

Virtual Parent Focus Groups – to gather input from parents about LMC content and communication channels in local communities: Northside Achievement Zone – African American parents Joyce Preschool – LatinX parents Hmong American Partnership – Hmong parents Way to Grow – Native American parents and East African Parents. This will be expanded in 2021 with the addition of Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) and KMOJ as an additional media partners in late 2020. Public Service Announcements – MPR launched a 12-month LMC promotional campaign (May 2020) with expected annual audience reach is over 11 million impressions. Employee Education Campaign and Tool Kit – developed and tested with HealthPartners employees and available for use by all LMC partners. Schulze Family Foundation grant to support culturally-specific messages and resources. Social Media – active on Facebook and Instagram with goal to increase social media presence in 2021 through a Richard M. LMC website – including a new page dedicated to COVID-19 related resources for parents with a new page on racial justice parent resources. LMC actively reached out in 2019/20 to reach families and professionals across the Twin Cities through a myriad of activities. LMC engages families of all cultural backgrounds and income levels with special care to reach the most vulnerable families in their own communities and in ways that are familiar or practical for them. These target audiences learn how their interactions with babies and children can stimulate early brain development and enhance positive health and education outcomes throughout their children’s lives. It also helps mitigate toxic stress for the child and is an important upstream factor that helps reduce future chronic disease and mental and substance health risks. Optimal brain development helps build the parent/caretaker-child relationship and pave the way for future reading and math academic success, mental well-being, high school graduation and other markers of success. It educates and inspires action among parents, caregivers, and professionals who work directly with families. Little Moments Count (LMC) is a statewide awareness building campaign to encourage parents and caretakers of young children to practice frequent serve and return interaction to help a child’s brain optimally develop. Please keep in mind that these are simply suggestions and while we do highly recommend you do your best to follow the preparation instructions, you can use your best judgement.To increase parent/caretaker public awareness of the importance of frequent and connected interaction with children, especially those between 0 and 3 years old.

#Little moments skin
We will edit their dry skin so there is no need to worry. If your baby is starting to peel or get dry skin, please do not apply any lotions or creams to try to improve it. Please refrain from dressing your baby in an outfit that needs to be pulled over their head. When dressing your baby the morning of the session, please dress them in an outfit that zips or buttons in the front. If you live 40+ minutes away, please contact us for special feeding instructions.
#Little moments full
Plan to give them a full feeding just before you leave to get in the car so that by the time they arrive, they are asleep. A good way to do this is to give them a bath, sing or interact with them or do tummy time.

During this time, do your best to keep the baby awake as much as possible. Small spot feedings are okay to hold them over if you absolutely have to. Obviously, they may have their own agenda but there are several things we can do to make this happen: Do your best not to give a full feeding for three hours before your shoot. Ideally, we want your baby to sleep throughout the entirety of the session.
