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Kayla Bennett was a young mother to a newborn baby girl when she first met Deborah Lewis at North Country Healthcare in Holbrook. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lewis is a Heathy Steps for Young Children specialist, who works with parents of young children to be their child\u2019s first and best teacher. <\/span><\/p>\n

The First Things First Navajo\/Apache<\/a> Regional Council funds the program, which customizes services to meet individual family needs and goals, including: enhanced well-child care, home visits, informational material, parent groups and links to community resources. <\/span><\/p>\n

For Bennett, the help included helping her navigate the early well-child visits and helping the new mom understand and identify developmental milestones to accurately track her daughter Kailin\u2019s healthy development. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe program helped me keep track of my daughters\u2019 development and see where they were at according to their age bracket,\u201d she said. \u201cMy daughters also both accelerated beyond their abilities in their age group.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

A few years later, her second daughter Jordan was born and Bennett soon enrolled her into the program. <\/span><\/p>\n

One important lesson that Bennett recalled learning from Lewis is that you cannot spoil your baby by responding when they cry, cuddling or by holding them too much. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s showing them you\u2019re there to protect them and above all show them you love them,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cSince my daughters were young I\u2019ve always cuddled them and still do. When I do this gesture, their whole mood always changes no matter if they\u2019re upset. I\u2019ve also learned that the more you talk with a child from their newborn stage to age 3, helps them become a better reader, and communicate better.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Going through the program helped prepared Kailin, now 7, to be ready for kindergarten and Bennett expects that Jordan, now 4, will be ready as well. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Healthy Steps program has a lot of good resources about early childhood development,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cI also tell family and friends that the program helped me grow into a more confident and optimistic parent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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