It has been a while since I posted an ask the expert series post, but when I discovered Courtney English on Instagram I knew she had to be the next person I interviewed. Courtney is a pediatric occupational therapist supporting parents in meeting their child’s sensory needs. She has a plethora of useful information to help children with emotional regulation, bedtime, and meeting their general sensory needs. I was so excited to be able to interview her and speak about some of these things!

For this segment of Ask the Expert I speak with Caley of Learn with Chatterboxes about how to encourage communication from birth as well as at the stage Yitzchak is now.

Caley is a speech-language pathologist. She has a Bachelors in Early Childhood Education and a Masters in speech-language pathology.

What is the number one thing you can do to help your child’s gross motor development? I had a pretty good guess and speaking with Jena, a Pediatric Doctor of Physical Therapy confirmed it.

In this installment of the Ask the Expert series I speak with Jena of @drivingdevelopment about gross motor development and how to set your little one up for success!

To answer some of the questions I get frequently about baby-led weaning I spoke with Christiana of Real Food Littles. Christiana has a background as a health-focused personal chef and Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She recently launched a course with everything you need to know for starting solids and how to raise an adventurous eater.

I love the Montessori floor bed, but what does a sleep consultant think? Will it lead to a sleep-deprived toddler. Here I speak with Lucy Bagwell of Second Star to the Right Sleep.