Potty Training Wars: Boot Camp Rebellion
When you have a strong-willed child you need to choose your potty training battles carefully.
When you have a strong-willed child you need to choose your potty training battles carefully.
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A toddler is falling asleep by self-soothing and pulling out tufts of her own hair. Clearly her mom is concerned. What can she do?
A mom is eager to get her family of non-morning people started with their daily routine earlier in the day. Her New Year’s resolution is not faring so well thus far and turns to Amalah for some advice.
A babysitter is stuck in an sticky situation. Her toddler babysitting charge has behavioral issues that his mom refuses to address and it’s negatively affecting her own children and animals. Since the toddler is a friend’s child she’s having a hard time knowing how to proceed.
A mom is very concerned about how her in-laws are subtly and overtly treating her toddler son vis-a-vis his female toddler cousin, which is dripping in gender-bias. She needs advice on how to handle this tricky family situation.
A mom needs help with her toddler’s bedtime routine. He’s great at stalling and she is concerned because he is at the point where he can climb out of his crib. What should she do?
A toddler is making really good progress on potty training just as her family is about to hit the road on vacation. The parents disagree on whether they should continue with the potty training plan. Amalah weighs in.
A mom needs strategies to help her toddler who is going through a normal biting phase when with other kids at the playground.
A toddler is irrationally fearful of having her finger and toe nails clipped. Her parents have tried everything. What else can they do to help her over this fear?
A mom wants to start a behavior reward chart for her toddler with whom she’s been working on staying in her own bed all night. At what age do you start one and how do you begin?
I am trying to welcome this new phase. After 20 months of breastfeeding, letting go of the latch is both hard and good.
Parents have gone back to work after their paternity and maternity leaves and are concerned that their older toddler daughter is too aggressive with her new sibling and has been generally too defiant. Is this new behavior something to be concerned about or typical given the changes at home?
An expectant mom needs help sorting out her toddler’s nap schedule without too much disruption especially before the new baby arrives. Which is basically any minute now.
A mom needs advice because her toddler persistently challenging behavior at home is causing for chronic unhappiness and stress for the entire family.
How do you handle a toddler who has become very effective at stalling bedtime?
A mom writes in for help with her previously champion sleeper who can now take up to 2 hours falling asleep on his own in his big kid bed.
A toddler is refusing to nap but clearly still needs it. Amalah thinks there’s really another common sleep issue at work here.
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After a stomach bug, a young toddler refuses to drink from her sippy cup now. Her mom needs help in getting her back on track. But should she just wait longer?