Many household products can be poisonous to your toddler, such as aspirin, lye, drain cleaners, cosmetics, moth balls, bleaches, etc. Toddlers put everything they grab into their mouths and it’s no wonder poisoning is common. Here are some important safety rules: 1. Never call any medicine “candy.” 2. Buy medicine and household products in child […]
Besides swimming and family outings to keep your preschooler active and exercise-oriented, another terrific activity is wrestling. It exercises all your child’s muscles and increases strength and flexibility. It also allows you and your child to have fun together. I would advise you to call frequent rest periods, if not for your child, certainly for
Most toddlers are full of energy and have an intense desire to move around and explore their environment. It is your job to provide your toddler a variety of interesting opportunities for exercising, always keeping safety in mind. Elaborate equipment is not necessary, just arrange for the space and opportunity. Your youngster will do the
Infants love to be active. Just give them the space and opportunity. For the three- to six-month-old, here are some suggestions: 1. Turn-over games. Babies never tire of being turned from front to back, and back to front, and on and on. 2. Kicking toys attached to the sides of his crib are great fun.
Your new baby is sturdy and very well engineered, so don’t be afraid to handle him and move him around right from the start. During the first month or two it is important to support your baby’s head because it is quite wobbly. The earlier you start to help him develop strength, good muscle tone
Many infants and toddlers suck their thumbs and as far as I am concerned, you don’t have to worry about it a bit. I am against the use of any restraints, such as mittens or adhesive tape, or painting the thumb with a bitter-tasting substance. These methods not only don’t work, but they can cause
Babies vary from the beginning in how much sleep they need; a really wakeful baby may never sleep for more than 12 hours. You can’t care for a wakeful baby in short bursts and ignore him in between; he makes himself felt all day and maybe most of the night too. ⢠If he starts
Most small babies love to be carried and cuddled, but some do not. If yours is an uncuddly baby, he may seem to resent the physical restriction of being held. • Instead of molding himself to the curves of your body, he probably wriggles and fights. He may hurt your feelings; you may have to
Baby’s muscle control improves rapidly in the second to fourth months, moving down from neck and shoulders to include the upper back. If you pull him gently into sitting position, he can support his head and shoulders and the upper part of his spine, the remaining sag is from the waist down. ⢠By now,
Getting moving opens up a new world of fun for your baby, but a hazardous one. – Check and recheck your safety precautions. And remember the floor is now his natural habitat, so whenever you lift him off the floor and into any kind of seat he must be strapped in, and it must be so
