Toddler & Preschooler - March 2007

im gonna babysit this summer with my friends this summer but i need to take a red cross course are there any in lyndonville or stjohnsbury vermont and if so what time and date

2007-03-24 08:35:38 · 1 answers · asked by I_sell_Carpets 3

Ok. My baby brother is two years old, he turned two on November 28th of 2006. He cannot talk in complete sentences, but he knows about 20 words. Whenever he wants something, he cries to get it. Since half the people in my home do not have the patience to deal with the crying, they give him some food to quiet him up.

I feel this is giving him the wrong message, like"Since i get something everytime i cry, i do not need to talk." What can i do to get him to tell us what he wants without crying for virtually everything? The crying is very loud, and i fear he is getting spoiled. Please give me suggestions.

2007-03-24 08:08:01 · 11 answers · asked by bonycask 2

Yesterday my boyfriend and I heard incredibly loud painfully shrieks coming from our compter room. My son, Ben, was looking at porn! He hasn't had the talk yet but he was sitting there smiling and giggling and oohing and awing. We don't know what to tell him. We even found many drawings of naked people and couples on his drawing table. I dont want my other child seeing this website and I don't want my son to show kids at school. I'm scared and I need help! please what do I do?!

2007-03-24 08:05:54 · 7 answers · asked by Zoey Smith 1

Lately, when my daughter is having a bath she starts to "explore" herself, which in itself I understand is completely normal. My concern is that while playing with herself she sort of pulls on her girl parts and tells me "ouch". I ask her why it's ouch and she just says "hurt". It doesn't look inflamed or anything, so I'm not sure what to make of this. Of course my first thought is that something is going on at daycare, but she's always happy to go there, so I don't think that's it. I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and if I should be concerned. She has no medical problems, I don't think it could be a bladder infection or anything, she isn't showing any signs of sickness.

2007-03-24 07:50:01 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

She was so easy to take care of, never fussed or anything, and one day she just started to be stubborn... She fusses and cries over everything I do! I have to struggle to comb her hair, brush her teeth, wipe her face, give her a bath, change her diaper, get her dressed, feed her... She throws in a fit, squirms, fusses...
I really don't know how to deal with her anymore! I feel like I'm taking care of a totally different child.
Is this normal? When will it get better?

Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

2007-03-24 07:13:10 · 14 answers · asked by Feed the models! 4

my son just turned 3 and he can only say 5-6 words (mom, bye, hi,no,etc.) he has had alot of ear infections we are on his 3rd set of tubes. he receives speech and ot therapy but I really dont see much improvement. he has been in early intevention since he was 19 mon. old that helped some. I have also taken him to a developmental spec. she thinks he is adhd and mixed lang. disorder. i ask about autsim she said no. but sometimes i think he may show some small signs. i noticed he isnt doing things kids his age are doing. please help!

2007-03-24 06:55:39 · 15 answers · asked by b12345 3

2007-03-24 06:10:48 · 18 answers · asked by FiFi 2

my son will turn 14 months on april 3rd and he still will not pick up his food and feed it to himself, he plays with it or throws it off his tray. i have to feed it to him on a spoon or fork he also will not hold a sippy cup unless he is lying down and only if put his hands on the cup. he bites the sippy cup(nuby) and quickly looks away then does it again...how can i make him learn?? i never had to have my daughter learn, she just learned.

2007-03-24 05:14:54 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

my 5 yr old daughter wets her pants and she does it for attention i took herto the docter she has no bladder problem and is perfectly healhy what shoul i do should i punish her

2007-03-24 05:08:59 · 20 answers · asked by kt 2

my son is 19 months...we're just starting the potty training process. right now we're making him aware of where the pee-pee and poo-poo come from, and how to tell when your body need to make pee-pee or poo-poo.

can you suggest any great books or dvds that will help with this.

do you have any suggestions or tips that worked for you.

2007-03-24 05:06:58 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

When do you have usually have kids tested for this my son is 4.5 years old. Most of his immediate family has it. Is this a learned behavior or do you think he may really have it?

2007-03-24 04:48:34 · 10 answers · asked by Heather01Anderson 3

Ok here's the deal... my wonderful 2 year old has a temper ... when we say no he SCREAMS like we are hurting him... and keeps screaming until we either give in or leave the situation. I don't know what to do... tonight we were at the library and he wanted to "play" on the computer but we said no your not aloud. and he just started screaming and wouldn't stop. my husband finally took him out to the car and calmed him down. we can't go anywhere with him without him "wanting " something and not being able to have it and then having a FIT. any idea's?????

2007-03-24 04:33:36 · 12 answers · asked by silvercitymum 1

I would really like to start babysitting, but i am 12. I have come to understand most adults will not take a 12 year old seriously. So I would like to start babysitting once i turn 13. I have already taken the redcross babysitter's course. What eles can i do to get prepared to babysit?

2007-03-24 03:56:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Some days he tries more than others and does great, but generally he is not into talking much yet. What do I do?

2007-03-24 03:51:12 · 10 answers · asked by TNP Girl 3

Do toddlers need to be actively played with and taken out and stuff all day long?
I mean like spending the whole day playing, drawing, and doing things with them?
The reason I ask is because I admittedly do not do this with my toddler, I take her out somewhere different each day, playgroups, parks etc, and I do play games with her but a lot of the time she sits and plays next to me while I do housework or watch TV. Right now she is eating cheese and cahtting to me while I type this question.Also daddy plays with her when he comes bck from work

My sister on the other hand never does anything apart from play while her kids are awake, every second she is playing and doing things with them. I don't think thats a bad thing its just that I would find it boring.

