When Your Parenting Toolbox Isn’t Enough
We’ve tried everything. Everything. We’ve read books, we’ve exhausted all of the options we can come up with. We’ve even gone into avoidance mode. Nothing is working. As it turns …
Behaviors
This page is all about teaching behaviors to babies and toddlers, dealing with tantrums, enforcing consequences, using positive reinforcement, and more!
If you’d rather view these posts in list form, please visit the –> Behavior Page.
In these posts, you’ll find information about setting expectations with regards to behaviors, and making corrections using discipline. Things like tantrums are addressed, along with teaching positive behaviors such as saying please and thank you.
These posts discuss using rewards systems, positive reinforcement, and consequences in a consistent manner.
You may also be interested to view the regressions page, and the leaps and milestones page. Often there can be behavior disruptions during regressions and leaps. It is important to know about these topics as well!
How We Handle Screaming Fits With Our 3 Year Old
This post originally appeared at Christine Keys blog in September of 2018. Our daughter is insanely well behaved. She is very mature. She is also very passionate, and very strong-willed. …
4 Things You Need To Know About Disciplining Toddlers
Today we have a guest post from Christine Keys. She is a member of the Babywise Friendly Blog Network, and I love her take on discipline. These are 4 very …
3 Powerful Ways To Conquer Your Toddler’s Irrational Fears
It’s Babywise Friendly Blog Network week! We are all writing on the topic of “fears”. See below for the full schedule of topics and links from all of these wonderful …
How to Give Instructions to Your Toddler & Achieve Successful Results
It’s Babywise Friendly Blog Network week! See below for our full schedule this week (8 AMAZING posts on Babywise series topics that are not schedule or sleep related). Today is …
USING STICKER CHARTS
This was a requested post following the post discussing the 18 month sleep regression (why it happens and what to do). I just want to take a minute to outline …
TEACHING ABOUT PERSONAL SPACE
My daughter recently started a mommy and me gymnastics class. We got there early, as we do for most things. As I was getting Caroline ready and setting our things …
LITTLE MISS INDEPENDENT
I am not sure what I was thinking- no wait…I was thinking I wanted to sit for the first time all day! LOL That’s what drove this decision…. …