Toddler & Preschooler - January 2007

my 18 month old still sleeps in his crib and he sleeps great but i always feel bad that he doesnt have a pillow but im scared he'll suffocate on one if i leave one in there. when should i introduce the pillow?

2007-01-03 02:21:05 · 13 answers · asked by toolate 3

My 18 month old changed day care yesteday-he was at his previous center since he was 10 weeks old. We had an hour long commute each way and needed to send him to a center closer to home. The center he is at is very good, well recommended, the staff is great to him when we have gone to visit. When I am there he has a great time-plays, snacks, interacts with the other kids. But when I leave-melt down. He cried all day yesterday. Today, when I left it was a bad scene-him screaming while his teacher held him and suggested playing with the other children. I have stayed a bit in the morning, then tell him "mommy has to go to work but I will come back for you" and give a kiss and leave. I am going to go pick him up early the next few days so it is a shorter day for him. He loved his old school so much-but it wasn't practical to keep driving him 120 miles a day plus I can't look for a job close to home until he is settled in day care closer. Just feeling guilty for leaving my sad little guy!

2007-01-03 02:12:08 · 6 answers · asked by VAgirl 5

My son is going to be 1 in 2 weeks and I think it is time for him to lose the bottle and pacifier. He uses a sippy cup every now and then, but sometimes he does not want to drink his formula unless it is in a bottle. He will throw his sippy cup and demand through temper tantrums for his bottle. Should I just not give him his bottle and have a take it or leave it attitude about the sippy cup? Then there is the pacifier. It is like my son's security blanket. He can not sleep with it. I think it is time for no pacifier during the day only at night, to slowly get rid of it. But my mom does not think it is time yet so she will give it to him during the day.....what should I do? Should I let him have it until he is ready to give it up or should I let him have it for a little longer? Maybe I should just take it away?

2007-01-03 02:06:14 · 9 answers · asked by lilma85 1

My son (17 months) - is a big fan of yogurt, but I'd like to heat it up a bit for him in the cold winter months. Is it okay if i zap the yogurt for a few seconds before serving?

2007-01-03 01:56:23 · 6 answers · asked by vermontcats 2

ok, I have a 19 month little girl... how do I know when she is ready to train? any helpful hints that may work to make this transition easier for the both of us? when you trained your little girl (if this applies) what worked for you or what didn't work? and web sites you would reccomend to me to further help me with this?

2007-01-03 01:39:45 · 17 answers · asked by A W 3

I am at my wits end my 3 year old the last couple of nights keeps waking up screaming like someone is trying to kill him. The only way me or my husband can calm him down is by rocking him back and forth if we do anything else he starts screaming even harder. Does these sounds like night terrors if they are what do I do?

2007-01-03 01:21:26 · 12 answers · asked by millie&brandon L 2

I'm flying home from Okinawa, Japan to California next weekend, and if a horrible fear of flying weren't enough, I'll be alone with my 20 month daughter for a roughly 13 hour flight. She's at that age where she wants to be running around and playing, and I don't know how to keep her busy and reasonably quiet on the plane. Besides a portable dvd player (only enough batt power for about 3 hours) and a couple toys, any ideas??

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2007-01-03 01:20:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im not sure how we let it happen as i was quite strict with our first child that she would sleep in her own bed, but she never really put up a fight!
My husbands very weak with the kids and as soon as he starts to cry in the cot he gets him back out and we end up rowing while our boy happily falls asleep in our bed!
I know the usual advice, let them cry it out, but he gets so worked up that i get worried hes going to have an asthma attack, he even holds his breath on occasions when weve tried, which has lead to 3am A + E trips!
I dont mind him in the bed but ive fallen pregnant with my third so its only a matter of time before theres no room for him. My husband seems to think that if we tell him at two yrs that father christmas wont come unless hes in his own bed then he'll happily sleep in his room! Anyone got any better ideas!!!

2007-01-03 00:14:54 · 10 answers · asked by mum 2

I'm pulling my hair out of my head!! My husband and i dont agree on much of anything concerning parenting OR marriage! I dont know how to handle either one of them... son just turned 3... I am looking for some good parenting books, you know, all the ones I should have read BEFORE I had a child!! Basically I am looking to formulate my parenting strategy from scratch... I am in Korea right now away from fam and friends, and i need some books regarding everything from gentle thoughtful discipline, to limiting the amounts of television my child watches, to how to best enable him in social situations with peers.. ie: when do I in interject, before or after he hits another child, or is himself hit by said child???!!! what to do?!?! just need help! thanks in advance to all helpful answerers!

2007-01-02 23:24:18 · 16 answers · asked by jessiblu_83 3

2007-01-02 23:17:37 · 18 answers · asked by Jenny K 1

And don't you hate it when they win and you weren't trying to lose? I ALWAYS get the long slide thing in Chutes and Ladders and have to go back to the beginning, and I generally get stuck in the muck in Candyland. Whipped the pants off me she did.

