Toddler

Everything you need to know about your growing toddler, from picky eating to potty training, navigating bedtime to managing tantrums.

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Snacks: 10 healthy store-bought options

Snacks: 10 healthy store-bought options

Packaged foods are getting healthier, but you have to know what to look for. Here are healthy snack food ideas from the grocery aisle.

Theresa Albert, DHN, RNCP

Milestone checklist for toddlers

Milestone checklist for toddlers

Worried your child is lagging behind? Consult our milestones checklist for toddlers, courtesy of the paediatric-approved Nipissing District Development Screen.

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Join our Toddler Rules Twitter party with Jo Frost

Join our Toddler Rules Twitter party with Jo Frost

Don't miss our Toddler Rules Twitter party with Jo Frost of Supernanny fame on Tuesday, March 4th from 8:30-9:30 EST!

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New car seat guidelines: The 65-pound rule

New car seat guidelines: The 65-pound rule

With a new regulation in place for child seats, here’s everything you need to know to keep your little one safe and secure.

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Introducing our free Milestones app

Introducing our free Milestones app

Available for iPhone, iPad and iPod, our new free app lets you track your child's milestones and establish healthy habits with fun tools that your growing family will love.

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Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child getting enough sleep?

Is your child getting enough sleep? Here's why getting enough sleep—and the right kind of it—is key to your child’s health and well-being (and yours, too).

Marissa Stapley Ponikowski

Bathroom Buddies Social Chat: Highlights

Bathroom Buddies Social Chat: Highlights

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RECALL: Playtex Pacifier Holder Clips

RECALL: Playtex Pacifier Holder Clips

Playtex Pacifier Holder clips have been recalled because they pose a choking hazard.

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Should your family use cloth diapers?

Should your family use cloth diapers?

Should your family use cloth diapers? Tenille Bonoguore and Rebecca Cuneo Keenan face off on the topic.

Tenille Bonoguore

Pulled elbows: How it affects your toddler

Pulled elbows: How it affects your toddler

Pulled elbows may sound serious, but they are a very common and easily treatable toddler injury.

Kalli Anderson

How kids develop a sense of humour

How kids develop a sense of humour

Deciphering your child's developing sense of humour.

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

4 ways to help your fussy eater

4 ways to help your fussy eater

Tired of finicky eaters and food fights? Here’s help for happier, healthier mealtimes.

Brenda Bradshaw

Toddlers dancing: Our favourite YouTube videos!

Toddlers dancing: Our favourite YouTube videos!

These tiny dancers are adorable, talented and, at times, hilarious — it's no wonder they got so much online attention!

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Literacy: New study on boys and reading

Literacy: New study on boys and reading

New research on the gender divide finds that we’re unconsciously spending more time reading with our daughters than we are with our sons.

Wendy Haaf

The harm in bribing kids with food

The harm in bribing kids with food

Using food as a reward is common, but it's not exactly expert-approved.

Lisa van de Geyn

My Supernanny approach to parenting

My Supernanny approach to parenting

Lisa and Peter van de Geyn have implemented the Supernanny's "naughty spot"... again. This time it's for real.

Lisa van de Geyn

7 hiccup home remedies (that work!)

7 hiccup home remedies (that work!)

We asked and you sent us your fool-proof hiccup home remedies. Here are some of the best recommendations!

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Extreme temper tantrums may signal mood disorder

Extreme temper tantrums may signal mood disorder

Extreme tantrums are a symptom of a new mood disorder. Here’s how to tell normal behaviour apart from more serious signs of mental illness.

Denise Balkissoon

My toddler's first trip to the emergency room

My toddler's first trip to the emergency room

After a minor mishap, Katie Dupuis' daughter Sophie made her first trip to the ER.

Katie Dupuis