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For even those who know about parenting, toddler issues are especially difficult. This is an age when the child learns to separate from the parent in such a way that the parent finds the toddler always saying no and running away from the parent, only to run crying back to the parent when something scary happens. Toddlers tend to be messy, scream at inappropriate times and finally learn they have a voice.
Parenting a toddler is much harder than parenting a baby. Babies tend to be rational about what they want and their needs tend to be related to eating, sleeping or voiding. Toddlers are more complex. They may want to eat but will be picky about what dish they want to eat out of. They may be sleepy but want their special blanket or simply run around acting out of sorts. Toddlers have a voice but it is not always clear what it is they want and this often frustrates parents.
If you know nothing about parenting, toddler parenting issues can seem overwhelming. Toddlers are too big to just handle when they get out of control. They sometimes need to be held down in order to control them. Parents lose the ability to just pack up the baby and go shopping. More than one parent has left the mall or grocery store because of a screaming child who didnt get what he wanted.
If you feel you need help with parenting, toddler specialists can work with you to bring your household back to some semblance of normalcy. You can attend a class for parents of toddlers. You can see a childhood therapist who can give you advice on sleeping problems, anger issues, separation anxiety and problems with daycare. In fact, one specialist you may not have thought of is your childcare provider. He or she knows a great deal about raising toddlers and can be a great source of encouragement for you.
In one of the worst issues of this kind of parenting, toddler bladder and bowel control often comes before we are expecting it. Very few toddlers will easily toilet train and many will resist using the child potty versus continuing to use diapers. This is why there is such a big market for diapers that just pull up by the child. The pull up can be changed if the child soils it by ripping the sides of the diaper. The child can gradually gain independence in toileting by using these pull ups without the risk of soiling clothes. Many children have been successfully weaned to toilet training using this type of diaper.
Another issue of parenting, toddler nutrition is a close second to toilet training. It seems toddlers are quickest to toss away the healthy food in favor of sweeter or more processed finger foods. Toddlers graduate from baby food to other food and they arent always happy about it. Parents must think of creative ways to feed their toddler so that he or she gets the proper kind of nutrition to help them grow and develop normally.
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On the contrary. Through my fathering experience.
Parenting a toddler is much easier than parenting a baby.
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Danial must be an easy type of toddler tho, doesn’t he?
Compare to other kids? I don’t know.
But what I am very sure, for babies
1. we had the most Sleepless night in Seattle for 2 years.
2. when they were super Crying their heart Out.
2 reasons should be enough to give us the hardest part.
Toddlers are easier because they are more predictable.
They like to play. Understanding their needs will give us the bargaining chip to make them do what we want them to do.
(Well~ Not all the time, but most of the time)
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Tambah sikit lagi boleh~?
From my personal observation, toddlers tend to have TOO much of energy. (Where the hell they get it from)
Sometimes this energy becomes NEGATIVE energy. If you know what I mean. (Mengamuk. Kacau Orang lain. and such)
When Danial was 2 I found out that he tends to have this NEGATIVE energy.
What I did is I brought him to the playground most of the evening after work. From that moment I can control his sleeping time, that is 9pm at most. He became less Negative at home. But we stopped going to the playground when he was 3 because he got bored.
After he reached 3, I teach him that, everything has a price. If he wanted something~ let say, TOYS, transformers, even ribena pastilles, he had to earn it first. I created some simple tasks for him first like playing a game, memorizing sometimes etc. The task get tougher when he became older, just gave him the idea that nothing is free. And about a year I think he became a manageable 4 year old kid.
If the readers are thinking that what I do is similar to what they do to train dolphins and monkeys at the zoo, maybe that is a little bit too extreme point of view. One Banana for good behavior and spray on the face for bad behavior.
The basic is there but don’t abuse that scientific theory… takut2 anak jadi monkey or dolphin… kikiki
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thank you for sharing desh!
yes when the child become older it is easy to deal with.
and as you said when Danial was at 2YO he had that negative energy and this is supported by a study done by a group of American paeds that younger toddler are having trouble in separating their ‘left brain’ and ‘right brain’ and it is getting better as they enter 3 or 4 YO. and some call them as ‘the trouble twos’.
it was the hardest part in toddler years (about 1.5-2YO), when our tots are wanting about something but fail to deliver and we misinterpret what they want, don’t they?
There was a study?
Magnifico!
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speaking of toilet training, hafiy dah mula? datuk si syifaak ni siap dah beli electroic potty worth RM200 kat toys-r-us sampai kitorg sayang pulak nak suh syifaak berak dlm tu.. hahaha
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Satu hari di sebuah kampung..
Hafiy : Mi, nak poo.
Mommy : OK2 jom p toilet.
(toilet penuh so bwk gi bilik mandi instead)
Hafiy : Eh, ane poo?
Oh, poo itu adalah jamban rupanya. Hehe. Tapi dia tak berak pun, cuma mau masuk dalam jamban.