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At the Field

Keep Your Toddler Entertained and Safe at Sporting Events

By Melinda Copp

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(Parenting Solutions, 1997). "You will need to be bi-focused, as the toddler cannot understand being rejected and will take it personally. Expect to be engaged with the toddler, but make it your aim to keep her busy in a way that frees you as much as possible to focus on the older child."

Bring an assortment of your toddler's favorite toys to keep him busy, and take advantage of the novelty of the area. For example, bring a bucket for your toddler to load and unload with gravel around the bleachers. Or bring a bag that your toddler can fill with leaves found on the ground. Novelty and task can keep a toddler busy for a few innings. And give your child a little room to move around if he needs it.

"Do not resort to a frustrating power struggle to control the toddler, or you lead the child into a tantrum," Lancer says. "Make it your aim to give your toddler a good time while you show your older child that he, too, is of supreme importance to you."

This approach takes an abundance of patience and flexibility, but you really have no choice if you want to avoid the emotional storm that interferes with your objectives anyway, Lancer says. "Taking this into account, you might consider ways of leaving the toddler with someone else when your older child really needs your attention," he says.


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