If you are a stay-at-home mom and you have a toddler, you might feel like you are running out of things to keep your toddler happy, stimulated, and active. I know that I started to feel this way. My son is now 13 months old. Around 12 months he dropped his second nap and we [...]
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Structuring a Toddler’s Day (Pre-Toddlerwise & Toddlerwise)
Posted in Babywise (-wise parenting series), Structuring the day on November 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Benefits of Babywise, Pre-Toddlerwise, and Toddlerwise
Posted in Babywise (-wise parenting series), tagged babywise, babywise II, personal benefits, pre-toddlerwise, toddlerwise on November 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It seems that taking care of Cooper got pretty difficult from about 9-12 months. This is really mostly my fault. I lacked structure to our day. Other than I knew what time he was suppose to eat and sleep, the rest of the day was a free-for-all. I had all his toys in random boxes [...]
Blanket Time (Babywise II, Pre-toddlerwise, toddlerwise)
Posted in Babywise (-wise parenting series), Structuring the day, toddler, tagged blanket, blanket time, boundary, discipline, infant, mental focus, obey, parameter skills, pre-toddlerwise, sit still, Structuring the day, structuring your toddlers day, timer, toddler, toddlerwise, toys on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What is Blanket Time? Blanket time is an allotted amount of time in the day when you instruct your child to remain on a small blanket (3×3 or 4×4) and play with a select few toys that you have chosen for him/ her to play with. Blanket time can be started as early as you [...]
Independent Play Time (Babywise II, Pre-toddlerwise, toddlerwise)
Posted in Babywise (-wise parenting series), Structuring the day, toddler, tagged attention span, baby, babywise II, creativity, daily schedule activities, Ezzo, independent play time, mental focus skills, orderliness, pack 'n play, playard, pre-toddlerwise, roomtime, scheduling, self-play, toddler on November 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
What is Independent Play Time (IPT)? Independent play time is a time when your child plays alone, without you or other siblings around. You choose the time of the day this type of play will occur and also the toys that your child will play with. Independent play time should happen at the same time [...]
Minimal Daily Diet for Toddlers
Posted in toddler, toddler feeding, Touchpoints, tagged 16 ounce of milk, minimal daily diet, multivitamin, one ounce of juice/ fruit, one year old, picky eater, refusal to eat, three year old, toddler diet, Touchpoints, two ounces of protein, two year old on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the book Touchpoints, Dr. Brazelton wrote a minimal daily diet for toddlers. During toddlerhood, many toddlers will be very finicky when it comes to food. One day they may like apple and the next day refuse to eat it. I know this is true of my son. He was loving oatmeal and then one [...]
Wonder Week 46
Posted in the wonder weeks, Uncategorized on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wonder week 46 is known as the “The World of Sequences”. Your child is starting to understand how things fit and belong together. You may notice him starting to group things together or piling blocks or other objects together. My son at this age started to understand how to use his pop up toy and [...]
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