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Your toddler is always on the go and for most, that means you are too! Two year olds are busy and can be quite stressful at times. Remember to be good to yourself and take time to do things that you enjoy alone or with your partner. Enjoy your child and reward yourself for a job well done. Do not stress yourself over mistakes-all parents make them. It is amazing to think that you, as a parent, have the responsibility of helping your child to become a responsible, loving and successful person.

Many parents use bribes to get their children to behave. Bribes can be good and bad. As hard as it can be, you should never use food as a bribe for any purpose. It can be tempting to tell your child that if they eat all of their vegetables at dinner they can have a candy bar afterwards. This teaches them that the vegetables are the bad food and the candy bar is the good food. Use hugs, kisses, stickers, fun outings and perhaps a special toy as rewards.

Your child learns best through play, but you can also encourage her to learn new skills by giving her hands-on activities that allow for learning. Parents can teach their children a wide variety of things through every day activities-at home, in the grocery store, at the park, at the museum, etc. When you are in the grocery store, ask your two year old to help you pick out five red apples and two green apples. Tell him that the recipe calls for six bananas and allow him to find six bananas. You are your child's best teacher. Your child's first school is his home. What he learns at home in these early years will prepare him for preschool, kindergarten and future years of schooling.

Discipline is an important factor in positive behavior. Disciplining your child lets her know that there are rules to follow. Time out can be a great method of discipline, if used correctly. Time out simply means placing your child away from the situation, away from you and away from any other audiences around. It is a time for the child to calm down and think about what she was doing, and a time for you to call down as well. Your child should know what time out is used for-tell her why she is being send to time out. Keep time out short. Young children have short attention spans and will soon forget why they are sitting in time out. A good rule of thumb is one minute per every age. Set a timer so that she knows when she can get up and so that you do not forget how long she has been sitting in time out. Do not place your child's time out spot in a scary, dark area. Time out should be a safe spot-perhaps a corner or a chair against the wall. When the time out is done, explain the rules again and then try to forget about what she did.

You might notice that your child has a variety of emotions and feelings. She is happy one minute and mad the next. Your toddler loves to hug, kiss and cuddle you most of the time, but there are times when she is not so loving towards others. Help her to show her emotions and feelings in a positive way. Allow her to be upset, sad, mad-but show her how to deal with her feelings.

Make games for your child to play. Gather objects from around the house that your child can sort by color, size, theme or shape. Make counting games from cereal and bowls labelled with number stickers. Teach your child about matching by gathering objects that go together. Take every opportunity to teach your child about the world we live in!

Developmental Milestones - 27 Months Old

Physical

• Good control over small toys
• Likes to run
• Tries to gallop
• Sways to music

Intellectual

• Can concentrate for a longer time
• Likes building towers and knocking them down
• May become a picky eater
• Enjoys reading and talking about the pictures
• May recognize some of the alphabet
• Can sing some songs

Emotional

• Frequent tantrums
• Does not like to share very much
• Understands that hitting and biting hurt
• Gets frustrated easily

Age Appropriate Toys

• Puzzles
• Ride on toys
• Slides and swings
• Building materials
• Books
• Balls
• Dress up clothes
• Pretend play sets
• Cars, trucks and trains
• Art supplies
• Sand and water toys
• Sorters and counters
• ABC games
• 123 games
• Musical instruments

Comments:

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monselena - Wednesday, 11 Nov
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cassandrans - Monday, 2 Nov
Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! Lily loved all the candy.

ady-and-maylies-momma - Thursday, 29 Oct
Kel and Nikki...If you come on here, go onto your FB and accept our group request. We made our own private group.

Auroracoladybug - Wednesday, 28 Oct
I wanted to drop in and say hi to everyone...It has been so long I am amazed to remember my log in :)

nickiesue - Thursday, 22 Oct
I've never paid a sitter yet either. We have my parents around the corner who are always willing to watch her or his family who can watch her. I wouldn't think of charging my friends to watch their kids either. For me, it is just something we would do for each other. But that does not include, full-time baby-sitting. That is just out for the evening baby-sitting. Parents have got to get out when they can.

anon - Wednesday, 21 Oct
geesh! I never woudl have guessed sitters were so expensive! My friend is going to see Daughtry tomorrow night and she's never paid a sitter either, normally we either sit-swap...but honestly, her and her husband have only gone out without the kids...4 times maybe? And Colin is 3.5!!!

cait - Wednesday, 21 Oct
cass- I was on sittercity.com for a while I actually went on while in school to see if I could find a family to sit for after class. 6 years later I am still with them. They pay me between $16-$20 an hour! Although they have the money and I am older. If you have a high school student I would say $10-$12 an hour for two. Although infants are more if they are more work. My kids would be about $15 a hour I would guess..

tabatha - Tuesday, 20 Oct
i think we are all burned out maybe..not of each other, at least i hope not..just seems to be a lot of stress and sickness goin' around.

jaydens-mommy - Tuesday, 20 Oct
nita- hows anna doing? is she feeling better. Jenny- dont leave us completely! i dont comment alot often anymore but i still try to check in and read what everyone is up to :)

jaydens-mommy - Tuesday, 20 Oct
Sorry i haven't been on in a while guys.. i'm so sick.. woke up and bammmm felt like i was dying.. i felt so bad yesterday. Mark came home from work and the house was a mess.. i hadn't picked up all day so he told me to go lay down and cleaned the entire house....sweet..... i feel better today but not 100% better.

margysd - Monday, 19 Oct
Hi, I just had my second daughter, Aislin on Thursday. My first daughter, Elsa is 16 months. Elsa and I have always had a strong and special bond. Since the birth, I have tried to involve and love Elsa as much as I can. I want to show her that I love her the same, I am just making some adjustments in our schedule which has changed because my time is now divided between her and our newborn. I have noticed some acting out on Elsa’s part and I am not sure how to handle it. We have tried to reassure Elsa how much she is loved and spend a lot of personal time with her one-on-one with both Paul and myself. I think she is acting out because she has realized that her position and role is changing, most notable is her new role as a big sister. I was wondering if any of you have had experience with adjustment issues with closely spaced siblings and what strategies you employed to maintain the bond with the oldest while introducing and bonding the with youngest sibling and if this is a normal adjustment phase that works itself out in time. Please post messages to my page. Thanks so much.

amyeliz - Monday, 19 Oct
I pay my brothers girlfriend 10 an hour when she babysits. I asked her what she thought was fair and she said $10, so I agreed. I KNOW my kids can be difficult!

tabatha - Monday, 19 Oct
mommy mob haha! love it! cass-there is a website called care.com..you can find sitters in your area and most of them have references and such..we found a girl, but her rate was 20 bucks an hr..10 bucks per kid!..i told keith it would cost us 60 bucks to pay Her to watch the kids if we went to dinner and a movie..that's not even including what we would spend once out and about..gesh..i'm gonna start baby sitting hahah..

nickiesue - Monday, 19 Oct
Jenny - Don't feel bad. Just don't leave us completely. :) No one is allowed to leave completely. Everyone has to at least check in, no matter how busy things are. This is our mommy mob. You're in it for life. HAHAHA. (Too far?)

nickiesue - Monday, 19 Oct
Nikki - How's the pregnancy going?

nickiesue - Monday, 19 Oct
Amy I'm glad you had a great time. :) Cara Also glad you had a great time with family and I hope the tubes help Carter. Poor little guy. Lizzie has always fallen all over but we know she just takes after her daddy with the clumsy gene. Tab & Nita - I so hope your babies feel better soon. That is so awful to see them go through that. I like Cara's suggestion about letting Anna's booty air out with the towels underneath.

ambrielles mommy - Monday, 19 Oct
I want everyone to know that I simply don't have much time to get on here anymore. Its not that I don't love you girls but seriously time is so limited at work and then at home its nearly impossible until the kids are in bed and then I'm in bed normally. I miss everyone so much. I just hate that I can't fully be apart of the group anymore. I try to check my facebook every couple of days, I hope we can all keep in touch! I do still want to do ss though!

annas-momma - Monday, 19 Oct
Aaaaaand we now have a fever. 102. Great. My sister is running out to get Motrin for Anna... shes the best.

claires-momma - Monday, 19 Oct
Nita...maybe you can put a few towels underneath her & just let her air out her booty? Poor girl, I am so sorry :( It was fun company...my sis & her husband came down Thurs nite & stayed til Sunday. I had fun with them but regardless of who it is, after 2 days I'm like...oookay, go home already. And good grief is Roo's balance bad. The poor guy can't take more than 5 o 6 steps without falling over.

annas-momma - Monday, 19 Oct
Cara- I hope Carter does well with his tubes! I didn't know that his balance was off before... I must have missed that. Sorry. :( Did you have good company this weekend? Or 'oh-my-god get-these-people-out-of-my-house' kind of company? I hope for you it was fun family and friends. :) Tab- I hope Gabe starts eating for you soon. Luckily Anna ate a banana and a few apple slices, so at least I have that going for me. It did go right through her. And, of coruse, she wanted to go on the potty... unfortunately that led to me cleaning 'disgusting-ness' off the floor of the bathroom. Then she did it again 20 minutes later. Poor thing wants to go on the potty. Her diaper rash is SO BAD... its red and blistery. I'm sure thats a big reason she wants to go on the potty... or at least just not in her Pull Up because it irritates the rash a lot. So now she is on the couch watching Cinderella for the billionth time... hopefully she zonks out... but I can hear her stuffy nose from all the way in the kitchen... she REALLY can't breathe. :(

anon - Monday, 19 Oct
What's the running rate for a baby sitter, do you guys know?

tabatha - Monday, 19 Oct
amy-when you get rested up from vegas, fill us in!! as for the babies, aiden mainly had the poops..gabe had pukes, poops, cough..he now is just refusing to eat hardly anything. he asks for stuff to eat, but when i give it to him, he takes a nibble and says done, then asks for something else, which he doesn't eat..grrr..stresses me out. he actually hasn't pooped in 2 days..i guess because he isn't eating enough. he is drinking plenty of fluids though..i'm ready for things to get back to normal here!

anon - Monday, 19 Oct
Yay for no pukeys/fever and yay for fun in vegas! and someone stop me, i had to re-log in to the page and it put it on the 'you are not pregnant yet' page and I thought...maybe one more? OMG I DON'T NEED ANOTHER KID, CERTAINLY NOT RIGHT NOW!!!!!

claires-momma - Monday, 19 Oct
Amy, I can't wait to hear about your trip! You & Ron so deserved it :) Nita: Poor Anna G...I hope getting lots of sleep helps her today. And yes...silver lining :D Chase had his 4 day wknd & we had company all wknd so that's why I wasn't around much. Carter did just fine on Friday. I hope they start doing their job soon, especially helping out with his balance. He has his 1st black eye. I have no clue what he did. Claire probably punched him when I wasn't looking.

annas-momma - Monday, 19 Oct
Hi Amy!! I'm glad your trip went well!! Was it nice and relaxing?? I'm sure it feels good to be home, too. Anna is super sick and today is a little worse than yesterday. 2 days ago she had some terrible diarrhea... but no pukeys and no fever. This morning she is SOOO congested and has a very bad cough. But, again, at least no fever or pukeys. Silver lining.... right??

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