We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Welcome!

Welcome to all our new friends! Thanks for checking out Take Time To Talk! Please feel free to ask questions and share your comments about the speech and language concerns or successes of your little ones. I hope this will a wonderful, safe, informative place to learn and share as we, together as parents and professionals, help children to be great communicators!

Making Changes...

It's been awhile since I've posted anything new. That's because it has taken me some time to figure out where I want Take Time 2 Talk to go. I have been thinking through the best ways to get the information about speech and language out there to the parents who need it. I am still working on my plan, but have decided that in the meantime I will keep bringing you information to help you and your little ones talk, talk talk!!

Please feel free to leave your comments and questions or to contact me at taketime2talk@gmail.com. I look forward to exciting things to come, and hope you'll stay on the journey with me!

Connect with your kids by first, connecting with yourself. Take a moment to breathe in light, love and joy. Breathe out all the "stuff" built up inside you that doesn't bring you joy....stress, anger, frustration, irritability. Do it again, and again. Once YOU feel better, you have more to give those whom you love! <3

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What type of mom (or dad) are you?

I read a great story today about a little guy who had been adopted. To teach him about his adoption and to help him feel loved, his mother taught him that he had a "tummy mom" and a "heart mom". I loooove this concept. Which one are you? Can you be both? Which one do you ACT like? I happen to be both...these kids came from my tummy, but they certainly have my heart. Admittedly, some days I ACT more like just old, "biological" mother instead of a loving, nurturing "heart mom". I brought them here...I feed them and clothe them and give them a place to live. But is that enough? Would that ever BE enough? I don't think so. And what about a "head mom"? I think we all know her. How many times do we parent from our heads...the things we've read, the things we've observed, the things we've been told, the things we THINK will make us a good parent? Do we stop and listen to our hearts? Do we stop THINKING and take the time to FEEL? Do we stop listening to the Supernanny or Dr. Spock or Grandma So-and-So (full of wisdom, in and of themselves, however) and take the time to listen to our children...to hear what they are telling us..."Can you read to me?" "Can you play with me?" "Can you hold me?" I think a "heart mom"... a real, true, day-to-day, honest-to-goodness "heart mom" will stop the thinking and stop the dishes and the laundry and the dinner and READ or PLAY or HUG her child. I think my kids were onto something when as little, little ones they first learned to say "hold you" instead of "hold me" as they tugged on my pant legs and held up their arms. I would hold them, but really they were holding ME...with their arms wrapped around my neck and their sticky fingers and matted hair and milky breath wrapped around my heart. And I would feel like my heart would almost burst in those sweet moments. And luckily...they still come for those hugs now, although nobody says "hold you" anymore. But I know that everytime they come to me for love they know they'll get that hug or that kiss or that squeeze...'cause I AM a HEART MOM! <3

Did you know that research is showing that babies GROW better and ACT better when they are on the receiving end of the right touch? Infant massage is a skin-to-skin connection that helps parents and babies better connect with each other...with or without saying a word!