Toddler & Preschooler - August 2006

my son keeps hitting me 4 no reason an is yelling aswell it has just recently started . i feel like i have no controll over it and need some advice to snap him out of it , before he think its ok to treat me this way help please.

2006-08-22 04:46:22 · 15 answers · asked by damadchick 1

We are going on a week long vacation in a couple of weeks. Should we wait until we get back from vacation to start potty training her? For a few weeks now, she's been grabbing at her diaper when it's dirty. And she stays dry for longer periods of time now. We've introduced her to the potty already, so she does know what it's for, but I'm afraid to actually try and potty train her right now when we will be going on vacation soon. I think it would be too hard to start now and continue on vacation in a strange place. What do I do? Should I try now, or wait until we get back from vacation? She will be just over 17 months when we get back. Any suggestions would help. Thanks!

2006-08-22 04:37:33 · 12 answers · asked by ticktock 7

My daughter is 19 months and is very interested in potty training. She will sit on the potty with out her diaper and go a little bit and when she gets up she will go on the floor. When you put her diaper or pullups back on she will go in it and not try to go to the potty. When she does good we give her a gummy worm. What do I do?

2006-08-22 04:08:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son just started going potty (pee) about a week ago. At home he goes by him self and never has an accident. But this week we have been trying to get him to go at the baby sitters and he refuses. What can I do to make him want to go when he is there?

2006-08-22 03:55:48 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

My nearly three year old often mixes up words or interchanges syllables, when I try to teach her "This old man" she sings the chorus as
"Knick Knack, Knacky Knack, Knicker Knacker Bore"

Of if I tickle her saying Goochie Goochie, she responds Chugie Chugie

Should I correct her or will it pass?

Serious answers only, please.

2006-08-21 23:21:48 · 34 answers · asked by blind_chameleon 5

I'm 16.Next week my sister's husband relatives will come to visit(they have 2-year-old son) and I won't tell you all the story but I'll have to look after the kid for a few hours while they are out(at dinner or in the city-centre).I want to ask you what are the best games which I could play with a 2-year-old boy.I know everything about the safety he needs in the room but I don't know what games or toys to offer him.And what can I do to make him get used to me?He doesn't know me(neither do I know him) and his parents have seen me only once.So what can I do?

2006-08-21 22:32:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

we just sit and chew everything, our barbies have no feet, nothing is safe!!

2006-08-21 19:24:47 · 25 answers · asked by mini m 2

2006-08-21 18:31:29 · 4 answers · asked by small_talkin 1

My little boy will be 2 next month. He recently has decided that he will chew something to the point of getting it into a nice ball of mushy food and then parks it on the inside of his cheek. He'll keep it there for hours if we don't check to see that he has swallowed the food.

2006-08-21 18:00:16 · 9 answers · asked by the matt 2

My 3 yr old started complain about 4 days ago that her ear hurts but only at night. During the day she is fine only when its bedtime does she start screaming in pain that her ear hurts.
Unfortunatly i dont have her on any kind of insurance and i cant afford to take her to the doctor right now.
First day she started complaining I tried to take the air out of her ear by rolling up a newspaper and lighting it on fire to see if that would help but it didnt and i remember her pediatrican telling me to flush her ear with peroxide one of the times she had an ear ache. So for the past couple of days ive been doing this but her ear just doesnt seem to get better. Please help me out

no mean comments or i will report U

2006-08-21 16:40:43 · 49 answers · asked by Becky 3

what is a good age to start my child in pre school? my daughter is 3 is that too early?

2006-08-21 16:20:50 · 18 answers · asked by kristy b 1

My daughter knows all the alphabets-capital letters A-Z since she was 20 mos. now, whenever she sees words, she'll name each letter. but when it comes to small letter, she gets confused and asks me "what's this?" i told her it was "a", then she said "no!". she pointed at "A" and said "this is A!"
she's very interested in reading.
what is the best way to teach her small letters w /o confusing her with the capitals?

thank's for all ur advice!

2006-08-21 16:20:47 · 8 answers · asked by #1 Girl -She's Bittersweet- 6

I have been good friends with a woman for over 21/2 years, since our daughters were 3 month old. Last year her daughter was diagnosed as non-verbal autistic. She receives intensive therapy and has made great strides, but she is only functioning at a 12- month level. I am extremely supportive of my friend and their situation. For reasons that we can only guess (frustration?), her daughter has started to bite my daughter when they play together, especially if my daughter is too "in her face." Bite as in teeth marks, bruising. Unfortunately, that is often - my daughter is very maternal towards her friend and tries to help her with things, whether it's leading her somewhere or giving her something (toy, food, etc.). My friend chastises her daughter, but only after the deed has been done. She is not "on top of her" as I think she should be, just as any parent whose child bites should be. What can I do? Is this the beginning of the end of our children playing together?

