“No, Brin Brin kiss it!”💋
As they emerge from infancy, toddlers find themselves in a whole new ballgame. Once dependent on others, they now have the language and emerging skill set to begin doing all sorts of things on their own.
This often leads to a period of fierce independence around 18 months - in which many toddlers insist on doing EVERYTHING for themselves.
This video has always been my favorite example.
This little one has bumped her forehead. Mom offers a kiss to make it feel better, but our hero insists that she kiss herself. On her own forehead. 🤣
Isn’t this just the BEST?
@daraobriain It is so sad. What a voice, what a woman. If you have never heard her recording of Silent Night... it is other worldly. Rest in peace Sinead x
We are extremely disappointed that the appointment of the Independent Autism Reviewer will remain unfilled until the restoration of devolution.
This is another clear example of political failure impacting on the needs of the most vulnerable in Northern Ireland.
This is dynamite from Kaveh Solhekol on Sky Sports News. Absolutely nails it. He has the Tories and BBC on toast. Well done!! 👏 Take 2 mins and watch👇#garylineker#ImWithGary#MOTD#ToryFascists
Delighted to share our paper describing development of the Children's Eating and Drinking Activity Scale. A functional outcome measure for paediatric feeding disorder. Open access. @EmilyHanksSLT@emilyj244_emily@medicslt_ckay@csmithUCL@LondonPDCEN https://t.co/tfo85e4UfE
Fatherhood institute reviewed evidence about UK fathers and fatherhood in the first postnatal year
The report explores who dads are; what they do, what influences this; what impact they have.
They found NHS systems are not set up to engage with, assess and support new fathers.
When a child is struggling at school, often they are seen by professionals (like me!) who assess, write reports and make recommendations. As this process goes on, something strange happens. Here's what it is (with @_MissingTheMark) 1/