Toddler & Preschooler - October 2006

I know my son is getting too old for his bottle. I only give it to him with whole milk before nap, and before bed. However, I know I need to start thinking about getting him off his bottle completely. I have the Avent bottle that come with handles and a cup top, and he drinks very well from his sippy cups. My question is basically this: As I give him his bottle before bed, I still sit and rock with him. How should I go about switching over from the bottle to the cup? Should I continue to rock him? Or put him in his crib with his cup and let him fall asleep alone? I'm really confused and need advice?
P.S. I think this will be harder for me than him!

2006-10-10 14:41:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

hes only 15 mos old

2006-10-10 14:08:42 · 11 answers · asked by tightnsexybabymomma3 1

every time he can't get his way.He screams,he yells,throws things and tells his parents to "shut up".He doesn't like it when they pay any type of attention to his 11 year old brother and throws a tantrum.My sister tells me everyday about this and also says he goes to sleep when he feels like it even when they put him in his room.(by the way-he's got a tv in his room).I always hear the little guy screaming his lungs out every time they say "no".Since my sister is always asking for advice that I can't always give sometimes,I was just wondering if any of you have had similar experience with a 3 year old child so I can pass on some info to her.She is at that "Oh Calgon-Take me away stage".Any comments or suggestions would greatly be appreciated.*

2006-10-10 12:53:20 · 60 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-10 12:36:44 · 21 answers · asked by Kelly m 2

My 3 year old has 'meltdowns' and says she doesn't love us ( the parents, brother, granny, etc ) and doesn't want to be with us etc etc.

Today, she refused to come out of the car and claimed she wanted to be away from everyone forever. Says she doesn't want to be part of this family. She wants to play by herself all the time.

What really got me was when she said she wanted to live by herself. This is a THREE year old! I can't imagine that she's picking this up from television. Granny keeps her and her brother 5 days a week and I know she's not a bad influence.

Now, after an hour or two of dealing with that, she's just fine....Is this normal? Should we, the parents, be concerned? Should we force her to be sociable when she gets this way? Should we just leave her alone and let her cry it all out?

I don't want to do anything to push my little girl away but I don't want to NOT do anything and let her think she can act like this.

Any suggestions are welcome :D

2006-10-10 12:17:16 · 11 answers · asked by fanof5150 1

2 things

he does not want to take his afternoon nap. screams TODAY he finally climbed out of his crib and was at the door trying to open it.

so what do i do. how do i get him to stay in his bed. and what do i do about him climbing out of his crib. and screaming when he has tto go to bed.

do i turn the locks around so i can lock him in his room so at night he isnt going though the house i dunno i need some help.

2006-10-10 11:23:34 · 27 answers · asked by Nikki 2

I have a 19 month old daughter and I want to make sure I am not crazy!! Did any other parents experience terrible anxiety about something bad happending to their kids and if so how did you get over it. I am so afraid that something will happen to my daughter that I cannot bring myself to leave her in day care or let anyone besides my mom keep her. I will picture someone hurting her physically/sexually/emotionally and I will have a mini-anxiety attack and cannot put her in day care!!!! How can I cope with this and let go a little? It feels so hard for me to trust ANYONE else with my child, even the church nursery workers.....I have never felt like this until I became a mother. Is this abnormal? If my mom is sick and cannot watch my daughter I call in sick to work because I am so scared to leave her at mothers day out or day care. My mom may have to lessen the time she can watch her and I will be forced to find public day care. Advice please

2006-10-10 10:06:54 · 27 answers · asked by dumbunny33 2

My daughter is showing all the signs of being ready to be potty trained but she won't use the potty. We have been working on it for almost two months and there has been no progress. She is only 21mo old but I did not start trying until she sat on her potty on her own and peed. Can anyone help me?

2006-10-10 10:06:38 · 19 answers · asked by NHedlund 3

My son likes to line things up, like 10-15 cars in a row, he has done this since he was old enough to walk (about 1yr) now my aunt told me that this can be a sign of something mentally wrong with him, he is normal in all aspects and in some he is advanced. Has anyone had experience with this, good or bad.

2006-10-10 09:50:23 · 35 answers · asked by ptaylor360 2

2006-10-10 09:23:45 · 18 answers · asked by Pretty me :) 3

Have been in contact with EKA (euro kids) and just wondered if anyone had any experience of them or just general info on child modelling
Thanks

2006-10-10 09:20:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-10 08:40:00 · 15 answers · asked by M☆mma 4

I will be watching a 3 year old boy from 6-7 will his mom and baby sister are in the other room. Basically I just need to keep him occupied will his sister gets therapy. I am a very experienced 16 yr old. What do you think fair pay is? She asked and I said I dont care, so she said we will just discuss it tonight. Parents, maybe you could tell what you would pay? Babysitters? Also do you know any games or things for a 3 yr old. I am used to either babysitting older kids, or babies. Anything helps thanks!

2006-10-10 08:33:43 · 23 answers · asked by don't ask! 1

My daughter will be 4 in a couple of months, and she still sucks her thumb. I tried a pacifier when she was little, but about 6-7 months she would spit it out, and started sucking her thumb.
I've tried rewarding her with stickers, and fingernail polish. ( She loves to have her nails painted). I've tried embarrassing her, & scolding her when she sucks thumb, and nothing seems too work!
I don't know what else to do!

