Toddlers typically have a very short attention span. Time means nothing and a few minutes can seem like forever to a toddler. They are meant to flit from one activity to the next, building up as many experiences as possible. Remember they have a lot of ground to cover. Don’t expect an 18 month old to […]
Me do it! A popular cry from most two to three year olds. Sound familiar? This is usually followed by mom’s exasperated look as she knows this is going to take twice as long. Patience, count to ten and let her try. She isn’t wasting your time, in fact she is busy laying the foundation […]
A toddler’s day to day job is to play and not to be learning the ABC’s and doing math. Many parents today lose sight of the goal of being a child. That goal is to explore the world around them and make sense of it. Creating a sensory rich environment for your toddler will help […]
Are they really? The best shoes for your toddler are no shoes at all! You often see moms so obsessed with buying the correct shoe that they forget that their toddler needs to walk barefoot as well. Walking bare foot helps build arches and strengthens ankles. Walking on uneven surfaces like sand and the grass […]
There is nothing new about the fact that children love doing puzzles. In most shapes or forms, puzzles can keep your child entertained for hours. And the really great news? Puzzles can help turn your child into a genius. Okay, perhaps not all children who do puzzles will automatically turn into mini-Einstein’s (here’s hoping though), […]
Just because a purple dinosaur says so doesn’t mean it’s going to happen no matter how many times we repeat this. Sharing is just not in a toddler’s vocabulary when they are 2 years old. To the toddler there is no yours, mine and ours. It’s all mine! He is only just learning that things […]
Let’s be honest. All babies do it and we knew for a fact that as dads we would have to deal with it sooner or later. And if you were anything like me, the mere thought of having to deal with any of these would have sent me running for the nearest hazmat suit to […]
I’ve just spent most of the weekend at a busy shopping centre (luckily without my kids) observing the general weekend chaos of parents and kids doing the weekly shop. This is a stressful experience for most – both kids and parents alike, so here they are – the Golden Rules for a peaceful shopping experience… […]
