Toddler & Preschooler - January 2007

Shes a young mom, only 19 her sons 2 (going to be 3 in july) and im 31. (yes im older than her get over it) Weve been dating for a year and a half. Your probablly thinking "hes only 2 he doesnt know better" but thats wrong, hes a VERY smart little boy. Hes so bad though. He wont sleep in his own bed, she lets him curse and talk back to adults, he slaps her and i all the time, he calls me daddy even though weve talked to him pleanty time about it. Hes does whatever he wants and everytime she puts him down he crys !!! I CANT STAND IT ANYMORE i love her to death and i can accept him but he drives me crazy, the worse part is she ENCOURAGES this type of behavior !!! how can i tell her to disipline him without making her mad ?

2007-01-31 12:05:53 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My little one is fine but I want to be prepared.

How high should the fever be before you bring them to the ER for immediate observation?

Can anyone explain the rotating of motrin to tylenol? Its every 4 hrs for tylenol and every 8 for motrin? If you give them motrin its a long time before you can rotate.

Thanks

2007-01-31 11:15:04 · 17 answers · asked by BabyQuestions 1

I live in an apt. bldg. in NJ & today my Mom who cares for my son while I work, took my 14 month old son for a ride in the stroller in the hallway as she's done many times before. It just so happened that while she was going up & down the hallway, the apt. rental manager came to the floor to show a couple an apt. that was vacant & ready to be rented. While she was around, my son started to cry and make some noise and then the apt. manager ordered my Mom to go back into her apt. otherwise she would call the cops because according to her, the hallway was not a playground & we were disrupting the other tenants. I should mention, this happened at 4:00 pm on a weekday while most people are at work. I don't know much about laws but is this harrasment? Can the cops really do something to me? My son sometimes cries while out in the hallway but it is nothing ear-piercing. He only really cries when we stop the stroller because he likes the ride or when we're about to go back inside the apt

2007-01-31 11:11:03 · 19 answers · asked by natalie 1

We are having a family get together for my son's first birthday. The theme is Baby Einstein. We ordered a little party pack with plates etc.

Any suggestions on what should occur at a little ones first b-day? We'd like to make it special for everyone.

2007-01-31 10:54:15 · 4 answers · asked by BabyQuestions 1

My daughter is 5 years old, and does not have what I would call a lisp, however she sounds very baby-ish most of the time. People who are not around her have a hard time understanding her, and look to me to interpret. I usually have her repeat it more clearly.

I am working on her pronunciation, but am concerned about the lack of improvement. Nobody is allowed to speak "baby" in our house, so this is not the issue.

Her teachers are not concerned at all. It's disturbing when you hear her classmates speaking so clearly in comparison. Other parents have also asked me if I am working with her on it. She is a smart, loving, fun child, and I don't want to harp all the time.

Soooo... again, is this normal, or should I be more proactive about her clarity of speaking? My husband and I have discussed going to a coach just in passing, but I am starting to think more seriously about it.

2007-01-31 10:41:28 · 6 answers · asked by K. Bunton 2

He is 9 months old and is a very happy and active baby. He was born six weeks early and has always had problems keeping food down and spitting up to much. He also refuses food at times. I made an extra appointment for him when I noticed these problems and that's when he was taken out of my custody. I am in need of any advice or stories that might help our situation. Thankyou.

2007-01-31 10:30:50 · 6 answers · asked by Sugar 1

Ok. Weird question, but I'm pregnant. My daughter just turned one. I'm not as "regular" as I was before I got pregnant. Sometimes I go number 2 up to 3 times a day. But my kid won't let me. I don't mind if she is in the bathroom with me. Sometimes she's fine. But other times, she tries to crawl up my legs and it's very annoying. So I sit her outside the door with toys and she just screams. For the life of me, I can't go with a screaming child.
What do you do with your babies when you go to the bathroom? Any tricks?

2007-01-31 10:11:39 · 11 answers · asked by happymommy 4

2007-01-31 09:46:54 · 2 answers · asked by Xena Reeves 1

2007-01-31 09:45:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-01-31 09:43:56 · 13 answers · asked by Xena Reeves 1

My daughter got her first two teeth at 8 months.. She will be a year old Feb 20th and has finally started teething again! I can see that her top two are coming in, but I'm not sure what it should look like to tell if any others are coming as well. How many teeth did your children have by this age, and how many teeth do babies normally get before they are 18 months or 2 years old? Thanks :)

2007-01-31 09:35:28 · 11 answers · asked by .*AnNa*. 3

Just curious of when you started to potty train your child and how long it took you. What did you try and what worked? Were you potty training a boy or a girl? How did you know if they were ready? Were you ready? Thanks! My daughter is almost 20 months and watches when mommy uses the potty and likes to sit on the potty (she has a Dora insert and a Dora step stool) she also removes her diapers when wet or comes to show me that she is wet.

2007-01-31 09:32:57 · 7 answers · asked by brandy 2

Hello everyone,

I'm just starting to study Language Acquisition, and I would be interested to hear your anecdotes and memories about your children learning to talk.

What were your children's first words? How old were they?
Before your child could speak properly, did they have their own words for objects such as blankets or dummies or concepts such as food?
Do you think your child's language acquisition was affected by anything around them? For example, the baby who referred to milk and food as "Ning", mimicking the noise of the microwave.
Did your child have a lot of face to face interaction or were they left alone for periods, especially in front of the TV?
At what age did your child begin to form sentences?

Any other anecdotes would also be appreciated, however irrelevant you might think them.

TW x

Also, what should an average child be able to say at eighteen months? I have been assured by my parents that I was forming quite complex sentences. Is this normal?

