Психология
Поведение, эмоции, общение, истерики
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Агрессия у детей и подростков: откуда она берется и что делать родителям
Неумение управлять своими эмоциями, отсутствие самоконтроля и неопределенность в общении со сверстниками могут привести к проявлению агрессивного поведения. В данной статье мы рассмотрим причины агрес…
КомаровскийЧитать →Почему из-за переживаний возникает диарея и как избавиться?
По-другому и не скажешь: жизнь – это стресс. В любой день вы можете быть озабочены тем, как бы покончить с огромным списком дел, волноваться по поводу поиска новой квартиры или размышлять о ссоре с па…
КомаровскийЧитать →Как помочь ребенку справиться со стрессом в начале учебного года: советы психолога
Начало учебного года нередко становится стрессовым периодом для детей: новое расписание, незнакомые учителя и одноклассники вызывают тревогу, которая может проявляться в раздражительности. Об этом соо…
КомаровскийЧитать →Детский психолог - когда стоит обратиться
Детский психолог помогает ребенку понять себя и научиться справляться с трудными эмоциями и ситуациями. Он не ставит диагнозы и не выписывает лекарства. Он учит ребенка говорить о чувствах, решать кон…
КомаровскийЧитать →Курсы по детской психологии: руководство по выбору программ профессиональной переподготовки
Детский психолог — это специалист с профильным образованием, который занимается исследованием закономерностей психического развития ребенка, диагностикой эмоциональных состояний и оказанием психологич…
КомаровскийЧитать →Refusing to Stay at Preschool
First of all, understand that this is very normal behavior. An attached child, who has grown up NOT being routinely left in a church nursery, a daycare center, or childcare at the gym, will naturally…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Head Molding
The movement of baby’s skull through the birth canal causes the asymmetrical watermelon-like shape of the head. (The process is called molding.) As you run your hands over the top of your baby’s head,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Binky Fairy
I have a nine-month-old and a three-and-a-half-year-old. Both use pacifiers. I think my oldest son is ready to give his up. My question is, when the “Binky Fairy” comes to visit next week, should I ta…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Traveling While Training
Sometimes toilet-training is easier while on vacation. You have more time and patience, baby is often a bare-bottomed beach bum, and you are not so concerned about messes. One of our children trained…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Two Year
Here is a brief look at what your Two Year Virtual Office Checkup includes: Growth – baby’s percentiles, how is your baby growing Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Nutrition…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Discipline & Behavior
Discipline is more about building the right relationship with your child than using the right techniques. You want to put into place a guidance system that keeps the child in check at age four and kee…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Discipline Following Divorce
Divorce is a set-up for discipline problems to surface. When parents divorce, children often blame themselves or become angry at their mother and father. They often show a complete turnabout in behavi…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Disciplining the Special-Needs Child
Disciplining a child who is “differently-abled” is likely to bring out the best and the worst in a parent. Parents try to help a child make up for what’s missing by increasing their love and attention…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Cheating
The child who cheats at school is a matter for discipline. Does the child cheat without remorse? Many times the child feels forced into cheating because of parental pressure or the spirit of competiti…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →8 Admonitions to Parents Who Chose to Spank
By now you should realize that our position on spanking is simple: don’t. But we are also experienced enough to realize that some loving, nurturing, committed parents believe in spanking as part of th…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Whining
How can a sound as irritating as whining come from such adorable little people? It combines pleading, demanding, pestering, and nagging, interspersed with sniffles and sobs. It escalates in pitch unti…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →General Tips
Infants and children do annoying things, so plan to spend time and energy correcting these behaviors in your child or at least modifying them to be less annoying. In handling any undesirable behavior…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Understanding the Tantrum-prone Child
Some kids are more inclined toward tantrums than others. Children with high needs, strong wills, and who have trouble controlling their emotions are more likely to fall into tantrum behavior. They hav…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Walkers
Like any keep-baby-busy device, if used sparingly and under supervision, walkers can be fun. They are especially useful for the between-jobs baby who can’t yet cruise or stand but wants to move across…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Sandbox Safety
Since your children’s sandbox can quickly and easily be turned into the neighborhood litter box, take these precautions to make it safe: Keep your sandbox covered and pet-free. Instruct your children…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Child-Spacing
“Dr. Sears, What’s your opinion about spacing children?” Child spacing varies from family to family. There is seldom the ideal time for a child. If we always waited for “the perfect time” to have a ch…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Cutting Baby's Fingernails
Some newborns enter the world with fingernails so long that they need to be cut right away to prevent them from scratching their faces. Expect your newborn’s nails to grow very fast and don’t be afrai…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Feet
CROOKED NEWBORN FEET A newborn’s bowed legs and feet reflect the scrunched up position of “no standing room” in the womb. The legs are normally very bowed, and the feet turn in. Since the bones were c…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Protruding Navel
Babies are born with an opening in the abdominal wall through which the umbilical-cord vessels connect with the placenta. When the cord is cut, the stump shrivels up. Sometimes the stump bulges out –…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Dischargin Eyes
During the first few weeks or months you may notice a yellow, sticky discharge from one or both eyes. This is usually caused by a blocked tear duct . Most newborns’ eyes begin tearing by three weeks o…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →The Right Touch: Infant Massage
It’s one of life’s simple pleasures (massage has long been enjoyed by adults), and research is showing that babies grow better and act better when they are on the receiving end of the right touch. Inf…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Newborn's Swollen Breasts
Because of a surge of breast-enlarging hormones at birth, your baby’s breasts may become swollen, firm, and lumpy within a week after birth. A baby’s breasts may even produce a few drops of milk. Thes…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Touch Benefits
Touch stimulates growth-promoting substances Healthcare providers have long known that babies who are touched a lot grow better, and now there is research to back up this observation. There seems to b…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Pacifier Habit
I have slowly been weaning my 10-month-old daughter from the pacifier, but recently I’ve noticed she has started sucking her thumb. Since the thumb is a harder habit to break than the pacifier, my tho…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Prefers Binky to Breast
Help! My 14-week-old son sometimes prefers the pacifier to my breast.Infants are born with an intense need to suck, and sometimes they go through a stage where the sucking need intensifies. It can be…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Pacifier Research
Both scientific research and parents observations reveal: 1. A 1999 study reported in Pediatrics showed that babies who used pacifiers in the first six weeks tended to wean earlier. 2. One study corre…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Choosing & Using a Safe Pacifier
DR. BILL’S BINKY ADVICE In the early weeks, only the real nipple belongs in a baby’s mouth. If you have a baby who really needs a pacifier, then use it, don’t abuse it, and quickly try to lose it. Sel…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Health Warnings on Cigarette Packs
Why isn’t there such a warning on cigarette packages like there is against drinking alcohol while pregnant? Health authorities refuse to do this because, they claim, there is no proven cause and effec…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How Smoking Hampers Mothering
Smoking interferes with natural mothering. Lack of breastfeeding is a risk factor for SIDS. Mothers who smoke tend to either, not breastfeed or wean earlier and to have more breastfeeding problems. Pe…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →4 Ways Smoking Increases the Risk of SIDS
Suppose you were about to take your baby into a room when you noticed a sign that read: Warning, this room contains poisonous gases of around 4,000 chemicals, some of which have been linked to cancer…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →4 - 6 Months - Reaching & Rolling
It’s an exciting day when baby discovers how to use her hands. Around the age of four months, the development of binocular vision – the eyes learning to work together on depth perception – makes reach…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Running Errands with Baby
Busy moms and dads are used to taking their young kids with them on errands around town. Whether it’s a quick trip to the grocery store, grabbing a latte at the coffee shop, an afternoon at the mall,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Playing Around the House
Playtime with a child doesn’t only mean taking time to sit down on the floor together, pulling out the toys and having some organized play. There are many things around the house that you can use to i…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Block Parties
There are many toys to choose from to entertain and stimulate your growing baby. Electronic lights and sounds, talking dolls, music. There are plenty of fancy choices which can provide you and your ba…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Play Ball!
