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Nutrition for your toddler
By Maria Muennich on 23/08/2007 08:43:19
What should you be feeding your toddler for a balanced diet, and what are the foods you should avoid?
and not sure when to stop.Whenever you give your toddler milk or cheese, give them full-fat, rather than the low-fat versions you may prefer yourself. This is particularly important for under twos, but there's usually no reason to switch to low-fat dairy
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Getting toddlers into the washing habit
By Laura Lee Davies on 06/02/2007 01:06:22
Babies and young toddlers get their cleaning done for them, so how do you get small children into the habit of washing their hands and keeping clean?
are sending your child.Getting into the habitYour child will still need you to do his cleaning for a while yet, but by about 18-24 months, you might find your toddler is ready to try mimicking this adult activity.Just as nappy changing times might have been
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Toddlers who want to dress themselves
By Laura Lee Davies on 31/07/2006 11:57:46
The progress can be slow and painful, but even with trousers on heads, it can be a great toddler milestone.
birthday!Because dressing and undressing is such a big part of each day – not just morning and night, but with changing nappies through the day – it is understandable that for many toddlers, this becomes a early triumph and/or battleground. Not all children
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What should my toddler drink?
By Laura Lee Davies on 24/08/2009 01:26:43
We all know about breastfeeding babies, but what, how much and when should a toddler drink?
We spend so much of our time worrying about measurements and feedings for babies, it's easy to forget once a child can move around and begin to decide what he wants for himself, that we should be still looking at what he's drinking.MilkUnless your child has a known allergy to it,...
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Toddler and Baby Safety: Window Blinds
By Laura Lee Davies on 23/06/2009 10:07:20
After toddler Muireann McLaughlin died when she got caught in a window blind cord, there have been renewed calls for home safety awareness
as 15 seconds it had strangled her. Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. Other babies and toddlers have lost their lives in similar accidents when either a curtain cord or something hanging over a cot has become tangled with the child and caused
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Books for Toddlers
By Lee-Ann Archer on 07/12/2009 02:05:29
Two great Orchard books for getting troublesome toddlers settled for sleep!
Zebedee’s ZooBy Giles Milton and Katharine McEwenZebedee’s Zoo is about the animals that Zebedee the Zoo keeper looks after. During the day Zebedee’s Zoo is a very calm and quiet place to be and it seems as if the only thing the animals want to do is sleep all the time. What Ze...
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Toddlers who won't bathe
By Laura Lee Davies on 09/03/2007 04:04:46
Bathtime is usually a happy, playful event, but it can be a struggle when your toddler suddenly turns against it.
tips:Bring bathtime forward You would be amazed how a child who has spent two years loving bathtime at 7.30pm suddenly becomes a fractious monster. Getting your toddler into the bath is a struggle. Getting him out is a struggle. Gteting his pyjamas
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Diarrhoea in toddlers
By Maria Muennich on 16/11/2007 13:28:24
When is a loose stool more than a loose stool, and what should be done to treat diarrhoea?
How do I know when my toddler has diarrhoea?There are all kinds of stool variations that are within the normal range, and some toddlers have looser stools than others. But there are a couple of give-aways that a loose, watery stool is diarrhoea
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Toddlers who won't stay in a high chair
By Laura Lee Davies on 16/09/2007 00:55:26
All feeding and high chairs are designed to be secure, but what if your toddler just won't get in them in the first place?
It's a vicious circle: toddlers don't like high chairs because they get strapped into them and they can't wriggle around, but they get strapped into them because they wriggle around! You only have to read our Buyer's Guide to Feeding Chairs to see
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Potty training your toddler
By Maria Muennich on 25/10/2007 12:40:19
Is your toddler ready to potty train, and if so, where do you start?
're dealing with other people's disapproval, whether it's from your parents, your child's nursery or other mums. While the parental advice market is awash with techniques promising to potty train your toddler in x days or weeks, remember that the best approach
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