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    Living with Your Lively (Active) Toddler
          The toddler years are full of activity, energy, play, and growth for children! Ann Douglas talks about celebrating the joys of the toddler years and offers tips for parents to handle the everyday ups and downs in the routine.
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    Love and Limits for Toddlers
          During the toddler years, children begin to learn which behaviors are okay and which are not okay. Dr. Maureen O’Brien offers advice on how to use everyday routines to set limits and help your toddler engage in appropriate behaviors and cooperate.
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    Everyday Opportunities for Toddler and Preschool Thinking & Learning
          Throughout the toddler and preschool years, your child’s thinking and problem-solving skills are developing rapidly. Dr. Marti Erickson offers insight about how parents can provide learning opportunities through play and discovery.
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    Reading Aloud- for Toddlers & Preschoolers
          During the toddler and preschool years, children are learning to understand and use language in many new ways. Betty Baridge offers ideas on how parents and caregivers can use poems, books, songs, lullabies, and rhymes to help children advance their language skills in fun, exciting, and expressive ways.
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    Practical Ways to Teach Toddlers & Preschoolers to Cooperate
          During the toddler age, young children are just beginning to learn the skills of sharing, cooperation, and empathy which are the building blocks that form friendships. Dr. Michele Borba offers insight to help with the challenges that both toddlers (and parents) face during this early process of learning social skills.
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    Birthday Party Fun for Preschoolers
          Preschool birthday parties are a special way to honor your child and celebrate with friends. Penny Warner offers tips on the party’s planning, guests, activities, and gift-giving.
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    Tips to Avoid Power Struggles with Toddlers and Preschoolers
          During the toddler and preschool age, children are gaining independence and exerting their opinions. Dr. Tim Jordan offers practical advice on what parents can do to better understand the behaviors of their young child and honor their need for independence.
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    Helping Your Toddler and Preschooler Manage Emotions
          Toddlers express a range of emotions everyday through their behaviors. Charles Smith talks with us about how parents can model the process of recognizing and addressing what one is feeling, so that the toddler may learn to acknowledge and handle his own emotions and behaviors as time goes by.
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    Life Skills 101- For Toddlers and Preschoolers
          It might sound surprising, but during the toddler and preschool years children are beginning to learn important life-skills. Dr. Catherine Sanderson talks about the specific skills young children can learn and helps parents find teachable moments in their everyday
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    Helping Toddlers/Preschoolers with Anger/Frustration
          All children experience moments of frustration. Dr. Becky Bailey offers advice on how parents can begin to teach toddlers and preschoolers skills to manage their frustrations.
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    Getting Preschoolers on Track for Learning
          Dr. Stan Goldberg, Early Childhood Educator offers some ideas about what motivates preschoolers to learn and what parents can do to maximize preschool learning at home.
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    Helping Toddlers & Preschoolers Adjust to New Baby
          Many parents wonder when to tell their older child that a new baby brother or sister is on the way. Pediatric expert, Dr. Tim Jordan offers some practical guidelines about when, and how to prepare your older child for a new baby in the family.
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    Favorite Ways to Play (Toddlers & Preschoolers)
          Dr. Dorothy Einon, author of How Children Learn Through Play provides a roadmap of some of the huge leaps in development that happen when toddlers and preschoolers play.
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    Toddlers & Preschoolers Get Creative
          Susan Striker, toddler art teacher, believes all toddlers and preschoolers need opportunities to experiment with safe art materials and express their unique creative spirit. Here are some safe and easy art ideas tailor-made for young children.
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    Toddler and Preschool Worries
          During the toddler and preschool years most children struggle with a few worries or fears. Dr. Steven Marans offers some tips on how to help children cope with anxiety and fears in the earliest years of childhood.
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    Wonderful Ways to Get Along Toddlers & Preschoolers
          Toddlers and preschoolers learn lessons about getting along with others through everyday play routines. Early Childhood Specialist, Dr. Becky Bailey gives some tips to encourage positive behaviors and discourage negative behaviors during these early years.
