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When Your 3 Year Old Wakes up Crying Every Night

Jun 07, 2021

Is your child suddenly waking up inconsolably for hours? Learn what to do when your 3 year old wakes up crying every night. You wish you could say it was one passing night, but nope. For the last several weeks, your 3 year old wakes up crying every night, calling for you. He'll either get out of his room and into yours, or sit in his bed inconsolably until you come in. Sure, once in a while, you sense a genuine fear in his tears. But for the most part, you could tell he's simply whining and whimpering for your attention. You'll go in his room and reassure him everything is okay before … [Read more...]

16 Examples of a 4 Year Old Schedule (from Real Moms)

Preschooler

May 31, 2021

Check out these examples of a 4 year old schedule! Perfect for the stay at home mom, with a daily nap or not, at preschool or home with you. You've been at this for four years now. Four years of fiddling with your child's dwindling naps, and challenging bedtimes. The changes aren't as drastic as the earlier years, but you can still see the benefit of having a structure to your day. Maybe you're transitioning from working full-time to being at home with him all day. You're looking for daily routine ideas, balancing engaged activities with independent play. Perhaps he's in preschool for … [Read more...]

When Your 3 Year Old’s Behavior Is Out of Control

Behavior

May 13, 2021

Struggling with your child hitting or not listening? Learn how to discipline when your 3 year old's behavior is out of control. Many of us were warned about the "Terrible Twos," but they don't always tell you about what happens after. The days when your 3 year old talks back, is aggressive and mean (of course, only toward you), or won't listen to anything you say. When no amount of time outs or taking privileges away does anything. Or when she totally ignores what you say, or yells "I don't care!" Maybe she bites, hits, and scratches when she doesn't get what she wants, or whines and … [Read more...]

9 Ways to Keep Kids from Getting Sick at School

Little Kids

Apr 27, 2021

Don't want your child catching germs from other kids? Discover 9 ways to keep kids from getting sick at school. Kids getting sick at school seems inevitable sometimes. You enroll your child in preschool, but he misses half the month because he keeps getting sick. Or you can't seem to go a week without someone catching something from school. Maybe you picked your child up from school and realized half the kids have snot running down their noses. With the pandemic this past year, getting sick at school has been a bit different. For one thing, most kids spent the majority (if not all) … [Read more...]

The Real Reasons Your 4 Year Old Won’t Poop on the Potty

Potty Training

Apr 11, 2021

Worried because your 4 year old won’t poop on potty and is holding it instead? Discover the 6 likely reasons, and what you can do about it. There's something about having an older child who still isn't completely potty trained. The reassurances that your 4 year old will "do it when she's ready" are starting to get old. And you start to worry that she's the only one who still needs a diaper to poop. Maybe she knows to pee in the potty, but until now, refuses to do the same with poop. Or she did poop in the potty in the past, but for one reason or another, is now stubborn about not using … [Read more...]

25 Fun Outdoor Activities for 3 Year Olds

Activities

Feb 23, 2021

Looking for fun, outdoor activities for 3 year olds? Check out these fun ideas for your next outing with your toddler or preschooler! For someone who has yet to go camping for fear of the bathroom "amenities," I still love the outdoors. Even living in an apartment didn't stop me from finding outdoor activities in our city, from hiking to the beach and even our local park. Now that we've moved and are surrounded by hiking trails (not to mention a backyard), being outdoors has become easier. I want my kids to feel the same way about the outdoors. Even when they were toddlers and … [Read more...]

10 Awesome Physical Activities for 3 Year Olds

Activities

Dec 22, 2020

Want physical activities for 3 year olds to get your child moving? Whether indoors or out, discover 10 simple activities perfect for kids! How much can this kid read?! I thought to myself. My then-3 year old was and still is a book worm. He'd spend hours either flipping through books or asking me to read to him (I had once timed how long we read in one day, and the total came up to four hours). If he wasn't reading, he was inspecting his toy fire truck, building train sets, or coloring and drawing. All well and good, except I was starting to think that these activities weren't … [Read more...]

How to Discipline a 4 Year Old When Nothing Seems to Work

Behavior

Dec 15, 2020

Wondering how to discipline a 4 year old who hits, doesn't listen, or is defiant? Get parenting tips to solve challenging behavior problems. "Please tell me this all goes away when kids turn four," I had told a few friends. When we're in the middle of the Terrible Twos or the "Threenager" stage, we assume that defiant behavior disappears once those stages are done. Unfortunately, it doesn't exactly work that way. Sure, behavior takes a huge upswing as kids get older, especially as they learn to communicate and function more independently. But they learn how to behave throughout all of … [Read more...]

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