Posts Tagged ‘dressing’
5 Tips for Dressing your Kids for Thanksgiving Day
What's your family's holiday tradition: wearing jeans and team T's while watching the game; camping out to watch a parade; having a formal dinner around the dining table with all the relatives; or a family outing to the soup kitchen to help those in need? However your family celebrates the giving of thanks this season, make sure they're dressed in their best with these 5 tips. Read the rest of this entry »
Are you Mystified by Your Child's Fashion Sense?
So, what do you do when your little girl walks out of room dressed in purple tights, sandals, a yellow polka dot skirt, and a paint-stained t-shirt that is on backwards?
Do you:
1. Ask her to change?
2. Let it go this time, but lay her clothing out for her yourself from now on?
3. Encourage her unique fashion sense and ability to dress herself?
Read more about how to encourage your child's motor skill development and growing sense of self. Read the rest of this entry »
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Age-by-age guide for helping your toddler dress themselves
Encourage your toddler's interest in dressing themselves, while helping them develop fine motor skills at the right stage of development. Fine motor skills are developed when children use their thumbs, fingers, hands, and wrists to perform small and intricate movements. The act of dressing themselves allows toddlers to practice activities that will help them develop these skills. Read the rest of this entry »
The Undressed Child
Many of us have been embarrassed by stories our parents have told a friend or date about the the time when they left us alone briefly as a toddler, only to return and find us completely naked. These stories are so common because toddlers - then and now - tend to take their clothes off as part of typical childhood development. Read the rest of this entry »
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