Dropping off your child at day care is never easy. Here are a few tips to ease the day care drop off transition.
Q&A: 5 Year Old Started Biting His Shirt Sleeves at School
My five year old grandson started kindergarten, he recently started to bite on his sleeves, jacket tie straps and biting on my shirt. He is one of the youngest kids in school and does not do well when kids pick on or bully him.
Q&A: Autistic Child is Biting – How Can I Encourage Him to Stop?
What strategies can you recommend to stop biting? I’m working as an additional educator in a child care centre with a boy with autism that bites when someone is in his space.
Tips for Playing With Your Toddler
Parenting a toddler is a challenge, even more so if you already have older or younger children in your home. Many parents often wish that their children ages 12-36 months would just “stay still” for a bit so they could catch a break.
10 Reasons Why Music Matters for Your Young Child
Did you know that early, age-appropriate music experiences can enrich a child’s language, literacy, social development, cognition, attention span, mathematical, motor and self-regulation skills?
Q&A: Preemie Doesn’t Like Tummy Time
I have a 6.5 month old (she was 5 weeks early). She didn’t start lifting during tummy time until 2.5-3 months and she struggles to push herself up into supporting herself on her hands (crawling position) unless I push her up and then she can hold it for a few seconds, she had absolutely no interest in bearing weight until …
Q&A: Baby Not Babbling Consonants at 9 Months
My son turned 9 months today, and he is not babbling consonants yet. He tries really hard to talk but all he can come up with is Ahh Ehhh or lots of gurgling sounds like “Aga” and “Aka”. He is learning to stand up, and he can crawl. He likes to play peek-a-boo, but not patty cake. He often smiles …
Q&A: One Year Old Not Bearing Weight & Not Standing
My daughter is 13 1/2 months old. She was born full term. She is not bearing any weight on her feet. When we try to make her stand, she bends her knees. She never crawled, never moved. Her mind is sharp, and our family physician says everything with her is fine. I am extremely worried if everything is fine, how …
Q&A: 5 Year Old Cannot Put Sentences Together
My son is 5 years old. He has been in speech therapy off and on since he was three. He cannot put a sentence together. If you ask him to say I like puppies, you might get him to say like puppy. He rarely can put three words together. He does not have a direction. What I’ve read about his …
Q&A: 18 Month Old Showing Signs of William’s Syndrome & Fragile X
Hi, I have worked with William’s Syndrome and Autistic children. Right now I am a nanny and this little boy is 18 months old and shows characteristics of fragile x and autism. I am not a therapist and am not qualified, but since I have worked with hundreds (especially with infants and toddlers)in daycares and pre-schools and being a nanny …