Parenting Kids

From burping in public to not shaking hands, kids and good manners aren't always a natural fit. With every nose pick it may seem like a losing battle, but there are ways to turn your little monsters into civilized human beings. Here are three no-fail suggestions from the manners gurus. 4 year old tantrums at bedtime http://www.parentingyourkid.com/tips-to-handling-4-year-old-bedtime-tantrums Good: Tell Stories You can't really preach manners. Kids will only hear, "Blah, blah, blah." Instead, pepper your teaching with cool (and kind of weird) trivia about manners, suggests Peggy Post, a director of the Emily Post Institute and the author of more than a dozen books about etiquette. The stories will stick with them and help them remember to do what you're advising. Let's say you want your kids to make eye contact and firmly shake hands when they meet people. But why do we shake hands? "You put out your hand to show you're not holding a weapon -- or ...

Small children are essentially uncivilized, and part of the job of parenting inevitably involves a certain amount of correctional work. With toddlers, you need to be patient and consistent, which is another way of saying you will need to express and enforce the same rules over and over and over again. “Time outs” work very effectively with some children, and parents should watch for those moments when they (the parents) may need them as well. Seriously, take a breather when you are feeling as out of control as your child is acting. Check this Best Musical Toys For 1 Year Old: Learning Through Music http://www.parentingyourkid.com/best-musical-toys-for-1-year-old-learning-through-music Distraction is another good technique; you don’t have to win a moral victory every time a small child misbehaves if you can redirect the behavior and avoid the battle. The overall disciplinary message to young children is the message that you don’t like the behavior, but you do love the child. Rela...

A gentle kiss on the forehead or a hand placed lightly on the skin is often enough to give you a hint that your child has a fever. However, this method of taking a temperature (called tactile temperature) won't give an accurate measurement.illustration of taking temperature Use a reliable digital thermometer to confirm a fever. It's a fever when a child's temperature is at or above one of these levels: toddler bath seat with suction cups http://www.parentingyourkid.com/tips-to-finding-the-best-toddler-bath-seat-with-suction-cups     measured orally (in the mouth): 100°F (37.8°C)     measured rectally (in the bottom): 100.4°F (38°C)     measured in an axillary position (under the arm): 99°F (37.2°C) But how high a fever is doesn't tell you much about how sick your child is. A simple cold or other viral infection can sometimes cause a rather high fever (in the 102°–104°F/38.9°–40°C range), but this doesn't usually mean there's a se...

Milks is an important part of a toddler's diet. It provides calcium and vitamin D to help build strong bones. Toddlers should have 700 milligrams of calcium and 600 IU (International Units) of vitamin D (which aids in calcium absorption) a day. This calcium need is met if kids get the recommended two servings of dairy foods every day. But those servings provide less than half of the necessary vitamin D, so doctors often recommend vitamin D supplements. Your doctor will let you know if your toddler needs a supplement. Best Musical Toys For 1 Year Old http://www.parentingyourkid.com/best-musical-toys-for-1-year-old-learning-through-music In general, kids ages 12 to 24 months old should drink whole milk to help provide the dietary fats they need for normal growth and brain development. If overweight or obesity is a concern — or if there is a family history of obesity, high cholesterol, or heart disease — talk to your doctor to see if reduced-fat (2%) milk may be given. After ag...