INFANTS AND TODDLERS

Memory
Grocery shopping - I tell the child 4 or 5 things that we need and repeat them to her a few times, usually in a sing song voice and then I ask her to remind me what we still need. (age 2) 
Visual schedule of days of week to remind them of what is coming up. (age 2)

Falling Asleep
Use calming strategies before bedtime such as reading stories and back massages. (age 1+)

Use consistency [at] night time, and practice patience with the time it takes for the child to feel secure enough to try to fall asleep. (age 1+)

We use white noise machines for both our children. The machines can make different sounds (rain, waves, heart beat etc) but we use mainly the white noise setting. It blocks out other noises in the house and seems to soothe them. (age 0-3)

Waking from Sleep
Keep his room scaled down, warm and have quite music on. Cuddle up and reassure, but do not talk or put the lights on.
(age 8 months)

My son used to be horrendous waking up from a nap. I started  identifying something fun he wanted to do BEFORE he slept and having a key object/phrase etc attached to that activity to remind him about it when I woke him up. I also would start to wake him up 15 mins before he truly needed to get up, allowing him to do it slowly. (age 2)  

Making Friends
We always review the basics before play sessions i.e. use your words, listen to others words, gentle hands. (age 1 ½+)

Avoid books, movies, TV that demonstrate poor friendships or social skills. (age 1 ½+)

Confabulation
When I recognize what is happening I just look at her and remind her that what she is saying is not really true. (age 2-6)

Irritability
He is a very cranky baby and needs a lot of reassurance. I may give him up to 5 baths a day, as he loves the warm  water.
(age 8 months)

A preventative strategy: we avoid setting any precedents for activities we didn't want to have to deal with repeatedly, such as granting a stop at an ice-cream shop, or permission to open the car windows,or to touch the car's instrumentation.
(age 2+)