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Nina & Josh: The 8-Month Update on Crawling, Clapping & Separation Anxiety S8 | E199

Welcome back to Sense by Meg Faure! 🎙️

This week, I am so delighted to welcome Nina back to the podcast. She is sharing her wonderfully honest and relatable journey of navigating life with both a busy toddler and a growing second baby.

In this episode, we dive deep into the “Social Butterfly” phase that emerges around 8 months. It is such a beautiful, busy age, but it certainly comes with its own unique set of developmental leaps and challenges!

👇 In This Episode, We Unpack:

  • Milestone Consolidation: We discuss why how your baby crawls (reciprocal crawling) actually matters so much more than how quickly they reach the milestone.
  • Separation Anxiety: It is completely normal for little ones to become clingy at this age! We talk about how to gently handle the transition to object permanence using simple, playful methods like “Hide and Seek.”
  • The Screen Time Juggle: Real talk on navigating indirect screen exposure from older siblings, and why fostering self-regulation in your little ones is so important.
  • Social Development & Communication: How to decode those adorable sounds and differentiate between lovely babbling and purposeful first words.

📚 Episode References and Links:

  • Books: Feeding Sense and Weaning Sense by Kath Megaw and Meg Faure.
  • Toy Recommendation: The Toniebox (A wonderful screen-free audio player for busy toddlers!).
  • 📱 Parent Sense App: Your all-in-one baby care app for expert routines, nutrition guidance, and developmental tracking. [Download the Parent Sense App Here]

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Guests on this show

About Our Guest:

Nina Clark IS a boy mom of two – born and bred in South Africa and back on these fair shores after a solid stint in London. Which is where my sleepwear and bedding business, Nightire, started.

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Meg Faure

Hi, I’m Meg Faure. I am an Occupational Therapist and the founder of Parent Sense. My ‘why’ is to support parents like you and help you to make the most of your parenting journey. Over the last 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands of babies, and I’ve come to understand that what works for fussy babies works just as well for all babies, worldwide.