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Life With A Typical Toddler

The other day I saw a hilarious e-card on Facebook. Well, it would have been hilarious if it weren’t so eerily true. It said something like “All these stay at home moms are on Pinterest making their own soap and reindeer shaped treats, and I’m over here like hey, I took a shower and kept the kids alive”. I am not sure how long I have felt this way, but I know that it goes back even to before my second son was born. Some days I manage to get a few things done, but much of the time I … Continue reading →

Toddlers Are Awesome

I recently realized that my toddler will not be a toddler much longer. Apparently, the age range during which a child is a toddler is from eighteen months until three years. Dylan will turn three on November 21. At that point, he will belong to the “preschoolers” age group regardless of whether or not he is actually enrolled in preschool at the time. As with anything kid – related, it seems as though passing through the toddler stage did not take as long as I thought that it might. There sure have been a lot of things packed in to … Continue reading →

Why Your Toddler Asks “Why?”

Over the past couple of days, I have come to realize that it is payback time for something that I did to my parents when I was a little girl. Why? That’s exactly it. Why. The word why, to be exact. I can distinctly remember countless times when, as a child, I asked my parents “why”. I used to be one of those kids. Dylan has always been a curious little guy. Within the past couple of days he has discovered a new way to express his curiosity – asking “why”. For example, as we were getting ready for bed … Continue reading →

Why Read a Book More Than One Time?

Many young children love to read the same book over and over again. My children will often ask for the same book to be read two or three times consecutively. Children may alternate the story that they wish to be read. They often will choose one book and stick with it for a few nights. They then may change and begin wanting a different book read. While this can be tiresome and somewhat boring for parents, there are advantages to reading a book more than one time. Good books are meant to be read multiple times. Rereading or recalling a … Continue reading →

Reading With Your Toddler

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Your baby developed a love of books through read aloud experiences with his parents. Now, he is toddler and still loves books. Your baby has changed drastically. Your reading style must also change. As a toddler, your child will take on a more active part in the reading. He may begin to imitate you and repeat words. From books your toddler will learn new words and develop ‘favorites’. Because young toddlers are often still in the exploration stage, board books and hard covers are still best choices. Pick books with simple concepts and text. Young toddlers love books with familiar … Continue reading →

A Can Without A Plan

Today, I found an opportunity to practice refraining from instructing Dylan as he plays. We had gone out to pick up a couple of things at the hardware store for my husband and I decided to turn it into a fun afternoon outing by adding in a stop for lunch and a trip to the playground before we went back home. At the restaurant where we had lunch, there were a bunch of plastic and metal food containers on a table with a sign that said “Free For Our Customers”. Of course, the containers caught Dylan’s eye and he picked … Continue reading →

Taking Time To Connect

When you are the parent of an infant and a toddler, you may sometimes feel like your toddler does not get enough one on one time with you. For that matter, you may also wonder whether your infant notices that he does not get much one on one time with you and how he might feel about that. I know that I have struggled with these feelings since Blake was born a couple of months ago. Over the past couple of weeks, I have developed a strategy for spending some “alone” time with each of the boys while I am … Continue reading →

One Suggestion For Handling Tantrums

If ten strangers were in a room with you and your toddler and your toddler happened to have a temper tantrum, you would probably get ten different pieces of advice on how to respond to your wailing, flailing child. Some of the advice you might hear would probably sound too harsh while other suggestions might seem too lenient. As with parenting advice about any topic, the best thing that you could do in such a situation would be to choose the approach that seems to best fit your family and your child. As a part of my never ending quest … Continue reading →

I Can Hear You I’m Just Not Listening

If you are the parent of a toddler, chances are that you sometimes feel like your child can not hear what you are saying to him or her. Most toddlers can hear quite well, and that is usually not the problem. The problem is that they are not listening to the words that they are hearing from you. If this sounds like a familiar situation to you, you may want to take some time to think about how you say things to your child. It is possible that there might be some room for improvement regarding the clarity of the … Continue reading →

Want a Healthy Brain? Exercise!

You can never hear enough reasons on why physical fitness is important. We understand how it can impact your overall well-being, increasing energy and stamina. We know that fitness can keep certain diseases and medical conditions away. We even know some of the emotional benefits to fitness. But what about your brain? Have you ever considered the impact that physical fitness has on your brain? A new study came out that reveals age-related brain changes (related to memory and attention) are decreased when older adults engage in regular exercise. So if you want a healthier brain, keep exercising. Now here’s … Continue reading →