13 Ways to Encourage Good Behavior in Toddlers In addition to keeping the “don’t touch” items out of the way, consider positive steps you can take to encourage good behavior in toddlers. 1. Give Him His Own Drawer In The Kitchen Fill it with interesting items to pull out, sort and study: things like measuring […]
Three Year Old Behavior
Three Year Old Behavior is a Big Improvement Three year old behavior is easier to live with. Three now has the language skills that let two-way communication become real conversation. Three is a more settled person, having spent a whole year refining her language skills. You can take Three shopping and actually enjoy it. Internalizing […]
Keeping Your Kids Safe
Discipline Practices for Keeping Your Kids Safe When our children run towards the street or get too close to the stove, we are afraid they will hurt themselves and can sometimes overreact. A strong reaction in these situations is necessary for keeping your kids safe because they need to understand how serious a mistake they […]
Shape Children’s Behavior
10 Techniques to Shape Children’s Behavior Shaping children’s behavior means providing the child with cues and reinforcements that direct them toward desirable behavior. As you shape children’s behavior, the child’s personality tags along and also changes and improves. Best Ways to Shape Children’s Behavior praise selective ignoring time-out consequences motivators reminders negotiation withdrawing privileges humor […]
Controlling Parental Anger
How to Deal with Parental Anger Sometimes our kids make us feel angry. We will come home after a tough day, step on one of our children’s toys or they will spill something on the carpet and we cannot help but feel angry towards them. Parental anger is normal to experience sometimes. The important part […]
10 Time-Out for Children Techniques
10 Techniques for Time-Out for Children A time-out for children should be used as a form of positive and consistent discipline. Try these ten tips to use time-out as an effective discipline tool in your home. 1. Give Lots of “Time-In” When behavioral psychologists introduced the time-out for children concept, it was titled: “Time-out from […]
Working and Breastfeeding
Working and Breastfeeding is Nothing New Women have always worked and breastfed. The pioneer mother on the prairie had lots to do besides nurse her babies, and even modern mothers who are at home during the day struggle with the work of running busy households while responding to the needs of their infants. Combining working and […]
How To Fit Pumping Onto Your Work Schedule
Most mothers pump milk during the time that they are separated from their babies. Pumping prevents engorgement and maintains the mother’s milk supply. The pumped milk is then given to the baby by the caregiver during mother’s absence. Mother also nurses the baby frequently during the time that they are together. Before you return to […]
Weaning
WEANING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Weaning is not a negative term, nor is it something that you do to a child. Weaning is a journey from one relationship to another. The Hebrew word for wean is gamal, meaning “to ripen.” In ancient times, when children were breastfed until two or three years of age, it […]
Breastfeeding Bonding
Building Closeness through Breastfeeding Bonding When women look back on the time they spent breastfeeding their babies, what they most remember is the closeness, the intimate breastfeeding bonding. Whether you’re someone who is swept away by the romance of motherhood or a more practical person who feels the milk is there for a reason, the […]
Teaching Nutrition to Your Kids
The ABCs of Teaching Nutrition to Your Kids From A to Z, we have 26 (and then some) ways to help teach nutrition to your kids. And who knows, you may learn a few things yourself along the way! Take a look at the ABC’s of teaching nutrition to your child on topics ranging from […]
8 Admonitions to Parents Who Chose to Spank
By now you should realize that our position on spanking is simple: don’t. But we are also experienced enough to realize that some loving, nurturing, committed parents believe in spanking as part of their overall discipline package. As a pediatrician with thirty years in practice, I am also quite aware that regardless of our advice […]