Toddler Articles

Beating Toddler Bedtime Battles

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Does your toddler use delay tactics before going to bed? 'I need a drink!' or 'I want THAT toy' or something similar? Or does your toddler become super clingy? No matter what tactics your toddler uses at night, Pinky McKay has some fabulous suggestions to avoid bedtime battles.

Benefits of Breastfeeding Your Toddler

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Breastfeeding a toddler may not be everybody's cup of tea, but it does offer significant nutritional and immunological benefits to the child as well as a reduced risk of breast cancer and osteoporosis to the mother. Read on to find out the benefits of extending the breast.

Breastfeed a Toddler - Why on Earth?

By Dr. Jack Newman MD, FRCPC

Because more and more women are now breastfeeding their babies, more and more are also finding that they enjoy breastfeeding enough to want to continue longer than the usual few months they initially thought they would do it.

Bribes, Rewards and Praise - What's The Difference and Does It Matter?

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Every parent I know has offered their child a bribe at least once in their lives - sometimes it can be a last ditch attempt to get something we want from our children. But what is the most effective way to get what we need and teach our children a valuable lesson at the same time? Pinky McKay explains what we are actually saying to our children when we offer bribes, rewards or praise and she suggests the best ways to help develop our children's thinking.

Discipline & Your Toddler: Gentle Guidance for Your Toddler

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Toddlers (and older children) learn the limits by testing them. It is normal for toddlers to assert their developing independence by saying 'no' or 'escaping'. This doesn't mean you will thwart their development by setting limits. In fact, now is the time to gently lay the foundations of discipline.

Playgroups - Good For Bubs, Great For Mum!

By Kelly Zantey

A playgroup is for children aged 0-4 years and their parents or carers. Thousands of playgroup sessions happen each week in all corners of Victoria at community venues such as maternal and child health centres, kindergartens, halls, community centres and primary schools.

Potty Training - Tips for Potty Time Success

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Being able to wee and poo on the potty is a complex process for your little one. He needs to be able to recognise when a wee or poo is coming, to hold on long enough to get to the toilet, to remember where the potty is, and to pull down her pants in time to wee without making a puddle. So how can you best help your little one during this time and how do you know when they are ready? Read on!

Routines For Toddlers: Simple Routines, Happy Toddlers

All parents want to help their children to be both happy and reasonably calm, but it's more easily said than done. Author and mum Stephanie Dowrick writes of some great, hard-won strategies for happy toddlers that are simple to adapt in any family.

Setting Limits For Your Toddler

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Toddlers learn the limits by testing them. So what is the best way to set limits - and what do you do when your toddler is testing them? Another fabulous article by Pinky McKay on how to set limits for your toddler - and how to make them work.

Toddler Meal Times A Stress? Understanding Your Fussy Toddler

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Toddler and meal times not a good mix? Toddlers can become fussy, disinterested and distracted from food very easily - which can result in meal time frusration and tantrums! Pinky McKay explains what's going on in your little toddler's brain and suggests some great tips to help you feed your toddler healthy foods - and how to have him actually eat it!

Toddler Tantrums - When To Say No!

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

Toddler tantrums can have you feeling like throwing your own tantrum at times - dealing with your toddler's emotional outbursts can be very frustrating at the best of times. Learning when to say 'no' can help make things easier for you and your toddler in this great article written by Pinky McKay.

Toddler Tears and Tantrums - 9 Great Tips For Dealing With Toddler Tantrums

By Pinky McKay IBCLC

If you have ever watched a desperate mother trying to avoid flailing arms and legs as she wipes her child’s snot off her arms in the middle of a shopping centre and vowed that your own sweet baby will never carry on like that, think again. Tantrums are a normal part of toddler life. Pinky McKay gives us some great tips on how to survive those toddler tantrums.