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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

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kathleen112 - Tuesday, 29 Jan
Ok ladies I'm calling it! Off to 28 months we go

hopeful29 - Tuesday, 29 Jan
you always make me laugh Kash I bet you are a hoot to have around! Pretty well from December to March we get the worst of the winter but after that things warm up. IT's messed up, this week it's going up to +10C and the next day is -20. So that next day is going to feel like I'm in the arctic! Not to mention everyone sick with the flu from the constant weather changes. Keira woke up again early but when she started crying I just prayed she'd go back to sleep for another hour and as soon as I did that she went quiet and slept till 620am. LOL I was happy about that my sleeps have been few and far between! I thought I was dealing better with the whole 'loss of panda' but yesterday I got a card in the mail. I figured it was a condolence card from the vets so I opened it. Well they had taken paw prints of her and included that. I really wish they had warned me of doing that although its a nice thought I lost it again. Had I known it was coming I would have set it aside and opened it at a later date. Thats brutal about the job sounds to me likie she is taking advantage of you. Is everyone else doign crazy shifts like that??? How secure is your job? Like if you said no to those shifts could they fire you? What other jobs would you look at doing? I hope your supervisor gets her head out of her ass.

kashsmommy - Monday, 28 Jan
Omg! The temps are typically BELOW 0?!? I would absolutely not survive anything remotely close to 0, let alone below 0! It is pretty damn nice being in shorts in January lol! What a crazy dream you had lol! I hope Keira stops having bad dreams....that's so sad! I hope everything works out for your job! Just remember that if it doesn't, it only means there's a better opportunity heading your way! As for my job, I'm seriously contemplating only staying until I find a new job. Among other bs that we have to deal with, my supervisor called this morning to basically force me to work 5 over night shifts on the upcoming schedule. They're a Tuesday, Thursday and Friday combo then a Friday and Saturday combo. When I hired on, I told them I would be as flexible as possible with the schedule but that I could NOT work overnight. The dept director said she understood and that was fine. I told my supervisor about that and she said 'well, we're short staffed so we need everyone to pitch in'...I really had to hold myself back from telling her to work the shit if EVERYONE needs to pitch in! I never call in, work from the time I get there to the time I leave, and I never complain about the crap she schedules me for and this is my thanks for that. Just frustrated and I'm sure both of you can understand that!

hopeful29 - Monday, 28 Jan
How are you ladies doing? KAsh are you going to stay at your place of employment or no? I am still not sure what will happen job wise but come the beginning of feb I can apply for the job and then its just the waiting game after that. One day at a time. Our cold streak is finally warming up some...obv not as warm as where you are Kash I seen the pic of you and cole in shorts SO JEALOUS!!! This week we are suppose to go above 0 so I'll be happy about that! It's only Monday and I can't wait till friday! I had a good weekend considering everything. Keira is really strong so she is doing really well at gymnastics. She is a quick learner! She has been waking up really early telling me she is having bad dreams. She must be like me, I dream all the time, it's actually weird for me when I go a night without dreaming. Last night I had this messed up dream about taking over the morgage to discover buckets upon buckets of water in ther basement and came to realize it was all flooded and I was trying to take the water outside but the garage door wouldn't open and when it did there was like a thick plastic I couldn't get through and looking outside I didn't recognize anything. Anyways it was so weird. Troy kept laughing it off that it wasn't his problem since it was my house now not his. Are we going to move to 28 months? You know I totally forgot on the 20th about the month change. I think it should just go by year now instead that way we'd only have to change at 3!

kathleen112 - Friday, 25 Jan
Wow Kash I saw the Facebook posts and wondered. That's beyond tragic. I cannot even imagine what losing a child is like much less losing one in preventable circumstances. :-( I can only hope that father/family eventually finds peace. You're right, incidences like this help put it all in perspective. Sad that it takes something so awful to do that. I promise to take your advice and hug Ben even tighter today. Xoxoxo

hopeful29 - Friday, 25 Jan
I'm so sorry you had to see this. I'm hugging you so tight XOX

kashsmommy - Thursday, 24 Jan
***Warning: VERY depressing shit ahead...I'm not even sure how much I want to talk about this, but after my shift today, I think I'm going to start job searching. I'm not cut out for this side of healthcare. We lost a 10 month old tonight. Her father backed up his car over her. I'm literally physically ill and can't stop shaking or crying. Just please hug Ben and Keira a little tighter and remember that everything else in life is just semantics. Seeing that baby girl being called back home is too much for me to handle. I know this is something we'd all like to pretend doesn't happen and I'm so so sorry to put this burden on y'all, but I needed to vent...

hopeful29 - Thursday, 24 Jan
thanks ladies xox I'm a sobbing mess reading your posts. I'm hugging you through the comp!!!