2007-01-02 23:10:36 · 7 answers · asked by ihave5katz 5

Ok so we are finally transitioning dd to milk. She has always got up once during the night to eat(I know we should stop feeding her), but she has only slept thru the night maybe 5 times, anyway, since the transition to milk, we are doing 1/2 and 1/2 she is waking up 2 times a night wanting to eat. She went to bed at 7:00 last night and took a 8 oz. bottle(1/2 formula,1/2 milk) woke up at 11 and drank 6 oz. and just woke up at 4 and took 4 oz. She drank almost an entire days worth of milk in 9 hours. I know the milk is less filling and she has actually been eating some food so what is going on. Is this normal? I thought getting up once was bad , now twice. I am trying to tackle one battle at a time and getting her off formula was first, next is sleeping thru the night. I still am concerned she is hungry and I don't want her getting so worked up she vomits. She is starting to drink out of the nuby cup, but only water. if I put milk in there she freaks out. She refuses anything but water, but I guess that is a start considering she wouldn't use it at all a week or so ago. Advice please! thanks Debbie

2007-01-02 21:09:02 · 6 answers · asked by mother of 2 1

She woke up this morning about 2 am. And she is still awake. She keeps kicking her legs on the bed. But not like she is throwing a fit. Like she is in pain and that is the only thing she can do to make it stop hurting. I gave her tylenol about an hour ago but she still wont go to sleep. This is not normal for her.

2007-01-02 20:09:11 · 8 answers · asked by Tammy K 2

My boyfriend and I have a 1 year old son and he wont sleep by himself...does anyone have any tips on how to get him into the habit of sleeping on his own in a bed, not a crib. He moves around alot when he sleeps so I'm afraid he's going to fall out of bed if he sleeps by himself. Would a bigger (twin vs. crib) size mattress be better?

2007-01-02 19:59:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

screams out ..BOOBIES..is this good ...is it hereditry from father to son ..

2007-01-02 18:49:23 · 14 answers · asked by Jesus G 2

who know who is athena in history ofmyth??

2007-01-02 18:20:48 · 3 answers · asked by bahare_astronomer 1

do you thing about what were you do in last year???

2007-01-02 18:12:33 · 2 answers · asked by bahare_astronomer 1

My son will be 3 in a couple of days, but he seems to have more energy than most kids his age. What is the best way to calm him down and get him to behave (he has a severe listening problem)? Time out does not work, grounding him from his shows doesn't work, the corner doesn't work, taking away a favorite toy doesn't work. I've tried everything I can think of. Unfortunatley, even spanking. Someone help please!?

2007-01-02 18:11:37 · 5 answers · asked by Kandy 2

I have three toddlers, one 4 years old, and the other two, 2 and a half(twins). Now that each of them have grown, they've developed their own personality. I want to be able to spend time with them, but find it difficult to do that all in one shot. How can I distribute my free time to all three of them without having them fight for me?

2007-01-02 17:37:47 · 15 answers · asked by allsmiles 1

Where can I find pictures of haircuts for my son?

2007-01-02 17:24:02 · 7 answers · asked by onearkansasmommy 3

i have a niece who turned 2 in august and she could count to 12 a/b 2 months ago, which made her 26 months.. is she advanced?? what is the average age?

2007-01-02 15:37:58 · 13 answers · asked by lsutgrfn7 2

and his preschool has been very sloppy in making sure he isn't eating them or eating anything made with or processed with them. Today I was the room-mom and saw them giving the children pretzels made in a factory that processes peanuts. If I hadn't been there my son could have eaten them and gotten sick, or worse. This is the 3rd "incident". We are putting him into another school-- ASAP. I am sick over this! What would you do?

2007-01-02 15:17:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

My two year old is running a fever and it's keeping her awake. The only Tylenol we have is for 48lbs and up. The dose for a child 48-56 lbs. is 2 tablets. Dou you think it would be okay to cut the dose in half for a child that weighs 26 lbs.?

2007-01-02 14:54:46 · 20 answers · asked by TMS 3

i give her fruit and toast and cheerois is there anything else i can give her keeping in mind that she can't have anything with milk in it

2007-01-02 14:47:11 · 16 answers · asked by Havana 2

2007-01-02 14:28:05 · 1 answers · asked by yell 1

I've pretty much always had my daughters sleep in bed with me. Well, since there wasn't a risk of sids. I've seen that a lot of people are against this type of sleeping arrangment. Why? Their father has worked night shift since we started dating. When he's working, the kids are in the bed with me. He's working out of state right now but we still have the same arrangement. When he's home on weekends, they sleep in their beds and we have no problem. Besides the difficulty in breaking the habit, is there any other reason that cosleeping is bad for a child's developnent?

2007-01-02 14:23:28 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are we gonna do? My 19 month old screams and screams when we put her to bed. Lately we have to stay with her unti she falls asleep or let her stay up until she passes out. Did you go through this, and if so what worked or didnt work.

2007-01-02 14:04:31 · 11 answers · asked by adrixia 4

My three year old cant hear the word no... and when he does he throws the biggest fit. It doesnt matter where we are...At home, in the car, in a store, anywhere. If he does not get his way, he throws him self on the ground, throw toys, hit, bites, punches, spits and screams. Time outs dont work, taking toys away does not work, putting him in the corner does not work. I have been given advise by family and friends NOTHING SEEM TO HELP. I do not know what to do anymore. He is being a horrible influence on my one year old. My one year old is now doing some of the things he does when he doesnt get his way either. I cant not go through this again with my one year old. Please help me someone if anyone has something that will help. thank you

2007-01-02 14:03:16 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Did you put a diaper on them for a nap and for overnight? I dont really know how to handle that part without sending out mixed messages but she wakes up very wet in the morning and sometimes is wet after naps.

2007-01-02 13:54:51 · 16 answers · asked by jenniferaboston 5

2007-01-02 13:39:32 · 9 answers · asked by Baby Julie due 5/12 3