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8 different kinds of tantrums
Here's the thing about tantrums: while they're a universal rite of passage for most littlies, they aren't one-size-fits-all.
Dealing with toddler sleep regression
Although toddler sleep problems can be frustrating for parents, they are actually perfectly normal.
Toddler Guide
This quarterly guide to your toddler's second year contains information, tips and useful contacts on your toddler's development between one and two years.
- Your Toddler - 13 to 15 months old
- Your Toddler - 16 to 18 months old
- Your Toddler - 19 to 21 months old
- Your Toddler - 22 to 24 months old
- Your Toddler - 25 to 27 months old
- Your Toddler - 28 to 30 months old
- Your Toddler - 31 to 33 months old
- Your Toddler - 34 to 36 months old
Got questions? Head over to the Essential Baby forums to chat with other parents and carers about anything to do with your toddler, including toilet training, food for babies and toddlers, allergies and intollerances and play & activities.
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This is when your child should stop sucking their thumb
Thumb sucking is a very normal (and endearing) habit that forms when infants are learning to soothe themselves. Babies are born with sucking reflexes and inevitably find their fingers and thumbs (and feet!) in their mouths. However, it can turn into a tricky thing for parents to manage as children get older.
Toddler fun! Finger puppets for fun and cognitive development
Even a simple activity like playing finger puppets with your toddler is loaded with positive developmental outcomes.
Chrissy Teigen learns the truth about the terrible twos
Wait until they turn three ...
Sharing makes young children happy - just don't force them
There are many emotional benefits to sharing, but only if it's voluntary.
Toddler's 'ask me anything' post is surprisingly full of wisdom
It's no secret that threenagers suffer from a lot of bad press, However, as this little boy shows, it's an age full of wisdom and insight, too.
How I reclaimed my relationship with my toddler through food
Welcoming a second baby is beautiful, joyous and exhausting - or, if you're a 2-year-old, utterly confusing and downright annoying.
The simple thing you can do to give your toddler a flying start in maths and language development
Toddlers can be given a flying start in language and maths if their parents interact with them correctly, research suggests.
The gender bias leaving young girls without answers
For years, they were told nothing was wrong with their daughter.
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My toddler wants all my attention all of the time - help!
This is a stage, and you and she will move through it. I can (almost) promise it.
No limits: can the new guidelines on kids and screens work?
There are big changes for families in the new recommendations to guide children's use of anything with a screen, such as computers, tablets, mobile phones, televisions and video games.
Lisa, please don't call us crazy
Parenting is hard - and most of us are simply doing the best we can, in order to be "good-enough".
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