kathleen112 - Wednesday, 23 Jan
Oh no Hopeful that's horrible!!!!! I know how much those dogs mean to you and Keira and this just adds a whole new layer of shit onto an already tough situation. :-( I'm so sorry love. Kash said it best, you never need to put on a brave face for us. Actually Kash said it best in many ways. You gave Panda an amazing life and while the ending was sad it was one sad day amongst so many other happy ones. You were very brave to be with her--literally--until the end and though it pains you to remember her last moments she was I'm sure so comforted by your presence. I've always thought of myself as a strong person but you--and Kash for that matter--blow me away with your strength and grace under tough circumstances. I am so lucky to know both of you, honestly. The Troy situation is just sad--you've always given me the impression that Troy is a good guy and cares about all of his children so I'm sure he hasn't forgotten about Keira. Your Facebook post about her running to the door when she hears a car door was heartbreaking...she's just too young to understand. But no matter what she has you and she is damn lucky for that. As far as your job...it's a job. I hope for your sake that it's secure and that you get to stay put but if it isn't and you have to leave then so be it. Maybe this is the push you need to be closer to family which would be a good thing, right? Much love to you my friend. xoxoxo

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 23 Jan
Oh my gosh Hopeful...my heart is breaking for you. No words can take away any of the pain or the issues, but I'll try. You have to TRY to see the light at the end of the tunnel. You gave Panda a wonderful life and the memories of the better times need to keep playing in your mind. Troy: in every divorce when there's a child involved it seems as though one parent backs way off. I hate it for both of you, but stressing over his actions will prove useless. I'm a very spiteful person when I'm hurt so I won't offer any advice on how to fix it. Your job: stay positive, but remain level headed. Explore your options now, just in case. You'll feel more settled knowing that you have a backup plan that your ready to throw into motion at a moments notice. Also, know that you NEVER have to put on a brave face for us!!! We love you!

hopeful29 - Wednesday, 23 Jan
Sorry I do read the posts everyday it's just difficult to get on since my Computer broke and I only have my cell phone. So I'm at work now which allows me to get on this site. I just haven't had access till yesterday but yesterday was also a nightmare. I took my dogs out and PAnda attacked a small dog and drew blood. So I had her put down. It was the saddest thing I have ever had to do and I am lost. Bailey is also lost she has never been alone since birth. My heart hurts so bad. Keira doesn't understand and keeps looking for her. I keep telling her she's in heaven and shes like 'ohhhhhhhhh' but then she'll ask again 30 min later. PAnda was so great with her too. I'm hurting so bad. The worse part is I don't have anyone here I am so alone to deal with this. Needless to say I never got any sleep last night and I kept goign back to me holding her as they put her to sleep. I don't want to be at work right now either cause I keep going through bouts of wanting to ball my eyes out but I have no time off left. Then yesterday afternoon I found out my job is becoming less and less secure. I won't know for sure till MArch 1st and my contract ends April 1st so that only gives me a month to put the house of for sale etc etc. Plus dealing with all this separation stuff is a whole other stress in itself. Troy realy seems to have moved on to the point that Keira is at the bottom of his priority list. I'm just exhausted and due for something good to happen in my life. Don't get me wrong Keira is the best thing thats ever happened to me and I am so lucky to have her, I'm just really roughing it right now. I put on a tough face for everyone around me but I am just hurting. Love you girls thanks for listening.

kashsmommy - Tuesday, 22 Jan
Kathleen...good for you and your lifetime membership!!! I have full faith that you'll excel! The knee has taken a turn for the worse. A very large man essentially ran me over while he was walking backwards and I fel right onto my knees. Needless to say, I can't bend or straighten it again! I think we talked about this on fb...my brain is so exhausted that I can't remember lol! One of my ER docs checked it out and he said it looks ok, but to see my surgeon. I have pt in the am so I may just see what he thinks because the symptoms seem to be the same as when the ligament was stuck. I'm praying its nothing because I'm without insurance! It just makes me so mad because we were making GREAT progress...I just wanna walk normally and maybe even wear some heels lol! Sooo when will baby number 2 start happening?!? Sometimes I look at Cole while he's playing and just feel so sad because, like both of you, I just can't play all day. I wish Todd would hurry up with this ring business. Hopeful...where are you?!? Other...are both Ben and Keira still in cribs? Just curious. My dad finally brought over the bed he made for Cole and he LOOOOOVES it! He woke up yesterday morning, went to potty, then came back to his room and said ' *sigh* thank you maw maw paw paw!'...almost seemed like he needed a better nights rest and the bed gave him one! It was hilarious!

