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As children grow they go through many stages. Many of these stages drive us crazy! One of these stages that many children go through is a regression back into the baby stage. Just as your baby starts to turn into a big kid they claim that they can no longer do all of the things they learned and they need you to do it all for them.

They just got some independence and it gave you a tiny bit of time to yourself. Then all of a sudden you are back to square one. Maybe they miss being your pampered baby. Maybe they realize that the rest of their life is downhill once they are expected to do everything for themselves. Whatever the reason, as parents we want our "big kid" back.

I have one tip for this stage that is assured to help out. The main idea is to get your child excited about doing things for themselves again. You can do this by creating a "big kid" chart or making a "big kid" jar.

Simply create a list of all of the things that your child should be able to do for themselves. Make a chart with this list or tape it to a jar. If you make a chart the child can add a sticker every time they accomplish a big kid task. If you make a jar they can add any object or just a penny to the jar.

At the end of the week they can count up all of their big kid tasks and get a prize. They will get excited again about being a big kid. They may even surprise you and find new things that they can do to get big kid points.