Hi, In the modern day, being a teenager is very hard. There are many challenges I face as a teenager, such as body image, social media, safety and friendship issues and I want to tell you about them and how I feel day to day.
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Written for SR Nutrition by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant.
Toilet training is the one thing that all parents want to get sorted out as quickly as possible – just think, no more nappies to change! However, all children are different and will do things when they are developmentally ready. Most children are ready to be toilet trained around 2-3 years old (some may be earlier and some later), but an important thing to say is not to start toilet training just because other people think you should, you know your child the best, so trust your instincts and start toilet training when you feel your child is ready.
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Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. t’s that time of the year when everyone seems to have a cough or a cold! The typical time for the common cold to make an appearance is between October and April and during this time of the year it can feel like your child has constantly got a cold. Most children before they start school will average 6-8 colds per year, which works out at around 1 cold per month! The good news is that once your child starts school their immunity starts to get better which means that their tendency to catch colds will reduce.
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Pippa has always worked in health, fitness and wellbeing – she's been a gym instructor, group exercise teacher, trainer, assessor and quality assurer. More recently she had a full-time career developing health and fitness qualifications. In 2017 she decided to follow her dream of setting up Press Pause to share yoga and mindfulness to families, children, young people and adults.
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Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Over recent weeks I have been getting lots of questions about how to deal with babies and young children who are getting really upset when a parent or other main carer such as a nanny, grandparent etc is leaving them, whether this is going to school or nursery, or even just to go to the bathroom!
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Written for SR Nutrition by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant.
Following on from our post on Supporting Toddler Behaviour, we are now sharing our Top Ten Tips to Supporting Toddler Behaviour.
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Written for SR Nutrition by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant.
The not so ‘Terrible Twos’?
We often assume that our children have adult logic in order to understand the world that they are in. The first and most important thing we need to do is to remember that they are children – they have only been in this world for 18 months/ 2 years and are just trying to make sense of their ever-changing environment.
What are we experiencing on a day to day with our toddlers? The temper tantrum? Demanding certain clothes/colour of cups/toys, positioned in a certain way? Are they answering “no” to anything you ask them? Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? Do you feel that you are continually saying “no” but with no results?
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We spoke to Rebecca to find out about her career as well as her inspiration for setting up London’s Little Thinkers, an online community which shares educational and engaging ideas for ‘London’s Little Thinkers’!
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