kathleen112 - Friday, 18 Jan
I'm here!! Sorry, I don't know why I haven't been here in so long, I have no excuse! Ben has also used a pillow for awhile. It's one of those 'pillow pets' if you know what tha is. I don't remeber why he started using it but now it's a must for him...every night if his 'froggie (aka pillow pet) monkey dream light and one blanket two blankets' aren't in the crib he is not happy. Generally speaking for cervical health one pillow is fine. If she's not complaining though you certainly don't have to give her one. Yay for post holiday weight loss!! I'm experiencing that also. I'm officially a 'lifetime' member of Weight Watchers which means I have to maintain a weight no higher than two pounds above my goal. I don't know about you but that sounds pretty daunting to me so I wised up and chose my goal weight at the top of my weight range so it's a very achievable number for me. I don't lose weight quickly but luckily don't gain it very quickly either...in the 2 years between my wedding and getting pregnant with Ben I only gained about 6 pounds...and that was eating pretty much whatever, whenever. So now that I'm a lot more careful and with the tools I've learned in Weight Watchers I really believe I can maintain my current weight...until I get preggo that is! :-) Definitely feeling more positive about the whole idea of a second child. I do honestly believe it's gonna suck for a little while but hopefully there will come a time it won't suck and it will be really cool for Ben to have a sibling. He's definitely in the stage where he wants to be played with not just tinker with his toys by himself. I get a lot of 'mommy play trains!' 'mommy chase Ben!' 'mommy play ball!' I'm happy to do all of that of couurse when I can but sometimes mommy just has to get dinner on the table and that's hard to explain to a two year old. So having a built in playmate (though even if I got pregnant tomorrow that would be a looooong time down the road) is cool. Kash--updates on the knee?? I saw your facebook post about your swagger so I'm thinking it's not back to normal yet. Regarding your question about your quad can you describe to me what position you're laying in when you do waht you describe? The ideal position would be on your stomach and frankly you're not going to have the strength in that position or possibly even the stomach to stretch yourself in the way you need to be stretched to make gains with your knee flexibility. Are you still attending therapy? Does he stretch you every session? I'm very impressed with both Cole and Keira in the potty training dept!! Ben still showing no signs of readiness...could be awhile ladies. Hey, they all have their strengths. :-)

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 16 Jan
Hopeful...glad to hear you're feeling better and that your weight is gone!!! My knee gets a tad bit better everyday! Cole is fantastic and yes, I'd say he's 100% potty trained!!' We put diapers on him at night too, but he wakes up to potty if he needs to or holds it so he's dry in the morning! It's crazy how it all of a sudden just 'clicked' for him! He's been using a pillow for probably a little over a year! We started using it to elevate him so he doesn't cough so much at night when he gets bronchitis, but the pillow is/was not super fluffy and he usually has half his body on it so I don't think it's bothering his neck. Sooo we MIGHT get some snow flurries tonight!!! I promised Cole I'd get him out of bed to see it lol! I know I sound crazy to y'all for being excited about flurries, but it's seriously only snowed here twice in my life that I recall hahaha! He'll, we barely have winter! We were in the 70's last week and back in the 60's by this Saturday! Kathleen...where y'at?!?

hopeful29 - Wednesday, 16 Jan
yes...well I don't feel sick I mean I got my energy back etc but I'm still stuffed up and on my 8th day no taste. Needless to say the weight I put on during the holidays is gone! Kind of easy when you can taste! How's your knee? How's Cole? Is he 100% potty trained now? I still put pull ups on Keira for overnight although they are always dry. I just do it since she is still in a crib so until she's in a toddler bed I'll prob continue that I don't see the harm. I just call them her bedtime underwear. The min she gets up she is sitting on the toilet and they come off. You let your LO's have pillows yet? Keira doesn't use one but I just found out she has one at daycare in her playpen when she sleeps. I think her daycare just put one in for comfort but never asked me first. Do you think thats bad? I mean those playpens are pretty hard but I thought it was bad for their necks am I wrong Kathleen? You are the pro for that question! I wonder if Cupcake still keeps up reading just doesn't have time to post. If you are reading this girl we all miss you! You too Ruby!!!! So Keira starts her gymnastics this weekend I'm pretty excited. Hope she likes it. I also want to put her in Karate for the whole discipline aspect just don't want to overload her either. Maybe next year that way she'll express to me more if she likes it or not. One thing I know for certain is she must stick to her commitments 100%. But if she doesn't like something I won't make her continue the next year.

kashsmommy - Tuesday, 15 Jan
Hopeful...you're still sick, lady?!?