In a world of electronic toys with flashing lights and stimulating sounds, it’s easy to forget about the classic simple toys that have been around for centuries. The Ball is one such toy. It’s so simp…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Bath Time for Two
Bath time with baby can be much more than just a quick wash and dry. Bathing is a perfect opportunity for you to relax, set aside everything else in your busy day, and just enjoy being with your baby.…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Road Trip For Two
Wouldn’t it be nice if car rides with a baby could be like a quiet, peaceful drive through the country? The bright sun shining, birds singing, the warm summer breeze blowing in the window, and through…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Visual Stimulation for Newborns
Each of the five senses is a doorway to your baby’s mind. Your newborn baby can hear your voice, feel your touch, smell your scent, and taste anything you put in his mouth. While baby’s vision may be…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Is Baby Sick or Teething?
When in doubt, don’t attribute baby’s behavior to teething. Let your doctor decide. Yet, here are some general ways to tell the difference between teething and an illness such as an ear infection: 1.…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Limping
It’s important to notice unusual walking habits in your child and report them to the doctor. Limping must always be taken seriously, and warrants a thorough medical exam. If your baby walks funny (for…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Walking Funny
Toddlers’ walking styles are as variable as their personalities. Most begin walking with their feet turned out, a position that improves balance. Next, as you are beginning to worry about his turned-o…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Car Travel
How appropriate is the bumper sticker that reads, “If a mother’s place is in the home, why am I always in the car?” Here are ways to make car travel pleasant and safe: Always wear a seat belt yourself…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Eighteen Month
Here is a brief look at what your Nine Month Virtual Office Checkup includes: Growth – baby’s percentiles, how your is baby growing Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Nutriti…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Fifteen Month
Here is a brief look at what your Fifteen Month Virtual Office Checkup includes: Growth – baby’s percentiles, how is your baby growing Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Nutr…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Nine Months
Growth – baby’s percentiles, how is your baby growing Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Photoscreening for visual problems Nutrition: Breastfeeding Formula Solid foods Picky…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Six Month
Growth – baby’s percentiles, is your baby growing enough? Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Nutrition: Starting solids Constipation Honey Allergies Breastfeeding Formula Wat…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Birth
Breastfeeding: How much, how long and how often Establishing your milk supply Proper latch on Avoiding and treating sore nipples How to determine if baby is getting enough breastmilk Preventing Yeast…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Safety
Walkers Although these were very popular years ago, it is now commonly believed that walkers are not safe and may actually interfere with the normal development of the leg muscles. We are referring to…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Development
Here are the developmental milestones that most babies will achieve by this age: Gross motor – rolls over, good head control, pushes up with arms while on tummy, stands supported. Fine motor – reaches…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Examination
What exactly is your doctor looking for with all that poking and prodding of your precious tiny little baby? Well, here is a brief explanation of the physical exam from head to toe and what aspects ar…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Baby's Growth
Weight gain – most babies will gain 1 ¼ to 2 pounds per month at this age, or 2 ½ to 4 pounds since your two-month check up. Your baby will show a trend toward being a large, average, or slim baby. Do…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How Smoking Harms Babies in the Womb
Consider the physiological effects of smoking on yourself and your baby, especially the increased risk of SIDS. 1. It retards growth. Smoking stunts the growth of the developing fetus. Nicotine narrow…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Resources to Help Stop Smoking
Despite the warning in the “Back to Sleep” campaign that smoking may increase the risk of SIDS, researchers in England found that the anti-smoking warning campaign had no impact on mothers who already…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Learning the Right Touch
Massage is a touch you do with your baby, not to your baby. It’s an interaction, not a task. You learn which strokes your baby enjoys and, as if dancing, go with the flow of your baby’s body language.…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Pacifiers Vs Thumb
We would vote for the thumb. It’s easily found in the middle of the night, it doesn’t fall on the floor, it tastes better, and baby can adjust the flesh feel to her own sucking needs. Pacifiers get lo…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →When Pacifiers Are In
If used sensibly and for a baby who has intense sucking needs – in addition to, not as a substitute for, human nurturing – pacifiers are an acceptable aid. If you have one of these babies and experien…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →We Approach Discpline Differently
Mothers and fathers often approach discipline differently – not better or worse, just differently. If used wisely, this difference is good for kids. Moms and dads should complement each other’s discip…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →When Should I Stop Letting My Child See Me Nude?
One of the earliest sexuality concepts you want your child to learn is that the body is good—all parts of it. Bathing with your baby is healthy sexual modeling. When your toddler runs into the bathroo…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →The Joy of Toys
One of the pleasures of being a parent is being a “big kid.” You get to revisit some of your old favorites and play with cool new stuff that wasn’t around when you were a child. Children and their toy…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Cycling with Infants
If you are a cycling family, you can safely take along the little cycler, but observe these rules of the road: Always put a helmet on the young passenger, even in a trailer or jogging cart. Do not car…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Ban Nighttime Binky
My two-year-old still uses a pacifier to sleep. I think it’s time to wean him. Is that right?You likely know that young children suck on their fingers, thumbs and pacifiers. From the early months, the…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Troublesome Toddler Behavior
I would treat this just like any other toddler problems like biting, hitting, and tantrums. It helps to get into the mind of your child, and try to look at things from their perspective. Try to unders…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Tantrums
Don’t take it personally. You are neither responsible for his tantrums nor for stopping them. The “goodness” of your baby is not a reflection on your parenting ability. Tantrums are common when a baby…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →I Don't Understand Attachment Parenting
How your sister is raising her infant may seem foreign to you, but she is just doing what comes naturally. This is how this will “play out”: For the first year or two, a child is primarily bonded to h…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Handle 2 Year Old's Tantrums?
The first time a toddler has a major tantrum can come as such a surprise to parents that it is difficult to keep from laughing. Even the second or third tantrum can be amusing to watch. However, once…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Father Worry: Wife's too Attached
Dads, to help you understand why your wife may have difficulty saying “no” to your toddler, consider this analogy. Suppose your wife is browsing in a “parenting store” and she finds an elixir called A…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Temper Tantrums
Temper Tantrums in 2-5 Year Olds A realistic fact of family life is that children can push our frustration buttons. We like to divide temper tantrums into two categories. The first category is manipul…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Parenting Stories | Ask Dr. Sears®
Incredible attachment parenting stories I was sitting at my desk one evening when my emergency beeper sounded, calling me to the hospital emergency room to evaluate a five-month-old baby who had stopp…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Dressing Your Child | Ask Dr. Sears®
Make dressing your child easier You will spend a lot of time dressing your child. It’s a lot easier to do if you don’t have to wrestle him through every step. Here’s how to get the job done efficientl…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Fun Things to do in The Fall
Plenty of Fun Things to do in The Fall The Fall season is a beautiful time of year in much of the country. The hot summer is ending and comfortably cool weather is on the way. This is the perfect time…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Teach Your Child to Make Good Choices
How a Child Learns to Make Good Choices Conventional wisdom says that a child doesn’t have a conscience until the “age of reason,” considered to be around seven years of age. Yet you begin nurturing a…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Talking Back
Does your child always demand the last word? “Mary, please do the dishes.” “Mom, I can’t. I’ve got homework.” “Doing the dishes is your job isn’t it?” “Yes, but I have a test tomorrow.” “Dishes only t…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Advice for New Parents
Good Advice for New Parents A new baby coming home is a time significant change in the dynamics of the relationship between mom and dad. You can never truly be ready for how this will affect the two o…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Teaching Empathy to Children
Always be Teaching Empathy to Your Children We all want what’s best for our family and to be the best parent we can be for our children. In order to equip your children for life, you love them, teach…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Choosing a Pediatrician
6 Tips for Choosing A Pediatrician Thirty-five years ago when I (Dr. Bill) was finishing my pediatric training and was about to hang out my shingle and open a practice, one of my professors advised me…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Child Development Stages
Going through the Different Child Development Stages How often have you heard, “oh, just wait, he’ll grow out if it?” Though partially true, this lame excuse for not correcting certain behaviors shows…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Encourage Good Behavior in Toddlers
13 Ways to Encourage Good Behavior in Toddlers In addition to keeping the “don’t touch” items out of the way, consider positive steps you can take to encourage good behavior in toddlers. Fill it with…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →A Daughter's Letter to Her Father
It’s Hayden. I have wanted to write, or talk, to you about this for a few months, but the time has never seemed right. And, it will probably come out better on paper, so here we go. A while ago at chu…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Daddy-Daughter Date
Setting up a Daddy-Daughter Date Fathers, if you have a preteen daughter, the adolescent years are soon to come. Those will be years when your daughter will gravitate toward her friends and away from…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Controlling Parental Anger
How to Deal with Parental Anger Sometimes our kids make us feel angry. We will come home after a tough day, step on one of our children’s toys or they will spill something on the carpet and we cannot…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Dealing with Temper Tantrums in Public
How to Handle Temper Tantrums in Public? Just like at home, kids throw tantrums in public when they don’t get their way. Let’s say you take your child to the supermarket and he feels he absolutely mus…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Older Child Adjusting to a New Baby Sibling
How Your Older Child May Feel about their New Baby Sibling Three-year-old Molly’s life was perfect. She was the center of attention in the perfect love triangle: mommy, daddy and child. She had her pa…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Children Swearing
When You Catch Children Swearing Remember your reaction the first time your four-year-old used a four-letter word? Did your mouth drop open, but with no sound coming out? Did you drop your fork at the…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Help a Stressed Out Mom
How Dads Can Relieve a Stressed Out Mom There are times when Moms put on their supermom cape, and if they wear it for too long, they can end up feeling stretched thin . This is where Dad needs to be a…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Playing With Your Crawling Baby
Having Fun With Your Crawling Baby In the first few months of baby’s life playtime is mainly stationary. When rolling over starts, baby’s play area spreads out a bit. But when baby begins crawling bet…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Reading to Your Child
Make Reading to Your Child a Special Time Bedtime stories are a favorite ritual for parents and young kids. Snuggling in bed together while you turn pages, point to favorite pictures, and teach your c…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Teaching Honesty to Kids
Prevent Lying by Teaching Honesty to Kids By understanding why children lie at times, it is easier to understand what to do. Getting behind the deceitful words (or actions) and into the child’s mind w…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →3 Bye-Bye Binky Tactics | Ask Dr Sears®
If pacifiers are becoming a problem, try these bye bye binky techniques: Pacifiers are just that – “peacemakers” – which children return to as an attachment object. Some infants and young children hav…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →8 Tools For Toddler Discipline | Ask Dr Sears®
Toddler discipline can be challenging, but is essential. 1. Guide little hands Exploring hands are always looking for things to handle, so give the young explorer word associations to help him sort ou…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Raising a Moral Child
8 Tips for Raising a Moral Child Raising a moral child means teaching your child to live by the Golden Rule. Before your child can “treat others like you want others to treat you,” he has to learn how…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Most Common Illnesses
At each Virtual Office Visit we will highlight for you the most common illnesses for each age group. We will help you learn how to recognize them and how to treat them. For your four-month-old, the mo…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →October: Attachment Parenting Month
Attachment Parenting Month This October we celebrate Attachment Parenting Month with Attachment Parenting International. This vision is to create one strong voice for Attachment Parenting by participa…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Mommy Burnout
Avoiding Mommy Burnout Burnout is a state of emotional exhaustion. Mommy burnout happens when a mother has been out of balance for too long. With so much energy draining out of her, she reaches a poin…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Using Humor for Discipline
5 tips for using humor for discipline In disciplining a growing child, a parent wears many costumes: You put on your policeman’s cap for dangerous situations, your preacher’s collar for morality lesso…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Playing With Baby
