Toddler & Preschooler - August 2006

My son is starting a new day care situation. I'm a teacher, so we've been home together all summer, and now that I'm returning to work he will be going to a sitter's home, (a friend of ours), rather than the child care center that he attended last year. Please share any ideas that might make this easier for us both...? He's a pretty easy going kid, but loves his mama. Be nice please! Believe me, I would stay home if I were debt free!!!!

2006-08-29 17:52:12 · 3 answers · asked by Margarita 2

i have an 18 month old and i know it's still kind of early, but when is a good time to start potty training and how?

2006-08-29 17:52:08 · 16 answers · asked by Peanuts 3

how can i teach my child to have a better attention span and not have such a short one and to teach him to be more politer when it comes to listining to the whole question before anserwing while being tested are grabing something to get there attention? also how can i teach him thers a time to talk and a time to not and so he wont always be so loud i want him to suceed in school and headstart , he gets frustracted when another littleone takes something thats his are grabs what hes playing with and when he really like somethin g he will grab on impulse pleses help and give me some advice?

2006-08-29 17:51:01 · 6 answers · asked by mom2 1

I have an 30 month old (2+yrs) She refuses to get out of diapers and even though she goes with me to the bathroom she just sits on the chair not going potty. She doesn't seem to want to do it even with rewards and positive reinforcement. Help! What can I do?

2006-08-29 17:44:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have a liitle one that has been falling an auful lot here in the past few days causeing alot of marks, she hasent been eating a whole lot and has no desire she is continully moving and on the go all the time? does anyone know why? i love here and very concerned?

2006-08-29 17:42:56 · 14 answers · asked by mom2 1

I want to use my (then he will be 18 months old) son's crib when my next son is born and move my son into a big boy bed. I am scared that we will have the problem of him being able to get out and not go to bed when we put him down? I dont want to have to deal with a newborn and a toddler getting in and out of bed at his leisure. Is this a bad idea? Should I keep him in his crib (he rolls over and goes right to sleep when we put him down for bed) and get another crib for the new baby, or should I transition him into a big bed? And how soon before the baby's born should I do this?

2006-08-29 17:40:21 · 9 answers · asked by Ask me anything! 2

My twins seem to do eveything together. I'm wondering, though, if they will potty train at the same time. Any advice for training twins?

2006-08-29 16:49:49 · 5 answers · asked by geskuh 2

My son will be two next month and he wont go to sleep for nothing! We have a routine that we follow at night, bath, brush teeth, read a story, go to sleep. He even helps pick out a book and get comfey in his bed while i read him a story.i give him a hug and kiss, then once i turn off the light and close the door he is immedently up and opening his door. every time he gets up i put him back in his bed, tell him to go to bed then go out and close the door. We go through this every two to five mins for an hour and a half to two hours!!!!! EVERY SINGLE NIGHT FOR THE LAST YEAR! I know he is tried because he is almost falling alseep on the couch! he wakes up at seven-thrity in the morning and takes an hour nap around one pm. I've tried to cut out the nap but he is falling alseep by supper, then wont go to bed untill midnight or later. Please moms with difficult sleepers give me some tips on getting him to sleep. I am going crazy!! is it illegal to lock his door until he's asleep ?

2006-08-29 16:31:22 · 15 answers · asked by paganrosemama 3

This magazine was at the doctors office and I do not know the month. But it said this medicine is avail at walgreen .I would like to know the name of it and if it is for babies or toddlers or older kids.

2006-08-29 16:27:53 · 7 answers · asked by lupe C 1

Great kid, Gets lots of love from everyone, Maybe he likes mom and boyfriend to disagree? I just want to help. Mom gives in and sometimes there will no punishment.

2006-08-29 16:25:44 · 8 answers · asked by SamE 1

2006-08-29 15:46:07 · 21 answers · asked by lil mama 1

PLEASE HELP! I don't feel like I have adjusted to motherhood the way that I should have. My son is 1 1/12 yrs old and I take care of him and I am a pretty good mom I think but I never planned on having kids and I still don't feel like I was meant to have children. I love being a mom but I used to be wild before I got married and had my son. Does anyone else feel the same way...like you can't adjust to motherhood completely?

2006-08-29 15:45:57 · 28 answers · asked by mommy_2_little_man 2

I have a friend that has two kids. Her oldest is 4 years old and her youngest is 3 years old. They are going to be starting head start this year but the youngest is not potty trained. My daughter started head start when she was 3 years old and they told me that she needed to be potty trained before she starts. Well needless to say I had her potty trained when she was about 2 1/2. What makes me mad is that my friends youngest son is not potty trained and she told me that she put them in a school that will potty train him. Do any of you think that it is because they do not know that he is not potty trained or are they starting to accept children who are not potty trained and potty training them?

2006-08-29 15:33:40 · 17 answers · asked by Miss Vira 4

Sometimes a couple of families have me babysit their children in the playroom while they have a book club meeting or something downstairs. I like to watch the kids, but I hate it when they realize their parents are downstairs and then they start crying over it and want to go down. I don't want to yell at them or hold them back, because they know and they'll just cry louder. How do I stop them (it's usually always boys) from doing that? Why can't they just behave and play with the other little kids, and let their parents have a smooth meeting for a change? What to do? Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.

