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Growing Up

Toddler to school

Independence, nursery, school, friendships and the in-between years.

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Fussy eating
18 months – 6 years
When meals feel like a battle.
Also in Feeding
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Eating out
1 – 11 years
Cafés, restaurants, other people's houses.
Also in Feeding
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Family meals
1 – 11 years
Eating together, even briefly.
Also in Feeding
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Separation anxiety
6 months – 6 years
When goodbyes feel huge.
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Starting nursery
9 months – 4 years
First days at nursery.
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Starting school
4 – 5 years
The big school step.
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Toilet training
18 months – 4 years
When the pants come off.
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Sibling relationships
1 – 11 years
Love that doesn't always look like love.
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Confidence
2 – 11 years
Built through doing, not telling.
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Independence
2 – 11 years
Letting them do it slowly.
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Friendships
3 – 6 years
Learning to be with other little humans.
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Boundaries
1 – 11 years
Kind, clear and consistent.
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Cooperation
2 – 11 years
Getting things done together.
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Screen time
2 – 11 years
When the screen says no.
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Sleep difficulties
1 – 7 years
When the night feels long.
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Refusing to sleep alone
1 – 5 years
When your toddler needs you there to drift off.
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Tantrums
18 months – 5 years
Small nervous system, big feelings.
Also in Big Feelings
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Meltdowns
2 – 11 years
When the system is fully overwhelmed.
Also in Big Feelings
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Anxiety
3 – 11 years
An alarm system set a bit sensitive.
Also in Big Feelings
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Emotional regulation
1 – 11 years
Borrowing your calm.
Also in Big Feelings
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Transitions
1 – 11 years
Leaving one thing to start another.
Also in Big Feelings
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Constipation and soiling
6 months – 11 years
Rectal loading, why it needs months of treatment, and why soiling isn't naughtiness.
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Toddler diarrhoea
1 – 5 years
Loose poos in a well, thriving toddler — and the four things that usually fix it.
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Sleep in school-age children
5 – 11 years
Busy brains, late bedtimes and the worry hour.
Also in School Age

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