Toddler & Preschooler - August 2006

Hi, Moms or Dads too. My son will be 4 in September and I have been able to stay home with him since November 05. I had a great career going, but when the opportunity to stay home with him came up, I took it! I do miss my career, but I love my son so much and I feel so much guilt because of his tons of hours in daycare. Any suggestions on ways to have fun with him and learn to enjoy just being at home and not working? I get so bored and unfulfilled doing kid stuff all day, but I want him to be a happy and secure child and grow up to remember his childhood with happy memories. My own mother is cold, we have little relationship and I am under constant scrutiny over my parenting style. The newest attack is that I spoil him and he "knows how to play me". Ofcourse, I disagree. Please...help me quiet this struggle I'm having on the inside. Thank you so much!!

2006-08-04 01:16:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 1 year old, and I am just curious what other mom's of 1 year olds are feeding them. I was never a good cook, and I'm just looking for suggestions. Thank you so much.

2006-08-03 20:08:59 · 16 answers · asked by Sophia H 2

2006-08-03 19:50:20 · 18 answers · asked by coldplayerboy 1

Sometimes when he wakes up at night,he runs to my room so fast and so hard that i wake up before he gets to me.He is only 7-8 feet away from me.I explained him abouth everything,how our doors are locked,nobody is in here,nobody can get into the house.He goes i know,but it's dark.There is a night light in his room and one in my room.Are all four year olds like this?

2006-08-03 19:16:21 · 14 answers · asked by avavu 5

Please include cost, cleanliness, dicipline and safety in your answer. These are the most important categories besides others I haven't thought of.
My son is 29 months (2-1/2) and not yet pottytrained.

2006-08-03 18:56:17 · 6 answers · asked by blue eyes 2

Please include cost, cleanliness, dicipline and safety in your answer. These are the most important categories besides others I haven't thought of.
My son is 29 months (2-1/2) and not yet pottytrained.

2006-08-03 18:55:41 · 3 answers · asked by blue eyes 2

ok i have a 21 month old girl who i am trying to potty train. she understands what to do she just wont every morning when i wake up she is naked she has thrown her diaper on the floor and she wont go to the bathroom before hand, after she has done it she will come to me and say momma i go pee-pee or stink how can i get her to go before? please help me i am a little lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-08-03 18:05:53 · 11 answers · asked by thatgurl 6

How can I praise her without making this happen?

2006-08-03 16:56:00 · 10 answers · asked by midlandsharon 5

My daughter is 28 months and she doesn't listen to me for anything. I tell her to put something back and she looks at me with this coy grin, then takes off running, and when I tell her again to put it back she says "I don't have to put it back, mom" SHe listens to her dad, but not to me. And that is just one instance, there are other examples. I have tried timeouts, the whole count to three method, she used to be a really well mannered kid, is it just terrible two's or is there something I can do to overcome this aside from just waiting for her to get older?

2006-08-03 16:16:12 · 9 answers · asked by emmerbeansmom 2

I am really starting to get concerned about my 5 yr old son (will be 6 in 4 mos). Around the age of 4 I started finding my bras and panties in odd places where he would hide them. He has always liked silky things like the satin binding on a blanket so I was not overly concerned because I thought he liked the feel of them. He has continued to do this over the past year and it is getting worse. I have not made an issue of it and I have repeatedly told him that these are mommies personal things and he should not play with them or hide them.

It is getting worse, he has now started to dress things with my underwear and yesterday I caught him wearing a pair of my pantyhose in the nude and now I am totally freaked out as is his dad. We are not an overly protective family, we are not overly modest, we are a morally good christian household and very active in our church. We monitor what he watches on tv, and he is very much a boy in every other way. How should we respond?

2006-08-03 15:50:41 · 17 answers · asked by worried mom 1

I am looking for advice. I have a 4 year old son. Lately every meal has become a battle to get him to eat without some fuss. Everything is, "how many bites!" It is driving me mad! He does this even when I know he is hungry, usually when he wants to be doing something else...and no, I don't just let him go and not eat and do what it is he wants to do...but it is turning into where it would be hours (if I would let it go on). "How many bites, How many bites!" I just want to have a semi peaceful meal time. ( Or as peaceful as it can get with a 4 year old.

2006-08-03 15:38:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is potty trained. I wake him several times in the night, but he still wets the bed. He also does it at daycare and they wake him during his nap there also.

2006-08-03 14:27:24 · 11 answers · asked by Me 2

2006-08-03 14:25:01 · 2 answers · asked by hitman 1

To get a headstart, what can I now teach my son considering he knows his ABCS, counting, and some colors. Also, because he still has problems with some of his colors, does anyone know of a way to help with the colors he has problems with?

