Of all the the topics I discuss with my families the most popular one is toddler behavior. My message to parents of toddlers is that the number one priority of your parenting during these years is to ESTABLISH YOUR AUTHORITY. If your kids don’t listen to you by about 5-6 years old then it Read More
How Toddlers Eat
The South Lake Pediatrics blog continues to focus on the topic of nutrition and your child in 2022. We hope you enjoy our latest edition. Is my child eating enough? This is a question I hear often at well visits, especially when kids enter the toddler stage. As anyone who has had a toddler Read More
Baby #2
Congratulations! You just found out you’re due with your second baby. Now you have a toddler to run after and you are wondering how am I going to manage this? Well, good news is that you have a lot of experience with babies now!! More than you had before, right? We are expecting our second child Read More
Road Trip Survival Guide
Over the 4th of July, my husband and I are planning a 13 hour road trip to Colorado which actually equates to 2 days of traveling in the car with our 2.5 year old. We could fly but we opted to drive so we can make some stops along the way to see family and have the luxury of bringing as much stuff Read More
Attention + Behavior = More of the Same Behavior
Does it feel like your child is stuck in a pattern of seeking negative attention? Biting, hitting, screaming, throwing food and crying at your leg when you just want to enjoy a sip of coffee? My husband and I are in the thick of parenting our sweet but strong willed 2.5 year old. He is constantly Read More
Raising a Bilingual Toddler
My wife and I love showing the world to our toddler, from how to flip a pancake to the beauty of hoodoos at Bryce Canyon. He responds with an increasing vocabulary of Chinese and English words. My wife is a native Mandarin Chinese speaker and I am a native English speaker, and we enjoy sharing both Read More