Toddler

10 Tips For Your Toddler's First Halloween

10 Tips For Your Toddler's First Halloween

Rebecca Weigand

How to finally get your kid to wipe their own butt

How to finally get your kid to wipe their own butt

The butt wipe is the last step before total toilet independence, but you may need these tips to cross the finish line once and for all.

Ruba Hassan

This is the big secret to understanding your toddler

Toddler behaviour

This is the big secret to understanding your toddler

The terrible twos can be tough, but there are proven ways to decode your toddler's actions—and applied behaviour analysis is one of them.

Allison Kenien

When do babies start walking?

Baby development

When do babies start walking?

We answer all your questions about the milestone, like when babies start walking, the stages that lead to walking, signs baby is ready and how to help.

Bonnie Schiedel

4 adorable kids' swimwear must-haves for this summer

4 adorable kids' swimwear must-haves for this summer

Keep your crew looking cute and cool at the pool or the beach this summer with our picks for the best kids' swimwear out there.

Sadiya Dendar

Fees are dropping! See how much less child care could cost in your city

Fees are dropping! See how much less child care could cost in your city

The federal government made a commitment to significantly reduce child care fees by the end of 2022. Here’s how much you can expect to save.

Ruba Hassan

Why is my toddler so obsessed with climbing everything?

Toddler development

Why is my toddler so obsessed with climbing everything?

From wriggling up the door frame to escaping their cribs, the toddler climbing phase is completely normal. Here's how to safely encourage them.

Vanessa Milne

You're not imagining it, toddlers are actually harder than newborns

Toddler behaviour

You're not imagining it, toddlers are actually harder than newborns

Never, in the history of time, has a newborn tried to put on their own socks, push their own stroller or buckle their own car seat.

Natalie Stechyson

22 top toys for babies and toddlers

22 top toys for babies and toddlers

Today's Parent

I have two toddlers… and stage four breast cancer

I have two toddlers… and stage four breast cancer

You know you’re a mother when you’re still trying to micromanage a childhood you might not be around for.

Crysta Balis

Starting daycare during COVID? Here's what parents need to know

Starting daycare during COVID? Here's what parents need to know

MK Menon

Here's how much you could save with the new child care plan

Here's how much you could save with the new child care plan

Arisa Valyear

Why Your Toddler’s 'No!' Phase Is So Important (And How To Survive It)

Why Your Toddler’s 'No!' Phase Is So Important (And How To Survive It)

If your toddler responds to seemingly mundane requests with the word “no,” you can rest assured: your child is very, very normal. Here’s how to deal.

Dawn Yanek

Why your toddler insists on watching you poop

Toddler behaviour

Why your toddler insists on watching you poop

It’s jarring, it’s uncomfortable and it’s just weird. But believe it or not, it’s weirdly normal for kids to want to watch you do your business.

Dawn Yanek

8 parenting phrases you probably say that can totally backfire

8 parenting phrases you probably say that can totally backfire

Gail Cornwall

Oppositional Defiance Disorder: When Your Kid Isn’t Just “Difficult”

Oppositional Defiance Disorder: When Your Kid Isn’t Just “Difficult”

Nothing prepared me for my daughter’s explosive rages and vindicative behaviour. But, there are solutions for families who have defiant children.

Hilary Thompson

What to do if your toddler bites—or gets bitten—at daycare

Toddler behaviour

What to do if your toddler bites—or gets bitten—at daycare

Baby and toddler biting is a very normal stage of development, but it’s still a tricky situation to deal with when it happens at your kid’s daycare.

Jen Cutts

25 nature-inspired activities for toddlers

25 nature-inspired activities for toddlers

From painting sticks to making mud pies—have some outdoor fun with your little one with any of these nature-inspired activities.

Isa Down

7 Screen-free Ways To Entertain Your Kids While You Make Dinner

7 Screen-free Ways To Entertain Your Kids While You Make Dinner

Screens are an easy crutch when you’re trying to get dinner on the table. We asked readers for their tricks for cooking when you have kids.

Micah Toub

How I stopped being the shouty mom

How I stopped being the shouty mom

I was becoming the parent I didn’t want to be. Then I heard about RIE parenting. This alternative style of parenting saved me from myself.

Jennifer Chen