The Wonderful Experience of Playing With Baby Floor play can be one of the most developmentally stimulating activities for your baby between two and four months. As your baby begins to enjoy time on h…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Parenting & Behavior Issues
Teething Teething is probably the number one cause of night waking and daytime fussiness for infants from this age until 2 years. Signs of teething include excess drooling, chewing on everything in si…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Research
Attachment studies have spoiled the spoiling theory. Researchers Dr.’s Bell and Ainsworth studied two sets of parents and their children. Group A were attachment-parented babies. These babies were sec…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Keeping Your Kids Safe
Discipline Practices for Keeping Your Kids Safe When our children run towards the street or get too close to the stove, we are afraid they will hurt themselves and can sometimes overreact. A strong re…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Heel Pain
What is the cause of heel pain? Heel pain occurs in active children because the human foot was never meant to run on concrete, asphalt, gym floors, or pivot in soccer or basketball. Most heel pain in…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Child Development During the First Year | Ask Dr. Sears
Developmental Changes During Baby’s First Year Sitting up without support gives babies a new outlook on life. And once they’ve mastered this skill, they will eagerly move on towards crawling. Toys pla…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Bye-Bye Binky
How to Wean Your Child Off the Binky Pacifiers are, as the name implies, peacemakers. As people who are around babies day and night, we support anything that keeps babies peaceful. Preferably this sho…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toy Safety | Ask Dr. Sears
Toy safety has a double concern. Not only should you pay attention to the safety of the toy itself – no sharp edges, no toxic paint, and no little pieces that can fall off – but also its potential of…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Helping Toddlers Handle Tantrums | Ask Dr. Sears
What to Do to Help Your Toddler Handle a Tantrum Even after you do your best to create an attitude within your child and structure the environment in your home to prevent tantrums, they still occur. H…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Supermarket Discipline | Ask Dr Sears®
Avoid Dramatic Displays of Supermarket Discipline You have to be adventurous to take a toddler grocery shopping, but sometimes you have no choice. One young mother takes her three-year-old and one-yea…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Growing Pains in Children
Growing Pains in Children vs. More Serious Pain It can be difficult for parents to know if their child is just feeling growing pains or if something is really wrong. How can you tell the difference be…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →4 Ways to Raise an Expressive Child | Ask Dr. Sears
How to Raise an Expressive Child Raising an emotionally expressive child is one of the biggest challenges of parenting for those of us who weren’t allowed to express our feelings as children. Here’s h…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Safety Gates
When to Use a Safety Gate Putting a gate at the top of the stairs is like waving a red flag in front of a baby bull. The impulsive explorer scales right up the gate and rattles it back and forth until…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Matching Toys With Temperaments | Ask Dr. Sears
How Matching Toys With Temperaments Helps It’s fascinating how even children in the same family are so different from one another. A child’s individual personality is determined, at least in part, by…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How Baby Brains Grow
New insights into how baby brains grow show that parents can have a profound effect on how smart their child later becomes. The brain grows more during infancy than at any other time, doubling its vol…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Failure to Thrive Infant
Helping the Failure to Thrive Infant Throughout our 30 years of working with parents and babies, we have grown to appreciate the correlation between baby growth (emotionally and physically) and the st…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Learning to Read
Your Child Learning to Read It will be one of your proudest moments as a parent, when your child first begins to read on her own. Is your child ready? What are the do’s and don’ts of early reading ins…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Mommy Brain & Daddy Brain: How Parenthood Changes Your Brain
How Parenthood Changes Your Brain for the Better Over my 45 years as a pediatrician, I’ve become increasingly convinced that the term “mommy brain,” and in a different way “daddy brain,” are realities…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Summertime Play for Babies
Summer brings warmer weather which means can enjoy playtime outside with your kids instead of being cooped up in the house all day. Many parents are tempted to just stay indoors all day with their lit…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →The Power of a Hug: Tips for New Moms and Dads on How Best to Bond with Baby
Note: This article was written by Dr. William Sears and sponsored by Huggies®. Dr. Sears is a member of the Huggies Parent Council. Bonding—the term for the close emotional tie that develops between p…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →5 Tips for Welcoming Home Baby Number 2
Note: This article was written by Dr. William Sears and sponsored by Huggies®. Dr. Sears is a member of the Huggies Parent Council. You may be thinking, “I’ve already had one newborn in the house so r…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Improve Your Baby's Language Skills
Improving Your Child’s Language Skills Language, like a sense of humor, is caught, not taught. You don’t directly teach your baby to speak. You fill her ears with the right sounds and your baby learns…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Settling Traveling Tummies
Road trips to visit family over the vacations and holidays can upset sensitive tummies and become a dreaded part of family trips. Motion sickness results when the brain receives confusing messages fro…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Winter Coats and Car Seat Safety
Winter Coats and Car Seat Safety Snow and ice are sweeping the nation leaving roads icy and dangerous. During these frigid temperatures you may be tempted to leave your baby’s coat on while buckled in…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Taming Toy Tantrums
Playgroups for toddlers and preschoolers can rapidly disintegrate into tantrums over toys. A lot of kids and toys in a small room is a recipe for disaster. Why is it so difficult for children to share…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Baby Proofing Tips for Babies on the Move
Before giving birth, parents often feel a strong natural urge to provide a safe environment for their baby – often called “nesting.” Of course, your baby won’t be mobile for several months, so don’t f…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Three Year Old Behavior
Three Year Old Behavior is a Big Improvement Three year old behavior is easier to live with. Three now has the language skills that let two-way communication become real conversation. Three is a more…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →New Research Highlights the Power of Touch
New research shows touch is very powerful for baby For many years, I have believed in the power of touch when caring for babies. Back in 2013, I published an article on the positive effects of touch,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Name-Calling
The Effects and How to React to Name-Calling “You imbecile!” yelled fourteen-year-old Mary at her annoying seven-year-old brother, Billy. Now Billy didn’t know what an “imbecile” was, but by the tone…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How Can I Tell If My Baby is Teething?
Besides the trademark drool and crankiness, try the gum-massage test . (Babies are more likely to accept a finger probing into their mouth than to allow a look.) Run your finger along the front edges…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →When Should Baby Teeth Appear?
