If you’ve ever spent a significant amount of time with a toddler or preschooler, you may be aware that for many littlies, the toilet is the last place they want to poop.
If you have young children in the house, chances are, going to the toilet and having showers is typically done with kids in tow, who have slightly different understandings of the need for privacy than you do! While I’m not the ‘walk-around-the-house-naked’ sort of person,
My youngest has a lovie. She’s (yes, we’ve established Lovie is a girl) is an old, blue faded baby blanket. He treats her like she’s a second me. He will cry out for her when he’s upset, and he can’t calm down until he has her to
A healthy level of confidence and self-esteem are important qualities to have, but babies and toddlers don’t start out with bucket-loads of confidence and well-established self-esteem. Rather, these develop gradually and are qualities parents and carers can help nurture.
Starting tonight, ABC TV is airing a new six part documentary series, Making Child Prodigies which had us thinking – what exactly IS a child prodigy? And how do you know if you have one?
My son turns three next month, and he’s JUST started toilet training – because I simply forgot to do it. It only dawned on me when I was writing his party invitations that he probably should be out of nappies by now. Oops!
We’ve all been there. Your toddler is losing the plot, you have washing to hang out, an important phone call to make and dinner on the stove.
Nothing strikes fear in the heart of a parent quite like the words ‘toilet training.’ S**t happens. Literally. And like every other facet of parenting, it seems everyone has a differing opinion on how to do it right – but the transition from nappies to
I’m pretty sure that the time when your child finally becomes toilet aware and learns how to use the toilet is up there with one of the most exciting parenting milestones. It’s a liberating feeling not having to buy nappies or wipes anymore.
Actor Teresa Palmer’s sparked discussion about what “gender neutral” might truly mean, when she uploaded a photo of her sons captioned “gender neutral for the win”.
Your toddler might be walking and then suddenly go back to crawling. Or perhaps your preschooler is toilet trained but now can’t stop having accidents. Regression in little ones can be frustrating and worrying for parents, so why does it happen and is it anything
Thumb sucking is cute and can be a great self-soother for children, but as they get older it can interfere with their speech development, cause orthodontic issues, lead to bullying and increase the risk and spread of illness. Breaking the habit can be hard, but
Last week when I overheard the recommendation that all children as young as three years old must be enrolled in preschool, I was in disbelief. Three years old just seems so young to me!
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