1. Jump and hop  Make two circles with two pieces of string – a big circle with a longer piece and a small circle with the shorter piece. Then show your child how to jump up and down inside the bigger circle, then do the same for the small circle

Explain why good manners matterTalk to her about why others respond better if you are polite and show respect.4 Give clear instructionsBefore your child’s birthday party, explain that she must not shout something like, “I’ve already got this doll!” when

to entertain your baby when you're tiredFive ways to deal with dawdling toddlers

. It never fails to entertain babies.More development tips by Junior:Five ways to deal with dawdling toddlersFive ways to decipher toddler talk

that sharing with friends and siblings can be enjoyable rather thank something to be feared.• Your child will learn by imitation, so take every opportunity to show him how to share. Let him help with the cooking or offer him a bite of your cake and tell him you

0-1 yearsBabies, frankly, don't care too much about anything beyond their bed, food, a clean nappy and you (not necessarily in that order). This is not the time to change her cot, run out of cuddly muslins or wash the familiar smells off of Teddy

you, or, as they get older, they may move their arms and legs around as well, or coo and squeal with delight. Studies show that right from around three days of age, a baby will prefer his mother’s face to a stranger’s face. And throughout a baby’s

as you can include anything you and your child would like to remember. Where a photo album only shows you the images, a scrapbook can really tell the full story and bring back all of those elusive memories in later years.As well as photographs your book

,” says Alice Morgan. “Baby yoga showed me that I could be relaxed with my daughter, that she was naturally robust and that her legs weren’t going to break if I bent them.” Since then, Alice has set up the Baby Yoga Company – a group that produces

to catch their little tiddler splashing around in bubbles.

Invite Daddy along…
Research shows that, in fact, it really does matter to those babies that their fathers make it in time. A study has found that babies who miss out on regular baths