Should I be playing with her every second or is it ok for me to do other things while she does her own thing?

2007-03-24 03:25:58 · 35 answers · asked by cigaro19 5

My 2 1/2 year old and running a low grade temp and she says her mouth hurts. Does anyone know if she could still be teething, and is there anything such as 2 year old molars that come in about this time?

2007-03-24 02:47:49 · 6 answers · asked by Spitfire 2

We already lock the door. He just climbs on things to unlock the door. Its not that I don't take him outside. We go outside all the time. I am a stay at home mom. I have things around the house i need to get done. However its when i am doing that stuff is when he runs for it. I can't just stop doing my housework. My husband is scared that he is gonna get out and someone is gonna take him. The cops could get called and He could get taken away fom us by child protective services. We are also renting our house. So we can't do anything to big.

2007-03-24 01:58:02 · 20 answers · asked by Heather D 1

I am babysitting for a 2 year old and a 6-7 year old this weekend. I have never met the kids before so i don't know what they are like

-Any one have any ideas on what to do with them?

- i'm babysitting like 5:30 to 11:00 so no outside games

-i herd from my mom that the 7 year old is hyper

2007-03-24 01:48:26 · 12 answers · asked by justdream_92 1

Bedtime has become something I dread each night now as my two year old will not let me leave the room before he's asleep. He's excited to get ready for bed (brush teeth, PJ's, books, sing, etc.) But when it comes to getting into bed, he freaks out when I say "goodnight" and give him a kiss and he's already out of his bed clinging to my side before I even start for the door. I've tried to be stern, strong & even reason with him, but nothing works. We have a gate at his doorway and he will stand there and cry for Mommy & Daddy. We've let him go for a while, but eventually realize he's not going to stop until we sing him to sleep and then sneak out when we know he's asleep - which takes a while as he's wide-eyed for a .LONG TIME. Then he'll wake up in the middle of the night crying like he had a nightmare every night at the gate. (probably because he wakes up & we're not there to get him back to sleep) We have a 3 mo. old too and try not to wake him up during these events. Pls Help!

2007-03-24 01:17:30 · 12 answers · asked by pattih0308 1

2007-03-24 00:39:48 · 6 answers · asked by Ravi 2

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2007-03-24 00:19:55 · 6 answers · asked by Nilo 3

My little one has not started to "officially" talk yet. Should I be concerned? When did your little one begin talking?
Our pediatrician suggested a neurologist who suggested an EEG (which came out normal) and we are due to get an MRI and hearing test next week. Is this going overboard or is this the right thing to do since he isnt talking. He understands what we tell him and learns really quickly I feel but he just doesnt say anything. He can say up and then occasionally will say a series of words (one at a time) but only maybe once a week at most. Any suggestions would really help.
Also the neurologist says it "might" be very mild autism but we dont want to think about that one, since my husband and I feel (along with our family) that he is just not in that spectrum and we hope.
Thanks!

2007-03-23 23:39:10 · 14 answers · asked by Stephanie S 3

I am getting desperate. I don't want to resort to drugs to get them sleeping. Can anyone help?
They slept with me for the first 8 months, then I succeeded in getting one in a cot, but still waking several times a night, and the other has only just moved from my bed permanantly to the cot. She has slept through the last 3 nights for the first time. Fingers crossed it continues.
I wonder if it's because I am still breast feeding? Well, I don't wonder, but that's what my husband thinks the problem is!

2007-03-23 23:10:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-03-23 22:15:11 · 4 answers · asked by Randi Lynn 1

My son is a newborn but I heard that you can teach kids even if they are still small,I want to read those books and be prepared to teach him, another question? is it true that if you teach your kids at young age they will become smarter?

2007-03-23 20:47:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

ok i found a crib by simplicity at walmart on a "rollback" price i really like.. and when it converts to a toddler bed has guard rails included and even a remote control activated mobile.. which i found interesting thing is i have to order it online and the bed is on sale for 120 bucks and im afraid that cheap wont be withstanding quality into the other beds i was looking at .. what do you all think? any moms use simplicity and find the wood not to crappy? TIA

2007-03-23 19:54:10 · 7 answers · asked by unsure24 2

2007-03-23 19:51:58 · 3 answers · asked by krysta 2

My son can drink out of a regular - not sippy - cup, but he's unsure of himself and insists he will spill if it doesn't have handles on the side for him to firmly grasp. I have only one such cup and I'd like to find more, but I think I got the one I have years ago from a $1 store or something. It's like the "old-fashioned" baby cups, but I want plastic, not silver or pewter or porcelain. I'm looking for function, not decoration. I can't find it anywhere. Anyone have any ideas? I know a lot of sippy cups have handles, but I'm not washing any of those little valves anymore - not if I don't have to. And if you just take off the lid, most have the grooves at the top where the lid would screw on - that won't work. Any ideas on other easy-to-hold plastic cups, if ones with handles just don't exist anymore?

2007-03-23 19:40:49 · 5 answers · asked by Rachel D 2

My daughter fall from bed in the night with fore head down. She cried very hard for 10 minutes. There is no visible injury and activity level is good. Is there a need to consult doctor and what can be the internal damage that can happen

2007-03-23 19:02:35 · 11 answers · asked by manishb74 1

Are there any parents out there with children that are autistic ?!
I would like to know the age that it was diagnosed ? And if there were any signs or symptoms that led you to suspect your child was autistic. My 3 year old son is verbally slower than kids his age.

2007-03-23 19:01:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous