Activities For Toddler and Baby

One mother’s account of activities for baby and toddler together In this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, Ayelet chats with Rachel Kammeyer, a speech-language pathologist and mother of two children under two. Rachel has an 8-week old baby and a nearly 2-year old toddler. She joins us nearly a year after we brought her on the podcast back on episode 58, when her son was about to turn one. Rachel received an advanced copy of the book, “Understanding Your Toddler,” a month-by-month development and activity guide for playing with your toddler from one to three years. We cover the strategies Rachel uses to keep afloat as a mother of “two under two,” the resources she turns to when searching for developmentally appropriate, simple play activities for babies and toddlers, and simple ways she can engage both her young children at the same time (without feeling guilty)! QUICK ACCESS TO LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE: Understanding Your Toddler: A Month-By-Month Development and Activity Guide For Playing With Your Toddler From One to Three Years, by Ayelet Marinovich Understanding Your Baby: A Week-By-Week Development and Activity Guide For Playing With Your Baby From Birth to 12 Months, by Ayelet Marinovich Learn With Less® Curriculum parent education & parent support classes for parents and caregivers of infants and toddlers Surviving and Thriving in the First Year of Motherhood: Learn With Less podcast episode 58, featuring Rachel Kammeyer TEXT TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE Ayelet: Welcome to episode 75 of the Learn With Less podcast. Today, I’m speaking with Rachel Kammeyer, the mother of an 8-week old baby and a nearly 2-year old toddler. I had Rachel on the podcast back on episode 58, when her son was about to turn one. Let’s see where she is now! All right, so Rachel, let’s get started. I would love to ask you, why don’t you give us a little bit of a background. We chatted a little bit before the launch of the first book, Understanding Your Baby, a few things have changed for you since then. You are now also in the process of reading Understanding Your Toddler. So why don’t you tell us a little bit about you and who you are, and what your family looks like these days? Rachel: So, I’m Rachel Kammeyer, I have a background in speech pathology. I had been working primarily with adults in the geriatric and brain injury communities and then I had my first little guy who will be two in April, and since then I’ve become a lot more interested again in the early childhood side of things. And then at the end of December, we welcomed little Bridget to our house, so now I have an 8-week old and we are a family of four!