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Why Does Your Toddler Keep Saying NO and How To Manage It

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

The Psychology and Science behind the NO stage The stage of saying no to everything can drive the calmest of parents a little bonkers! So why does your toddler do this you ask? This is...

A new Baby and Toddler Tantrums Have Gone Through The Roof!

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

This is a Typical Toddler Behaviour Case Study Hi Karen, we did a phone consultation a few months back regarding my 3-year-old boy Jake and managing toddler behaviour. At the time the tantrums really weren’t...

Has Your Baby Learned To Stand In The Cot & Is No Longer Sleeping?

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Has your baby has learned to stand and no longer sleeping? https://www.facebook.com/NurtureParenting.BabySleep/videos/185664042644969/I got the following help message from a mum ...Hi Karen, My little boy Hunter is now nine and a half months old.In the...

My Go-To Parenting Books Part Two

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In part two of this blog, I’m giving you my go-to toddler & child behaviour parenting books. I’m giving you a little run down on each one and their main messages. This is not a...

My Go To Parenting Books to Help With Child Behaviour

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

In this blog, I'm giving you my go-to toddler & child behaviour parenting books. I'm going to give you a little run down on each one and it's main messages. This is not a definitive...

Nutritional needs of toddlers and children

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Family meals and working parents The idea for this blog came following a visit to a family for bedtime help with their 20-month-old and nearly 3-year-old girls. Like most families, I help they are time...

7 tips to manage an angry child

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Anger is a very intense and explosive emotion. Managed badly it can escalate out of control until the parent loses it too. We all get angry, myself included, and it's a pressure release valve that...

Challenging toddler behaviour

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'I love my child but I don't really like him'.They were the words that flowed out of my mouth (and mountains of tears) when Karen came to help me with my 3 year old son...

Toddler behaviour help for food refusal

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You might remember a recent blog about a 3 year old little boy who would only eat 3 foods - chocolate, milk and white bread.https://www.nurtureparenting.com.au/what-to-do-when-your-child-only-eats-3-foods-chocolate-milk-and-bread/This is mums' success story about the impact Karen (me) from Nurture...

Empty praise vs. labelled praise and effects on resilience in kids

Posted by Karen Faulkner on

Nurture Shock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. Have any of you parents read this book?I discovered it in Gertrude & Alice, that lovely secondhand bookshop in Bondi and the title got my attention straight away....