BDA Baby (Before, During and After Baby)

Ría Safford joined us to talk through organization, especially when you’re getting ready for a baby. As a professional organizer, Ría has great tips for new and expecting moms for what to prioritize when organizing and prepping a space for baby. She also has insights on keeping a household organized with kids, and some strategies to simplify organization in parenthood. And of course, she has great way to organize all the toys that come along with having kids as well!

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Creating the perfect playroom for your kids can be fun—but also a little overwhelming. Designing a space that works for multiple ages? Even trickier. And then there’s all the stuff. 
Lily and Claire are here this week to walk us through how to create an ideal play space, share tips on maintaining it, and ways to cut down on clutter. Shop Little Kingdoms here: https://go.shopmy.us/p-49267136 

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Victoria Rodriguez from Save the Children joined us to talk about the importance of childhood literacy. Reading to your child, even in the womb, can shape their brain and help form emotional bonds. Victoria shares how to create reading routines for children of all ages, and how even just a little bit of reading each day can make a big impact. She also tells us that exposing our babies to books before they can read is beneficial as well. The first five years of life are critical to a child’s brain development, and Victoria is here to teach us how to set our kids up for success through reading.

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What is mattering, and how do we make ourselves and others feel like they matter? Dr. Lindsey Burgardt is back (we did an interview after the Palisades fire together) to dive deep into what it means to matter. Dr. Burghardt is the Chief Science Officer at the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, and some of her most recent research focuses on Mattering. 

Today, Dr. Burghardt has practical advice for all of us, including parents, to help make both kids and adults feel like they matter and to understand where that stems from. She also gives us some ways we can foster mattering for ourselves as adults! Whatever our age, we all want to feel seen and feel we matter, and Dr. Burghardt helps show us what mattering can do for us. 

Read her article here: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/working-paper/mattering-in-early-childhood/ 

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Witney Carson joined us in this episode to share her experience as a postpartum mom during COVID. Witney faced a mountain of unexpected challenges when she gave birth, from an unplanned C-section to battling COVID while caring for a newborn. After recovering, Witney went on to face pressure to bounce back to her pre-baby, professional-dancing self. Witney wants other moms to know that giving yourself grace in postpartum is an act of self-love. She shared her experience with body image and recovery in hopes that other moms will know they’re not alone and that embracing their own unique journey is so important.  

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