Guidelines for When Should Baby Teeth Appear Knowing the exact answer to “When should baby teeth appear?” is as unexpected as the timing of baby’s first steps. In general, expect the first sharp nubbi…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Holiday Toddler Tantrum Triggers
Toddler Tantrum Triggers The holidays can be stressful for everyone in the family, especially for toddlers still trying to figure things out. Parents who are prepared for tantrums are likely to handle…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Winter Activities for Young Children
Winter Activities for Kids Winter is perhaps the most unique season of the year, and with it comes some once-a-year opportunities for learning and interactive winter activities for young children. Whe…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Prevent Temper Tantrums
Prevent Temper Tantrums in Your Child Kids will get upset and have trouble controlling their emotions, but it is possible to prevent it from developing into a full blown tantrum. Try these three ways…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Creative Play for Toddlers
Get Kids Moving With These Creative Play Ideas for Toddlers Two-year-olds love to imitate their parents. Play tools or kitchen items, a toy phone or pretend computer will stimulate elaborate pretend c…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Father Involvement
Father Involvement for Better Discipline Fathers become disciplinarians in much the same way that mothers do. The more we are exposed to both well behaved and poorly behaved children, we realize that…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Fun With Baby's First Steps | Ask Dr Sears®
Play safety tips to help you and your baby start off on the right foot with baby’s first steps. Remember baby’s eagerness when she first learned to crawl across the room? And how much fun did baby hav…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Raising a Smart Baby | Ask Dr. Sears®
8 Ways to Raise a Smart Baby It’s never too early to help your baby become an intellectual human being. Here are eight ways to raise a smart baby through proper womb environment, nurturing, nutrition,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Spitting Up
Babies spit up because they are just being babies. They gulp milk and air, and the air settles beneath the milk in the stomach. When baby’s stomach contracts, like an air gun, the stomach shoots some…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Dr. Sears Guide to TV for Babies Under Two
Many medical and infant development experts discourage watching TV for babies under two years old. Certainly one-on-one direct interaction is far more valuable than a half-hour in front of the TV for…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Shape Children's Behavior
10 Techniques to Shape Children’s Behavior Shaping children’s behavior means providing the child with cues and reinforcements that direct them toward desirable behavior. As you shape children’s behavi…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Four Month
Here is a brief look at what your Four Month Virtual Office Checkup includes: Growth – baby’s percentiles and what they mean Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Nutrition: Bre…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Two Month
Here is a brief look at what your Two Month Virtual Office Checkup includes: Growth – baby’s percentiles and what they mean Physical exam – important aspects your doctor will check for Nutrition: Brea…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →One Month
Here is a brief look at what your One Month Virtual Office Checkup includes: Features of the physical exam How to avoid a flat head Nutrition: Breastfeeding issues DHA Nighttime feedings Growth spurts…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →One Week
Here is a brief look at what your One Week Virtual Office Checkup includes: Baby’s growth – monitoring weight gain Physical examination Nutrition: Breastfeeding Mom’s diet Is baby getting enough milk?…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Matching Child and School
Here are some practical things parents that can do to help their children achieve the two goals of education: developing tools for learning, and a good attitude toward life-long learning. Before enrol…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Spoiled Children
Spoiled Children or Healthy Babies? Few parents make it through their offspring’s babyhood without being told that all their efforts to nurture and respond to their baby will surely spoil her. And if…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Techniques for Time-Out for Children
10 Techniques for Time-Out for Children A time-out for children should be used as a form of positive and consistent discipline . Try these ten tips to use time-out as an effective discipline tool in y…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Growing Up Connected
Observations on Attachment Parenting Outcomes October: Attachment Parenting Month Attachment Parenting Chemistry The studies on which this table is based compared the quality of mother-infant attachme…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Raising Smarter Children
WREG News Channel 3 in Memphis, Tennessee recently interviewed Dr. William Sears on the topic of raising smarter children. Date Aired: March 18, 2014 Breastfeeding Grows Smarter Kids PEDIATRIC NEWS UP…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Parenting Discipline
Attachment Parenting Discipline is Easier You probably never thought of these attachment tools, such as breastfeeding and babywearing, as being acts of discipline, but they are. Gina, an attached moth…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toy Safety Tips for Babies
Check for small parts that baby can put in mouth and choke on, such as buttons, beads or other removable parts. Be aware that babies can bite off objects from toys. Babies can choke on anything that i…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Parenting Chemistry
Attachment Parenting Chemistry of Mom and Baby Attachment Parenting Releases feel-good Hormones Attachment parenting chemistry shows that good things happen to the hormones of mothers and babies who a…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Video Game Violence
VIDEO VIOLENCE IS COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU Video games may be hazardous to your child’s emotional health. Sounds like a warning on a cigarette pack, and justifiably so. Once upon a time TV was blam…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Discipline for Children
Healthy Discipline for Children Discipline for children is something that must be done to help them learn the right and wrong ways to behave. There are healthy ways to discipline your child though. Th…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Teaching Toothbrushing
When should I start brushing baby’s teeth? Dentists recommend cleaning gums with gauze to remove plaque beginning when teeth first appear, usually around six-to-seven-months. Try the following brushin…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Give Baby Eye Medicine
How to Give Eye Medicine Eye medicines come in two forms—ointment and drops. Drops are easier to give but can sting a bit if the eyes are inflamed. Ointment requires more control and less squirming be…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →A Hug's Impact on the Brain
A Hug’s Impact on the Brain This October, I attended the Huggies Parents Council in Chicago. As a guest speaker, I had the honor of connecting with parenting influencers to teach them what I have seen…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →3 Ways to Have Cavity-Less Kids
Pediatric dentists who study the effects of breastfeeding on oral development believe that one of the most beneficial contributors to healthy teeth and healthy jaw alignment is a breast in the mouth f…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Pigeon Toed or Toeing In
In the first two years nearly all babies toe in. This is due to two conditions: The normal bowing of the legs leftover from the fetal position in the womb. Normal flatfeet. Babies seldom develop much…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Healthy Living Tips for the Family
6 Healthy Living Tips From the Sears Family I am so thankful for the healthy living tips my parents instilled in me as a child. The word balance comes to mind as I recall savoring those birthday treat…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Balance Attachment Parenting & Marriage | Ask Dr Sears®
How to Find Balance with Attachment Parenting and Marriage After the birth of your child, it is easy to get so consumed in caring for your new baby that your relationship with your partner suffers. Th…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Holiday Temper Tantrums
Handling Holiday Temper Tantrums Holiday stress can take a toll on the whole family including your children. An increase in temper tantrums is not uncommon. Understanding the common holiday temper tan…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Low-tech Parents
Steve Jobs was a Low-tech Parent In preparation for a major topic in our next book on brain health, I ran across a fascinating article in The New York Times (NYTimes.com/2014/09/11) with the title “ S…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Curbing Grumbling and Complaining
Make Children’s Attitudes Easier to Live With Are you tired of asking your child to do something — over and over again — and all you get is grumbling and complaining? Or your child obeys, but reluctan…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →5 Ways to Teach Children to Apologize
How to Teach Children to Apologize Apologizing helps your child accept responsibility for a wrong and provides a tool to make things right again. It helps the child dig himself out of a hole. It clear…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Safely Perform Infant Massage
