If you're visiting a petting zoo, fair, or farm with your toddlers, make sure there's a nearby hand-washing station that they can reach (if there isn't, skip getting up close and personal with the animals). When your toddlers are near the animals or on their way to wash their hands after touching them, be careful to keep their hands away from their faces — don't let … [Read more...] about Guidelines to follow while visiting a petting zoo
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What kind of risk is involved with being around animals?
Dangerous bacteria such as cryptosporidium and E. coli are both present on farm animals' coats, and both can sicken your toddlers if they ingest them. Cryptosporidium, for instance, can cause severe diarrhea that lasts up to a week, and E. coli causes fever, vomiting, and severe diarrhea. In fact, E. coli 0157 — the strain that caused a rash of poisonings a few years … [Read more...] about What kind of risk is involved with being around animals?
Tips & Warnings
Model the behavior you want your children to exhibit by picking up your personal items and putting them away. Even make comments out loud about putting your things away Try making a game out of cleanup or offer a reward such as going outside or painting Remain neutral in tone of voice and posture when following through with a consequence. Children can read frustration and … [Read more...] about Tips & Warnings
Operation Clean up
As a father, you will notice that following these instructions below will certainly help with the clean up: STEP 1: Announce to your toddlers that it's time to clean up toys. Have a specific place to put the toys - either a plastic tub or a toy box. Place it in the middle of the room you are cleaning STEP 2: Say "Look at this mess. I wonder who will help me?" as you are … [Read more...] about Operation Clean up
What Fathers Can Do
Because night terrors eventually subside and leave no trace of neurological damage, for many parents and experts treating the disorder becomes a waiting game. Often, the most effective way to prevent night terrors is to limit a child’s stressors. Pediatricians may recommend chronicling nighttime events in a sleep diary and linking night terrors with troublesome daily … [Read more...] about What Fathers Can Do