Comments on: 5 Things You Need to Know About Having a Toddler http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/ Productivity for Entrepreneurs, GTD Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Non Toxic Toys http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-23047 Non Toxic Toys Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:39:50 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-23047 I agree with you that kids don't have no sense of fear, that is why parents should make sure that their children are in safe environment at all time. We should protect toddlers from themselves. :) I agree with you that kids don't have no sense of fear, that is why parents should make sure that their children are in safe environment at all time. We should protect toddlers from themselves. :)

]]> By: Medela in style http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-22983 Medela in style Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:32:23 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-22983 Hey there, you are absolutely spot on! all the toddlers in the world do the same, i have nephews in Australia, UK and Europe they do exactly the same things you have written here, My son is soon going to turn 2, I am already starting to be a bit circumspect on this! Hey there, you are absolutely spot on! all the toddlers in the world do the same, i have nephews in Australia, UK and Europe they do exactly the same things you have written here, My son is soon going to turn 2, I am already starting to be a bit circumspect on this!

]]> By: diecast trucks http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-22867 diecast trucks Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:11:52 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-22867 Fascinating discoveries. I do understand the last one. My parents always think I'm so dumb when I was a child when I can actually understand them. Fascinating discoveries. I do understand the last one. My parents always think I'm so dumb when I was a child when I can actually understand them.

]]> By: N 2 T u a n ‘ s B l o g » Blog Archive » 100 Tips to Improve Your Life http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-10088 N 2 T u a n ‘ s B l o g » Blog Archive » 100 Tips to Improve Your Life Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:31:58 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-10088 [...] Know What’s In Store If You Have a Toddler. New parents often wonder what’s in store for them once their kid is able to move around on their own. Here’s what you can expect. [...] [...] Know What’s In Store If You Have a Toddler. New parents often wonder what’s in store for them once their kid is able to move around on their own. Here’s what you can expect. [...]

]]> By: 100 Tips to Improve Your Life : XianSi ’s Blog http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-10073 100 Tips to Improve Your Life : XianSi ’s Blog Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:58:46 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-10073 [...] Know What’s In Store If You Have a Toddler. New parents often wonder what’s in store for them once their kid is able to move around on their own. Here’s what you can expect. [...] [...] Know What’s In Store If You Have a Toddler. New parents often wonder what’s in store for them once their kid is able to move around on their own. Here’s what you can expect. [...]

]]> By: 100 Tips to Improve Your Life « My Weblog http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-8682 100 Tips to Improve Your Life « My Weblog Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:34:55 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-8682 [...] Know What’s In Store If You Have a Toddler. New parents often wonder what’s in store for them once their kid is able to move around on their own. Here’s what you can expect. [...] [...] Know What’s In Store If You Have a Toddler. New parents often wonder what’s in store for them once their kid is able to move around on their own. Here’s what you can expect. [...]

]]> By: brett http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-3491 brett Fri, 11 May 2007 16:38:19 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-3491 @Nenad- I can understand your apprehension. But, despite all the trouble they cause when they start walking (and running), they also become exponentially more fun to be around. You really start getting a sense of their personality, and they'll keep surprising you with what they come up with (once they start kinda talking). Best of luck :) @Nenad-

I can understand your apprehension. But, despite all the trouble they cause when they start walking (and running), they also become exponentially more fun to be around. You really start getting a sense of their personality, and they’ll keep surprising you with what they come up with (once they start kinda talking).

Best of luck :)

]]> By: Nenad Ristic http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-3473 Nenad Ristic Fri, 11 May 2007 10:08:02 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-3473 Hi, just found your site. Well, I am dreading dealing with things like this. My daughter is only six months old, so she is not very mobile yet, but I am not looking forward to the time she starts handling things... One things which I have found: dogs help. We have two of them, and whenever they are around she gets so fascinated with them that she forgets about other mischief she can get up to. Hi, just found your site.
Well, I am dreading dealing with things like this. My daughter is only six months old, so she is not very mobile yet, but I am not looking forward to the time she starts handling things…
One things which I have found: dogs help. We have two of them, and whenever they are around she gets so fascinated with them that she forgets about other mischief she can get up to.

