Dear Miss Faith, What can I do when my toddler is rough with the baby (usually unintentionally, but sometimes by-accident-on-purpose)? My impulse is to yell and I know that’s not good and…
Tag: sibling interactions
Sibling Interactions Between Kids & Crawlers
Dear Miss Faith, I have a 9 month old who has just started really crawling and getting all up in her older sister’s business. My 2.5 year old has started being really…
Stay Connected through New Pregnancy
Hello Miss Faith, I have a 2.75yo daughter and I’ve recently found out I’m pregnant again. Although we have been hoping for a new baby, I can’t shake my feelings…
Scratching and Pinching Older Sister
Dear Miss Faith, Lately my 2-yr-old daughter has really escalated her scratching and pinching of her big sister (age 5). My 5-yr-old recently broke her leg, so I have to…
New Sibling on the Way
Dear Mama,Dear Miss Faith, My daughter (age 3) is very close to me and I her. She really is a miracle because we tried for 10 years before she came.…
Newborns and Toddlers
Dear Miss Faith, I have a 2.5yo and a 4-month-old, and I’m really struggling with my toddler getting too close to the baby, doing dangerous things to him – and…
Acting Out
Dear Miss Faith, My three year old is having such a hard time lately, acting antagonistic towards his baby brothers, and no amount of helping him or punishing him is…
Responding to Biting
Dear Miss Faith, I have a 2 ½ year old an 18 month old, and both are biting. We’re doing as much as we can to prevent them from biting…
Toddler/Infant Sibling Interactions
Dear Miss Faith, My daughter is two and my son is almost one month old. My daughter is madly in love with her baby brother and wants to hold and…
Responding to Drama
Dear Miss Faith, I have two daughters, four-and-a-half and two-and-a-half. Whenever my littler one takes something, or ‘hurts’ my older daughter she is very dramatic in her response. She makes…
The Foundation of Social Interactions
The foundation of positive social interactions between children is to teach them to notice how other children are receiving their actions, and to listen to each others’ requests. Noticing How…
Bullying/Sibling Rivalry
Dear Miss Faith, I am looking for suggestions to help with some fairly severe sibling rivalry. This is a preschool-aged old boy towards his young-toddler sister, in a family which…