Toddlers, like all of us, cycle in and out of sleep phases through the night. When toddlers are in a light sleep pattern they are prone to awaken and learning how to fall back to sleep takes time.
Category: Toddler
Are you beginning to realize why this stage has affectionately been coined, “The terrible twos (or even ones!)”? As cute as toddlers are, do you sometimes feel like you just don’t speak their language!? The good news is, here you’ll find articles, videos and events on how to “speak” toddler, calmly deal with tantrums, potty training, bed time routines, healthy eating, separation anxiety, language development and more!
Raising Patient Children
From a very young age, children are asked to exercise patience in group settings. How well they demonstrate patience among their peers depends largely on whether they’re asked to practice this important skill by parents and caregivers.
Want to Be a Good Parent? Teach Self Control
Join us for our next radio show on April 25 at 1 p.m. Can’t make it, you can always listen to it in playback at your leisure! As I was reading the opinion section of the New York Times in February, another column on American child-rearing practices lept from the pages. It was at the […]
Green Parenting: Earth Day is Sunday!
Earth Day is this Sunday, April 22. I’m sure you’ve heard of Earth Day but here’s a bit about it and how it got started.
The Happiness Project at the 2012 Mommybites Summit
Every so often, a phrase or quote in a book takes my breath away. It happened to me recently when I was reading The Mommybites Summit keynote speaker Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project. Gretchen was talking about a father whose three young sons were driving him crazy because they were all getting up so […]
Discussing a Pet’s Death with Your Child
It is so so sad to loose a family pet and helping your toddler understand is developmentally difficult. He won’t be able to understand the permanency of death.
New York Family Interview: Parenting Unknowns
I had the opportunity to interview our support director and parent coach Renee Sullivan, for this month’s NY Family magazine. Here’s a little snippet from the article. Heather: For me, the theme of there not being black-and-white answers to becoming a parent carries through to almost everything we will talk about. Parenting just does not happen […]
Snacks for On-the-Go Eating
One of the ways we can think about toddler snacks is to see it as a small meal so you do not have to worry about a snack ruining a meal time. With many toddlers a snack is a meal so try and make the most of it.