Get Your Toddler To Stay in Bed at Night
October 26, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Infancy, Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
Finally you’ve managed to get your toddler from the crib/toddler bed or even out of your bed and into their own room/bed. Only one problem, now they keep sneaking into your room/bed.
Am I right? There are many solutions to this age old problem, but the most common one and something not many parents will want to hear is patience.
Tips for Getting Toddler to Bed:
- Don’t make it a big issue- If your child toddles into your room and does the whole sad eye look don’t fall for it and don’t go, “Ooh he/she wants to sleep with us.” Or start …read more
Discipline for Toddlers
October 15, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Infancy, Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
Now that your toddler has reached the “terrible twos” what type of discipline will you use? Many parents, especially those that are first timers, wonder which discipline method is the best one to use.
How did you determine what to use with your toddler? What will you use with your toddler? Below are a list of some parenting techniques:
Time Out- I will not lie, while this tactic works for some it does not work for all. Yes, I do know that SuperNanny would yell at me for saying this but it is true. Try it first to see if it will …read more
Wordy Wednesday: He’s Cool
July 15, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Infancy, Mommy Extras, Parenting, Toddler
It’s another Wednesday, which means we post our “Wordy Wednesday” photos for you. This past weekend we stopped off at our local IHOP and got ourselves some yummy breakfast. As you can
see in the picture it was still dark but we had to do some shopping before leaving town, which meant an EARLY breakfast. For some reason they had the cooler on and people were inside wearing jackets, course since it is summer we don’t have those in the car. So we had to suck it up, the girls curled into me for body heat as they said and the …read more
Watching Your Baby Play
April 16, 2008 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Mommy Extras
It’s amazing as you look down at your infant, who was once so small and totally dependant on you to get around. It would take months before he’d learn to roll over and even longer to crawl but now that he’s doing it he’s into everything and of course trying to tackle that next hurdle of growing up.
But it hit me today on how much he’s learned and how much he does by experimenting. We’ve been sitting in our playroom for over an hour now and he’s having a ball. Yes, he has a play area upstairs but not as …read more
The Playpen Jungle Gym
April 10, 2008 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Mommy Extras






