Toddler & Preschooler - November 2006

My friend recently died and me and my husband now care for her 16 month old daughter,we are trying to raise her as our own daughter as her mother asked us to and my husband is doing this very well its just she has started to call my husband dada and me mommy and this is really hard for me to accept as i feel like she is forgeting her mother all she does all day is follow me around the house,my husband says babys get attached to people easy.is all this normal?

2006-11-13 10:11:04 · 10 answers · asked by tamika_follow 1

my 5yr. boy was playing in the room with his friend(5yr.girl)when me and her mom walk in they were under the covers when ask what were they doing niether one of them said anything i ask my son what were they doing and he said they were just playing and stared crying,but the little girl when ask by her mom told her that my son pulled down his pants and showed her his private parts. I don't know what to do i ask him and he said she told him to pull down his pants i don't know what to do who do i belive my son knows better than that. does this make my son a pervert Help me

2006-11-13 09:39:08 · 28 answers · asked by mireyaflrs 1

my three-year-old loves the show charlie and lola on disney channel- and she's taken on the accent!! My husband has been calling her Madonna. Every time I tell her to stop talking like that, she looks at me like I'm weird!!! lol There's nothing wrong with having an accent, it's just SHE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ONE and it's kind of funny for her to speak with it! I'm at my wit's end- WHAT DO I DO?

2006-11-13 09:16:18 · 26 answers · asked by Jennifer F 6

when do toddlers start using a knife and fork(baby ones obviously)?? do they do it theirselves or do you have to show them how to do it??

2006-11-13 09:02:15 · 17 answers · asked by xloux 3

2006-11-13 08:54:19 · 3 answers · asked by ~~Chiki~~ 2

Can anyone give me some advice on how to potty train my little boy please? I have read other q's on here, but I need to know the basics.
He is aware when he is going & when he needs to go (when its seconds off!). My job is flexible, but involves us travelling quite a bit, so most of the books i've read that involve staying in for the week aren't practical. The only attempt so far we've had is that we went out for a walk in the woods (trying before we left) without a nappy, He let me know that he needed to go, but as we couldn't get home in time resulted in an accident.
This didn't bother him, but now I could do with some advice (especially for preventing accidents outdoors) - I dont really relish the thought of carrying his potty with us everywhere!
Any advice is very much appriciated.
Nick (and Josh).

2006-11-13 08:52:33 · 26 answers · asked by nick 1

My son will be 18 months in a couple days and hates to eat. I know it is probably only a phase but I am still concerned. If any one has any tips please offer. Serious Only Please.

So far we have tried giving him different options each day and he picks never really eating anything. So my doctor told me give him 12 months food from the jar so he can get his proper nutrition. To do this I have to hold down his hands and fight and I feel horrible (but he does eat it). It seems the only he will eat is cherrios and those cheese fish crackers. Anything else just pokes and throws on the floor.

If anyone has experience this and have any tips I'll take them.

Thanks

2006-11-13 08:51:39 · 5 answers · asked by Motherof2boys 2

WE have get togethers on weekends and special occations.We have dinner .while i'm cooking the kids seem to go wild.The cartoons are always on.This weekend we had 17 people to eat when I went to the bathroom the girls were jumping on the bed and had the mattress compleatlly off.Everyone seems to enjoy getting together except for this reason.In the summer time they can play outside.

2006-11-13 08:47:42 · 6 answers · asked by MOM 2

hi ,i don't have any kids,i just what to know if you think this kid in this picture is too tall for a 2 year old.She is a female child.

http://www.monicabelluccifan.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=76&pos=0

2006-11-13 08:40:12 · 10 answers · asked by ? 1

Is it just a phase? How do you get through it?

2006-11-13 08:31:31 · 12 answers · asked by TermiteChokinOnASplinter 2

I have a toddler who will be 3 next month and I am trying to get her to give up her binky on her own. I have gotten her to where she only has it when she goes to sleep and in the car. She doesn't take it into stores or houses, except home of course. Anyway, I personally feel it will be better for her and the rest of us if she gives up her binky on her own, kind of like potty training. So I am trying to find stories about kids giving up the binky for good on their own. Any ideas of where I can find the binky fairy story would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2006-11-13 08:23:38 · 7 answers · asked by masmalan2004 3

She was the problem, so she was told day after day,
So she did her best to stay out of his way.
She’d sit there on her bed, waiting for him to come home,
She’d hear his heavy boots come close, and pray he’d leave her alone.

The neighbors heard the screaming, but they chose to ignore,
They turned up their tv sets till they heard the sounds no more.

Turn out the lights, let her be, all the signs we failed to see,
Those bruises were more than accidents, a young lost soul with no defense.
And we all wondered, but never dared to ask,
And now she’s lying on the floor with one last.. gasping breath,
And in the morning papers they will announce her death.

But it's just another story on the back of the second page, no big deal, it happens everyday.
Have you ever stopped to think, that you could have made the diffrence, that that little girl was crying out, you heard her, but did you listen?

Im 14 be nice, and I want this to do with god watching these people ignore.

2006-11-13 07:54:52 · 4 answers · asked by teenagewasteland 1

i have an 18 month old that doesn't talk yet so i don't know what he understands all i know is he doesn't listen to no until i am screaming!

2006-11-13 07:25:42 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

She is attending a seminar and bringing along her husband. I have no choice but to keep them However my daughter is getting use to bringing her 2 kids ages 3 &7 yrs old for me to take care all the time. Is there a way I can tell her that one of them has to stay behind to mind their kids. Her seminars become a pleasure trip for her husband as well. I am a Diabetic and sickly.

