Parenting toddlers is exhausting. Your body hurts, weekends feel long, and caring for toddlers takes every bit of energy you have. Parenting toddlers truly is a job — and it’s normal to feel worn out. When it comes to sleep, though, I’m not someone who is constantly sleep-deprived. That isn’t luck. It’s intentional. I treat […]
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Introduction: The Digital Pacifier Dilemma Imagine a scenario of a common Pakistani household: It’s lunchtime, and your two-year-old child doesn’t want to eat anything. You’ve tried it all, making airplane noises, singing poems, offering chocolate, even. Nothing works. Then someone comes and gives them the phone with Cocomelon playing, and quickly, like magic, they started
The age of 12–15 months is one of the most exciting—yet challenging—stages in a toddler’s life. They’re learning to walk, developing language skills, and exploring everything around them… but these big changes also cause constant shifts in sleep. That’s why parents often search for answers like: This complete guide covers the science, routine building, gentle
Parents often feel alarmed or frustrated whenever the toddlers are starting to throw things. However, according to the child-developmental perspective, such behaviour is normal and expected. In the toddler years, children use throwing as an activity to explore cause and effect, motor skills and express the emotions that they cannot express yet. By identifying the
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Separation anxiety during the toddler years can be a real nightmare for both mum and child. One minute, your little one is happily playing, and the next, they’re in tears the moment you step away. Many mums struggle with the likes of “toddler bedtime separation anxiety“, sudden tears at daycare drop-off, and the never-ending cycle
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Did you know that 90% of your child’s brain development happens before age five? Those early meals—from simple Lentil Rice (Khichdi) to mashed Dates—are doing much more than filling tiny tummies. They are shaping memory, focus, and emotional health for life. Many parents wonder what to give their toddler for brain development, especially when online
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Imagine the following: It is evening at your house. You are about to cook dinner, the TV is on the background, you have cousins and your toddler has a long and tiresome day already. Everywhere there is noise, excitement and movement. Then one day when your child is playing, he or she becomes frustrated and
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Early learning behaviour may also be frustrating to new parents especially when the tantrums of the toddler start before the second birthday. This is a stage that many families in Pakistan undergo as children develop and respond aggressively to the challenges they face on a daily basis. Learning the reason behind these behaviours and how
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