Health & Safety
Milestone Anxiety
A new mom is concerned about her infant reaching her developmental milestones, but should we are instead concerned about her obsessive thinking and anxiety which appears to be postpartum depression.
Toddler
Potty Training Wars: The “I Can But I Just Don’t Wanna” Kid
A toddler mom is having difficulty with the final leg of potty training her son. He can go on the potty but sometimes just doesn’t care about being in soiled underwear. It’s driving her insane. We offer a plan.
Toddler
On “Scheduling” Big Milestones and Transitions
A mom turns to Amalah about tackling some big toddler transitions like potty training, weaning, and transitioning from a crib to a bed. Is there an ideal developmental time to “schedule” and plan for these milestones?
Health & Safety
Speech Delay: To Evaluate or Not To Evaluate
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.
Toddler
Ready to Potty Train? Try the Pull-Ups Potty Partnership!
Potty training can be a challenge for many parents but the Pull-Ups Potty Partnership can make all the difference because it’s individualized for each child.
Toddler
Potty Training Readiness
Find out if your kid is ready to potty train! There are key signs. If yes, then just grab a box of Pull-Ups Training Pants and you’re ready to start.
Big Kid
Post-Graduation and not Looking for The Moment
It seems like there was supposed to be an immediate shift, somewhere in the whole turning-18-and-graduating-high-school thing. But life is full of moments.
Young Child
On Tying (and Buying) Kids’ Shoes
How do you teach your kid how to tie their shoes?
Young Child
Chores & Young Children: When (& How) to Start
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.
Toddler
I WILL Be There When She Walks (and Other Milestone Myths I Perpetuated)
Worried you might miss her first steps? Here’s how to ensure that you will witness those first milestones.
Toddler
Potty Training Wars: Dealing With the 3/4 There Kid
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?
Big Kid
Help, My Teen’s Driving!
Tips for when your teen starts driving? First of all: Don’t panic. You’ll both get through this.
Big Kid
Blind Spots
Teaching my teen to drive continues to be challenging, but perhaps less because of the driving itself and more because I’m still learning how to help her.
Holidays
Mother’s Day and Milestone Memories
It’s Mother’s Day weekend and a time to get nostalgic about baby’s and thus mother’s milestones.
Big Kid
Notes From The Passenger Seat
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.
Young Child
Bedtime Battles: Lost Lovey Edition
Is five years old to young to expect a child to be able to locate his misplaced lovey?
Toddler
A Terrible, Horrible, Not-So-Good, Very Bad Preschool Transition
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.
Baby
When Baby Plays Favorites
A new mom is concerned that their baby prefers her husband. Is this normal? What should she do?
Big Kid
(A)synchronicity
Asynchronous development can be worrisome and/or baffling, but it’s simply a difference that brings its own challenges and even joys.
Big Kid
The More Teens Change, The More They Don’t
My teens are growing up, and in some ways everything seems different, now. In plenty of other ways, though, it’s all still very familiar.