Toddler & Preschooler - January 2007

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2007-01-21 12:50:38 · 24 answers · asked by burhns628 1

He is 4 years old, and he is fully potty trained during the day, even at naps when he rarely takes them. The problem is at night. I have purchased the plastic bed sheet to put under his sheets, and I put a pull up on him at night. I stop his drinking of liquids at 8 pm, and he's in the bed by 9:30. Almost every other morning he wakes up with wet sheets. I have talked to his Pediatrician about this, and they said just keep working with him, but I don't know what to do!! He's a very smart little boy, he'll wet his bed, get up, take his sheets off, put them in the laundry room, then come & tell me. I don't fuss at him, I just tell him next time to please go to the Potty, and he says okay, but he never does. Any suggestions anyone?? Pull ups are expensive, washing sheets almost everyday is tiring, but mostly, I'd just like to see him get past this. Any help but be appreciated. Thanks!

2007-01-21 12:48:02 · 13 answers · asked by jasonsjewel 2

My son will be 3 March 1. He is going thru what I hope is a phase. If he gets in trouble he spits -- if he gets really mad he spits a lot. If you pick him up he spits on you. If he goes in time out he spits there. Etc. It is gross, plus he was vomiting earlier this week, then spitting in my face. Gross. I am not sure if ignoring it is the best, or him getting in trouble for it when he is already in trouble.

He is very hard headed, wants what he wants, when he wants it. Doesn't get it, but doesn't learn just gets mad. Then spits -- or throws himself around shouting "I don't like you".

I try hard to spend quality time with him, hold him a lot, snuggle, read.....etc. I work part time, but have a LOT of time with him -- and right now I am just going crazy with him.

It is frustrating. Suggestions??

2007-01-21 12:19:12 · 10 answers · asked by Beth M 4

I waited too long and now he is 34 months old. He is physically ready but refuses to cooperate with us when we bring him to the "potty".

2007-01-21 12:18:48 · 7 answers · asked by JenMcg 1

2007-01-21 12:03:30 · 15 answers · asked by April 1

Hi,
We changed our son's crib to a toddler bed. My son does not like it; so he normally sleeps in a sleeping bag. That's OK...but since then, he wakes up @ night & visit our bedroom. (We expected that, too...)
Our bed has some sharp edges; so we are very afraid that he might fall from the bed & bump his head/body. So, we try to move him back to his room. Then he returns our room after an hour...we hardly can sleep; and my son does not sleep well, either!
When one of us sleep in his room for a night, he stayed in his sleeping bag.

We are pretty sure that many parents have a same situation. We would like to have some words from those parents about how they did to increase sleeping time for both parents & kid(s).

2007-01-21 11:57:59 · 4 answers · asked by goldfish333 1

when she was 3yrs i took her to a doctor and told me by 9yrs she will be talking well as normal, but i think she has a down syndrom, what can i do?

2007-01-21 11:52:13 · 18 answers · asked by babsgeorgia 1

If you have experience in this field or have tried it before can you advise me how I can help my baby to learn sign language

2007-01-21 11:36:46 · 4 answers · asked by justincue7 1

My little girl is 10 months, she has shown an interest in the toilet, so we pulled out her potty. I've always believed that children will train when they are ready. However my husband is having surgery on his hand which will make diapering difficult and I am going back to work. Just wondering if people have any tips on toilet training before one year (I know lots of people have done it). Thanks

2007-01-21 11:24:40 · 19 answers · asked by Minton quest 4

My friends are having a terrible time getting their 4 year old to sleep in his own space. They have tried without success to get him into his own room, but he just won't have any part of it. They are older parents and really need this to come to an end. Any suggestions to help the situations?

2007-01-21 11:21:33 · 12 answers · asked by Teenytime 3

My son is 19 months old and he is a very active little boy often he is naughty and i have been using the naughty step as i dont agree with shouting and smacking (i have also tried sitting him in the room quietly for time out but he forgets that i have put him there and gets up and plays, or just ignores me completely)
When i first put him on the step he was good and he used to sit there for his minute and a bit with no tears and when i went to get him he woudl give me a kiss and a cuddle as a way of apology.

Now however when I put him on the step he either comes down and plays by the door or crawls upstairs.

Does anyone have any tips for tackling this as it seems he is being punished twice, once for the naughty thing he did in the first place and again for coming off the step and not doing his time out

2007-01-21 11:16:22 · 11 answers · asked by Nimsay 06 2

she is so rude to her older sisters, always screaming about something, telling everyone to get away from her, and hitting too!! i try so hard to approach her calmy and get her to chill out, and that will last for about a minute. Then the next thing you know they're all trying to yell louder than the other, and it's just chaos!! I was an only child, and the other two never were like this, so i have no idea what to do next....? do i need nanny 911? :)

2007-01-21 11:10:22 · 3 answers · asked by crazymoonz5 2

I feel like my son's grandparents don't listen to him/show him respect, and I read stats in a magazine that said a lot of people in my generation feel that way. As an example, our parents will see my son pushing a pull toy on the floor, and they'll say, "Pull it by the string." He knows there's a string and knows how to use it, but he wants to push the toy, and he's not hurting anything or anyone. So why do they feel the need to order him around? He's a person too; why doesn't he get to do what he wants, within reason? If he's doing good stuff, why burden him with unnecessary structure? Anybody know a good way to deal with this? Is there a nice way to say "I know you mean well, but you're stifling him"?

