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• Choosing Toys for Babies • Solving Naptime Problems • When Toddlers bite other children • Stranger anxiety • Discipline For Babies • Get Your Toddler to Cooperate! • Casual Remarks • ì Daddy, Play With Me! î • Baby Tantrums • How to Calm Your Crying Baby • First-Born Jealousy • Write a Family Bestseller ñ My Sleep Book • Regular Naps Improve Nighttime Sleep • Newborn Babies and Sleep • What is Preventing Your Baby from Sleeping Through the Night? • Handling Unwanted Advice • Stop the Diaper Changing Battles • Unbelievable baby gift! Choosing Toys for Babies You may not be sure what kind of toys, or how many, you baby should have. Itís likely that you hear conflicting advice that runs from one extreme to another! Itís either: ìDonít give your baby toys æ heíll be spoiled,î to ìGive your baby lots of toys æ they develop his brain.î SoÖwhich is it? Solving Naptime Problems Napping is an important component of a childís healthy mental and physical growth. A daily nap refreshes a child so that she can maintain her energy, focus, and ability to learn for the rest of the day. Some studies even show that young children who nap every day are more flexible and adaptable, have longer attention spans and are less fussy than those who donít nap. When Toddlers bite other children A worried mother asks, ìToday at our play group my son BIT my friendís daughter! My friend acted like it was a normal childhood problem, and told me not to worry about it, but Iím horrified! Why did my son do this? How can I prevent it from happening again?î Stranger anxiety Your question: Our baby used to love new people. My husband and I could hand him to anyone and he'd just smile and coo. But starting when he turned seven months, his behavior changed completely. He's gotten incredibly clingy and he cries if anyone he doesn't know comes anywhere near him. What's going on? Discipline For Babies Your question: My six-month old is getting into everything. I keep saying "No!" but he won't listen. What's the best way to discipline him? Get Your Toddler to Cooperate! Toddlers and preschoolers require finesse to gain their cooperation, because they have not yet reached the age at which they can see and understand the whole picture, so simply explaining what you want doesnít always work. Casual Remarks Itís a curious affliction: the tendency to talk about oneís children in the most brutally honest and hurtful ways without realizing that the cherished subjects of the offensive comments are listening to every word. ì Daddy, Play With Me! î The clock in Jeffís car glows 6:40 P.M. as he rolls into the driveway after another long and tiring day at work. He opens the door to his home with a weary sigh and drops the mail next to the answering machine, which is blinking in that incessant, anxious way that demands listening. Baby Tantrums Why babies have tantrums and what you can do about it How to Calm Your Crying Baby Why does my baby cry? Simply put, babies cry because they cannot talk. First-Born Jealousy Question: Our first-born is showing extreme jealousy towards the new baby. Heís obviously mad at us for disrupting the predictable flow of his life with this new challenger for our attention. How can we smooth things out? Write a Family Bestseller ñ My Sleep Book Once your baby is over a year old, she begins to understand more about life. She is probably able to follow simple instructions, such as, ìPlease put this on the shelf.î Most babies at this age enjoy reading books ó especially books with pictures of real babies. You can use this love of books to help you encourage your baby to sleep through the night. You can do this by writing your baby his own book about sleep. Here's how: Regular Naps Improve Nighttime Sleep According to sleep research, and motherly experience, the length and the quality of naps affect nighttime sleep. (And, conversely, nighttime sleep affects naps.) Newborn Babies and Sleep Congratulations on the birth of your new baby. This is a glorious time in your life. Whether this is your first baby or your fifth, you will find this a time of recovery, adjustment, sometimes confusion and frustration, but ó most wonderfully ó of falling in love. What is Preventing Your Baby from Sleeping Through the Night? Hereís something that may really surprise you: As much as we may want our babies to sleep through the night, our own subconscious emotions sometimes hold us back from encouraging change in our babiesí sleeping habits. You yourself may be the very obstacle preventing a change in a routine that disrupts your life. So let's figure out if anything is standing in your way. Handling Unwanted Advice ìHelp! Iím getting so frustrated with the endless stream of advice I get from my mother-in-law and brother! No matter what I do, Iím doing it wrong. I love them both, but how do I get them to stop dispensing all this unwanted advice?î Stop the Diaper Changing Battles Babies are little bundles of energy! They donít want to lie still to have their diapers changed. They cry, fuss, or even crawl away. A simple issue can turn into a major tug-of-war between parent and baby. Unbelievable baby gift! |
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