When children draw, paint or create new things they love it when we praise them for their hard work. But how we go about praising our children can in fact have a negative impact. For example your 4 year old has been experimenting and messing with paint. Then they show you [...]
Good day all. Children’s sleep patterns change constantly during the early childhood years. In the first few weeks after birth, a baby seldom remains awake for more than 2 hours. They usually sleep for periods of four to five hours throughout the day and night. They normally spend a total of [...]
It’s what you do with anger that’s important! Everyone is born with the ability to feel anger. Just in the same way we are born to feel happy, sad, fear, excitement and so on. It’s true that many of us have been brought up to feel we should not show our [...]
Communication begins when babies are born as they start to communicate with their parents through movement, cries and facial expressions. Parents communicate to their babies by being responsive to those needs. This is the beginning of an ongoing communication process of giving and receiving messages that enables your child to develop [...]
Relaxed parenting is something we all strive for. We all worry about the mistakes we feel we are making. I know I certainly did and still do! Later I will share one of the many mistakes I made with my children. This one was with my eldest a few years ago. [...]
The Growing Child Team know just how important you are in your young child’s learning. But do you know? Sometimes when we think of our children’s learning we think this is something that they will start doing when they go to pre-school or primary school. Well we here at Lifestart have [...]
Happily we’re approaching the summer months, long evenings and better weather… what else are you thinking about when you have a 2 something year old in the home? What else but learning to toilet train and lose those nappies you are now fed up looking at and changing!! Toilet learning is [...]
COVID-19 has created challenging and unprecedented times for everyone. As each day dawns we wake up with a sense of uncertainty of the day ahead. Although we can’t control our external environment we can control most of what happens in our home by maintaining consistent and flexible routines. Routines are tasks [...]
Families are spending so much time with each other. Being under one roof 24/7, especially during this stressful time can cause lots of fights among our family members. Let’s face it there are probably times we may be feeling irritated and grumpy. This is true especially if you have children! "It’s [...]
Covid-19 – What did we talk about before it? We're all stuck indoors and enduring each other’s company. Busy trying to keep our little ones out of mischief and safe in the home. I know it is a difficult time but we can make it a positive one. We're getting time [...]