Getting Started with Infant Massage Infant massage is an activity you do WITH your child, not TO them. It is a wonderful way to connect with your baby and has many health and development benefits . To…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Helpful Methods to Break Annoying Habits in Children
Helpful methods to break annoying habits The following are the most common childhood habits. Below each habit you will find the four helpers to break annoying habits. Motivators: Point out sore thumb.…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Play Ideas for the Whole Family
Benefits of Play Ideas for the Whole Family In today’s busy world, it’s often hard to find time to slow down and just enjoy some good fun baby time. A parent who works full time may not have energy le…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Parenting Advice at All Ages
Q&A for Parenting Advice A: Find a way to share your passion that feels true and unique to you. Take all the tools you learned and sprinkle on your personal touch. Share your sorry unapologetically no…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Wanting What's Best for Your Kids
“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” – Angela Schwindt This quote came to me in an email from a close friend and colleague in the parentin…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Active Play
Active Play at 12 – 24 Months Sometime around one year of age babies master walking, and active play takes on a whole new dimension. Toys they can push or pull top the list of one-year favorites. Todd…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Hearing & Sound Play Together
Baby’s five senses are an integral part of development. They are the gateway into baby’s mind, and interactive play should involve all of baby’s senses every day. Sounds are a big part of playful inte…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Parenting Tips from Dr. Bill Sears
Dr. Bill’s Top Ten Parenting Tips Parenting, in a nutshell, is giving your children the tools to succeed in life. Here are ten parenting tips that I have tried to teach our children and have used in m…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Comfort a Teething Baby | Ask Dr. Sears
What to Expect and How to Comfort a Teething Baby As you wonder why your sleeping angel turns nightwaker, you hear the telltale ping against the spoon or feel the cutting edge. Actually babies don’t “…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toilet Training Tips
13 Toilet Training Tips to Know Before You Start Toilet training is a partnership, with proper roles assigned to each person. You can lead a baby to the bathroom, but you can't make him go. You have n…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Why Do Kids Lie? | Ask Dr. Sears
Why do kids lie? What to do. Parents often ask why do kids lie? They will be caught off guard when their sweet child lies to them. Children lie for the same reasons adults do: to be accepted socially,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →21 Toilet-Training Tactics
Here are some tactics we have collected over the years from toilet-training our own eight children and from our pediatric practice. 1. Start a boy sitting to minimize sprays and dribbles on the walls…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Back Pain from Backpacks | Ask Dr. Sears
Child Back Pain from Backpacks Back problems are no longer limited to the elderly. Pediatricians are seeing more and more school children with back pain related to the misuse of backpacks. We don’t di…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →7 Ways to Teach Your Child Good Manners | Ask Dr. Sears
Modeling behaviors is the best way to teach your child good manners Every parent dreams of the polite little child who says “please” and “thank you.” After all, your child’s behavior reflects on you.…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Dr. Sears Parenting Videos
Parenting Videos from the Dr Sears Family Enjoy these parenting videos from Dr. Bill, Dr. Bob, and Martha. Toilet Training by Martha Sears, RN Tummy Troubles by Dr. Bob Sears Parenting Tips from Dr. B…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Immunizations
Although there is a standard immunization schedule, the actual timing of the shots will vary from doctor to doctor. We suggest you ask your doctor for the schedule used at your office. The shots that…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Make Exercising with Baby Simple and Easy | Ask Dr. Sears
Make Exercising with Baby Simple and Easy Taking care of a young baby takes time and energy, and moms often feel they have little left of either to do anything else. Yet, it’s important that moms stay…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Ways to Manage Screen Time for Kids and Teens
How We Manage Screen Time for Our Kids Do you blurt-out the phrase, “Put your phone down!” about a hundred times a day? Does it seem like you’re constantly having to tell your kids to “get off the pho…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →7 Ways to Bond With Preborn Baby
New research supports what mothers have long believed, that babies in the womb hear what’s going on outside. Even more intriguing, there is evidence that babies may share in their mothers’ emotions. F…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →10 Tips for Choosing Toys for Children
Choosing Toys for Your Child In choosing toys for your child ask yourself: 1. What will it teach my child? 2. Will it hold my child’s attention ? 3. Is it safe ? 4. Is it annoying for me to see or hea…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Father - Daughter Relationships
“I am a divorced father in the middle of a pretty bitter custody battle. I have two daughters, 6 and 7 years old. When the kids were young, and my ex and I were married, we practiced attachment parent…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Signs You Need Professional Help About Discipline
Most discipline problems can be handled by just taking the time to assess the strength of your parent-child connection, using commonsense techniques, and trying one approach after another until you fi…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Baby's First Holiday | Ask Dr. Sears
How to Handle Baby’s First Holiday Season Babies add so much joy to the holidays! However, baby’s first holiday can also add stress for the parents. Here are some things to keep in mind so everyone ca…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Helping An Attached Toddler Be Independent
How do I help my very attached toddler be more independent? Q: How do you get a very attached toddler to be less clingy? He is almost 2 and the youngest of four and I still find it hard to homeschool,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Listen to Dr. Sears Family Podcasts
Dr. Jim Sears and Hayden Sears are answering questions on the Dr. Sears Family Podcast. Tune in to join the Sears Family as they talk about parenting questions they’ve received, discuss a wide range o…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toddler Toilet Training Tips
Toddler Toilet Training to get to Diaper Free Day Step One: Be Sure Baby is Ready Watch your baby, not the calendar, for the following toddler toilet training signs: Imitates your toileting Verbally c…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Raising Children
Dr. William Sears and his wife Martha share with you their experience in parenting eight children and caring for thousands of others during forty years in pediactric practice. Learn how to raise your…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Positive Discipline and The Result | Ask Dr. Sears
The Results of Positive Discipline Positive discipline has very little to do with punishing your child. When you practice consistent positive discipline you are constantly encouraging good behavior in…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →School Phobia | Ask Dr Sears®
Poor Attendance Due to a Phobia of School School phobia is referred to in medical circles as the “great imitator” because it is one of the most frequent medical examples of a child presenting a physic…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Minimizing A Child's Fear and Anxiety | Ask Dr. Sears
Minimizing Your Child’s Fears and Anxiety “My 9-year-old has started struggling with a bit of fear and anxiety, especially relating to safety (double-checking locks, coming out of his room after bedti…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Your Baby is Four Months Old - Nutrition
Breastfeeding One particular change you may see now or during the next few months is that baby’s feedings may become shorter, and spaced farther apart. He may start to take only one breast at each fee…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Homebound Activities to Keep Your Family Active
Tips and Ideas to Stay Active How is your family coping with the sudden “homeschooling opportunity”? Being homebound may be met with a variety of emotions from excitement to feeling overwhelmed, espec…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Homeschooling Tips for Stretched or Stressed Parents
Homeschooling Help for Stretched and Stressed Parents The only constant thing in life is change. Currently, as a collective earth, we are all united in the fact that we are enduring the biggest change…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Discipline Strategies for Attachment Parenting
How to Teach a Child to Behave What is the best way to discipline a 14-month-old? I try redirecting behavior with our son, but it usually doesn’t work. Since the word “discipline” means “to teach”, it…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Screen Time Recommendations Backed by Research
Screen Time Recommendations Based on Research Review Pediatricians have for decades advised concerned parents to use screen time wisely, especially for young children. A comprehensive research review…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Toddler Proof Your Home | Ask Dr Sears®
A Room-by-Room Guide Here’s a room-to-room guide to toddler proof your home.
