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?
Watching teens wade into the dating pool is a special kind of agony. Mine may roll their eyes at me, but these are the things I think they need to know.
The Good News: Rewards got my son potty trained. The Bad News: I have no idea how to stop rewarding him.
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?
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.
How do you determine the best age to let a child pierce his or her ears.
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?
What are the things that you want to do with your kids before they leave childhood behind? I feel like I can write this list with authority now that I have almost grown kids. Most of these things my children have done, except for my oldest who still has not mastered the cartwheel. It is something that makes me laugh every time he attempts it.
Rome wasn’t built in a day. And most of the time potty training takes longer than that too.
All that said, the decision to leave your kids alone is obviously a very personal one and depends on factors such as their maturity, their environment and your basic comfort level. As well as other issues like whether you should put the oldest kid in charge and your kids’ ability to follow safety rules to the letter.
When potty-training isn’t going well, is there ever a point where you should just pack it in and go back to diapers?
My pediatrician is concerned that my nine-month-old isn’t showing any signs of crawling yet. Is he right or overreacting?
Mornings and bedtimes with the kids easier when they use a chart so I can give fewer reminders.
My daughter insists she’s done with diapers but I’m not so sure. How do I know when it’s really time to ditch the nighttime pull-up?
Why it takes so much longer for some kids, and if there’s anything you can do to speed things up.
When a new sibling means potty training regression, we help you with some ideas for tackling this normal developmental hiccup.
The humbling second-baby-who-doesn’t-sleep-like-the-first-baby experience.
In the past week I have had conversations with several people about what age is okay to leave your child home alone. What do you think?
So much can change in five years, or even one year! What was your family doing this time last year?
Can your choice of diaper affect your baby’s motor skill development? Wait, what?
