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Obesity is spreading like an epidemic in the developed world. Children, mostly from affluent section of society, tend to become overweight due to two reasons. The first being good and healthy food and the second being lack of activity or exercise. It is necessary that the child should be on a balanced diet and should [...]

It’s too late in night. Parents are tired and sleepy. But toddler, as if it’s their morning. Full of energy and there is no sign of sleep. No matter you are telling a story or singing a lullaby. They want to watch TV, want to play, even want you to play with them. They shout [...]

Many children in toddling stage and the age of pre-school may come across with the problem of stutter. In the stages of learning to talk, children may repeat some sounds or mispronounce some words. Stuttering reaches its peak when the child is excited, tired or stressed. Mostly children overcome this difficulty in the stages of [...]

Infant speech develops with time. At the time of birth the child cries bringing relief to the doctors involved in the delivery process. They get assured that the functions of the child are normal. During the first six months of age, crying is the only speech a child has, but around the age of six [...]

Due to non-development of reasoning skill, toddlers have to be disciplined with a positive explanation. Often they are unable to understand logic of what they are being told. Take the case of a movie in which the mother is trying to explain the child not to put the screw in the mouth as it is [...]

Toddlers biting parents is a very common sight. Although many parents think, they bite without a reason. Research has proved that they have valid reasons to do. Here are a few common reasons: Why do toddlers bite? To communicate: Children don’t have well defined communicating skills like adults. Therefore they find it difficult to convey [...]

Many toddlers throw up tantrums while eating foods. While some kids want to eat only their favorite stuffs, other just come up with various excuses for not eating and start messing up the place by throwing them around. All these acts shows that your child has picky eating habits. Here are few ideas on how [...]

Children irrespective of their age love to nap most of the time. As a matter of fact, sleeping makes them strong and bouncy each time they wake up. Hence parents must always design their sleeping pattern according to the need of the hour so that none of the two suffers in the deal. There are [...]

Child needs enough rest to be fresh and healthy. Sleeping is an important aspect of their daily routine. When the kids are young, they get tired easily and need to rest from time to time. If they don’t get that rest then they get cranky and teary. A newborn child would spend most of its [...]

You already have kids and are planning for one more. It is a matter of extreme joy for the family as a whole. But have you thought about your children? How would they take it? What will be their feelings when they see that the newborn is getting all the care and attention from the [...]

Age of toddler beginning to walking The moment the child begins to stand up on its feet, the parents start visualising their children walking. Some even try to get them to walk. In spite of all this the child usually walks only when its ready for it. Usually most children begin to stand up around [...]