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Parenting Explained
What Attachment Parenting is Not Attachment parenting gets discussed as a new theory on parenting when it is really doing what feels natural for parents and baby. Attachment parenting is loving and at…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Parenting is for Fathers Too
Attachment Parenting for Fathers Attachment parenting is a big commitment, one that should not be made by mothers only. Babies need loving responses from Dad, too, along with the special comfort and f…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Does Attachment Parenting Cause High Need Babies?| Ask Dr. Sears
Does Attachment Parenting Result in a High-needs Baby? Do we do attachment parenting because our babies are high need? Or are our babies high need because we do attachment parenting, so we let them be…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Childhood Masturbation: Seven Ways to Manage It
How to Handle Childhood Masturbation in Young Children Don’t run to call your neighborhood psychologist when your little girl rocks on her tricycle seat or your little boy puts his hands down his pant…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toothbrushing Tips for Parents with Toddlers
Toothbrushing Tips and Tricks to Entice a Resistant Toddler I still remember the tooth-brushing tricks I had to come up with. They included fun songs (“Brusha, brusha, brusha”) and goofy facial expres…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Thumbsucking: Harmful or Helpful?
How to Know if Thumbsucking is Harmful or Helpful Thumbs naturally find their way into the mouths of babes and often stay there for years. Thumbsucking is a boon to babies but bothers onlookers and de…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →A Guide to Parenting High-Need Teenagers
Understanding High-Need Teenagers and How to Help Them Thrive Mom, you nailed it – high-need babies often grow up to be high-need teenagers. Yet, they also usually grow up to be highly loving, highly…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Why Us?
Chromosomal abnormalities happen by chance. You did not cause this by anything you did or did not do during pregnancy. A woman is born with a certain number of eggs and does not produce new ones durin…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Parenting Strategies for Children Who Push
Parenting Strategies for Children Who Push Our five-year-old daughter is generally kind and considerate. However, she tends to push other children around on the playground, sometimes causing them to f…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Why Does Down Syndrome Occur?
Down Syndrome Occurs at the Cell Level Down Syndrome occurs when a baby is born with 47 chromosomes instead of 26. Let me explain. Normally, a sperm and an egg each contain twenty-three chromosomes. A…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Potential Medical Problems Associated with Down Syndrome
Potential Medical Problems Associated with Down Syndrome Babies with Down syndrome are prone to a number of potential medical difficulties and problems. Around 40 percent of babies with Down syndrome…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Our Story About Stephen
Our Down Syndrome Story As Martha gave her final push and I eased the precious head out of the birth canal, out popped a pudgy little hand with a curved little finger. In a flash, I realized that we w…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How Smart are Babies with Down Syndrome?
Intellectual Capacity of Babies with Down Syndrome Babies with Down Syndrome have less-than-average intellectual functioning; some are more impaired than others. With early intervention and special ed…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How Frequently Does Down Syndrome Occur?
Down Syndrome Occurrence Rate Down syndrome (formerly called mongolism), was named after Dr. Langdon Down, who described these children in 1866. Down syndrome occurs in one out of seven hundred births…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Tips on Parenting a Baby with Special Needs
Tips on Parenting a Baby with Special Needs Weighing how your baby looks and acts in relation to other babies will tear you apart. As I was coming to terms with parenting a special-needs baby, every t…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →The Inner Mom: The Ultimate Investment of Parenting
Listening to Your “Inner Mom” On Sunday, September 13 th , I was watching our daughter, and new mom, Erin, mothering her firstborn, eighteen-month-old Johnny, when an “ah-ha” moment took over my mind…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Observations on Attachment Parenting Outcomes
Attachment Parenting Outcomes The Baby B’s translate into the Childhood C’s when we examine the Attachment Parenting outcomes. Important Note: Parents should not take all the credit or all the blame f…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →6 Ways to Help the Angry Child
Calming Down the Angry Child While no person or no family can be anger-proof there are ways you can help your angry child get a handle on their temper. 1. Help Your Child Have Inner Peace Research has…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →The Power Family Bonding and Mission Statements | Martha Sears, RN
Tips On Staying Present and Building Family Connection Family Mission Statement Martha is the mother of Dr. Bill’s eight children, a registered nurse, a former childbirth educator, a La Leche League l…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toilet Training in Two Days
Most parents prefer gradually training their babies over several weeks or months and progressing at baby’s own rate. Some, however, would rather plunge right into an intensive course during the weeken…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Handle Genital Play Between Young Children
We have had many phone calls from distraught parents who have gone ballistic upon opening a bedroom door and discovering two little naked bodies playing “doctor and nurse.” This scene, common in even…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Reasons Not to Hit Your Child
1. HITTING MODELS HITTING There is a classic story about the mother who believed in spanking as a necessary part of discipline until one day she observed her three-year-old daughter hitting her one-ye…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Biting and Hitting are Common and Should be Corrected Early On
Growing teeth and hands often find their way into trouble. Toddlers often bite and hit with little regard for the consequences of their actions. Biting and hitting habits hurt and should be corrected,…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Tips to Stop Toddler Screaming
Yelling and screaming peak between the age of 18 months and 2 years. This behavior is not to spite you. Instead, your toddler is trying out his voice to see the decibels he can reach. Also, the effect…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Detached from the start
Suppose parents, for fear of spoiling their baby or letting her manipulate them, restrain themselves from responding to her cries and develop a more distant, low-touch style of parenting. What happens…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Teach Your Child to Share: Simple Steps From Dr. Bill
Children have difficulty sharing, especially young children. This is a normal part of the development process. Knowing and accepting this is the first step in teaching your child to share. Here’s an o…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Prevent Soiled Pants by Teaching your Child About Healthy Bowel Movements
You’re sitting with your six-year-old son among a group of friends. Suddenly the air is not so fresh. Your eyes and nose turn toward your child, the source of this tell-tale smell. You’re embarrassed…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Say No Positively
“No” is a power-packed word, quick on the lips, easy to say. Your child will hear you use this word often, and you will hear it from your child as well. It’s necessary for a parent to learn how to say…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Thumbsucking Statistics and Ways to Help Your Child Stop
In 1977 researchers studied fifty habitual thumbsucking children between ages one and seven. Researchers compared habitual thumbsuckers to children who did not suck their thumb. Studies showed that th…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Helping the Shy Child Thrive
Many children are labeled shy. If you understand what this term really means, you may decide that having a shy child is not such a negative quality after all. Shyness can be a help or a handicap to a…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Closing Vagina