kashsmommy - Sunday, 13 Jan
Hopeful....he is still blinking quite a bit and the drops she gave don't seem to be helping! I've read the SAMs thing about tics and it could possibly be just that. It could also be a side effect from his new heart med...his dr checked the listed side effects and it doesn't show it, but maybe it's not listed. She thought maybe it causes dryness of the eyes. Who knows lol, but I'm still going to get him checked just in case! I'd never forgive myself if there was something wrong and I just shook it off haha! Glad to hear Keira does ok with the drops! I've had it done once a loooong time ago and I HATED it! I couldn't see for the rest of the day, but maybe these kids are braver than I am and medicine has advanced quite a bit in the last 20 years lol so it may be different now! I started back to work on Thursday and uggghhhh...I've had to soak in the tub and take a pain pill for the last 3 nights because I worked 3 12'a in a row! Talk about ROUGH!!! Needless to say, I'm exhausted! The pain meds help me fall asleep because I can't fall asleep through the pain, but I wake up shortly after itching like a crazy person! It's been raining here every day too so that and my dependency on my right leg has driven me insane! Kathleen...my physical therapist said my quadricep isn't working properly, as in I can't flex it! He told me to relax and try to keep flexing it...it's not working lol! I tighten my calf and try to go past that and once I get to my knee it's like hitting a brick wall...any ideas? He seems to be really good at what he does, but I'll never trust him like I do you haha! Shalesha! Welcome back, lady!!! Glad to know you and your lo's are doing so well!!!

hopeful29 - Friday, 11 Jan
Hey Shale welcome back! Curious how have you started the potty training? Every kid is different just curious. For Keira the easiest thing was to keep her bottomless for a week with a potty in whatever room she was playing. Then a week of underwear. Then I started going out etc with her in just underwear. It worked really well. I think it's always harder if you have another in diapers. Sometimes its a jealousy thing and they want attention. Anyways good luck I'm sure it'll be hard if you aren't around much so I guess daddy gets to do it!!! I would try to catch you up however that would take forever!!!

SHALESHA28 - Thursday, 10 Jan
OMG hey ladies its been like forever since I have been on here. Giana is such a big girl and we are trying to work on potty training which hasn't seen to be going well at all. I guess patience is a must right now! She goes to a wonderful daycare center and is learning so much. I on the other hand am in nursing school in the evening and working during the day so I am not home much. Cameron (who is 11 months old) is such a smart and busy boy!! Thank God their father is present and we all live together otherwise I don't know what I would do! I really have to catch up on some reading to see 'what's been happening' LOL **By the way my old name was 216exclusive(BLUE)

hopeful29 - Thursday, 10 Jan
I seriously LOL'd to that comment..27 months pregnant haha. Keira gets her eyes dilitated every time she goes to the eye doctor. The drops sting so she doesn't like it but she does it like a champ and only cries out for a second. Is he still blinking. I read somewhere that it's normally for 2 year olds to get this as they are learning so much so fast so there brain causes a 'tic' so to speak that goes away on its own. I'm not sure if that information is right out of her. But def better safe then sorry. I am so sick right now it's been difficult taking care of Keira when all I want to do is lay down. She has started this phase of wanting me to feed her. Have any of you experienced this. She has been feeding herself for so long now I'm not sure whats going on. She just says 'messy' and 'mommy do it'. I haven't been and eventually she eats her food cold and only a few bits. I'm thinking while Troy was here everytime he brought he to Moncton maybe they fed her. I don't know. And its funny cause she is so independent so this is not like her at all

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 9 Jan
Every time I come to this site on my phone, about the address bar it says '27 Months Pregnant'....could y'all freaking imagine being 27 months PREGNANT?!?!?

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 9 Jan
She said it could be too many things to guess at so she wants an optician to do a dilated eye exam. His appt isn't until the 30th, but she gave him some drops to try in the meantime. How did Keira react to dilating her eyes? Kathleen, what about Ben?

hopeful29 - Wednesday, 9 Jan
what did the doc say about Coles blinking?

kashsmommy - Wednesday, 9 Jan
Pinterest has kept me awake on many, many nights! I'm crafty in the sense that I like to make things, not that they always turn out well lmao! I've also started planning Todd and my wedding on it hahaha! We had a chat last night and I think engagement will be fairly soon!!! I'll have to try to look you up on there! My eyes are fine...after a couple days I could see perfectly again. Strange. My knee I a tiny bit better every day. My quadricep isn't functioning properly so that's the main focus right now. The next 3 days will be a test for me. I go back to work and instead of being nice and easing me back in, they scheduled me for 12 hour shifts Thursday, Friday and Saturday. How sweet right? I know for damn sure I'm not going to overdo it though!

kathleen112 - Wednesday, 9 Jan
OMG obsessed with Pinterest. That didn't take long lol. I'm not a crafty person at all so I won't be tackling a lot of those types of projects but I love it for the recipes, decorating and especially orgnaization ideas. I've decided on my New Years Resolution: home organization!!! In 2012 I got my physical and mental house in order now it's time to tackle my actual house. I'm a pretty neat person so I work hard at keeping the visible areas of the house as tidy as I can with a slobby husband and two year old but every drawer, closet and storage space in this house is a nightmare. Just like with the weight loss it doesn't matter how long it takes I WILL tackle them all!!! Speaking of eyes Kash, how's your vision? How are you recovering from the knee surgery??

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