2006-08-21 16:10:35 · 7 answers · asked by Rikki 2

My son is almost 4 years old. He is a normal and healthy kid. He does not like to talk. He is very smart but hardly talk. He remembers things really fast..but mostly physical things. We try to teach and talk to him a lot. But I am so worried. He is attending a special program from the school district two hours per day but i am affraid that will not help him much. Anyone has the same experiences? What should I do?

2006-08-21 15:37:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-21 15:22:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My son is 18 months old. My husband is biligual but only speaks to my son in Tamil a few times a day. Will he still be able to absorb this other language?

2006-08-21 15:06:52 · 11 answers · asked by BAnne 7

not that the house we all ready went though that last year. not a lot of kids. we live in NJ please help we are running out of time.

2006-08-21 14:51:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 3 year old daughter is taking speech therapy. Her therapist grabs her face and "yanks" her hands to get her attention. She gets upset and raises her voice when my daughter does not pay her attention or answers incorrectly. I want to know is this is a common practice used by Speech Pathologist?
I brought the concern to her attention but she says we are from two different schools of thinking. Should I change therapist? and if I do change what should I look for in a speech therapist?

2006-08-21 14:46:11 · 12 answers · asked by concernmom 1

she only sucks it when watching tv or sleeping but shes getting to old for that i have told her if she keeps doing it that her thumb will fall off but its not working

2006-08-21 14:04:01 · 12 answers · asked by jyb 3

Most of my kids toys are battery operated so I am unable to wash the items in water. But the corners and crevices are gross. I can't get a washcloth in there. My fingers are too big. How can I clean them?
Thank you in advance.

2006-08-21 13:59:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

my daughter is 3 and i cant get her in her own bed. Its my fault i know . I take her in bed with me . Ive tried to put her in her room but she screams so loud and almost pukes i dont want my neighbors to hear her cry. But at the same time i need her to go there what should i do i feel so bad

2006-08-21 13:55:47 · 21 answers · asked by jyb 3

thankyou i know it is ridulous i agruged it until i was blue in the face but they say if we let him get away with that it will turn into more serious threats luckily a new school is opeing this year and we are zoned for that district. hopefully we will get more aware educators and the principal of the old school is now running for town mayor what a croc.

2006-08-21 13:52:17 · 3 answers · asked by heather d 2

2006-08-21 13:51:28 · 6 answers · asked by cstlbcn 1

My boy has never slept a whole night, not even sleeping in our bed. He only will sleep about 2 hrs alone in his room and after he will start crying or just jump into our bed. I have let him cry, gotten in his bed while he falls asleep, read him books, left a light, even put a mattress by our bed and he still won't sleep alone or the whole night. He was breast fed for 2 years, some say all breast fed babies do this, but I can't beleive till their almost 4????

2006-08-21 13:31:56 · 36 answers · asked by John 3:16 1

my son was in kindgarden last year and one day on the playground a group of boys were playing dinosaurs and my son said im a t-rex i will bite your head off. playing right useing ones imgination a good thing at that age. well a teacher (not his) over heard this and humilated him in front of the other kids scolded him forced him to apolgize for his threats and then marched him to the principals office where i was called in and my son was threated with suspension at 5 years old when i dissagreed with the princapal he told me that what my son said was the same as telling someone he was going to take a gun and kill him. does anyone else not see the comparsion here all the boys were playing a game of make believe since when is that not allowed in kindergarden?

2006-08-21 13:03:40 · 17 answers · asked by heather d 2

I put her to bed at 8 pm since she wakes up at 6am monday thru friday but my friends always say i make her go to early. I dont think i do, how about you?

2006-08-21 12:52:56 · 106 answers · asked by tallbluewoman 2

My 3 yr daughter has dolls and I have them in the toy box but it takes up so much room there is little room for anything else. The room is small. What can I do with the dolls?

2006-08-21 11:20:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-21 11:00:00 · 8 answers · asked by jackiekay 1

She is happy eating just spaghetti hoops!!! She refuses anything else savoury.

2006-08-21 10:47:44 · 43 answers · asked by honey 1

My 2 1/2 year old wanted me to touch his penis. I asked him if anyone else has touched his penis and he said his sister. She is 4 1/2. I in turn asked her why is she touching her brother. She said because he told me to. I am just a little worried about this kind of behavior and was wondering if I should schedule some sort of counseling. I am a mother of four and this never happened with the first two.

2006-08-21 10:20:24 · 17 answers · asked by Lahoma M 1