Archive for 'Toddler'
Stranger Danger - How to Street Proof Children
Telling your children to “never talk to strangers” is only one step in keeping our children safe from sexual predators and child abductors. As children, how many times were we told to “never talk to strangers”? [...]
Teaching A Baby to Sleep Through the Night
Is your infant keeping you up all hours of the day and night? The time may have come to teach your child to sleep through the night. In the first year and a half of a [...]
Tips for Choosing Child Care
Finding good childcare requires patience, persistence and a few detective skills. Here’s what to look for in a qualified day-care center. For most of us, returning to work and finding alternative care for our child is [...]
Improving Behaviour in Small Children
How a little distraction can lead to better behaviour. Improving Behaviour One of our main jobs as parents is to help guide our children to make wise choices. Sometimes that can mean setting limits and doling [...]
How to Get Kids to Behave Better
How to actually get your children to behave a little better! Improve Kids’ Behaviour Usually when our children misbehave, especially the young ones, it’s quite unintentional. They simply don’t know any better. Which is why we [...]
Sleep and Good Parenting
How a little extra shut eye could make you an even better parent. Sleep & Good Parenting Because it is so difficult to accomplish all of the things we need to in a day, many of [...]
Sleep & Immune System
A look at how sleep can keep our children’s immune system strong. Sleep & Immune System More and more research is pointing to the fact that that sleep is a vital component in keeping disease at [...]
Nightwaking
Why do children sometimes wake in the middle of the night? Night Waking Just when you thought your child was finally sleeping through the night, you’re rudely awakened, literally. Night waking is a common complaint among [...]
Are You Too Strict With Your Young Child?
How many times have you said “no” to your children today? There’s good reason to consider a few alternatives to the word “no”. When it comes to parenting, one of the most overused words in the [...]
Food Struggles and Picky Eaters
Is your child a picky eater? While it may be tempting to bribe her to eat her meals, in the long run this creates more problems than its worth. Remember how voracious your child’s appetite was [...]
