Planning vacation or a longer trip with your toddler? Feeling a bit anxious about keeping your toddler from throwing tantrums in such a small space as a car? Travelling with toddlers can be a bit scary at first but with some help, you will get to your destination and everyone will enjoy the time you…
TOT HACKS - PARENTING TIPS FOR TODDLERS
Tot Hacks serial is a collaborative project by group of moms sharing tips, we call them tot hacks, to help other parents survive different stages of development with toddlers, including so-called "Terrible Two's" and "Tempting Three's". We hope that our own experiences with our toddlers can help you, as a parent, to get through this time as easier as possible.
Simple Ways Parents Can Support Toddler’s Language Development
It can be quite frustrating to understand what our toddlers try to tell us. Their language skills is developing very fast but still not as fast as we would like. There are several things we, as parents, can do on daily basis, to support our toddlers language development, help them expand vocabulary and learn faster….
Tips for Raising an Independent Toddlers
Many parents (me included!) have done a simple mistake: we do things for our toddlers instead letting them do it themselves! We find so many justifications why we do this! Some of my own were: my toddler is too little to do it by herself and, very often, it’s easier and faster if mom does…
How to Deal with a Moody Toddler
Let’s face it: there are days in every parent’s life when your toddlers are simply driving you crazy! We all had those days in our own lives. When nothing goes as it should be and it’s really easy to lose control and start yelling for every single little thing. One thing we, as parents, keep…
How to Keep Toddlers Active, Happy and Occupied
Toddlers are always on the move, exploring and looking for new things and new experiences. Sometimes they need a little guide to keep them active, moving, happy, occupied and to assist them burn that extra energy they have. After all, our goal as parents is to raise happy toddlers! It’s important to keep toddlers active…
How to Improve Communication Between Parents and Toddlers
Today’s theme for Tot Hacks, where a group of parents share parenting tips for raising a toddler, is about ways to improve communication between parents and their toddlers. If you have a toddler, you have probably had a feeling like you’re talking to yourself. Somehow, words you spoke never reach your toddler. He / she…
How to De-Stress Your Mornings When You Have a Toddler
If you are a parent who works full-time or, for any other reason, have to get your toddlers ready and out of the house early in the morning, you have probably experienced some problems with establishing morning routine. Getting kids and yourself ready in a short amount of time can be something that can ruin your…
Separation Anxiety Solutions (for Parents and Toddlers)
Are your toddlers showing signs of separation anxiety when you try to leave them in daycare or with a sitter? Do you get tantrums, hysterical crying or screaming when you try to part with your toddlers? I’m sure if you ever experienced this, your heart felt like breaking. Been there, felt that way. Today we…
Chasing Away Fear of Dark
Is your toddler afraid of dark? Is fear of dark getting in a way of putting your toddler to sleep at night? Is your child’s imagination running wild and they are scared of things that might jump on them in the dark? Today we are going to share several solutions you can try with your…
What To Do When Toddler Hits or Bites
Toddlers are known for trying to push limits as a way to learn how the world around them functions. At times, this type of behaviour is acceptable but we all have to draw a line and react when pushing limits turns to aggressive behaviour towards other kids or even us, parents. Here are several ideas…