Toddler & Preschooler - February 2007

I have a 15 month old that still sleeps in his crib.. I needed to know if crib mattress covers were washable. Mine looks like it could be washed, but I no longer remember what setting I could set it on or anything. Thanks for your help!

2007-02-02 02:45:37 · 9 answers · asked by youngladyintxsa 4

I have a one year old son just wondering when it starts to be inappropiate for us to shower with him and get dressed in front of him. Im the mom of course but im just wondering what other people feel about this~

2007-02-02 02:16:05 · 18 answers · asked by funfeelinfroggy 2

How can I stop him from bullying my daughter? Once a week my daughter spends time at my mother in laws for play time with her 2 cousins both boys, she just lets them play alone all day and my daughter has had a black eye and bruises from the eldest cousin, I have caught him many times striking her with toys or punching her in the face, strangling her or screaming in her face, if I see this behaviour I tell him he shouldnt be nasty to his cousin or anyone its not nice, but I seem to be the only one who cares or stops him from attacking her he does the same to his little brother and I dont want my daughter to learn bad behaviour from him, I believe he is not diciplined because his father passed away when he was two and since he has been spoilt and many excuses made for his behaviour he is out of control and I dont know how to aproach the problem i often too fall victim to feeling sorry for him but I refuse to tolerate my daughter being his punching bag.

2007-02-02 02:05:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any Ideas?

2007-02-02 02:04:41 · 3 answers · asked by Sue Sue2 3

I have a 3 1/2 year old little girl, who doesn't talk much yet. That I need some ideas on how to get her potty trained, I am at my wits end, and have run out of ideas. Its like she doesn't understand what I am tring to get her to do. Her doctor has check her and said nothing is wrong, that it is just her, but these diapers are getting expensive and I just need some help, with potty training ideas. If someone out here has had the same problem please let me know what you did , and maybe I can finally get Liberty out of diapers and into panties.....Thanks so much
Elizabeth

2007-02-02 01:25:28 · 12 answers · asked by ? 1

He allways gets up aboght five times in the night. when he does go back to bed it takes ages for him to go back to sleep.

2007-02-02 01:23:23 · 12 answers · asked by ailsa b 1

We just found out (by a blood test) that my son is "mildly" allergic to cats and peanuts....My first question is...what are some of the things I can give him? It seems as if all of his favorite foods have soybean oil or something in it....What if the nutrition facts dont say "May contain traces of peanuts" but the ingredients still say soybean oil? Does that mean anything? Ok...second question..my mom has a cat, she babysits twice a week....What should I do about this? My sister (who lives there) Refuses to get rid of the cat (I had a cat and got rid of it) she is super close to the cat (she's 5 years old..the cat) and she has a screaming fit everytime I even mention it....but everytime my son goes over there he breaks out in a horrible rash and itches everywhere....I cant have my son in pain, it breaks my heart....I dont know what to do!! Thank you for all your suggestions, and sorry if my wording is confusing...

2007-02-02 00:54:57 · 6 answers · asked by Boom Boom! 6

He is 18 months old. He is very talkative and the pacifier doesn't appear to be affeting his speech at all. In fact he takes it out to talk. He really only uses it when he is tired or cranky. My dad keeps telling me that it's going to turn out bad in the end, but he seems to be progressing just fine. I think that it's a good security tool right now and I'd much rather him suck on that than his thumb. Everyone in my family has had strong "suck reflexes". I just want to know when is too old? If you are against pacifiers in general please don't answer this. I don't want to hear that giving it to him was wrong. I only started giving it to him because he was starting to suck his thumb. Me, my sister, and my cousin sucked our thumbs until we were 5 or over. I don't want that for him so I figured I'd give him something that could be taken away when the time is right.

2007-02-02 00:47:54 · 16 answers · asked by Mommy to Boys 6

hi, my son is only 17months old but he has mre energy than any of the other kids his age that he goes to daycare with, he doesn't have day naps, and he doesn't go to sleep until about 8.30 pm, during the day he tears around running, jumping, climbing and yelling screaming (not in a crying way just an excited i have heaps of energy to get out kind of way), at night he sleeps for a couple of hours before waking up to play for an hour then getting back to sleep, waking up etc until about 6am. he loves playing with older children around 2-4, because he can jump on them an play rough with them, he's not very nice to smaller babies or kids older than 4, and always snatches toys and screams and pulls hair pinches etc, we use timeout consistently but he just screams for the two minutes he's in there (been using the minute per year) and as soon as he's out he's off again, is it normal for this age or should i seek proffessional help?

2007-02-01 22:27:34 · 10 answers · asked by jarellsmom 2

When pregnant does the baby poo inside its mummy?

2007-02-01 21:45:39 · 9 answers · asked by Andy C 2

it only incourages them to keep it up

2007-02-01 21:30:41 · 5 answers · asked by debrasearch 6

I wondered if anyone knows the name when a child just doesnt want to stop eating. Please dont say fat. my daughter is 2 and half and weighs 40 pounds. Her siblings are normal weight. In one week she has gained four pounds. the doctor said just baby fat but I do know there is a disease where you gain for no reason and just cannot stop eating. I have tried the fruits and veggies oh she will eat them to but its like she doesnt stop

2007-02-01 19:44:47 · 7 answers · asked by jerry w 1

She had terrible diarrhea on Monday. Then on Tuesday it seemed to go away but then she was vomiting. My husband came home from work Tuesday too, with the same thing. Yesterday she only vomited once but the diarrhea was back. But last night she was running around and playing and ate a good dinner. Sje got up this morning and ate breakfast. Had soup for lunch and for dinner she asked for soup also. And she was fine. She went to bed around 9PM and just woke up crying, about 20 minutes ago, and vomited all over her bed. I brought her out to the family room and she vomited again.

