If a woman doesn’t look like a goddess during birth, then someone isn’t treating her right.

~ Ina May Gaskin

Hurray for Mama goddesses!

Mayim Bialik’s new book, “Beyond The Sling” has caused such a stir…I’m just wondering why?  Perhaps its the Hollywood way?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/mayim-bialik-beyond-the-sling_n_1327434.html

Some families in the Tum e Time classes may want a resource book that is more American Sign Language based (ASL) than baby signs.

This one in particular, is perfect for beginning families as it has much to say about the research and reasons behind signing and how to start.  Although there is a lot of text, it is filled with many stories from families that you may find helpful and situations that sound familiar. There is an illustrated dictionary and another dictionary labeled as the “likely child versions of each sign”.  The authors also offer tons of simple songs with common childhood themes (balls, music, cars, etc.) and cute photos of babies using the signs.

Although I haven’t seen them, the authors have other companion books as well.

Remember to check your local library.