2007-01-21 10:58:44 · 7 answers · asked by serenity_ii 2

2007-01-21 10:13:16 · 14 answers · asked by SANCHA 2

At bedtime my son has the worst temper tantrums I've ever seen. I had problems with my daughter at this age...but this is more than I can handle. He hits & kicks me; the walls; the door. Screams like I'm beating him. Begs and pleads for me to let him out of his room. I DON"T LET HIM OUT. I won't allow him to win this battle. Bed time is bed time and I will stand at the door and actually hold it closed and play tug -o-war with it for about 10 min. each night until he realizes hes' not coming out.I really hate doing that. He hasn't won any of our battles yet. He'll scream and scream but he never leaves the room and eventually tires himself out. I understand that his daddy has been away for awhile now (military) and we just got rid of the bubba and binky. I'm sure he just needs to learn how to soothe himself on his own (without the aid of bubbas and binkys) Any suggestions on how to curb this rage every night? Other than not letting him win....How can I teach him to sooth himself?

2007-01-21 09:58:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-01-21 09:32:43 · 4 answers · asked by anna h 1

2007-01-21 09:18:29 · 11 answers · asked by Cechden 1

My son is a year and a half, I tried homoginized milk at 1 year and he took to it, except for the fact that it is much thinner than formula, it was not filling him up, which caused him to be up twice a night. So being a new parent thinking that he was not getting enough to eat I switched back to formula! Now I am trying desperately to get him back on to milk. Any suggestion as to how I would do this. I have heard from some that mixing is okay and then I have also heard that you are never to do this. Thanks

2007-01-21 08:49:55 · 15 answers · asked by grasshopper 1

my hubby and i want to have a baby like 5 or 6 years from now (our son will be 5 or 6). we had such a hard time naming him that i think it would be very sweet to let him name his sibbling down the road. i want it to be up to him. do you think a 6 years old could handle this? if you have one as them off the top of thier head what name they would like best for a brother or sister? tell me what they say?

2007-01-21 08:14:42 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

We went on christmas vacation and came home on the 1st. Now every time i put her to bed, she freaks out and crys like she is severly hurt. she bangs on her bedroom door. i have never heard her act like this. The only way for me to get her to bed is to sleep next to her (in her room, the couch, My husband and i's bed). She isn't like this when its nap time but at night its a different story. She won't even go in her room until like 11. and thats with me with her. i just don't know what to do. she currently doesn't have a pedi i can call to ask so i feel so lost. Please help with any information

2007-01-21 08:03:15 · 6 answers · asked by c.cibik 2

I am trying to potty train My 21/2 year old son I started a sticker chart every time he sits on the potty we put a sticker on the chart. I even let him put the sticker on the chart. I was thinking about doing a bigger prize once he gets a line full. (such as a matchbox car) he hasn't actually gone yet, I was wondering if there are other technics that any of you have used that worked really well! Thank you for your sudgestions!

2007-01-21 07:24:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Can you explain how you used them? Did you give them during? or after as a reward? or how? I need incentives for my child bc nothing has worked yet.

2007-01-21 06:44:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

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2007-01-21 06:21:18 · 4 answers · asked by rasik 1

2007-01-21 06:11:07 · 19 answers · asked by Sunshyne 2

He hunches on stuff animals and he makes noises. he keeps doing this repeatly after punishing him.

2007-01-21 06:04:17 · 16 answers · asked by Trina 2

she just point blank refuses to have it she has her morning bottle fine has porrage for breakfast and two meals one of meat veg potato and cheese sauce and the other pasta or lentils meat and veg with a tomato sauce two milk puddings.is it too soon to just stop this bottle if she does have any of it its about 3 oz.

2007-01-21 06:02:39 · 9 answers · asked by noot 3

2007-01-21 05:49:43 · 19 answers · asked by Amy C 1

2007-01-21 05:47:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 3 year old has been doing alot of pushing and hitting. I have been told that this is going to go on with kids. But what are some good ideas on how to help them to get along. And what has worked for some of you? I am now doing time outs. This works for most of the time but not all the time. But it seems that I catch my self on top of my 3 year old for hitting or pushing his brother down all day. (not every day but enough for it to stand out to me.) any idea would be welcomed..
PLEASE HELP..

2007-01-21 05:31:45 · 10 answers · asked by mrs.mom 4

my 4 year old is at his moms during the week but stays with me on weekends.His mom lets him stay up later than i would like. Its hard foe me to get him to go to bed before the time he is used to.Which is typically 11:30pm .

2007-01-21 05:21:11 · 13 answers · asked by ash219772 1