What are the best parenting tips to help with a 2 year old and 4 year old?

I agreed to watch my younger siblings while my mom is at work and wanted tips on how to take good care of them.





How do you get a picky eater to eat?





How do you get them to play with their toys?





What is a good form of discipline when they don't listen to instructions?





What are healthy snacks to give them?What are the best parenting tips to help with a 2 year old and 4 year old?
cheerios (without milk make a GREAT snack all day long)


eggos/waffles (with or without syrup--depends on the mess you wanna clean)


scrambled eggs with toast


toast with cheez whiz


hot dogs(without bun--don't forget ketchup for dipping tho)


chicken nuggets(ranch salad dressing makes a great dip)


french fries


kraft dinner


soup


grilled cheese


applesauce (motts makes oodles of kinds--most sugar free)


yogurt/minigo


pudding


how bout FREEZIES or popsicles


watermelon


apple (peeled, but whole--my little one likes getting them whole as opposed to sliced up)


banana


goldfish (snack crackers)


soup--my little one puts ^^ goldfish in her chicken noodle soup--loves it!


cereal/granola bars--another big hit








playing with their toys....hmmmm...get down there and play with them....if they don't want to play with their toys...you cannot make them....let them find other toys to play with





blow bubbles....kids love blowing bubbles....


sidewalk chalk---they love to draw too..imagine being able to go outside and draw on the ground! crazy...but true...they love it


balls---balls of all sizes....they love to play--roll the ball...toss...etc..


balloons..blow up a room full of balloons and watch the fun


we have a BLAST here with balloons....we play with them every night after dinner before bedtime....:):) oodles and oodles of fun





discipline....time out....





Good Luck


Patience n Perserverance


and most of all


Have Fun


:):)What are the best parenting tips to help with a 2 year old and 4 year old?
There are soo many ways to hide foods in cooking for fussy eaters, Spag bol is a winner with 99% of kids, try grating up zuchini carrot or any other vegy and they will never no.





. Um also stuck on the part with getting them to play with there toys, but i have found if i play with them with there toys for a while they USUALLY stay and play a lil while longer them selves.





My children have a ';thinking mat and a thinking chair'; If they misbehave or do not follow instructions after they have been asked three times, they sit on the thinking chair to think about what they have done wrong ect ect.





Healthy snaks are everywere, My children snack on celery boats with cream cheese or peanut paste ( check for allergies ), carrot sticks, cut up and peeled apple and any fruit and veg,Crackers with butter and vegemite, sushi,home made cakes and scones( no preservatives ) .





Good luck
There are no ';best'; parenting tips. other than not hitting a child. But everyone has their own parenting styles that work.





How do you get a picky eater to eat? I don't have a picky eater, when she refuses to eat she is excused from the table and gets nothing else to eat until the next meal. I am not running a fast food restaurant either she eats what is put in front of her or she doesn't eat.





How do you get them to play with their toys? You start from day one by giving them some ';independent play'; time in their crib. If they don't play by themselves as children it is because they were never taught to.





What is a good form of discipline when they don't listen to instructions? Time out as long as it is used consistently nothing else needs to be done.





What are healthy snacks to give them? Fruits and vegetables.
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