As your toddler grows and explores newer activities, you will find it necessary to teach your toddler to accept your authority when you communicate it to him. The trick to disciplining your toddler is to be firm, yet gentle. Remember, you are doing it for your toddler’s good. Here are some tips to help you discipline your toddler in a positive way without being harsh or … [Read more...] about Let your toddler know you are the boss
Archives for March 2007
Know Why Kids Scribble
Most children are fascinated by the possibilities of a pencil or crayon stub and become engrossed in their activity as they scribble away for hours. As a parent, you may find this a heaven-sent solution to keep your kids quiet and relaxed in their own self-contained zone.However, you may worry that your child is obsessed with this one activity, and wish he or she would play at … [Read more...] about Know Why Kids Scribble
Know the Toddler Phase
The toddler phase in a child’s life can be sharply marked by an increasing need to assert its independence. This will be a time fraught with challenges for you, as you try to support your toddlers’ impulses to explore his environment, while also safeguarding them from any harm. If the battle to assert your authority may sometimes lead to frayed nerves or tempers on your part, … [Read more...] about Know the Toddler Phase
Know if Your Baby is Bowlegged
Are you worried that your baby might be bowlegged? Well, actually he is—as are all babies at this age. Bowlegs disappear as babies grow up. It is a normal phenomenon, although, very rarely, it could pose a real problem. Bowlegs are quite common in babies until the age of 3 years or so. As the baby starts to walk, the legs start to straighten out and bowlegs begin to disappear. … [Read more...] about Know if Your Baby is Bowlegged
Is Your Home Safe?
Growth in toddlers at this age can be really fast. One fine day you might find your toddlers doing something that you could never have imagined them capable of doing, just a few days back. They will soon be discovering their knack for climbing furniture, opening latches and decoding baby-proof gadgets. While all this is very encouraging for a parent to watch, it is also … [Read more...] about Is Your Home Safe?