To Crawl Or Not To Crawl
My pediatrician is concerned that my nine-month-old isn’t showing any signs of crawling yet. Is he right or overreacting?
My pediatrician is concerned that my nine-month-old isn’t showing any signs of crawling yet. Is he right or overreacting?
How do you teach your kid how to tie their shoes?
My mother-in-law potty-trained my twins and forbade us from using pull-ups. We’ve had nightly accidents ever since but she won’t budge! Will we really ruin everything by using pull-ups at night?
Rome wasn’t built in a day. And most of the time potty training takes longer than that too.
Can your choice of diaper affect your baby’s motor skill development? Wait, what?
Some advice for a mother whose young preschooler is having a really hard time at drop-off and with separation anxiety through out the day.
Is five years old to young to expect a child to be able to locate his misplaced lovey?
My son is showing all the signs that he’s “ready” for potty training, without any of the actual “using the potty” part. What’s the next step?
Why it takes so much longer for some kids, and if there’s anything you can do to speed things up.
A new mom is concerned that their baby prefers her husband. Is this normal? What should she do?
When your teen (who is on the autism spectrum) is still a poor sport, game time can be tricky. Sometimes there’s a pleasant surprise in store, though.
The Good News: Rewards got my son potty trained. The Bad News: I have no idea how to stop rewarding him.
It’s hard to believe I’m teaching my oldest to drive, but here we are (still alive and liking each other, even). It’s a learning process, for both of us.
If we have learned anything from the film classic “Home Alone,” it is that leaving a child by himself (accidentally or on purpose) for any period of time can result in all manner of shenanigans. Also, Joe Pesci will show up. However, at some point,…
A mom is being told to have her toddler sent to a speech therapist but wants to understand the benefits of doing so first. Amalah has very strong opinions about this.
A mom is having a challenging time with her almost fully potty-trained child who is scared to poop in the potty and insists on wearing a pull-up. What are the parent’s options to help her young child?
My preschooler is very good at unlatching our strong baby gate. At what age can I let him have some independence in house during the early morning, before we are up?
Oh, the irony of parenting: It’s undeniably hard work, and yet most of us are doing entirely too much of the work. And while we might be able to swoop through a room and put toys away in 10 minutes doing that job for them is actually lazy parenting on our part. It’s their responsibility. Kids NEED chores. Here’s your starter’s guide.
The humbling second-baby-who-doesn’t-sleep-like-the-first-baby experience.
How do you determine the best age to let a child pierce his or her ears.