Toilet Training: The Top 8 Things

Toilet Training: The Top 8 Things

Toilet Training:  The Top 8 Things

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Toys – What To Buy Your Child

Toys – What To Buy Your Child

Toys, toys, everywhere toys! You hear advice from all directions: “Don’t give your child too many toys—he’ll be spoiled.”  Or “Give your child lots of toys—they help to develop his brain!”

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Cell Phones – Good & Bad Reasons to get your child a cell phone

Cell Phones – Good & Bad Reasons to get your child a cell phone

Cell Phones – Good & Bad Reasons to get your child a cell phone.

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What About Starting Potty Training Early with Elimination Communication?

What About Starting Potty Training Early with Elimination Communication?

A child can be put on the toilet even as infant, and in some cultures this is routinely done.  A small percentage of American and Canadian parents have adopted this practice, called elimination communication (EC). Before you sign up thinking your life just got a whole lot easier, you need to know that EC is not potty training. This is a way to manage a child’s waste, that is a long-lasting, gentle, gradual system that is used instead of diapers. This will replace the frequent diaper changes with frequent visits to the potty.

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Car Seat Crying

Car Seat Crying

If your baby falls asleep almost before you’re out of the driveway, consider yourself lucky. Many parents struggle with kids who won’t spend five happy minutes in their car seats, which turns “running a quick errand” into a dreaded daily task.

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Middle-of-the-Night Visitor in your Bed? Here are Solutions! Part 2

Middle-of-the-Night Visitor in your Bed?  Here are Solutions!   Part 2

If you read my last post you likely now understand more about why your child won’t stay in bed all night. That is s a great place to start! Depending on what you’ve uncovered, there are a few ways to keep your little one in his own bed all night. Since every child is different, and every situation is different, each family will approach this is a unique way.

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Middle-of-the-Night Visitor in your Bed? Part 1

Middle-of-the-Night Visitor in your Bed?   Part 1

Does your child fall asleep in his own bed, but climb into your bed in the middle of the night? What should you do? Let’s first take a closer look at what’s happening.

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