welcome in your home, and expose your child to people you like. It will show her the benefits of good relationships. Encourage open communication. Family members should always be allowed to talk about what's bothering them and to share happy news. Spend
of professionals specially selected from all areas of pregnancy and child development fields, as well as family wellbeing, to help provide media and general public with the latest advice and information to aid baby, as well as parents, during the crucial pre
5 EASY WAYS TO ENCOURAGE YOUR TODDLER'S SENSE OF HUMOURA sense of humour really does run in families - one sure-fire way of cultivating your toddler's is to be playful and funny yourself. Deal lightly with small catastophes, there really isn't any
A family baking session isn't just great fun - it's educational too.Reading recipes aloud, choosing, naming and weighing ingredients helps to develop reading and maths skills. Waiting for food to cook even helps little ones learn to tell the time
by month.She helps you understand all the areas of development: physical, mental, emotional and social, so that you can enjoy and maintain a long-term positive relationship with your toddler at this time of rapid growth and change.We asked our Babyexpert
-year-old is 13 hours, which may include a daytime nap, but, on average, toddlers sleep for only 12 hours. Try putting her to bed earlier and giving her a longer daytime nap.Is He a highly sensitive child?Mention a birthday party or a family outing and most
, by Becky Edwards Or Maisie goes to Nursery, by Lucy Cousins, both available at amazon.co.ukExplain what will happen through the day.Point out friends and family members who have also started school.Tell them about the fun activities you know theyll enjoy
and relationship problems in later life. So why the sudden decline in language development of under-3s? There's a whole host of possible reasons, says Liz Attenborough, manager of the National Literacy Trust's Talk To Your Baby Campaign. Parents' hectic working
is developing rapidly at this time. At the end of year one some toddlers may be adding several new words every day and at around 18 months old they may be trying out two word combinations such as Mummy look or Daddy gone. By the age of two language skills
it's family that makes all the difference. A lot of a child's personality comes from the way they're brought up. In the early years, parents are the biggest and sometimes sole influence on how a child turns out.' But whatever's made your toddler