Commonly during the first year or two you may notice that the slit-like opening in your daughter’s vagina begins to close. Mention this to your doctor during your baby’s regular checkup. Called labial…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Address Stealing
Little fingers tend to be sticky, allowing foreign objects to mysteriously find their way into little pockets. Before lamenting that you are harboring a little thief in your house, take a moment to un…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Mother and Baby Attachment
The Intimate Mother and Baby Attachment Attachment is, in a nutshell, perhaps the most important term in parenting. The close mother and baby attachment that attachment parenting produces is an amazin…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Toddler Behavior
Understanding Toddler Behavior To cope with toddler behavior it helps to remember the basic principle of developmental discipline: the drive that babies have to develop is the same one that creates di…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Benefits of Attachment Parenting for the Entire Family
Attachment parenting offers so many wonderful benefits for not just mother and baby, but the whole family. The more you give to your baby the more baby gives back to you. Small and quiet moments of pu…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Raise an Independent Toddler | Dr. Bill Sears
Helping Raise an Independent Toddler Helping raise an independent toddler is all about helping the child break away from the mother in order to learn about their environment and about themselves; the…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Baby Play Tips for the Holiday Season
Baby Play Tips During the Holidays Holidays are a time to focus on family and close friends. Family time and traditions are the hallmarks of the season. This time of year is especially fun with a baby…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Helping Your Child Adjust to a New Sibling at Home
Avoiding Sibling Rivalry Some sibling strife is inevitable, though the degree depends on the ages of the two children, whether or not their personalities are compatible, and the level of sibling confl…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Tips for Traveling with Toddlers
Tips for Traveling With Toddlers Whether you are driving over the mountains and through the woods to Grandma’s, or leaving on a jet plane to relax in a tropical paradise, when you have young ones tagg…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Memorable Christmas Gifts and Holiday Family Fun
Can you believe that Christmas 2020 is right around the corner? Some would say, “Finally!” This has been an extraordinary year full of challenges and unexpected opportunities to gift family members wi…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Pacifier Use
Babies have an intense need to suck, and some have more intense needs than others. Babies even suck their thumbs in the womb. Next to holding and feeding, sucking is the most time-tested comforter. Su…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Stop Sibling Rivalry and Promote Sibling Harmony
As parents – and referees – of eight children, we have survived personality clashes, ability battles, attention tactics, and multiple mini-battles, only to conclude that sibling rivalry, like nightwak…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Taming Toddler Tantrums
My 18-month-old son throws terrible toddler tantrums. When he doesn’t want to do something, he often throws himself on the floor and kicks his arms and legs. I can barely bring myself to take him out…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Managing Tantrums in Older Children
Handling Tantrums in Older Children As a child nears three years of age, tantrums usually lessen as he gains the language to express himself, and he’s busy developing in other areas of his life (such…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Attachment Parenting Babies are Raised the Way Nature Intended
Attachment parenting is a style of caring for your infant that brings out the best in the baby and the parents. Learn how attachment parenting babies grow up happier and healthier with these 7 practic…
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When Should Babies Walk? Many new parents want to know when they can expect their baby to start walking. It can be both exciting and worrisome anticipating your baby’s first steps. However, don’t get…
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How a child learns to treat the other gender, and how the child feels about his or her own sexuality is an important part of his or her self-image. We prefer to talk about “building healthy sexuality”…
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The phrase “break a habit ” has some biological truth behind it. A child’s developing brain consists of miles of tangled electrical wires. As the child learns and grows, he makes connections between a…
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An article reported in the December 2015 issue of The Wall Street Journal called attention to how frequently children stuff harmful objects in the nose. The usual culprits were cherries, chickpeas, nu…
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If your baby is previously a normal walker suddenly refuses to walk, report this to your baby’s doctor. Take notes based on the following: Can you recall anything that may have triggered the refusal t…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Seven Potty Training Tips
There are toddlers who refuse to announce their productions, hold onto what they have, and resist any attempt to potty train them. If you are frustrated because you are still buying diapers and the po…
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A major part of discipline is learning how to talk to kids so they will listen. The way you talk to your child teaches him how to talk to others. Here are some talking tips we have learned with our ch…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →The 5 Stages of Moral Growth of Children Explained
Children go through moral development stages, yet unlike physical growth, moral growth doesn’t happen without some input from parents. To develop into a morally solid person, a child must be given a s…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Promoting Your Baby’s Development Through Interactive Play
Babies do much more than sleep, eat, and fill their diapers. From the moment they’re born, infants respond to their environment, such as mom’s touch, to dad’s voice, to the pattern of the lights on th…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Giving Medicines
As Mary Poppins sings, “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” Giving medicine to children may require an additional measure of creative marketing as the finishing touch. Try these tricks: M…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Raise a Confident Child
Self-esteem is your child’s passport to a lifetime of mental health and social happiness. It’s the foundation of a child’s well-being and the key to success as an adult. At all ages, how you feel abou…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →How to Stop Aggressive Behavior in Toddler
Please help…my son (2.5 years old) is showing toddler aggressive behavior. He keeps attacking his dad (my husband) by hitting, punching, kicking, biting, screaming, growling, etc. He will occasionally…
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How to Involve Grandparents While Setting Limits How can we best involve grandparents while also setting limits? Experience Being Included as Grandparents Your question about involving grandparents is…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Becoming a Dad: Dr. Bill's Journey to Fatherhood
Dads, let me share with you how I blew it with our first three children. Becoming a dad to our first two came at a time when I was learning to be a doctor, and the third as I was beginning a practice.…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Tips to Get The Family to Enjoy Smoothies
Ways to Get the Whole Family to Enjoy Healthy Smoothies I really want to get my family into drinking a daily smoothie. My kids are two, five, and ten. Do you have any tips to make this fun and sustain…
Dr. SearsENЧитать →Meal Prep Ideas for the Whole Family | Ask Dr. Sears
Meal Prep Ideas and Recipes for the Whole Family In our family, amid the daily rush-around with various schedules, between school, work, sports practices, music lessons, and other activities, we would…
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