2006-08-29 15:21:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

she has been doing it since she was 2mo. i know the doctor says she will stop when shes ready, but i want to see if anyone has any tips to speed her up alittle.


thank you.

2006-08-29 14:37:29 · 16 answers · asked by aquarius 2

My daughter is 3 1/2 and UNRULY as heck! I am a single mother who works full time so she's in daycare during the day. Between working, spending some quality time with her and keeping up with the house and lawn I feel like I'm losing my mind. Anyone have any tips on how to make a small spoiled child mind? Just looking for what has worked for other parents/single moms. Please no - just spank her comments... that doesn't work!

2006-08-29 13:17:24 · 16 answers · asked by gummybear1772 5

He does fine for his 20 min. a day that we do "school". Today, I taught him the letter I, and it says i. We even did a cute little poem to remember it. Anyway, he did just fine, but when I went to show my husband how well he did earlier today, his mind went blank, and couldn't remember the letter, or the sound it made. What am I doing wrong? How can I enhance his memory skills? Any suggestions mommys?

2006-08-29 13:15:02 · 10 answers · asked by Miss America 4

ok my son just started preschool and when i went to pick him up from school on friday he was acting like he was smoking and i asked him where he saw that and he said it was one of the kids in his class showed him and i know he didnt get that from home because nobody in my family smokes and he didnt say any thing else about it this weekend and then when i picked him up today he was doing it agian and i dont know if i should tell his teacher to see if she sees anything like that going on or just see if it passes ?

2006-08-29 13:04:41 · 12 answers · asked by rafaelsgurl2005 1

Why doesn't my toddler come when I call for him/her? when ya'll find the answer........make sure you tell me, cuz, my boys have selctive hearing to, they hear what they wanna hear......... but, I love them...ha ha

2006-08-29 12:20:00 · 10 answers · asked by crazy2have3kids 3

My son is almost 17 months old and climbed out of his crib for the first time last night. He continued to climb out 4 more times immediately after that. The next night I left the side of his crib down do decrease the chance of him getting hurt. I put a safety gate in the hallway so if he did get up he could only come to my room. That didn't work though because I woke up @ 3am to him saying Mama from the other side of the gate. He can obviously climb anything. If I put him in his toddler bed, how do i keep him safe from the rest of the house if he gets out of bed while I'm sleeping? Any suggestions on how to resolve these problems?

2006-08-29 12:16:32 · 11 answers · asked by Turbo 2

MY 2YR OLD DOSENT LIKE TO SIT ON THE POTTY CHAIR ANY TIPS ON TRAINING HIM ?

2006-08-29 11:05:57 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous

He is only 4 and does not like school, he only goes for 3 hours. He talks when I am talking disrespects me and my husband. Does not listen to anything we tell him. Eats running around the house. He only does it with us because when being babysat he does fine! What r we doing wrong? Is there a book we can read or maybe some counseling my husband and I can go to, so we understand him better?

2006-08-29 10:06:00 · 12 answers · asked by Bero 1

SHe know the letters and numbers but has trouble putting them in order...whats a good way to teach her?

2006-08-29 09:19:46 · 28 answers · asked by ♥cutemamma♥ 6

My 2 year old daughter is starting preschool and the teacher will need to come to my home for 20 minutes. Feels like invasion of privacy. What do you think?

2006-08-29 09:17:50 · 20 answers · asked by a-ha 1

Here is the scoop. This weekend I went to change my daughters diaper and when I went to lift her bottom up she winced and cried. I had a hold of her legs as I have always done since she was born. I had the daycare do some exercises with her to see if she would wince or cry when not on the change table (she was doing this wincing at daycare as well) when they took her legs and raised them to her head she resisted and let out a cry like she was in pain. Please does anyone or has anyone ever experienced anything like this. I called my daughters pediatrician and of course gotta love those summer hours!!! They are closed till tomorrow just my luck!

2006-08-29 09:15:50 · 5 answers · asked by Katelyn S 1

My four year old son is very bright and smart ... just started pre school .He acts as he is forgetful i ask hime what he did he said i don't know... and i know he knows what he did in school and he knows all his numbers,abc and stuff like that and now when he say then sometimes it is like he skips a letter or number do any of your toddlers do this and you know they know them what makes a child act this way?

2006-08-29 09:14:40 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-29 09:08:41 · 3 answers · asked by S. 2

I have to babysit in 30 minutes for a 18 month year old girl. What toys should I bring?? What activities should we do???

2006-08-29 09:01:51 · 9 answers · asked by ☼shine☼ 3

to a race track so she can run around the track I would like to take her but like to know if this is too much runnning for her? what do you think? Thanks for your help.

2006-08-29 09:00:44 · 11 answers · asked by Pretty me :) 3

Has anyone tried the Dr Phil potty train in one day method?

2006-08-29 08:51:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous