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Have you nailed it as a parent? |
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Sunday, 01 June 2014 00:00 |
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21 signs you have nailed it as a Parent
1. You can eat with one hand while holding a baby on your hip and soothing the sobbing toddler attached to your leg.
2. Date night now features a Shirley Temple with someone less than four feet tall and a stop at Buy Buy Baby, Costco, or both.
3. You no longer expect the gentle caress in the middle of the night to come from your partner; you anticipate it from the tiny tyke who wants you to know he got up to pee in the potty. And you're glad that he did (both pee in the potty and share his pride in the pre-dawn hours!).
4. You develop X-ray vision that enables you to take temperatures and administer medicine in the dark -- in addition to locating lost blankies, loveys, and pacifiers with only the moonlight as your guide.
5. You pull out the sweater you wore last winter and, realizing that it has dried boogers or breast milk (or both!) on it, you put it on, smiling with nostalgia at what a difference a year makes.
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Monday, 12 May 2014 00:00 |
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How to tackle your child's complaints
It's Not Fair! Tackling Your Child's Complaints
It's hard for a kid this age to understand why a friend gets more gifts than he does, or why he isn't as good at sports. Experts help you explain.
"Can I get my ears pierced?" my 5-year-old daughter asked yesterday out of the blue. I told Jenny that she can't get her ears pierced until she's a little older. "But, Mom," she continued, "Skyler has her ears pierced -- and she's 5 like me." I reiterated that her father and I think she's too young but that she could get her ears pierced in a few years. "But that's not fair!" she yelled as she stormed out of the room, stopping only briefly to turn and utter this final salvo: "You're the worst mommy ever!"
As it turns out, though, there is a silver lining to the madness: Experts say that Jenny is developmentally on track. "Children this age become aware that things don't always turn out equal, and it raises questions for them about how the world works," explains Rebecca Dingfelder, Ph.D., a child psychologist in Durham, North Carolina. With this in mind, how do you explain to your kid why she doesn't have exactly the same amount of things as her friends or that she has different skills, looks, or rules? Here are expert-approved ways to deal with four common child complaints.
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