Ever wonder if your toddler is developing on time, or worry if there is something wrong. I’m posting a toddler checklist that will help you to understand what your toddler is learning. As well as what the time frame is that he or she should be learning it in. If your little one is behind in one or two things don’t worry every child is different, but if your little one is behind in most areas or you notice a pattern with a certain area of development that they seem to be behind in. Then you will probably want to talk to your pediatrician about it. Now before you dive into the checklist, you might want to understand the fields. Fine Motor Skills is the use of small muscles like the fingers for picking things up or feeding oneself. Gross Motor Skills is the use of large muscles like your arms, or legs for climbing, running, or crawling. Language Development falls into two categories; expression which is the ability to speak language, and comprehension which is the ability to understand language. Last is Social/Intellectual Skills which is how your toddler adapts and figures out the world around himself/herself. Now as promissed here is the checklist. (click more below)
Toilet Training your Toddler
Posted by Katie
on October 21, 2011
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You might be wondering when is the right time to potty train? There are two criteria that will tell you if it is time. First, your son or daughter must understand when they get the urge to go, not when they went. Second, your son or daughter has to have the desire to be clean. Here are some hints on what to look for. Is your toddler hiding from you when he or she poops, or waits until their bed time? Is your toddler asking for you to change them? These are both good signs. Now if it doesn’t phase your toddler if they poop themselves while playing in front of family or strangers; then he or she is not ready. Its not always best to just start early. Its been proven that children who start too early will spend more time training then others and won’t get out of diapers any sooner. According to a study done by Medical College of Wisconsin, researcher have found that on average girls will be potty trained by 35 months, boys on average will be potty trained by 39 months. Even if they are dry during the day its normal for children not to be dry at night until the age of 7. Now there are many different styles of potty training. Some say it takes a day; you just have to pick the right one when time is right. Others will say just let your child go naked for a week or so and they will start to understand. I can tell you that those might not work for all toddlers. Every child is different so I’ll give you a few steps and answers to common questions in here . . .
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New Important Saftey Information on Infants Medications
Posted by Katie
on October 19, 2011
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There is now new dosing directions for children and infants acetaminophen products. Makers of acetaminophen products including TYLENOL® are changing the concentration amount that they put in their medications. These changes are intended to standardize and correct any medication errors. Some companies already have their new acetaminophen in stores but the rest will be changed over the next few months as the old products leaves shelf’s. TYLENOL® will be making the changes when cold and flu time hits. Here is what you should know and do . . .