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    Toddler Independence
          The toddler stage presents many, small but important opportunities for children to make things happen on their own. Dr. Laurence Steinberg offers a glimpse at what matters most to toddlers as they strive for a bit more independence in their daily routines.
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    Toddler Sharing
          It takes most children some time to become skilled and successful at sharing. Janie Peterson, offers guidelines on practical things that parents can do during the toddler years to help children master the art of sharing!
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    Toddler Bedtime Routine
          Toddlers are active and busy throughout the day, and sometimes have trouble settling down at night to go to sleep. Childhood sleep expert, Dr. Jodi Mindell offers some practical tips to smooth-out the rough edges of your toddler’s bedtime routine!
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    Toddler Friendships
          Children begin to develop friendships during the toddler years, with a few ups and downs along the way. Dr. Alicia Lieberman, author of The Emotional Life of the Toddler, offers ideas to help toddlers play happily together and begin to make friends.
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    Responding to Preschool Behaviors
          Dr. Ross Thompson suggests that most preschoolers have a few ups and downs when it comes to getting along with playmates. He offers a few tips to help with pushing and shoving and other behavior mis-steps during the preschool years.
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    Helping with Preschool Transitions
          Sometimes preschoolers have a little trouble going to preschool (and saying goodbye to Mom or Dad) or leaving school at the end of the day. Ellen Birnbaum and Nancy Schulman offer tips for smooth-sailing through these daily preschool transitions.
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    Do’s and Don’t’s of Potty Training
          Karen Deerwester has seen all sorts of approaches to potty-training but believes the positive, slow-going approach is best. She offers a few practical tips to create a potty-training plan that is just right for your child.
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    Happy Preschool Play-Dates
          What can you do to set-the-stage for a happy, fun play-date for your preschool child? Ellen Birnbaum and Nancy Schulman offer practical tips to make playtime enjoyable and stress-free.
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    Toddlers & Preschooler Learn a Little Self-Control
          You might be surprised to learn that toddlers (and preschoolers) are capable of learning self-discipline. Dr. Robert Brooks offers tips to help your child take small steps toward self-control in everyday routines.
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    The 4 B’s of Bedtime for Babies and Toddlers
          Dr. Laura Jana suggests a simple, familiar routine to help babies and toddlers know that bedtime is coming next. The 4 B’s of Bedtime provide a happy and secure plan for babies—and parents love it too!
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    Learning The A-B-C’S
          Toddlers and preschoolers begin to notice words and letters in the favorite books you read aloud. Dr. Jennifer Shu provides tips about these and other small steps that will help your child learn the A-B-C’s
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    A Little Help with Bossy (Preschool) Behavior
          All children need friends, but sometimes they need a little help mastering “friendship skills”! Michele Borba offers practical tips to help curb bossiness during preschool play-dates!
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    Toddlers & Preschooler Can Practice Listening Skills
          If it sometimes seems like your child isn’t listening to you, maybe he needs a little extra practice with some toddler or preschool style “listening skills”.
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    Is it Time for Potty-Training My Child?
          There is not a magic age at which all children are ready for potty training! Penny Warner offers tips to help you decide when your child is ready to start the potty-training process.
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    Musical Fun with Your Baby
          It turns out that singing to your baby is a very smart thing to do! Dr. Jill Stamm explains the science behind all the fun of singing to your child.
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    Toddlers—Learning to Walk, Run and Hop!
          Sure the playtime is fun, but Dr. Jennifer Shu explains how toddlers build strong muscles and develop physical stamina and coordination as they play.
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    Your Baby Learns to Use Hands and Fingers
          Babies come into the world ready to use their hands to make things happen. Dr. Jennifer Shu explains the many ways that children refine their grasp and use their hands in the first several years of life.
