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As your toddler grows and explores newer activities, you will find it necessary to teach your toddler to accept your authority when you communicate it to him. Let your toddler know you are the boss. The trick to disciplining your toddler is to be firm, yet gentle. Remember, you are doing it for your toddler’s good.

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Toddlers find it amusing to walk on their toes and may walk quite a distance if not reprimanded by adults. In some cases, the toddler may outgrow this habit. A firm high cut shoe that does not bend in the middle can help the toddler overcome this habit. In case the efforts may not yield the desired changes, visit a doctor or take medical guidance at the earliest. Toe walking is also a health condition suffered by a large percentage of toddlers. In the absence of medical guidance:

• They will be unable to walk in the correct manner for a long time.
• It may lead to chronic problems like pain in the hip and backache later in life.

Researchers in the physiotherapy department of Monash Medical centre have devised exercises that help to lengthen the calf muscles of toddlers who have been toe walkers all their lives.

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