Dear Miss Faith, I've found your blog to be helpful, but I feel like my kids are too young for most of your advice and techniques. I have 15 month old twin boys, and lately they've been totally INSANE! They come out from naptime, and start pulling all the books off the shelves, everything out of the cupboards, breaking things, spilling thing, striping down naked so they can … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
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Naptime Transitions
Dear Miss Faith, I have a 3yo daughter and a 1.5yo son. Our transition to naptime has been very hard, with lots of resistance from my daughter. Getting her upstairs after lunch has become a real struggle. The rest of our day goes pretty smoothly, but nobody is enjoying this part. Do you have any ideas for us to try? Dear Mama, My first thought is to try and find a way … [Read more...]
Sensory Integration
Dear Miss Faith, My 3 year old son seems to be developing issues which I think are linked to sensory integration. He has become a little obsessed about his hands, feet and face. He doesn't want them ever to get dirty, but he doesn't want to wash them, either. He'll even hold them closed, and then they get clammy and he cries about them being dirty. Sometimes he'll play in … [Read more...]
When You Can’t Pick Him Up
Dear Miss Faith, I have an almost-3yo and a 4-month-old. Since the baby has been born, my older son has been very demanding of me picking him up and carrying him everywhere. I tried saying "You are a big boy, you don't need me to carry you," but that didn't work. Then I read that older children need to regress and not be made to feel bad by their parents for doing so, so I've … [Read more...]