How Babies Learn And Develop – Resources for Parents and Caregivers

How Babies Learn And Develop – Resources For Parents and Caregivers on Infant and Toddler Learning On this episode of the Learn With Less podcast, Ayelet sits down with Brooke Henson, a long-time listener of the Learn With Less podcast, and mother to Everly who’s now 13-months old at the time of this recording. Ayelet says, “I’ve had the good fortune of getting to know Brooke over the last year, and I think her perspective, like all of the guests I bring onto the Learn With Less podcast, is one that can help us learn more about ourselves and our own experiences. I asked Brooke to be on today because her story is one that I think resonates with all of us, and her needs and desires as she grew into the incredible parent she is today, reflect exactly why I’ve created the resources you can find here at Learn With Less. I hope you’ll enjoy this great chat with Brooke.” Quick links mentioned in this episode Learn With Less® “Parent & Me” Classes for families with infants and toddlers Understanding Your Baby book  Learn With Less podcast episode, “Support Development Without Going Crazy“ Text transcript of this episode Ayelet: Welcome, Brooke, to the Learn With Less podcast, I’m so happy to have you here. We have the good fortune of being able to connect regularly at our Learn With Less® classes and in general online. But I wanted to bring you on the podcast today just to chat a little bit because you’ve been here with me as part of the community and family since actually quite early on in the life of Learn With Less. So I just thought it was appropriate to bring you on, and since you have been the beneficiary of an advanced copy of the new book, Understanding Your Baby, and you are also a frequent attendee of Learn With Less® “Parent & Me” classes, I thought that maybe it would be nice to hear about your story, what we’ve done together, what Learn With Less has done for you, and just in general, your journey into and through motherhood so far.  Brooke: Thank you so much for having me.  Ayelet: Yeah, welcome! So glad to have you here. So tell us a little bit about your background. You have a now, 13 month old – is that right?  Brooke: Yep, March 3, 2017, Everly is her name, little girl.  Ayelet: That’s great. And tell us… well, I guess we could start, I mean, as much as you’d like to share about how she came into this world, and some of those feelings about your transition into motherhood.  Brooke: Sure! so, I had quite a change when I decided to become a mom. I lived in Denver, Colorado for the last 15 years, and my husband and I decided that we wanted to start our family, and we really wanted to be close to our own families. We’re from Alaska, and that wasn’t really where we wanted to end up. And my parents had just moved to a tiny little town in Idaho, about an hour and a half north of Boise, Idaho. And so we kind of looked at that and decided that we wanted to make the move and be close to them, because my husband works two weeks on, two weeks off in Alaska, so he’s gone half the time. So, I really wanted to be close to my family to kind of help raise my little one to be. So, we made the move, got pregnant right away which was just a huge blessing, and I was working remotely from my company.