Since Monday I've spoken to the doctor 4 times and she says it's a virus and to give her Pedialite and make sure she doesn't have a fever ... which she doesn't.

My mom and my sister's 3 kids have this virus too. We're in central NJ ... it's going around. But I feel so bad for her. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make her feel better, besides hugs & kisses?

2007-02-01 19:14:06 · 12 answers · asked by tgfann 3

a seven year old girl and two year old boy.
the girl has stayed at our house many times and enjoys it,
but it will be the first time we have babysat the boy.
how can we keep them entertained ?

2007-02-01 18:56:23 · 8 answers · asked by ? 6

When thechild was brought back,the child smelled musty(as if without a bath in a few days)..and their hair wasn't combed or brushed and smelled sweaty and dirty also.The child was also VERY hungry....Would you send this child to stay with the same person again?...What if it was a grandparent??...How would you handle it when they asked to take your kid again??

2007-02-01 18:52:44 · 14 answers · asked by Direktor 5

I am babysitting a 2 year old boy, who is very hyper, and wears diaper. The boy gets droped of at my house at 12:00 and gets picked up at about 12:30 am or even 1:00 am. So that is 12 hours straight that I take care of him I play with him feed him and bath him. I want to know what is a reasonable price to charge his mother for this amount of time. We had started at $8.00 but I think that that price is to high scince she would end up paying about $100.00 a night and I thought that that amount was to high can you give me some resonable prices that I can charge. No daycares in my area take care of children 12 hours 5 days a week and 1 day out of the week end.

2007-02-01 16:47:26 · 9 answers · asked by Dee R. 3

My 13 month old daughter is still being rocked to sleep at night. She refuses to lay in her crib and fall asleep. She cries and cries until you get her up. It is even hard to try to rock her, she just wants to stay up, even when she is tired. Any suggestions on how I could help her go to sleep on her own? She has an older brother (2 1/2) and I know she is excited and wants to play, but how do I get her to go to sleep with less fight?

2007-02-01 16:26:57 · 19 answers · asked by jakobnjaelyn 1

when i say no to my son he just looks and smiles at me but then when my husband says no he listen i think it may be the deep voice but i cant make my voice that low and when i do i smile and he thinks i am joking then what do i do to get him to listen

2007-02-01 16:14:40 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter runs my household! She thinks she can do what she wants when she wants! She doesnt listen she thinks discipline is a game! Ive tried everything! I am a homemaker so i am always there! She has my undying attention 24/7 other then when she is at her dads! She is very destructive wakes up at 4am and gets out of her room and gets into everything! She hits, kicks, bites, screams, yells! I thought getting rid of my abusive ex would make a difference but it seems like since he has been gone its gotten so worse! Help me im at my wits end! I have a 2 year old son who listens and behaves unless his sister gets him to get in trouble! Anyone else have this problem?
any solutions?

2007-02-01 15:33:16 · 17 answers · asked by ? 3

What do you think of that? He drinks from a sippy cup all day just fine but his mom insists that he needs a bottle of milk before bed. (not in bed).

2007-02-01 15:17:09 · 10 answers · asked by Baby Julie due 5/12 3

i have a hell of a time trying to get her to sleep she starts head butting me, biting me, and slapping my face, she kicks as well, it takes me a good 45 minutes to try and calm her down, before she will eventually will go to sleep, and when she is asleep she tosses and turns and ends up sideways in her crib. can someone please tell me why she is doing this, it has just started the last 2 weeks.....please help me

2007-02-01 14:40:31 · 3 answers · asked by hogan522 2

Does anyone know if it is safe to feed a toddler rare (just pink, not bloody) beef? I don't plan to feed it to her on purpose, but the other night she wanted a bite and it got me wondering whether or not she could eat it.

2007-02-01 14:16:12 · 16 answers · asked by Johnny Johnny 2

Will this hurt her ear more or do anything else?

2007-02-01 13:58:22 · 22 answers · asked by ann 1

I'm trying to compile a top ten list of reasons to get out of babysitting for friends. I don't want to get blind-sided and not have great excuse next time. I have two kids and just don't enjoy watching others kids...especially ones with grandparents that live with them. Please help and be creative.

2007-02-01 13:51:08 · 62 answers · asked by Report Abuse 3

My 22 month old son has a little bit of green stuff coming out of his eye. What could be wrong and how do I treat it?

2007-02-01 13:47:03 · 14 answers · asked by mommy_2_little_man 2

i have a 3 AND YR OLD BOYS. AND THEY DONT LISTEN TO ME OR MY HUSBAND AT ALL. WE TRIED EVERYTHING. IT JUST SEEMS TO GET WORST. THEYKICK US AND HIT WALLS. DONT SLEEP IN THEIR OWN BEDS. ITS RUING OUR LOVE LIFE BAD!!! IM JUST SOO STRESSED OUT BY THIS AND NEED SOME ADVICE BEFORE I BLOW MY COOL

2007-02-01 13:29:31 · 4 answers · asked by thumbalinapink 1

2007-02-01 13:14:30 · 12 answers · asked by ? 1

I've heard a lot of people say that it is. I'm guessing movies would be bad too. Anyways, how much is too much? My girls get to watch about an hour of tv a day (not all at once), and we have a movie night once a week where my girls, their father and I watch some type of disney movie. I just want to know if this is too much.

2007-02-01 12:25:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

she will go pee but not poop and screams bloody murder if you make her sit till she goes we given rewards and praise but she just wont go please help

2007-02-01 12:05:19 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Thank you :-)

2007-02-01 11:37:07 · 22 answers · asked by Tracie R 2