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The zen of rolling over

Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 3:14 pm | By Stephanie Woo

Watching MacKenzie learning to roll over from her stomach to her back. She spent 45 minutes kicking her left leg in the air today. It seems she is trying to get it to the other side, except she’s not TRYING to get anywhere, she’s just IN the process. She’s just BEING. And this whole process is not something I can teach her, it’s like she has an inner teacher…

Babies are not here to torture you

Monday, March 7th, 2011 4:13 pm | By Stephanie Woo

My mother Ms. Lam says, “Babies are not here to torture their parents, they are here to please their parents.” Words of wisdom to remember.

Brooke (top) and Mackenzie (bottom) 3 months old

Stimulating brain growth

Saturday, February 12th, 2011 4:00 pm | By Stephanie Woo

My mother says holding babies in position where their head is hanging down (across lap, over shoulder) is scientifically proven to stimulate frontal lobe growth = smart babies. And babies love it because they were head down inutero! Plus, these exercises train them to strengthen their neck. God’s design – ingenious!