2006-10-10 08:22:37 · 17 answers · asked by friend 2

I have tried to discipline my 2 year old daughter by slapping her hand or spanking a few times and she decided to hit me back. Yet, even after I wrote this, I recieved the following advice "First of all, you should never allow your child to hit you. that is definite cause for you to toss her over your lap and hit her butt." Now, could someone please explain to me how spanking (which is hitting) is going to teach a child not to hit?

2006-10-10 07:55:42 · 28 answers · asked by theblackenedphoenix 4

I am wanting to make a Fairy costume for my little girl. Altho, I think it will be a chillie night. Any suggestions on how I can make a warm fairy costume?

2006-10-10 07:37:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-10 07:27:40 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous

We just took the front rail off of our twin 2-year old children's cribs. Now we have a problem of them getting up in the middle of the night (usually because they dropped their blankets/security bear), or they just fall out of bed and we find them sleeping on the floor in the morning.

Any ideas? The crib doesn't have a way to attach a smaller rail to keep them from falling off.

2006-10-10 07:26:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-10 07:20:27 · 24 answers · asked by amyjane307 1

My son started going to sleep by himself thanks to the Ferber Method when he was about 8 months old. I was able to put him to bed, and he would play or talk to himself until he fell asleep. Now he is 11 months old and about a month ago he started wailing when I put him to bed and walked out of the room. He has NEVER slept all night. I do not feed him during the night anymore, but I do have to get up, get him out of bed and rock him back to sleep because my 4 year old daughters room is right beside his. I cant have both of them up during the night. Some nights he refuses to go back to sleep and I am up with him for hours on end. WHAT CAN I DO. I am desparate for a decent nights sleep. PLEASE HELP!! He only takes one nap during the day in the mornings for about 2 hours. He wakes about 7-7:30 and naps from 10-10:30 to 12-12:30. So I know it is not because he sleeps too much during the day.

2006-10-10 07:15:03 · 8 answers · asked by Amber L 3

I'm interested in ONE child 2 and under. Please tell me your state too! thanks!

2006-10-10 06:55:25 · 12 answers · asked by tinnisk 1

2006-10-10 06:46:37 · 30 answers · asked by rebecca_j_holt 1

He eats very good, and drinks whole cows milk from a cup during the day. He only takes one bottle at night before he goes to bed. But I am not sure how much of fruits and veggies he should be eating per day. I usually feed him a cup of the Gerber fruit cereal flakes with milk in the mornings, Lunch time he gets a 6 oz jar of babyfood fruit, and half an apple or banana. Snack time he gets some juice in a cup and fruit puffs or some fresh fruit. Dinner time he eats either a 6 oz baby food (stage3) dinner with meat and veggies, or a Gerber Graduates dinner for Toddlers. Then of course the 8 oz bottle of cows milk before bed.

2006-10-10 06:31:53 · 6 answers · asked by Amber L 3

he has gone potty in his own little potty about 3 times by himself and ive been trying to do this for about 4 to 5mths now. shouldnt he be ready and going byhimself by now? what else can i try to do to get him to go? i ask him every other hour to see if he needs to go potty. i also ask him before he takes a bath, and go to bed or take his nap. when he sits on his potty he just sits on it and rocks back and forth on it like it is suppose to be a game or something.
please i need avdice.

2006-10-10 06:30:43 · 16 answers · asked by catwalk78154 1

we have a problem she cant say anything but baby talk she cant say any words well just momma what do we do?? what are the parents doing wrong?

2006-10-10 06:10:56 · 14 answers · asked by Brina 2

My 19 month old's hair is out of control. When she was a baby I cut it bc it grew in uneven and was kind of thin is some places. Since then it is much fuller and even but still pretty short for a little girl. It's short enough where I can't really do anything with it and she doesn't like berrettes. I want it to grow in so people will stop confusing her for a boy. But since I stopped cutting, it seems unkempt and in her face alot. I DO NOT want to give her bangs...I hated those as a child.

So, does anyone else have this problem? What do I do with her hair in the meantime and will it eventually grow in so it looks more "girlie"?

2006-10-10 05:50:37 · 10 answers · asked by Chi1linVi1lain 2

Sometimes, when I'm changing clothes, my son will come in, do you think it's okay to let him see you nude? What about with your husband? I don't really know how to address this situation, he just sorta stares. advice?

2006-10-10 05:41:57 · 26 answers · asked by Wonderious 3

something fun and that will make them eat all there veg ?

2006-10-10 05:41:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

although i am only the father I i get very emotional hearing my daughter cry.
How do you get a 2yr old girl to stop breast feeding without major tantrums

2006-10-10 05:39:44 · 20 answers · asked by goldenboyblue 3

i asked the question what do with my 3 yr. old biter that is about to get kicked out of preschool? he started biting when he was 18mo to about 2 1/2. we tried EVERYTHING then. nothing worked. he fianally just stopped. he has not done this in about a year. and now that he has started again we don't know what to do. we have spanked, taken favorite things away, his daddy wore his tail out REAL GOOD (which hardly ever happens), made him bit soap, washed his mouth out. he got suspended for a week. next time it happens he is out for good. he said since he was "ugly" in the afternoon he does not have to go back to the afternoon part, and he can still go to his morning class. of course we exlpained that it doesn't work that way. my parents want to pick him up after preschool is over and him not go to the afternoon part. which is great, but will we be doing the wrong thing by taking him out of the situation instead of fixing it? or do i just wait untill he does it again?

2006-10-10 05:38:31 · 11 answers · asked by jakes mom 1