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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Singapore A family came over from Singapore for my help with their little boy, Joshua sleep. Unfortunately he contracted tonsillitis so we were unable to do the sleep training. Joshua is now 15 months old, He...

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...

This is my sister, Lesley's blogpost of what it's like parenting 2 children under the age of 2 - Freya 2 years and Tilly 1 year!My sister asked me to write about what it is...

'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...