David Lurino

The Birth of Discipline
Setting limits, reinforcing good behavior, and discouraging less-desirable behavior can start when your child is a young baby, according to experts. “There are things that even young babies have to learn not to do, such as pulling your hair,” says Judith Myers-Walls, PhD, associate professor of child development and family studies at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.

Because little babies have limited language comprehension, memory, and attention spans, the best strategies to employ early on are more about damage control than about teaching an actual lesson. Distracting (helping him move from a not-so-good activity to something better) and ignoring (just what the name implies) are two very effective strategies. If, for example, your 4-month-old discovers how much fun it is to yank your hair, you might gently remove her hand, give it a kiss, and redirect it toward something fun and appropriate, such as a rattle or other toy.

Of course, you never want to ignore a behavior that’s potentially dangerous, but looking the other way when your 7-month-old cheerfully pelts his 59th Cheerio from his high chair is a smart move. It’s essential to remember that very young children are utterly guileless; your Cheerio pitcher isn’t trying to annoy you. He’s learning how to control his hands and beginning to understand the concept of cause and effect. As annoying as this behavior is, it’s important not to get upset or overreact.

In fact, a recent study found that 39 percent of parents think that their baby is taunting them when he continually changes channels on the remote. Many parents become frustrated when a child engages in such behaviors, says Nancy Samalin, author of Loving Without Spoiling (McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books, 2003). Your best bet is to maintain a calm demeanor and carry on with what you were doing.

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To Reward or Not to Reward?
Another tried and true strategy is to reward good behavior, but many parents feel like they’re bribing their child. Some experts, however, believe there is no harm in a little reward as long as you don’t overdo it.

Billingham feels that rewarding children is a great strategy because it teaches cause and effect. Douglas agrees. “We get rewards in adult life for good behavior,” she says.

You may be thinking that rewards could get a bit expensive, but they don’t have to be. Barbara Polland, professor of child and adolescent development at California State University, Northridge and author of No Directions on the Package: Questions and Answers for Parents With Children From Birth to Age 12 (Celestial Arts, 2000), suggests buying a bag of cheap party favors and then wrapping them individually in tissue paper. When you’re on your way out, tell your child that after he behaves he’ll get to open the gift. But be sure never to give the reward if he does not have good behavior.

Other inexpensive rewards can be activities that your child enjoys, such as stopping by the park on the way home or playing a favorite game.

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Your child’s early attempts at writing certainly won’t look much like words and sentences, but his scribbles, lines, and drawings are all helping him get ready to learn his ABCs — and perhaps someday produce the next great American novel.
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Be Patient With A Toddler’s Idea of Manners
Encourage good manners, but always be patient and empathetic to a toddler’s young perspective on things. It helps to realize a toddler’s insights on table manners such as:

Culinary Curiosity Toddlers have a natural urge to experiment with new things–and food is no exception. From a toddler’s point of view, potatoes need squishing just as much as modeling dough!

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About AD Kids Inc: If by age 2 your child rarely attempts to speak or imitate others or just seems totally uninterested in talking, he may have a speech problem or hearing problem.

If by age 3 your child continues to drop consonants (saying “ea-ut” for “peanut,” for example) or substituting a sound or syllable for another (saying “waining” instead of “raining”), he may need speech therapy or have a hearing problem. Other warning signs to look for: He avoids eye contact, has difficulty naming most common household objects, or hasn’t started to use two- or three-word phrases. His doctor will need to evaluate him so both of you can plan the next course of action.

It’s normal for a child to go through a phase of stuttering, especially when he’s in a period of such rapid growth in his ability to express himself; he’s so excited to tell you what’s on his mind that he sometimes can’t get the words out easily. But if it continues for more than six months, or becomes worse to the point where he’s tensing his jaw or grimacing in an effort to get the words out, you should talk to his doctor.

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The Scooter
The Scooter, or Scootcher, stays upright, yet magically propels himself around by scootching on his bottom. Don’t be fooled into thinking The Scooter can’t possibly move very quickly that way, a scooting baby is just as fast as a crawler! Plus, they tend to fool you because one moment they’re just innocently sitting still, the next they’re two rooms away and conducting an official investigation of the dog’s food bowl.

The Creeper
The Creeper pulls herself along by her arms – by reaching forward and dragging her little body behind. This is a style reminiscent of military exercises, where soldiers wiggle under barbed wire. Creepers can sometimes use their round bellies (hilariously) to quickly spin from one direction to another, especially if you have wood floors.

The Reverser
The Reverser moves backwards, sometimes intentionally, and sometimes not! There’s nothing quite like the frustration of a baby moving in the opposite direction of where they want to go (translation: get ready for serious howling), but some babies get quite adept at reverse-crawling and use that method to get from Point A to Point B on the fly.

Of course, there’s also the more traditional method of getting up on all fours and moving forward that way. The point is, there are numerous different crawling styles your child might try, and babies may change from one style to another as they get stronger.

Babies are also unpredictable when it comes to a timeframe for crawling. While most babies learn to crawl between 6 and 10 months, it’s not unusual for a baby to take longer, or to skip this step altogether in favor of pulling up and walking!

It’s perfectly normal and healthy for babies to start crawling at widely different ages, so don’t worry if your child is a “late” crawler – soon enough you’ll barely remember a time when she wasn’t permanently set on Fast Forward.

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‘I…milk!’ my eldest son would say at about three years old, meaning of course, ‘I want milk.’ It’s hard to believe now that my articulate 10-year-old son was once diagnosed with a speech delay. At the time, however, I found it pretty traumatic when I saw his ability to vocalize lagging far behind his friends. At age two, his peers were forming two-word sentences while I was desperately writing a list of four or five words my son seemed to understand and pronounce.

My experience is not uncommon: In Ontario alone, 10 percent of children have some sort of speech or language delay. These range from sound substitution (making a t sound instead of a k, for instance) to being unable to use or understand language. How a given delay is treated depends both on the specific problem and its underlying cause.

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Music Classes for Mom and Baby
It was my own instinct to sing to my baby (but not really knowing what to sing) that led me to enroll in The Music Class, a nationwide franchise of mommy-baby music classes, when my daughter was just 4 months old. If I had ever needed evidence that music is one of the basic human pleasures, this class provided it in spades.

The moms and kids, who ranged from 4 months to 4 years, sang, danced, learned a little about the music, and got to see some great instruments up close — tubas, violins, flutes, African drums, and a harp, among others. The class leader gave us a songbook and a CD for home listening and we wore them both out. We also learned finger plays to do together at home. My daughter was enchanted.

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