1. They haven’t taught their little people to sleep unassisted. So this guy comes in at the top of the list because sleep deprivation is TORTURE. It’s also the root cause of many other issues. Most of the clients I see are having trouble with some aspect of sleeping. Their Little People may be catnapping, waking[…]
Control. How to have it (and get it back). Toddlers like to have the reins as often as possible. Their growing independence and ‘can do attitude’ is exciting to watch and often leaves adults pleasantly surprised and puffed with pride. Sometimes however, the little ninjas seem to have one over on us and before we[…]
That is the question! Many new parents ask me what I think of Dummies. They ask with this hopeful (and simultaneously guilty) look in their eye. Any person who has had an extremely distressed child screaming in their arms, car or just within earshot, who magically stops as soon as the plug is inserted knows[…]
“Why do my kids seem to muck up all the time?” “It feels like they are really trying to annoy me!” When my clients say things like this, I always think of the cycle of misbehaviour. Children are true experimenters. Everything is new to them and they spend every waking minute doing experiments to learn[…]
Tips for angry outbursts. While we can teeter around our little monsters to a degree, sometimes they absolutely lose it and rage. I have seen some terrifying eruptions from little people. Throwing things, hurting others and scaring the people in the vicinity. Anger is a really big emotion to feel. It can be quite overwhelming[…]
Just when you think you’re having an “I am really nailing this parenting thing” kind of day, your little monster throws an award worthy tantrum at the supermarket checkout. Just when think you have your child settling well and sleeping through, daylight savings starts. Just when you think you have finally won the dummy battle,[…]
So your little monsters aren’t so Angelic? Since when did obedience become the epitome of good parenting? We all want impeccably behaved children, right? Well maybe not, says Annalisa Barbieri. Here, she questions why there is such a fashion for taming our youngsters Two stories caught my attention recently. One was a report that breastfed babies are[…]