Establishing good sleep habits: 24 to 36 months. How much sleep does my toddler need? Between their second birthday and third birthday, toddlers need about 11 hours of sleep a night and a single hour-and-a-half to two-hour nap each day. Most children this age go to bed sometime between 7pm and 9pm and get up between 6:30am and 8am. But while it may seem that your child's sleep patterns finally resemble yours, she'll continue to spend more time than you do in light REM sleep until she's about four years old. The result? She'll wake up more often than you do, because she'll be making more transitions from one sleep phase to the other.
How you can help your child settle and sleep Now that your child is getting older, you can try a few new techniques to help her get a good night's sleep, including: Moving her in to a big bed and praising her when she stays in it This is the age when your toddler is likely to make the transition to a bed, probably because she'll have outgrown her babyhood cot.
Making bedtime simple Approaches to sleep problems. Play Recipes- Homemade Bounce Balls. We had the pleasure of making homemade bouncy balls at a friends house the other day. The process was so fun that I wanted to revisit this activity, and of course I had to also see if I could make it glow. The results were so cool! Glow-in-the-Dark Bouncy Balls In a small bowl combine: 1/2 Tsp of Borax 4 Tbsp of Corn Starch 4 Tbsp of warm water Mix until all ingredients are dissolved. In a separate Bowl Combine: Mix well until the paint is completely blended into the glue Once the ingredients of both bowls are well mixed combine the two bowls. Take the material and work it with your hands, rolling and shaping it into a ball As you roll the material it will lose it's stickiness and become dry and rather hard, yet still mold-able Continue to roll the material until you have formed your bouncy ball, repeating these steps for every color ball that you wish to make Making Rainbow Bouncy Balls This was a really fun project and one we will definitely be doing again!
Notes about the bouncing balls: to try: Flying with a baby or toddler. Many of you are probably flying somewhere for the holidays. And some of you might be doing it with a very demanding little companion for the first time. It can be dread-inducing, right? We’ve actually been pretty lucky as far as flights with Hudson have gone. No hostage situations on icy tarmacs. No solo sojourns. No vomit. (Yet.) Still, we’ve logged many hours in the air these first 16 months, including a cross-country flight at 8-weeks and a trip to (and from) Bali with three legs that added up to 40-hours of travel each way this past summer. We talked before about favorite travel gear. Before the you get to the airport: Schedule your flight for when the baby sleeps. Decide whether or not to purchase the baby a seat.
Choose an aisle seat for one or both of you (if you’re lucky enough to be traveling with your partner). Confirm your airline’s policies for luggage allowances. Get your baby a passport, if traveling internationally, well in advance. Pack strategically. At the airport: P.S. 36 Little Hacks That Will Make Parenting So Much Easier.