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    Babies and Toddlers as Little Explorers
          There’s an art to encouraging your baby to try something new. Dr. Jennifer Shu provides some tips about when teach or demonstrate how a toy works, and when it's time to get out of the way and let your child play!
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    Toddler's First Day at Nursery School
          Julie Powers offers practical tips to help you child feel more confident and know a bit more about what to expect at a new nursery school or child care program.
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    How Toddler Language Develops
          Dr. Julie Masterson takes us on a guided tour of the many twists and turns of language development in the second year of life.
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    Making Baby-Travel a Little Easier
          Marcie Jones offers tips for getting prepared for plane trips and long car rides with your baby. (And don’t forget to pack your sense of humor!)
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    How Baby Grows: 1st Birthday to Toddler Years
          Dr. Laura Jana explains how to create a secure "home-base" for your child, and then watch the independence unfold from there, in the second year of life.
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    Playtime is Learning Time for Babies and Toddlers
          Dr. Kenneth Ginsburg offers tips about the pure fun of parent and child playtime, and talks about all the learning and growing that goes on behind-the-scenes too.
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    Learning about Words in the First Years of Life
          When your baby listens, as you read aloud from a favorite children's book—he is basking in the comfort of your voice and learning about language too. Caroline Blakemore offers tips to make the most of these special reading time together
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    Toddler Birthday Party
          Hosting a toddler birthday party can be a great way to honor and celebrate the life and growth of your child. Penny Warner offers advice on planning the celebration along with tips about activities to make a successful birthday party for your toddler.
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    First Birthday Celebration
          A baby's first birthday is an exciting milestone to celebrate. Penny Warner offers ideas on how to make the first birthday fun for the child and memorable for the family.
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    Toddler Nutrition and Mealtimes
          Toddler mealtime can be hectic and toddler eating habits can be a bit inconsistent. Nutrition expert, Elizabeth Ward offers tips on healthy toddler foods and what to expect at mealtime.
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    Rolling Over,Crawling And Cruising
          Rolling over paves the way for crawling and before you know it your baby is cruising. Dr. Maureen O'Brien talks about the different physical milestones that set the stage for walking, with tips about parental encouragement and safety.
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    Tips For Toddler Independence
          Your toddler may insist on doing things for himself in one moment, and the next thing you know he clamors for your reassurance and support. Ann Pleshette Murphy, parenting contributor for Good Morning America offers her advice on how to encourage small steps of toddler independence.
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    The Challenges Of Being (And Parenting) A Toddler
          The toddler years are full of new and exciting developments for a child, and can also be a busy time for parents. Dr. Alicia Lieberman offers insight on creating an environment for your toddler that is safe and encourages growth and development.
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    The Importance Of Play
          So much fun and learning goes when your baby plays and interacts with you. Dr. David Elkind, author of The Power of Play shares thoughts of types of play that promote healthy growth and development.
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    Your Toddler Visits The Doctor
          A trip to the doctor's office can sometimes be a scary experience for a toddler.
Dr. Howard Bennett offers tips designed to help ease your child's reluctance to visit the doctor.
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    Soothing Baby,Toddler And Preschooler- During Immunizations
          Parents can definitely help their baby, toddler and preschooler through the experience of getting an immunization at the Doctor's office. Dr. Howard Bennett offers a pediatrician's insight about the practical things you can do to make a difference when your child is about to receive shots.
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    Baby's First Steps And First Shoes
          When will my baby take those "first steps"? Dr. Altman talks about baby's first step, first shoes and early-steps safety tips.
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    The Power of Play From Birth to Two
          Many good things happen for babies and toddlers when they play. Child Development specialist, Dr. Maureen O`Brien provides a detailed look at what`s going on when babies play and what parents can do to encourage learning through play.
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    Making Good Parenting Decisions in the First Year
          "So much to do, so little experience!" At times this is what every new parent feels. Parenting expert Claire Lerner offers a three-step plan to help guide you through your early parenting decisions.
