Your Toddler and Preschooler

Find information on dealing with your growing toddler. Read tips on dealing with tantrums, potty training, toddler development, preschool, and more. The Terrible Twos: A Part of Emotional Development Skill Building Through Play Scheduling Well-Baby Visits Have a Positive Influence on Your Toddler's Behavior

Development Read articles on your toddler's development. Your Baby's First Words Baby's First Steps: On Shaky Ground The Terrible Twos: A Part of Emotional Development Your Toddler's Development: Building Vocabulary The Terrible Twos: A Struggle for Independence I'm Unique: Teaching Your Toddler to Value Differences The Body and Soul of a Preschooler Your Preschooler: The Social Observer Learning About Life Get advice on how to talk to your toddler about some biological facts of life. Teach Your Preschooler Where Babies Come From Bodily Functions: Teaching Your Preschooler the Body Parts Is Your Preschooler Playing Doctor? Talking to Your Preschooler About Death Helping Your Child Deal with the Death of a Parent Learning Skills Find ways to teach your toddler learning skills through play and fun. Skill Building Through Play Your Toddler, the Artist Story Time and Make-Believe Teaching Your Toddler to Share How to Have a Conversation with Your Three-Year-Old How to Help a Preschooler Who Stutters The Magic Words: Teaching Your Toddler Manners Preschoolers and Moral Development More on Your Preschooler: Building Learning Skills Sleep Learn some techniques for getting your toddler to go to bed happily and to sleep through the night. Your Toddler's Sleep Needs Getting Your Toddler to Sleep at Bedtime Sleep-Time Soothers for Your Toddler Nap Time for Toddlers Dealing with Your Toddler's Sleep Disturbances Toddlers and Nightmares Getting Your Three-Year-Old to Bed More on Sleep and Your Little One Health and Hygiene It's important to introduce your toddler to proper hygiene habits, and to ease any fears about the doctor and dentist. Scheduling Well-Baby Visits Giving Your Toddler Medicine When Your Toddler Is Sick In Case of Emergency: First Aid for Toddlers Bath-Time Fun Your Preschooler and Hygiene Haircuts for Preschoolers Dental Care for Preschoolers Common Contagious Diseases Among Preschoolers Teething Find ways to make your teething toddler more comfortable. Tips on Toddler Teething Caring for Your Toddler's Teeth Toilet Training Read these tips and tricks for potty-training success. When to Begin Toilet Training Toilet Training 101 Toilet Training: How to Coach Your Child Toilet Training Problems Ready for Toilet Training? Getting Started with Potty Training Potty Training Basics Potty Training: All Through the Night Preschoolers and Bedwetting More on Toilet Training Behavior and Bad Habits Learn to identify your toddler's bad habits, and be prepared with strategies to help you change any bad behavior. Preschoolers and Bad Behavior Identifying Bad Habits in Preschoolers Pacifiers and Thumb-Sucking Breaking the Thumb Sucking Habit Breaking the Pacifier Habit Understanding Your Toddler's "Bad" Behavior Manners and Mealtime Just Don't Mix Have a Positive Influence on Your Toddler's Behavior Taming Toddler Tantrums The Do's and Don'ts of Dealing with Tantrums Airing Your Dirty Laundry: Handling Public Tantrums Helping Your Child Express Anger Appropriately Truth or Consequences: Your Preschooler and Lying House Rules and Your Four-Year-Old More on Behavior Punishment and Discipline Find helpful strategies for disciplining a toddler or preschooler. Don't Overuse the Word "No" Punishment and Toddlers: What Doesn't Work Should Toddlers Ever Be Punished? To Spank or Not to Spank? Disciplining Your Toddler: Put the Brakes on Aggression More on Discipline Safety Find out what parents need to know to keep their little ones safe from harm. Food Safety for Your Toddler Teaching Your Child About Strangers Teaching Your Child to Protect Himself Teaching Safety to Your Preschooler More on Child Safety Playing Read about the importance of playing with your toddler and preschooler, and find excellent play ideas. Playing with Your Toddler: Rules of the Game The Importance of Playing Games with Your Preschooler Your Three-Year-Old's Imagination The Unseen World of the Preschooler's Mind Your Creative Preschooler: Art for Art's Sake Playing Hard, Playing Fast: Taming Your Preschooler Sharing Adventures: Reading to Your Two-Year-Old Choosing Appropriate Toys and Games for Your Toddler The Active Life of a Four-Year-Old Favorite Words of a Four-Year-Old Relationships Find ways to relieve your child's separation anxiety, as well as ways to help him make friends. Separation Anxiety: Making It Easier for Everyone How to Prepare Your Toddler for Separation Parting from Your Preschooler Teaching Your Preschooler to Get Along Helping Your Child Make Friends Preventing Prejudice in Your Toddler Preschool Read articles on typical preschool problems, and learn how to determine kindergarten readiness. Is Your Child Ready for Preschool? Preschool Cliques Preschoolers Who Aren't in Preschool Has Preschool Prepared Your Child for Kindergarten? Ready or Not, Here I Come: When to Start Kindergarten Is Kindergarten Ready for Your Child?