]]> By: Sheena http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 Sheena Wed, 02 May 2007 14:27:32 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-2847 I was laughing and crying at the same time bacause that is exactly what my toddler is doing. She is 14 months old and is helpful and a handful at the same time. Thanks for a great site. I was laughing and crying at the same time bacause that is exactly what my toddler is doing. She is 14 months old and is helpful and a handful at the same time.

Thanks for a great site.

]]> By: Pierce http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/comment-page-1/#comment-2458 Pierce Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:46:58 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/04/25/toddler-living/#comment-2458 An anecdote, and some additions: I finally got around to selling the crib the other day, to a nice young guy who said the baby was his first. He was obviously a little terrified by the sudden reality of it all. I gave him a little pep talk--really weirded out by listening to myself sound like my dad did when he was a coach--and told him the wisdom I'd gained as the father of a three- and five-year-old: they're not as breakable as you think, and no one's raised a perfect one yet, and you won't either. Oh, and I said it was the most fun I'd ever had, even though ten years ago I was in the "don't want kids" camp. The additions: * They learn first and best from you. This goes for everything from words to habits to how you react to setbacks. I'm not saying never say "damn"--though, funny story, despite my Marine mouth and its colorfulness, the first time my daughter said "shit", she was copying my wife; oh, for the want of a video camera!--but also let them see you acknowledge that daddy shouldn't say that so much/in church/in anger. * Make them a part of your good behavior and choices, too. We're not big candy people (well, except for Reese Peanut Butter Cups and SweeTarts, but we keep those out of the house except around Halloween), so we limit consumption and eat and abstain along with the kids. The kids pick the vegetables we have with dinner most of the time, and thankfully they eat them. * Sometimes you just have to take something out of reach. My son, 3, is pretty mechanically adept. So much so that he can get into just about everything, and we've been reduced to removing videotapes, drugs, knives, etc. not just to high places (he's a crackerjack climber, too), but to places where he can't climb and can't reach. That and he apparently has no sense of taste, or one that doesn't respond to anything I would recognize--he drank some liquid bandage stuff that's about half clove oil, and I gag when it's in the same room. He just doesn't get that it's not a good idea, and beating him severely seems so last century, so we just had to relocate everything. An anecdote, and some additions:
I finally got around to selling the crib the other day, to a nice young guy who said the baby was his first. He was obviously a little terrified by the sudden reality of it all. I gave him a little pep talk–really weirded out by listening to myself sound like my dad did when he was a coach–and told him the wisdom I’d gained as the father of a three- and five-year-old: they’re not as breakable as you think, and no one’s raised a perfect one yet, and you won’t either. Oh, and I said it was the most fun I’d ever had, even though ten years ago I was in the “don’t want kids” camp.
The additions:
* They learn first and best from you. This goes for everything from words to habits to how you react to setbacks. I’m not saying never say “damn”–though, funny story, despite my Marine mouth and its colorfulness, the first time my daughter said “shit”, she was copying my wife; oh, for the want of a video camera!–but also let them see you acknowledge that daddy shouldn’t say that so much/in church/in anger.
* Make them a part of your good behavior and choices, too. We’re not big candy people (well, except for Reese Peanut Butter Cups and SweeTarts, but we keep those out of the house except around Halloween), so we limit consumption and eat and abstain along with the kids. The kids pick the vegetables we have with dinner most of the time, and thankfully they eat them.
* Sometimes you just have to take something out of reach. My son, 3, is pretty mechanically adept. So much so that he can get into just about everything, and we’ve been reduced to removing videotapes, drugs, knives, etc. not just to high places (he’s a crackerjack climber, too), but to places where he can’t climb and can’t reach. That and he apparently has no sense of taste, or one that doesn’t respond to anything I would recognize–he drank some liquid bandage stuff that’s about half clove oil, and I gag when it’s in the same room. He just doesn’t get that it’s not a good idea, and beating him severely seems so last century, so we just had to relocate everything.

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