2006-08-03 13:50:01 · 25 answers · asked by Ann 2

my oldest screams when he doesn't get his way (he's 3 1/2), and now my 1 1/2 yr old has started doing it when he doesn't get his way, it's not just a scream it's a top of the lungs, blood curdling scream. Why do you think he screams like that, and is there anything that I can do to get him to stop besides give him what he wants because that will only incourage him to keep screaming when he wants something until he gets it??

2006-08-03 13:22:45 · 15 answers · asked by tina_leigh 1

He is a wonderful boy. Never has problems with using the bathroom. Until he is asleep. Usually every night he wets the bed. It really bothers him. I bought him the goodnights. Which I love , I don't have to wash his blankets everyday. But he just hates it. I know it makes him feel like he is a baby. But I don't want to go back to washing his blankets all the time again. What do I do?

2006-08-03 12:55:55 · 5 answers · asked by Bears#1 2

My daughter is visiting for a week with our grandchildren. They are a girl age 3 and a boy age 4. We plan on going to the zoo, park, mini-golf. They're kind of tired of the pool.

Do you have any other ideas for inexpensive fun?

2006-08-03 12:52:57 · 8 answers · asked by Lake Lover 6

I want my son to get more interaction with other kids his age, any ideas on classes or recreation programs i can sign him up for. Keep in mine he is only 27 mo old and is just barely learning to follow directions. Or maybe is he too young?

2006-08-03 12:49:25 · 5 answers · asked by wendyb204 2

My 2yr old son has been biting his older brother (3 1/2yrs). I have read all the literature online and followed their advice. Nothing works. My older son has even retaliated by biting twice and this didn't work either. I have friends who suggest I bite him, which I think is crazy. If his brother biting him and drawing blood didn't work I don't think biting him is the answer. He doesn't have any special stuffed animal or blanket, which I have also been told to take away from him as punishment. He has been spanked, sent to the corner. Talked to at eye level in simple sentences, although he talks as well as some 3yr olds. My older son has talked to him telling him how much it hurts him when he is bitten. We have shown him the wounds and nothing seems to work. He bites out of frustration, anger and just being silly. Sometimes they will be just running around and hugging and then next thing is my older son screaming. There doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason as to why he bites. Help Please

2006-08-03 11:54:50 · 20 answers · asked by Momof2 1

2006-08-03 10:21:24 · 26 answers · asked by Macon G 1

2006-08-03 10:06:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-03 09:52:19 · 12 answers · asked by mommy_2_little_man 2

My son is in pull ups and he likes to sit on the potty but not go potty. As soon as I put his pull up back on he goes potty in it. Any suggestions?

2006-08-03 09:15:05 · 12 answers · asked by Amanda K 2

2006-08-03 08:55:01 · 17 answers · asked by andrew 1

I use tangle-free shampoo, Suave, I think it is. I have a special pick, but I hate to use it because she fusses about it so much. I also have some spray that I spray on before brushing. That helps some. Is there anything that really works well to prevent tangles? I hate to cut it, but each day we move closer and closer to that option.

2006-08-03 08:43:54 · 18 answers · asked by cldb730 4

2006-08-03 08:35:57 · 10 answers · asked by malc 2

I posted about her when she was younger and someone advised that I should put her down and not pick her up. I've been trying to follow a routine - lunch, diaper, books, nap. She will not sleep. Then, by late afternoon, early evening, she is overly tired and so extremely fussy. One day, I even tried the lay her back down every time she stands up thing. (I put her down 80 times and gave up) How do I get her to nap? I want her to be able to get the appropriate hours of sleep that she needs. Thanks!!!

2006-08-03 08:29:03 · 7 answers · asked by christinaka6262 2

2006-08-03 08:03:37 · 5 answers · asked by michele a 1

My 15 month old niece will not take a nap anymore. I lay her in her crib and she just screams until I come back in and get her. Do you think that she is getting to old for a nap or should I keep laying her down. My nephew is 2 and he still takes naps for me.

2006-08-03 07:01:16 · 8 answers · asked by tasha_smiles 2

I'm 17 and I have a 2 year old son.My son is not a brat,he doesn't whine or cry all the time.He has manners,and is very respectful towards everyone, so I buy him almost whatever he wants because he deserves it and he's a good boy.I have a job,and My parents tell me I am spoiling him.What does that mean? Why do ppl say you are spoling your child when you're just making your child happy and being a good parent.

2006-08-03 06:42:01 · 53 answers · asked by DiamondXxx 6