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    Your Baby's Amazing Brain
          Dr. Jane Healy explains how a baby's brain grows and develops in the first months and shares tips about the everyday moments of play and discovery that help.
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    Connecting With Your Child After Adoption
          Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, author of The Family of Adoption, has worked with many adoptive families. She offers the following words of wisdom about the initial adjustment and emotional connections following adoption.
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    Babies and Toddlers, Oh How They Love to Learn!
          Right from the start, newborn babies are learning important life skills! Child Development expert, Cindy Oser sheds light on this fascinating process, with tips for Mom and Dad to help along the way.
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    A Loving and Secure Parent-Baby Connection
          The simple, everyday routines of caring for your baby; feeding, diapering, rocking, chatting, have a profound impact on your baby's development. Here are some tips from Child Development expert, Dr. Ross Thompson about the ordinary routines that have tremendous power to create a loving and secure connection with your baby.
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    Babies and Bucks
          Many expectant parents express financial concerns before their baby is born. Here are some tips from parenting expert, Sandy Jones to help parents get a grasp on financial planning and strategizing in the months before the baby arrives.
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    Giving Your Baby a Sense of Security
          Parents have a many daily opportunities to give their children a sense of security and stability . The following tips, from developmental psychologist Marti Erickson offer practical ideas for providing security and nurturing to your baby.
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    Bonding With Your New Bundle of Joy
          The wonderful process of getting to know your child begins at birth and continues for many years. The following tips, from Dr. Peter Weiss are offered to help moms and dads begin bonding with their child in the earliest days and weeks of parenting.
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    When Your Baby Has Colic
          Many generations of parents have cared for newborn babies or infants who have regular fussy periods each day or appear to have "colic". The following tips from nurse practitioner, Dr. Maureen Keefe, offer information about causes of colic and some ways parents can minimize infant irritability in the first months of life.
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    Helping Your Baby Develop
          Parents have a tremendous role to play in their child`s development. The following conversation with pediatric development specialist, Dr. Ann Barnet, highlights some of the ways that parents can encourage their baby`s growth and development in the earliest months and years of life.
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    Your Baby's Growing Mind
          Scientists are discovering that the ordinary interactions between babies and parents create extraordinary opportunities for learning and growing for children. The following tips, from pediatric specialist, Dr. Stanley Greenspan, provide guidelines for encouraging your child`s emotional, intellectual and social development during the first years of life.
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    Toddler Talk: Language in the Second Year of Life
          During the second year of life, most babies make tremendous progress in language development. Parents have a wonderful, and natural role to play in encouraging their baby and toddler to talk, first in single words and later short sentences. The following tips, from language specialist, Dr. Elizabeth Bates, are designed to highlight how this miraculous process unfolds.
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    How Language Develops in the First Year
          Babies are learning language from the very first moments of life. The following information, from language specialist, Dr. Jean Berko Gleason, traces the miraculous process by which infants first study language and later learn to say their first words.
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    It's Essential: The Best Possible Childcare
          When parents must be away from their child for a part of each day, finding a good caregiver is very important. The following expert tips from childcare experts Mon and Eva Cochran, offer guidelines for making good childcare choices for
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    The Ups and Downs of Toddler Behavior
          Many of the challenging behaviors parents see in the toddler years are connected to the leaps and bounds of development that take place in this busy stage of development. The following tips, from developmental psychologist, Dr. Claire Kopp, shed some light on typical toddler behaviors and how parents can best respond.
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    Soothing Toddler Fears
          Most Toddlers and Preschool Children experience some common childhood fears. Many of these fears are short lived and can be minimized with some careful guidance from parents. The following tips from child psychiatrist, Dr. Harold Koplewicz, are presented to help parents respond to fears that come up in their child`s routine.
