Archive for 'Behavior'
Sleeping through the Night
Just when will your newborn sleep through the night? Sleeping through the Night If there’s one thing newborn babies do a lot of, it’s sleep. Most babies sleep an average of sixteen or more hours a [...]
Temper Tantrums in Toddlers and Young Children
When your toddler tantrums what should you do? Experts say try to stay calm, and remind yourself that this too will pass! Terrible or terrific. However you look at it, one thing is certain and that [...]
Early Intervention Helps Autistic Children
According to a recent study, children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder can benefit from early intervention as early as 18 months. The study, out of the UC Davis MIND Institute in Sacramento, California says that certain [...]
Sugar Helps Babies Tolerate Vaccines
Mary Poppins sang that “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down”, and it seems that this may be true. A recent study found that infants, who on average receive more than a dozen vaccines [...]
Coping with Picky Eaters
When no food is good enough. Coping with Picky Eaters Well, we’ve probably all heard the story about a toddler who refuses to eat anything but peanut butter sandwiches. Granted, it may not make headlines around [...]
Crankiness and Milestones
The connection between crankiness & developmental milestones. Crankiness & Milestones Have you ever tried to learn a new skill, only to be frustrated and irritated by set-backs while trying to master it? Well, that same frustration [...]
How to Communicate with a Newborn Baby
Interacting with newborn babies through words and songs builds the bond between parent and child now and into the future. From the moment our children are born they’re capable of communicating with us through sounds and [...]
How to Cope with Baby’s Colic and Crying
Does your baby regularly fuss near day’s end? Does she cry as though in pain, pulling her legs up to the chest? Then your baby may have colic. Colic is a condition which continues to leave [...]
Why Teddy Bears Help Babies Sleep
Your child’s blanket or teddy bear may be the ticket to a good night rest for your child, and for yourself! Although by six months of age most babies are capable of sleeping a solid eight [...]
What to Do About a Child Who Bites and Hits
Is your youngster having trouble expressing her frustrations verbally? It may be the reason why she’s resorting to biting and hitting others. Often young children go through a phase in life where they express their feelings [...]
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