Toddler

Many new mothers are choosing to bring their babies to bed with them after they’re born. While there are both advocates for and opponents of co-sleeping, each family will want to make that decision for themselves. The trick is getting your toddler to sleep in their own bed after co-sleeping. The following ideas may make the transition a little smoother.

A garden buys a child more unsupervised time than any room indoors, and it is less secure than it looks. The one hazard that kills quickly, and the several that are less common than feared.

Some toddlers live for bath time. Their faces light up with joy when you mention getting in the tub, and they would happily spend a large portion of their lives there if you would allow it. Other toddlers, however, can't stand taking a bath. You have to bring them kicking and screaming to the tub, and you don't get a moment's peace until the bath is over.

Tantrums are a loss of control rather than a negotiating tactic, which is why reasoning fails mid-episode and why the answer should not move under pressure.

The hazards that actually put small children in hospital are a short list, and a handful of permanent changes deals with most of them. Including two pieces of standard American advice that are wrong here.