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    Turn Sibling Rivalry into Sibling Revelry
          All families have their share of sibling rivalry and sibling squabbles. The following tips, from psychologist, Dr. Beth Manke, offer guidelines for minimizing sibling conflict and encouraging sibling closeness.
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    See What I Can Do! Your Independent Preschooler
          Often times preschool children insist upon getting dressed on their own, and sometimes frustration results for parents and child. The following tips, from child psychologist, Dr. William Garrison, provide realistic guidelines to encourage your preschool child to begin to help in these areas of self-care.
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    Fun and Games for Toddlers
          Toddlers learn and grow through playful activities. The following ideas from preschool teacher, Sandi Dexter, provide low-cost, age appropriate playtime fun to encourage toddler development.
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    Love and Limits for Your Preschool Child
          The preschool child, three and four years old, is typically thrilled with a wonderful, new sense of competence and independence. This exciting stage of development also brings new challenges for parents. The following tips from early childhood specialist, Marilyn Gootman are designed to help parents cope set limits for their preschool child.
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    Caring for Your Baby's Skin
          Newborn babies have sensitive skin, which requires special care. The following tips, from pediatrician Dr. Joan Linhardt, provide guidelines for caring for your baby`s skin during the first year of life.
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    Transition from Home to Preschool
          Many children three and four years old attend some type of preschool program. The following tips from pediatrician, Dr. Laura Nathanson are designed to help young children make a smooth transition from being at home each day, to spending time in a group-setting with other preschoolers.
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    Giving Up the Bottle: Drinking from a Cup
          Many babies and toddlers become emotionally attached to their baby bottle, making it difficult to switch to drinking from a cup when the appropriate time comes. We offer the following tips from pediatrician, Dr. Laura Nathanson, designed to help make this transition a little easier.
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    Baby's First Weeks of Life
          Most new parents experience a broad range of emotions in the early weeks and months of caring for their new baby. It is a time mixed with great joy and some measure of uncertainty. We offer the following conversation with pediatrician, Dr. Steven Shelov to shed some light on the care your baby needs in the earliest weeks of life.
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    Setting Limits for Toddlers and Preschoolers
          Parents of toddlers can best teach their children "how to behave" appropriately, through gentle, but consistent limit-setting and discipline. The following tips, form psychologist, Dr. Peter Williamson are designed to help parents develop a strategy for encouraging "good behavior" and discouraging "inappropriate behavior".
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    Big Progress for Your 1-2 Year Old Child
          It`s sometimes helpful for parents to know a bit about the developmental "stages" that children go through in the first years of life. The following interview, with parenting author, Dr. Burton White, highlights the behaviors of a typical 1-2 year old child and offers some parenting strategies for this "stage of parenting".
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    Teddy Bears and Snugglies
          Young children often grow attached to a special, cuddly objects: baby blankets, teddy bears and stuffed animals. We offer the following tips from psychologist Dr. Elyse Lehman, designed to shed some light on why these cuddly objects are important to many infants, toddlers and preschool children.
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    Baby's Physical Development in the First Years of Life
          During the first years of life, babies make miraculous leaps and bounds in their physical development and coordination. While all infants follow the same pattern of development, each and every infant gains control over large and small muscles and coordination at his/her own pace. The following interview with pediatric specialist, Dr. Neal Kaufman, highlights some of the milestones of physical development which typically happen in the first year of life.
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    Calming Frustration in Toddlers and Preschoolers
          Toddlers and Preschoolers sometimes experience frustration and anger. We offer the following tips from early childhood specialist, Dr. Rebecca Kantor about positive ways to cope with frustration in the toddler and preschool years.
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    Time for Night-Night: Sleep Routine for Babies /Toddlers
          Getting a good night`s sleep is important for parents and their children. Here are some tips from sleep expert, Dr. Jodi Mindell about helping your baby and toddler settle-into a good sleep routine.
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    Milestones for Baby
          Babies achieve many physical milestones in the first weeks and months of life. While each baby has his/her own timetable of development, we offer the following summary of physical developments that typically occur in the first year of life from pediatrician, Dr. Joan Lindhardt.
