Toddler

Toddler development

Your toddler's language and motor skills are growing rapidly month to month. Here’s what milestones to expect with your toddler.

How to deal with a frustrated toddler

Toddler behaviour

How to deal with a frustrated toddler

A little frustration can help your toddler learn and develop. Here's how to deal with your frustrated wee one without taking over a situation.

Cathie Kryczka

This climbing wall is no match for this daring toddler

This climbing wall is no match for this daring toddler

Watch this daring toddler scale a climbing wall!

Alyssa Ashton

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 2

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 2

Get your family excited about healthy active living with this weekly Healthy Family Challenge!

Stacy Irvine

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 1

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 1

Get your family excited about healthy active living with this weekly Healthy Family Challenge!

Stacy Irvine

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 3

Healthy Family Challenge Fitness Plan: Week 3

Get your family excited about healthy active living with this weekly Healthy Family Challenge!

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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.

Today's Parent

My chatty toddler

My chatty toddler

Sophie talks more and more every day, but Katie says her toddler comes by it honestly.

Katie Dupuis

Your toddler's memory

Your toddler's memory

How much do toddlers remember, and for how long?

Lisa Kadane

Breastfeeding: When to start weaning

Breastfeeding: When to start weaning

Think you're ready to phase out breastfeeding? Here's how to start weaning your little one.

Alex Mlynek

Video: How to play Swampland

Video: How to play Swampland

Learn how to play this fun, active family game, which encourages strategic thinking and fundamental movement skills like jumping and balance.

Stacy Irvine

Video: How to teach kids proper jumping and landing

Video: How to teach kids proper jumping and landing

Teaching children proper jumping and landing can help to prevent injuries, and give fundamental movement skills that they can build on.

Stacy Irvine

Is your child physically literate?

Is your child physically literate?

Jim Grove, Active for Life

Video: How to play the Alphabet Game

Video: How to play the Alphabet Game

Teach your children fundamental movement and literacy skills and spatial awareness with this easy game that's fun for the whole family.

Stacy Irvine

Physical literacy: Ages 0 to 2

Physical literacy: Ages 0 to 2

Just like reading and writing, your child needs to learn how to move. Here's a list of basic skills, courtesy of Active for Life, for children aged 0 to 2.

Jim Grove, Active for Life

Toddler sharing

Toddler development

Toddler sharing

Research proves that giving something away can actually make toddlers happier.

Wendy Haaf

How many words should your toddler know?

Toddler development

How many words should your toddler know?

If you're worried that your child's verbal development isn't up to par, take heart: There's no concrete answer to the number of words they should know.

Lisa van de Geyn

My 16-month-old isn't walking yet. Is this normal?

Toddler development

My 16-month-old isn't walking yet. Is this normal?

Marilyn Ballantyne, paediatric nurse practitioner

Is your toddler sitting properly?

Toddler development

Is your toddler sitting properly?

Rhea Seymour

4 fun indoor toddler activities

4 fun indoor toddler activities

When bad weather keeps your family indoors, try these physical indoor toddler activities to help your little one stay active.

Amy Spurway

What I see when I breastfeed my toddler

What I see when I breastfeed my toddler

Jennifer Pinarski