2007-01-31 09:15:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 5 and 6 year old they won't sleep in their own room, the say there are scared their room is attached to mine. How do I get them to sleep in their own room?

2007-01-31 08:57:40 · 2 answers · asked by RACHEL B 1

He just doesn't stop! He's very hyperactive most of the time, he only wants to run around, throwing things, and just making a mess. If I try to hold him, change his clothes or diper, feed him, bath or put him to sleep he starts crying as if I'm torturing him...seriously, he cries so horrible it sounds that something is hurting him. I think he would have loved being a cave man.

He goes to sleep very late, between 12 to 1:30 am. It's frustrating because I work during the day and I feel like a zombie at the office because of lack of sleep.

Right now he stays at my mom's while I'm at work, but I'm thinking about daycare. Do you think it's a good idea? Do you think it would help to mold his behavior? Are all toddlers uncontrolable like mine? He's 1 yr. and 4 months old now but he's been behaving like that from a really early age.

Help!!!

2007-01-31 08:37:34 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

He's 3 years old. Having a Blood Test.

How do i keep him still ? Worried that if he moves - he'll hurt his arm,

2007-01-31 08:35:15 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daugher is 17 months old and still drinks her morning and nighttime milk out of a bottle. My pediatrician said I need to pull the bottle cold turkey right now, but she's carrying it around all day like a pacifier. And some women breastfeed until 2 years old. Don't they need the sucking motion still?

Should we pull the bottle, ease her off, or keep giving it?

2007-01-31 08:33:16 · 15 answers · asked by Jilli Bean 5

Has then for a Eye Infection.

Always a massive struggle - as she hates anything near or in her eyes.

She always screams & squirms sooo much. So i can't put them in.

How can we hold her still ??

2007-01-31 08:19:58 · 14 answers · asked by arabella l 1

I'm a bit concerned my younger nephew may be scared or will it be okay?

2007-01-31 08:19:21 · 15 answers · asked by Prudence 1

She doesn't say too many words herself but understands alot. Should I try it or so I wait?

2007-01-31 08:14:15 · 9 answers · asked by ews3005 2

used to drink milk all the time and all of a sudden has only wanted juice how can i get him to like milk again

2007-01-31 07:55:22 · 15 answers · asked by sinnmon_gurl 1

Does anyone have any ideas for activities to keep my almost 3 year old active (and out of the house) in the wintertime? The park is out, we go to the mall and ride the carosuel, we do the Mcdonalds playland thing... anything else anyone can think of??

2007-01-31 07:41:40 · 5 answers · asked by Burn to Shine 2

Wondering about your experience? Looking to go thru Hertz.

2007-01-31 07:41:16 · 5 answers · asked by lillilou 7

My 3 1/2 year old has been in a peanut butter phase lately. I've even put peanut butter in oatmeal, pancake batter, and on waffles. Today, he dipped his chicken nuggets in peanut butter for lunch. He's still getting a balanced diet + peanut butter. Do you think I should limit his intake, or just wait until he grows out of this phase? Is there any food that your kid has fixated on like this?

2007-01-31 07:27:52 · 23 answers · asked by Heather Y 7

my son is 5 years old and has been out of pullups for 3 weeks. he is a slow learner and finally was able to get the concept of the toilet. since i took the pullup away he didnt have a bowel movement for 6 days so i finally gave him karo syrup and a day later it worked, he went 5 times that day, but now it has been almost a week and he hasnt gone anymore since the karo syrup. he doesnt complain of a belly ache and has been letting gas normally. my only concern is i dont want to depend on karo syrup all the time, so what can i do to help him get back on a normal bowel movement schedule of every 2 days like he previously was? his doctor was not to concerned about it and tried to tell me to quit his toilet training, but that didnt work either. any suggestions?

2007-01-31 07:19:32 · 18 answers · asked by pooh2928 2

she cries and cries louder and kicks, screams, jumps, hits,what can i do for her to calm down and for me to control her, not for her to control us as parents. we give her what she wants to stop teh crying and we know that is wrong, she knows she can control us by being loud. turning off teh t.v does not work, time out does not work..nothing works to control her. what can we do? what ideas do you have that will teach her what is ok and not ok. we don't want to dicipline her by spankinking. we were beat when young and it gets uglyier.

2007-01-31 07:17:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes I wonder if I have gone a bit "overboard" in the child-proofing department, but I've always been of of the belief that it is better to let a child roam her home freely, without constantly having to be told "No! No! No!" And I think that by making her environment safe and kid-friendly, it has really made her into a very independent little kid (she's 22 months old).

But lately, I'm wondering if it would be better to have LESS child-proofing in the home, so she would learn what she *IS* and *IS NOT* allowed to do -- instead of just keeping it all out of her reach.

I find that we have a lot of problems when we visit other people's houses. She wants to get into everything & doesn't understand why she can't run around like she normally does at home. Does that mean it's time to remove some of the things I've installed so she'll learn this?

And what have you personally done in your own home to child-proof? Do you think you have too much, too little or just the right amount?

2007-01-31 06:52:23 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

does your child enjoy and talk about things at pre-school??? - I need to now for research (my degree) thanks

2007-01-31 06:51:55 · 14 answers · asked by Lily Allen 3

ok, so like my 2 year old daughter vomited all over my fiances brand new chair, I tried soap and water, but the smell is soooo gross. Its been the sacred chair that is not recommended for anyone to sit in!! even though it was 3 days ago, if you sit in the chair...... you smell like puke the rest of the day!!

2007-01-31 06:39:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have two-year old twins, and they still take a poo about twice a day, sometimes more. Are they ok?

2007-01-31 06:35:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous