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Our vision is that all infants and toddlers in TX spend their first three years in an ecosystem that supports the healthy development of their early mental and relational health.

🏆👶🎾 TOMORROW IS TOURNAMENT DAY! If you’re still looking for something to do around the Dallas Suburbs this weekend, ther...
02/27/2026

🏆👶🎾 TOMORROW IS TOURNAMENT DAY! If you’re still looking for something to do around the Dallas Suburbs this weekend, there is still time to register or donate to our Tiny Texans Pickleball Classic!

PLAY. CHEER. SPONSOR. GIVE
🏓 Big Dill Tickets (For Adult Players): Includes entry in the tournament, food, and swag bags
📣 Pickle Pal Tickets (For Spectators, Supporters, and Donors): Includes food and swag bags
🧒 Tiny Texan Tickets (For Kids Ages 3-12): Food and entry into the Kids’ Area

If you can’t join us in person, consider supporting us through our Tiny Texans Gift Campaign. All the proceeds will help us uplift programs that nurture early relationships—like Safe Babies, Baby Day, and statewide professional training—ensuring infants and toddlers across Texas grow up supported, connected, and ready to thrive 💚

🔗🏆 Register and Gift through the links in our bio!

➡️ OR through our direct links:
Tournament Tickets 🎟️
https://first3yearstx.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F30264

Gift Campaign 🎁
https://first3yearstx.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/tiny-texans-pickleball-tournament-

👶🎸 There are so many ways that music can support your child’s development, but today we’re focused on mind, body, and mu...
02/25/2026

👶🎸 There are so many ways that music can support your child’s development, but today we’re focused on mind, body, and musical connection!

💌 The HITC Sticking Together Campaign was created to recognize and celebrate parents and caregivers who engage in everyday activities that promote Early Relational Health and support healthy child development!

The Melody Makers who find opportunities for movement and music in their daily routines remind us that playing with instruments, taking a 5-minute dance break, and singing along in the car are simple, yet powerful activities that strengthen your caregiver-child relationship and support your little one's motor development 🥁❤️

📣👶🗓️ Have you heard the news?! Baby Day is FREE to attend and registration is now OPEN!! We’d love to see all our Texas ...
02/23/2026

📣👶🗓️ Have you heard the news?! Baby Day is FREE to attend and registration is now OPEN!! We’d love to see all our Texas families join us on April 18th, at any one of our 30+ Texas locations!

🌟 For those who haven’t heard, Baby Day is a one-of-a-kind statewide celebration dedicated to the incredible growth that happens in a child’s first three years of life. First3Years partners with local hosts across Texas to help foster community and connection through interactive play and informational sessions. We have in-person AND virtual sessions for families who would rather connect from the comfort of their homes!

Join us for this special event and help us spread the news by sharing with your friends, family and community! We can’t wait to see you all there 🧡

🔗📍🎟️ Check out all our locations and registration information through the link in our bio!
➡️ OR you can visit our website for more information: https://www.first3yearstx.org/baby-day

02/21/2026

💡🧠👶 3 Ways to Support Healthy Brain Development!

Practicing responsive caregiving helps your baby’s prefrontal cortex learn how to regulate new and challenging emotions!
🔎 Identifying: Naming the feeling
🫶 Acknowledging: Affirming that their experience is very real (even if you don’t understand “the why” yet)
💬 Responding: Providing physical comfort, soothing words, and/or guiding breaths

Establishing daily routines with your little one helps their prefrontal cortex begin to learn the order of events, which opens the door to cause and effect and more complex problem-solving skills!
🧑‍🧒 Daily Routines: Your baby’s brain finds safety and comfort in knowing what comes next
➡️ Cause and Effect: Your baby’s brain learns “if, then” rationalization (if I go to my parents when I feel upset, then they will help comfort me, and I will feel better)
🔁 Problem Solving: Your baby’s brain learns the basis for complex problem skills for school and beyond

🍼 Nurturing strong, secure relationships with your baby is the first step to supporting healthy brain development. Relational health is at the center of child development, and strengthening your caregiver-child relationship helps shape the neural connections in your baby’s brain!

Let’s talk about the third core component of our Safe Babies Program…Education & Technical Assistance — Growing Knowledg...
02/18/2026

Let’s talk about the third core component of our Safe Babies Program…
Education & Technical Assistance — Growing Knowledge 🌱📚

Learning is at the heart of Safe Babies! We provide training for birth parents and caregivers on child development, coparenting, and what to expect at structured visits. We also offer year-round professional development for child welfare stakeholders — including our Safe Babies Cross Site Conference — to deepen understanding of infant mental health and trauma-informed practices. 🧠👩‍⚖️👨‍⚕️

02/16/2026

Yes, learning with young children can definitely get messy! And sometimes it is just fun and games! But there’s also a lot of learning taking place here if you know where to look! 🫟👶💡

Here's everything we learned together at our Dallas Baby Day celebration, just by letting kids lead and explore our “Breathing in Motion” activity based on their individual interests! What started as a fun way to practice deep breathing with kiddos evolved into…

🫶 Practicing Fine-motor Skills: When children are tearing up paper steamers, crumpling them up, and stuffing them in containers, they are working all sorts of tiny muscles in their hands. These motions and movements strengthen their grasp and help develop more dexterity in their fingers.

🍃 Learning Cause and Effect: Kids LOVE dropping things and watching them fall. It might look like they are just playing around, but their brains are actually learning about cause and effect, which is the basic foundation for more problem-solving.
“If I let go of this streamer, then it falls to the ground…. I wonder what else can happen around me….?”

💥 Discovering Sensory Learning: Can you try to describe the sound of crumpling, crinkling streamer paper? It’s a weirdly specific and satisfying sound that this little one probably hasn’t experienced before. Taking time to wonder and finding new ways to explore the senses opens the world up to a whole lot of sensory learning for you and your child!

We know it looks silly and goofy and it can be hard to take it seriously when we’re covered in party streamers... but a love for learning starts with the freedom for exploration! And for infants and toddlers, exploration and learning comes most naturally through play! 🛝🧸🧩

💐 Build Your Family’s Bouquet! There are countless ways to express love and affection, and on Valentine’s Day, we’re sha...
02/14/2026

💐 Build Your Family’s Bouquet! There are countless ways to express love and affection, and on Valentine’s Day, we’re sharing some of our favorite ways to nurture connection with our infants and toddlers!

Early relational health is an everyday practice, but on the day of love, we want to emphasize the importance of relationships, connection, and the caregiver-child bond 👩‍🍼💝

02/13/2026

🗓️🔔 We're TWO WEEKS out from the Tiny Texans Pickleball Classic! If you're in the DFW Suburbs looking for a fun evening filled with friendly competition, good food and great company, then this tournament is for you! 🫵

Here’s all the details you need for the Tiny Texans Pickleball Classic 🎾👶

WHEN
🗓️ Saturday, Feb 28th from 4-7PM

WHERE
📍Chicken N Pickle Allen
1221 Johnson Rd, Allen, TX 75013

WHY
💞 Proceeds uplift programs that nurture early relationships—like Safe Babies, Baby Day, and statewide professional training—ensuring infants and toddlers across Texas grow up supported, connected, and ready to thrive

🔗 Bring your Paddle and register for the tournament through the link in our bio

OR directly through ➡️ https://first3yearstx.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F30264

In addition to our Infant Mental Health Advocacy Conference, we cordially invite you to A Seat at the Table! If you’re o...
02/10/2026

In addition to our Infant Mental Health Advocacy Conference, we cordially invite you to A Seat at the Table! If you’re only free for an evening, or if you want to add on and begin Conference with a small, relaxed dinner, then we’d love for you to join us for some good food and great conversation at Remembering You Why: An Intimate Dinner With Dr. Joshua Sparrow!

A Seat at the Table Includes
🍽️ A hosted dinner
📖 A signed copy of Dr. Sparrow’s book
💬 Thoughtful dialogue and connection with colleagues across disciplines

To preserve the intimate setting, only a limited number of tickets are available for this event. This dinner is a separate event from our Infant Mental Health Conference, and you do not have to attend the conference to join us at the table!

🔗🎟️ Reserve Your Seat through the link in our bio!
OR directly through: https://first3yearstx.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F35739

⚽️🏈🥎 Let’s Play Ball is one of our guided Baby Day Activities! It’s a fun and developmentally appropriate way to support...
02/09/2026

⚽️🏈🥎 Let’s Play Ball is one of our guided Baby Day Activities! It’s a fun and developmentally appropriate way to support the development of early language skills while connecting with your little one through play.

If you’re interested in more activities that support healthy development and nurture strong relationships, join us for Baby Day on April 18th!

🔗👶 Check the link in our bio to find a Baby Day near you at one of our 30+ Texas Locations!
➡️ Or learn more about Baby Day on our website: https://www.first3yearstx.org/baby-day

The second core component of our Safe Babies Program: Coordination of Care, Supporting Families Together 🧩✨Safe Babies g...
02/05/2026

The second core component of our Safe Babies Program: Coordination of Care, Supporting Families Together 🧩✨

Safe Babies goes beyond training — we help families actively navigate and coordinate the services they need. Our coordinators connect parents and caregivers to parenting support, service referrals, and developmental resources, aligning everyone involved around shared goals for the child’s well-being. Better coordination means fewer gaps in care and more support for families during critical moments. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦💫

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Dallas, TX

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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