Milk is really necessary for toddlers unless they develop a dairy or milk allergy.
Milk is important for toddlers growth and development when they can drink it as it is a great source of nutrients that benefit a toddlers health which include Vitamin D and calcium which also is crucial for bone health in toddlers and other people of any age.
Including milk in your toddlers diet is a great way for your toddler to get the proper nutrients.
Milk is not only good for the toddlers bones, but also for healthy teeth, healthy immune system, growth and even brain development.
A toddler should also eat dinner around 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM as the toddler should eat dinner at least 2 hours before they go to bed for the night.
The timing of dinner being 2 hours before bed allows enough time for the toddler to properly digest their food and avoid disruption of the toddlers sleep.
A typical feeding schedule for toddlers is to have breakfast at 7:00 AM, lunch at noon or 12:00 PM and dinner by 6:00 PM with some snacks in between these feedings.
To discipline a toddler that doesn't listen you can offer them choices, redirect the toddlers attention to something else, use positive reinforcement and establish clear expectations.
When a toddler is acting up and not listening you should take them to another room or place and redirect the toddlers attention to something else such as a new toy or activity which can distract the toddler from the problem.
Also maintain a calm and firm tone of voice, even when feeling frustrated as it can make you sound more reasonable to your child.
When your toddler is behaving as they should, then you should offer them praise and positive attention to reinforce the toddlers good behavior.
If your toddler is still not listening you can put them in timeout such as in the corner on a chair and use time outs by using 1 minute of timeout per age of the toddler and have the timeout in a distraction free room or locaiton.
Toddlers are still learning about cause and effect and don't really understand fully about the right and wrong or the consequences of their actions.
Also set good examples for your toddler and child as toddlers and children learn new skills and behaviors by watching their parents and other people around them and often model the behavior of others.
Hear the toddler out and listen to them and ask them what they are frustrated about and let your toddler finish their story about what they are mad about before you help them solve the problem.
You can also take away toys they love when the toddler is misbehaving and tell them they can have it back once they start behaving again.
You can let your toddler cry it out for 10 to 15 minutes for naps before you intervene to provide comfort or try other methods for calming them down.
Allowing your toddler 10 minutes to 15 minutes to cry it out can help the toddler learn to self soothe and to fall asleep on their own.
If the toddlers nap is a short nap of 30 minutes to an hour you may want to try to comfort the toddler after 5 minutes of crying it out but if the nap is longer than an hour or it's bedtime for the night you could allow the toddler to cry it out for 30 minutes or longer until they eventually tire and fall asleep.
You should also let your toddler cry out a tantrum as it can be a good way for the toddler to process their emotions and learn to regulate them.
If you try to ignore the tantrums and don't give the toddler attention to their tantrums then they will eventually learn that throwing the tantrum won't get the attention they may be seeking.
Continuing to come to the toddler during tantrums can actually increase the amount of tantrums in toddlers.
Although it's very normal for toddlers and young children to throw tantrums but it's best to let them cry it out and finish their tantrum.
Especially as the child gets older you should ignore their tantrums as when the child gets older they often throw tantrums to try and get their way although toddlers throw tantrums more because they cannot process their emotions or regulate their emotions or communicate in other ways what is bothering them.
A toddler will eventually get tired of throwing the tantrum and either stop and go onto other things or fall asleep.
When your toddler is throwing a tantrum and crying during a tantrum it's important to remain calm and avoid giving into the toddlers or child's tantrum and offer comfort to them after the tantrum is over.
You should let your toddler cry it out until they become tired and fall asleep on their own.
Most times a toddler will tire of crying it out after 1 hour and 10 minutes to 2 hours and as long as the toddler has no health issue or other need that they are crying about then it's okay to just let them cry it out and they will eventually tire of crying and stop and fall asleep.
It is normal for a toddler to cry in their sleep as toddlers also often cry in their sleep during sleep regression, or from bad dreams, nightmares or night terrors.
Other causes of toddlers crying in their sleep are sensory overload, developing imaginations or because the toddlers brain is transitioning between stages of sleep.
A toddlers sleep regression involves the disruption in your toddlers sleep patterns and often involves increased wakings at night and resistance to taking naps and also having a longer time to settle down at bedtime.
A toddlers sleep regression can also lead to increased clinginess, fussiness and even bedtime battles.
Skipping naps, resisting bedtime and sudden waking in the middle of the night and early morning rise time are common signs of sleep regression in toddlers.