Just a quick post to say “watch this space” because I have some news that I think is really exciting relating to Protective Behaviours. Can’t stop now to write more, but the whole thing will be unveiled on 1st May 2012 so not long to wait now 😀
News
“5 to Thrive!” (Hertfordshire’s Key Messages).
Happy New Year! (I can’t believe it’s taken me ’til February though to get round to saying it – I believe the saying is: “time flies when you’re having fun!”). I had a great start to 2012 by attending Hertfordshire’s ‘My Baby’s Brain’ training where the 5-a-day messages (akin to the 5-a-day healthy eating messages)* intended for all parents and carers of babies 0 to 3 years old were shared – the resources look fantastic! It was also good to meet up with lots of PBs buddies at the same event as so much of this approach fits beautifully with the PBs process because, as Themes 1 & 2 say:
Now that’s what I call PBs 2011
During the recent Intermediate Level PBs course I found myself considering what the soundtrack to PBs could be? I like to play music while setting up, packing away and during individual or group activities. And on more than one occasion I’ve found myself listening to the words on some of the tracks and marvelling at how disempowering some lyrics are – after all, if I needed someone to ‘make me feel like a natural woman’ how frustrating might that be!
‘Tails’ from the training room
It ‘s been a busy few weeks on the training front with Foundation Level PBs courses in Hemel and Bedford and a 4 day Intermediate Level course in Stevenage. Also looking forward to the first PBs course, at the beginnning of next month, which forms part of the University of Northampton’s Early Childhood Studies Degree course and another ‘Baby It’s You’ day at a local Children’s Centre. And, with so many training sessions,
So what are the key messages……?
This week I attended a workshop that I had been invited to, along with a range of local authority representatives, to identify the key messages for parents regarding Baby Brain development. I must admit to initially feeling like a bit of an ‘imposter’ as I was there in a voluntary capacity having spent the last 19 years working for another local authority. I also found it very hard to keep quiet especially after the opening introductions when I discovered at least one other
Serious work can be done while you’re having fun!
Just a quick post to say thank you to Fiona & Jess for a wonderful day of ‘plerking’*. I had planned to deliver one of my Baby It’s You! courses today, but instead spent the time sharing and ‘troubling’ ideas with two great network people. (The courses are going ahead, but on 3 other dates at local children’s centres).
I’d also like to thank Christina, a new network buddy, who is passionate about promoting respectful relationships between babies and adults. And, thanks to Christina, I have discovered the work of Pennie Brownlee and her publication ‘Dance with me in the Heart’. It was a truly magical moment to see in print so many ideas that not only fit beautifully with Protective Behaviours, but also the work that I’m currently involved with as part of my Baby It’s You! project. So, it’s full steam ahead as I look to include more about Protective Behaviours from a baby’s perspective in future courses.
*Plerking – a PBs term for a mixture of play and work
Is he good?
What question is almost always asked by curious adults on first meeting a new baby – you’ve guessed: “is he/she good?” Is it just my weird sense of humour or wouldn’t it be lovely to respond: “NO!…he/she is the most wicked baby in the whole wide world!!!!! Thank you for asking……..” Perhaps a more empowered and honest response would be: “He’s a baby and therefore an expert at