26. April 2008 by admin.

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The Baby-boomers are now senior and elder care takers of the business world today in America and will soon be retiring. Nationwide some of these once young men and women are now planning to move away from their lifelong family homes, cities and towns to screened-in balconies of apartments and/or condominiums in the Sunbelt States, the fasted growing population areas in America.

They no longer will be available to be the trusted, safe, reliable babysitter or nanny for their grandchildren that their sons and daughters could count on with a simple phone call. Yes, they can come and visit for a vacation; but they are claiming their freedom…independence from such family demands. They still love their children and grandchildren without a doubt.But for those they leave behind, where are they now going to find a trusted, safe, reliable babysitter or nanny.

With neighborhoods changing or moving to suburbia, young families are left in a bind: who’s going to care for their children? Americans are buried in security issues everyday if you just watch the news. Everywhere you go it seems you are screened or pass through check points. If you are hired by a new company you have to submit to a criminal background check and pass a drug test. To cash a check you must show two pieces of identification and leave your finger print on it. And then there are the airports nationwide.

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Everyday parents all across the country have to face the question “who can I trust my child with while I am away?” Whether it is for an evening out…a business trip…or unexpected emergencies, it would be nice to know there is a place to go with all the security questions answered and get a very trust worthy individual that leave you with peace of mind. Then you can stay focused on the matter at hand or simply enjoy a much needed evening out.

At the other end of the life spectrum you may be having your parent living with you or still living on their own who has developed some dementia or has been diagnosed with early stages of alzheimers. You may have the need for some elderly care service. This may mean coming in for a few days a week, and doing some cooking or general overall care of the home while you are not there. Or as the diseases progress it may call for an increased level of care. Here again, the trusted, safe and reliable quality of care may be just a click away.
 

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24. April 2008 by admin.

My name is Robert Walsh and I created this blog, robertwalshshops.com, to assist families by addressing family related issues, like

• Cost of Living

• Natural Holistic Homeopathic Medicine For Children

• Save Time and Money by growing your own vegetables either in the ground or in containers

• Seven important facts you may want to know about saving for college

• Provide your children with the most efficient developmental toys starting in infancy

• Give your baby, infant, toddler a jump start in communication with baby infant toddler sign language

• Provide you with a Service that provides trustworthy local babysitters, nannies, elder care givers, tutors, house and pet sitters.

• Deal with your toddlers “Terrible Twos”

• Protect your children on the Internet when you are not at home to watch what they are doing

• Raise your children to become health-conscious, money-saving, family-orientated adults

• Show you how to start your own internet business with almost no expenses. In January of 2007 I lost my job in the healthcare field after 18 years. At the age of 56 and the current job market, I was rather desperate. I discovered some tools that helped me build my successful website from scratch starting with “no knowledge of computers” at all.

These are just some of the issues Iam planning to address in this blog. I invite you, my visitors, to join me in this adventure.

I ask you to feel free to post any comments to any of the subjects I list on this blog. Many of you will have suggestions I have not thought of. I am very thankful when you share these on my blog.

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12. April 2008 by admin.

Most parents discover how difficult it is to communicate with their baby. There are days that parents wish that their children were born talking. It would make things so much easier if their baby had the ability to communicate to their parents what they need or want. Or for the crying baby to be able to tell Mom and Dad in baby-talk what was hurting or bothering the infant in the middle of the night when his/her cries for help woke the parents out of a sound sleep.

The problem here is a failure to communicate. There are no baby adult common language communication skills available for the infant or the parents to have a nursery-needs conversation. Learning their baby’s babble parents can improve their interaction with their precious little one. It is such a helpless feeling in holding a crying, fussing, infant, and (they) have no clue what he/she wants or what will bring comfort. 

The parents’ hope is that with their calming voice and their baby-talk the “we can work it out” message will get through, and the baby will fall back to sleep. As parents struggle to work with the wordless baby-talk they start learning, they begin learning a second language which is the baby’s first sign of speech though wordless. Parent can pick up clues to the baby’s needs over time. The infant’s baby-talk, gestures or type of cries, offers new signs for communication, thus baby-talk closes the communication gap.

As parents learn baby-talk, as parents share more baby-talk, understanding baby-talk becomes happy-talk. Even baby-talk play has meaning with the baby’s smiles and laughter. This process is long, frustrating and tedious. And waiting for your baby’s first word can seem endless. Your only real hope is that it will be “mama” or “papa”. But there is a better way of establishing baby-parent communication and share-a-language with your baby, so your baby can let you (the parents) know some of his/her needs. 

Teaching your baby kindersigns can really help open the door. Recently NBC News aired a video report about Elizabeth, 17-month old toddler, who could read like a 7 year old. Her parents have been reading to her since she was born. This is a very good practice to develop with your baby. But the KEY here is that her parents taught Elizabeth American Sign Language (ASL) with a video for babies. Teaching the American Sign Language is credited with giving Elizabeth the ability to read her children stories along with her parents. She is able to identify and pronounce words either written in a magazine or on a piece of paper which the NBC Reporter demonstrated on camera. During play time her mother writes words on paper and lets Elizabeth figure them out. 

But more importantly, the basic ASL signs for early baby-parent communication can teach the following interactive words that can remove the guess work of what your child wants, and alleviate the baby’s frustration and the parent(s)’ feeling of helplessness: Eat …..Cereal…..Cracker…..Banana…..More Drink…..Milk……Juice…..Water…..Finished (all done) Diaper…..Potty…..Hurt…..Where…..Hot…..Cold Mom…..Dad…..Grandma…..Grandpa…..Baby Teddy Bear…..Doll…..Dog…..Cat

Your infant or toddler, through the use of the American Sign Language (ASL) can learn primary baby-words to communicate his/her baby-talk needs. By signing with these newly learned hand-created words, you (the parent) understanding this baby talking sign-language can eliminate the guess work and frustration of trying to figure out just what your baby wants.

This infant communication with ASL or infant-baby signing closes the communication gap and provides results that satisfy both you and your baby. Studies point out the benefits of learning sign language: Babies and toddlers have fewer tantrums overall.   Babies and toddlers are much happier and have happier parents. It enhances bonding experiences between parents and their child and increases recognition of letters and words. Children have had higher IQs overall compared to non-signing children. Children have more advanced language skills. It promotes a higher Self-Esteem  and adds the Skill of Signing for later in life for both school and in the workplace.

So provide your child with the ability to sign their needs at an early age, and eliminate the frustration that can come with the “terrible twos” due to poor communication skills. Develop creative ways through sign language to give your child a healthier and happier self-esteem with word-power that he/she will benefit from throughout his/her lifelong.We list one of the most successful, widely recognized programs about signing with your baby. 

“Signing Time” has won numerous National Awards; it’s highly entertaining and energized with music and songs, animated characters, and children signing the words for you and your baby to watch and learn together. Many parents suggest that it is a really FUN activity to do with their baby. So go have fun, and remember a happy baby makes a happy parent which makes for a happy home.

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