2006-11-13 07:14:24 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

Another weird question for the child study.

2006-11-13 07:01:29 · 25 answers · asked by hunbun 1

2006-11-13 06:36:31 · 19 answers · asked by poppa c 1

My 2 year old son started school in September. He has been in child care his whole littel life, so he is very used to being around children. When he first started he did alright but recently he has become more aggressive, saying shutup and shoving kids. Now I know there is another child in the class who says shutup and a few other not ok things, so i am pretty sure that is one of the reasons. he had tubes placed in his ears when he was 1 1/2 and just recently started to pick up words (not mayn, but enough), so he will begin speech therapy soon.

How have you dealt with an aggressive child? He does not do it at home, but just at school.

2006-11-13 06:26:16 · 6 answers · asked by glorymomof3 6

I'm doing a child study on 2 - 3 year olds at school and am stuck on a question! As a parent how do you react when your child cries? Do you get angry, worried, try to bribe it to be good with sweets, etc, or do you try to soothe it by talking to it for a while? What kind of a question is that?!

2006-11-13 06:14:04 · 8 answers · asked by hunbun 1

She refused the bottle at 7 mts and refused getting back on it
Now she's older and it is hard to feed with a spoon
doesn't get the sippy cup just yet
anybody go thru this?

2006-11-13 05:40:04 · 5 answers · asked by monisha s 1

I am a single mother with a four year old pre-school son. He has been sleeping in his room alone in his own bed for almost 2 years now. He has always liked to sleep with me in my bed, or me in his, or to at least fall asleep with me but I put my foot down and made him sleep in his own bed. Lately however that has all changed and some nights I end up sleeping with him in his bed. In fact I have used it as an incentive to behave in school (he's been having lots of trouble in school) I tell him if he behaves and doesn't get a note home he can sleep with mommy and if not he'll have to sleep alone. This has helped tremendoulously - it has worked better than offering rewards (like a toy at the end of the week) or taking things away (like t.v., etc.). Is there anything wrong w/ co-sleeping at this age? I work 40 hours a week and go to school at night three days a week, I'm afraid that maybe he is missing out on speding time w/ me and this is his way of replacing it? HELP! Thanks.

2006-11-13 05:22:30 · 11 answers · asked by MelA 2

I am stricter, expect kids to behave. She gives in on everything, buys new toys everyday. Kids need love, discipline, rules, guidelines. She forces religion down his throat but he behaves like a spoiled brat.

2006-11-13 05:13:13 · 6 answers · asked by T C 2

2006-11-13 05:03:13 · 11 answers · asked by marlene 1

I just noticed that my 2.5 years old son put some play dough inside his nose. Somehow I managed him to sneeze and got a small block of playdough(blue color) out. I cannot see anymore inside and he is playing as usual. Should I go see a doctor now, what else should I do?

2006-11-13 04:10:38 · 14 answers · asked by Newme 3

... do you shout omg an hour?

2006-11-13 04:04:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

There haven't been any major changes at home, no trauma or anything like that. She just recently started having a lot of nightmares and now gets up in the morning tired and cranky. The nights she doesn't have nightmares she seems to be dreaming ALL night long. She gets up and tells me the craziest stories. Is this good or bad? We also have a 7 1/2 month old baby, whom she gets along with great. Could this be the cause even this long after the birth?

2006-11-13 04:03:19 · 6 answers · asked by lovebeingamommy 3

I am doing a report on this for a class

2006-11-13 03:56:08 · 8 answers · asked by gothicchick 1

My favourite television programme of all times 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet'. It now appears to be controlling my life and I do not know what to do. I wake up at 7.00am, watch the programme on dvd until it's time to go to bed again. Every day! If I'm in the bath, I take my dvd and continue watching it in there. My girlfriend is fed up and thought it was the last straw when, during love-making, I asked if I could watch the dvd on my lap-top against her chest while I make quality love-making with her.

She had a fit and said how could I be so selfish. I don't know what she meant by this. Perhaps it's because her skin is allergic to nikel which might be traces of under my lap-top.

So my question is this: Isn't Auf Wiedersehen Pet such a great programme?

2006-11-13 03:43:56 · 6 answers · asked by gulliblepeople 2

I don't know what to do my 17 month old daughter puts everything and I mean everything in her mouth. It's so disgusting!!! I bring her to my work and anything she finds she'll put in her mouth. I don't know what to do. I've tried looking straight in her eyes and saying nicely please don't put anything in your mouth. I've tried plucking her mouth, saying a firm no, acting like I was sad because she was doing it but nothing is working. I've found the most disgusting things in her mouth, for example: dog hair from a dog that I don't know, paper off the floor that's been there forever. The thing is is she'll look right at me at put something in her mouth. I could be walking over to her to get whatever she has in her hand out but she'll scoop it in her mouth real quick. Please tell me what works. Please no silly comments.

2006-11-13 03:24:02 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My almost 3 year old is great going pee on the potty. Never has accidents anymore but when it comes to bowel movements it's a whole different story. Maybe once or twice a week she'll actually go poops on the potty, mostly she goes in her big girl panties. Anyone else dealing with this?? Advice??

2006-11-13 03:21:05 · 8 answers · asked by sunflower 3

I tried it with my granddaughter this morning and she just sobbed and I had to go in the other room so she and her older sister wouldn't see me cry!

2006-11-13 03:19:59 · 11 answers · asked by AKA FrogButt 7