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RAD: Spotting it in Toddlers infants and toddlers

Time Does Not Heal

My great grandson, Lincoln, is here! It is so awesome to see what an attached toddler does. So many families I have worked with thought their child would grow out of the behaviors. They waited! They call me when their child is 9 years old or older and they are exhausted,...

Taming the Tiger While It’s A Kitten: First Year Solutions for Babies at Risk for Attachment Disorder infants and toddlers reactive attachment disorder (rad)

By watching for the signs, knowing the causes, and following the keys to bonding for high-risk infants you can:

Avoid a lot of heartache
Have a child who trusts and respects you
Have a child who knows how to love and cares about others
Avoid raising an angry, aggressive, defiant child
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To Cry or Not To Cry? That is the Question infants and toddlers

Note from Nancy: These two Awesome Moms have different stories. One went with her instinct and one went with bad advice from others. In the 1850s Dr Emit Holt started teaching moms to not hold babies and to feed on a schedule. Dr Watson, head of the American Psychological Association at that time...

Tools to Help Toddlers with RAD infants and toddlers parenting

Toddlers have meltdowns. Toddler’s with RAD ,Reactive Attachment Disorder, having major meltdowns rather than mini meltdowns. Having some tools to help them to calm makes all the difference. When a toddler gets frustrated and has not yet built frustration tolerance they will express their...