for more great tips and resources! I’ve got you 💛 . . . . #literacyandlindsay #homeschoolpreschool #prekactivities #iteachkinder #iteach123 #alphabet #prekteacher #classroom #toddler #montessoriathome #teachthemyoung #iloveteaching | Literacy & Lindsay

707K views · 10K reactions | avoiding the “mom haircut” at all costs | Elizabeth Baggett

692K views · 34K reactions | When a baby is crying during tummy time there’s a way to handle it that WORKS! 🩵 Don’t just pick them up 🩵 Roll them onto their back 🩵 Put your hands on their knees and gently rock them side to side 🩵 Calm them with a SHHHHH noise 🩵 Make eye contact with them 🩵 Talk to them 🩵 Once they have calmed down, then pick them up This soothing method works so well. Share this with a parent who may need this trick. It’s a winner. #tummytime #drgolly #pediatrician #paediatrician #doctor | Dr Golly Paediatrician

120K views · 6.5K reactions | This week I’m counting down my TOP 3 REELS of 2024…. This one came in #1 with a whopping 1.9 MILLION views 🤩 eeek pinch me 😆 —— Are you growing tired of getting hit in the head with flying food? Frustrated cleaning up your floors after ever meal? Use these strategies to help your little food thrower. ——- First, I want to say that this stage does not last too long! We just need a few strategies to get you through. TRY THIS: 1️⃣ Ignore. It’s not easy, but the more attention you give, the more baby will enjoy this game. If you have a dog, hold the dog back until the end of the meal when baby leaves the chair so she doesn’t learn to focus on feeding him. 2️⃣ Step back and evaluate why your baby is throwing. Is baby not hungry? Too much snacking between meals or milk prior to sitting down? Baby sitting too long? Eating alone and looking for your attention? Foods on the tray are too new or unfamiliar? Take what you find into consideration when approaching the throwing. Change your routine and schedule to set baby up for success. Baby and toddler meals don’t need to last long. 3️⃣ Redirect. Change baby’s focus by giving them a new food or drink. This shift may be exactly what baby needs. Be sure this food/drink was pre-planned as a part of your meal. This means don’t give baby all the food & drink at once. Save a bit on the table until you need it. 4️⃣ Give baby a place to put it. Remind baby “you can put it here”. Try the cup holder on the tray, a small suction bowl at the side of the tray, or your hand when you think baby is prepping to toss. 5️⃣ End the meal. If baby is throwing, it’s highly likely they are full and ready to be done. If you’re worried they didn’t eat much, offer a balanced snack in 2 hours. ——- This sweet baby is sitting in the @lalo The Chair, and using the @lalo First Bites Kit (plate, spoons, cup & bib). #lalofam #toddlerlife #babyfood #babymusthaves | Catherine Callahan, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC

2.1M views · 48K reactions | Whispering love with every 'mama' learned 🥰.mp4 | Teaching tiny hands to say 'mama' with love and patience. #FirstWords #MamaMoment #ParentingJourney #BabyMilestones #LoveAndPatience Click the link in... | By Working Parent Help | Facebook

51K views · 1.1K reactions | Spinning might seem simple, but it’s actually a powerful way to build your baby’s brain through vestibular movement! 🌀 The vestibular system—responsible for balance and spatial awareness—is activated by motion, helping your little one build coordination and body control with every spin. 🌟 Balance and coordination are vital for every gross motor milestone, from rolling, to crawling, to walking and more! Here’s how to spin with your baby at every age: 🔸 Newborn: Try a tummy-time twist—lay baby on a pillow and gently spin the pillow. This introduces gentle vestibular input in a safe, supported way. 🔸 4-8 Months: Lay baby’s head on your shoulder, lift them parallel, and spin together. This gives stronger vestibular feedback, helping develop their body awareness. 🔸 9-18 Months: Extend their arms and spin them slowly—this builds balance as their vestibular system adapts to movement! 🔸 18+ Months: Encourage them to spin independently! Lead by example, helping them strengthen balance, coordination, and motor planning. Adding spinning to their daily routine gives their vestibular system the workout it needs to develop. Try it every day and watch as balance, body awareness, and confidence grow right alongside them. ✨ Have you tried spinning with your little one? There are so many more ways to incorporate spinning into your routine! Share your favorite way to get them moving below, or let us know how they react to spinning! 👇💬 BuildingBrilliantBrains #VestibularMagic #BabyBalanceAndCoordination #SpinningForGrowth #milestones #domanmethod | Building Brilliant Brains

65K views · 629 reactions | How many times a day do you pick up your baby? What if you could turn each pick-up into a brain-building exercise? Instead of a traditional pick-up, try this: 👉 Offer your thumbs for your baby to grab. 👉 Let them engage their core to pull their legs up while you gently lift. Here’s why it works: 💪 Core Strength – Their tummy muscles get a mini workout! 🫁 Chest Expansion – Encourages deep breathing for better lung development. 🎢 Vestibular Input – Stimulates balance and coordination, key for gross motor milestones. Brain-building doesn’t need fancy tools or extra time—it’s all about making the most of everyday moments. Ready to give it a try? Let me know how it goes in the comments below! 💬👇 #RaisingSuperstars #BrainBuildingBabies #PurposefulParenting #babydevelopment #buildingbrilliantbrains #milestones #babyexercises | Building Brilliant Brains

141K views · 1K reactions | Bookmark and practice this one for the younger version of you. It will really help re-wire your panic response and help you feel safer in your body. And thank you to @bananaamarie on TikTok for the incredible inspiration. | The Holistic Psychologist