Does Your Toddler Need Glasses?
By Nancy Gottesman How do you know if your child needs glasses? Often, it’s intuition. “Some parents just believe their child doesn’t see well,” says Hawke Yoon, MD, a pediatric…
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How to Get Your Toddler Talking
Waiting for your child to say her first words is majorly exciting—but it can also be majorly nerve-wracking. Between watching how other toddlers are developing, reading parenting magazines, and scrolling…
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Cold-Weather Play Prompters
Tot starting to scale the walls? These four fun toys and activities will spark toddlers’ and preschoolers’ imaginations—and keep them entertained indoors all winter long. Here are ways your kids…
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Mindful Meals
These recipes aren’t just quick, easy, and totally toddler-friendly. They’re also filled with nutritious ingredients that’ll help boost your child’s brain development. Mindful meals, who’s hungry? Green Monster Tuna Salad…
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By Stacy Whitman Toys are supposed to be fun, but the potentially harmful chemicals found in many of them can be anything but. Hazardous materials like BPA, lead, cadmium, arsenic,…
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If your tot has nighttime accidents, he’s not alone: Up to 7 million children are bed wetters, estimates The National Kidney Foundation. But why does it happen even after a…
Continue readingThe Friday Health Five: November 30
Here’s a roundup of some of this week’s most interesting health stories. Just in case you were too busy, you know, keeping up with your child all week to sit…
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Your Child’s Behavior: Turning Negatives into Positives
Your toddler snatched a toy out of his baby sister’s hands—again. A good old fashion time-out is sure to cure the habit, right? Not necessarily. “Time-outs alone won’t work unless…
Continue readingHoliday Travel, Made Safer
By Stacy Whitman Planning to travel during the holiday season? Remember: Safety doesn’t take a vacation, says car seat expert and NewParent.com contributor Alisa Baer, MD, aka “The Car Seat…
Continue readingKids Dental Care Tips
By Stacy Whitman Why kids dental care matters Kids dental care can be easy to brush off when you’re dealing with a squirmy or uncooperative tot. But there are important…
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