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    What is that Little One Up To? Understanding Your Toddler
          Toddlers are full of energy and curiosity! Caring for your toddler, on a daily basis, can be both exciting and exhausting. We offer the following tips from pediatrician, Dr. Alvin Eden, to help you understand the toddler stage of development.
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    Infant and Toddler Nutrition
          Children need nutritious foods throughout all of childhood, to promote optimal growth and development. We offer the following nutritional advice from Pediatrician, Dr. Alvin Eden designed to help with infant and toddler nutrition in the first three years of life.
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    Small Miracles: Joys of Caring for Your New Baby
          So much of what babies need to grow emotionally and socially begins to happen quite naturally from the first moments of life. Here are some tips, from child development specialist, Dr. Sam Meisels, about the everyday routines that pave the way for incredible growing and learning for your baby.
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    Don't Worry Be Happy! What Do Toddlers and Preschoolers Worry About?
          All children experience some anxieties or worries from time to time in the toddler and preschool years. Here are some tips for dealing with these early fears, from Child Psychologist, Dr. Lawrence Shapiro.
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    Making New Discoveries: How Babies Learn About Their World
          Babies are paying great attention to the sights, sounds, events and people around them right from the start. The following conversation with child development specialist, Dr. Andrew Meltzoff, offers a glimpse of the wonderful discoveries that babies and toddlers are making about their world.
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    What's Best for My Child? Choosing Quality Childcare
          Babies and toddlers have different needs than older children when it comes to finding good child-care. Here are some tips and information about high-quality childcare in the early years from early childhood specialist, Dr. Ron Lally.
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    What's Going on in There? Understanding Your Baby's Brain Development
          Your baby`s brain develops in amazing ways through simple, everyday activities and routines. We have some advice about the important role you can play in your baby`s development, from child development specialist, Dr. Sharon Ramey.
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    Nature's Way: Breastfeeding for Baby
          Many moms want to breastfeed their baby, but become discouraged along the way. Here are some tips for nursing moms from Mary Lofton, of the La Leche League.
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    No Yelling--No Kidding: Positive Behaviors for Preschoolers
          All preschoolers need encouragement as they learn about positive behaviors and getting along with others. Here are some tips designed to help you deal with typical misbehaviors during the preschool years, from childhood specialist, Dr. Sal Severe .
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    Now Hear This: Protecting Your Child's Hearing
          Protecting your child`s hearing is essential throughout all the years of childhood. Here are some tips designed to help in the early years of your child`s life from hearing specialist, Margaret Winter.
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    Navigating the Road of New Motherhood
          Becoming a parent opens new doors of opportunity and sets-off many changes. Here is a conversation about what becoming a new Mom has meant to parenting author Lu Hanessian.
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    Getting to Know Your Child's Temperament
          Each child comes into the world as a unique little being! Here are some tips about getting to know your child right from psychologist, Dr. Ross Thompson.
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    Little Kids Having Fun and Learning
          Children have fun and learn at the same time when they play, invent and create! Here are some tips about the important discoveries which take place when children play from early childhood educator, Sheridan Turner.
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    Giving the Gift of Music to Your Baby
          Music can be a wonderful part of your baby`s life right from the start. Here are some suggestions for including singing, music and lullabies into your routine with your baby from childhood music educator, Dr. John Feierabend
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    Challenges and Joys of New Moms
          New joys and challenges enter the picture with the birth of each new child. The following conversation with parenting author, Daphne De Marneffe, takes a look at the adjustments and transitions that often occur when a new child comes into the family.
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    Opening the Door to Motherhood: First Time Moms
          First-time Moms experience a mix of emotions as they adjust to their new roles and the routines of caring for their new baby. Here are some tips about finding support and settling into your new life and routine with your baby, from parenting author, Debra Gilbert Rosenberg.
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