Why does my toddler scream and cry at bedtime when I leave? Hi KarenI hope you had a great Christmas & a wonderful New Year!As you know, we implemented your schedule and made changes to the kidsdiet and they are mostly sleeping through the night - which isAMAZING!Isaac goes down really easy and without much fuss of an evening, butChloe SCREAMS and screams for about an hour. We moved further andfurther away from her cot, but have never been able to leave the room.This wasn’t always the case, as she used to go down in about15minutes, but for the past two weeks, she’s screamed until 8pm. Weare really unsure what to do and generally lie in the room until sheis done, but have started letting her cry for 45minutes, coming ourfor 10minutes and then going back in. I don’t know if it’s because ofsheer exhaustion or because we’ve gone back in that she seems tosettle again.Do you have any advice? We have now left Manly, been to Berry for aweek, tonight is a serviced apartment, then the gold coast tomorrow.Again, Isaac is fine with the change.They are now 19months, 16.5corrected, eat really really wellthroughout the day and are generally sleeping through the night.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Thanks Karen,Hello Liz,Yes, I did thanks, hope you did too.This is very normal and typical separation anxiety. It doesn't affect every child and will go away. However, it needs managing properly to...

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...

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...

Challenging toddler behaviour My job as a toddler guru often presents me with very challenging cases. Lordy lordy this one was the tin lid to beat all others. In Manchester, I was dealing with 3-year-olds that...

There's a great Facebook page called Positive Parenting: Toddlers and Beyond and they have a New Years resolution. The goal is to stop parents yelling at their children.When you shout or yell at your child...

Have any of you ward of RIE parenting? Its pronounced WRY and is an acronym for Resources for Infant Educarers. Is it a new Hollywood fad or is it about respectful parenting???Hollywood stars have taken to it...

Today's blog follows on nicely from yesterday's one on how much milk does your 6-12 month old baby need?Milk needs for your toddler is something I get asked about all the time. So it's only...