Toddler & Preschooler - May 2007

He freaks everytime I mention a bath or shower. Once he is in the water he likes it and has fun. The problem is convincing him to get in the water w/ out kicks or screams. ?????

2007-05-30 06:21:54 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

he is 21 months

2007-05-30 06:15:09 · 20 answers · asked by terri 1

she has a habit of ignoring wnat i say and simply harassing me until i give in

2007-05-30 06:07:21 · 7 answers · asked by Alan W 2

how can you take a shower when your 1 and 2 yr old are awake and get into everything all the time when unsupervised. and when you are home with only them?

2007-05-30 05:44:19 · 47 answers · asked by tiffany s 1

he understands you when you speak to him but all he does is point he laughs and play with other but he his just not saying any words

2007-05-30 05:16:45 · 10 answers · asked by terri 1

Okay I have this friend who's not a real close friend who has a 3 year old daughter. Anyhow her daughter has started calling my son her little brother. Her mother thinks it's cute and encourages it. I'm not so sure that I'm okay with it as my son isn't able to understand what a sister is right now. He will eventually as he has a 17 year old half-sister. Should I let it go and let it or should I say something? If I should say something what should I say?

2007-05-30 04:56:51 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

please help me i have two under two and i have no time for me i cant even take a bath alone im lucky to get one day a month for me and i swear im losin it i love my kids and my husband but i need a break too all i do is cook clean and change diapers and LISTEN TO SCREAMING 24 HOURS A DAY i need help finding some me time what do i do i feel like such an awful mom because i need a break i feel like i dont deserve it becausse i had my kids i should be the only one to take care of them but its hard the only interaction i have is with my kids because i am a stay at home mom so its just hard all i hear is baby talk all the time what do i do i need some me time desperatly but i feel so awful for thinking that much less saying it plus me and my husband fight constantly because im always to tired to have sex so im very scared that he will cheat on me because his sex drive is HUGE please help me give me all the advice u can i need it please
thank you
kat

2007-05-30 04:41:44 · 13 answers · asked by kat 3

she loves to color, but i don't want her using pens/pencils

2007-05-30 04:21:13 · 8 answers · asked by dflannery715 2

My 2 year old son has been sleeping through the night for about a year and has recently started wakin up in the middle of the night and I can never get him to go back to sleop in his bed so he always ends up in ours... in our bed especially in the morning time... he constantly is diggin his toes and feet either up my shirt, down my shorts in my back bone in my ribs... you get the picture... and its not just annoying it kinda hurts.... then during the day he is constantly on top of me... he has to be touching me in some way... most of the time it is on my lap with his head directly in front of mine so I cant do anything but dig his hair out of my mouth... and when I try to move my head around his... he knows and puts it right back in front of mine... I'm a stay at home mom and don't have any family around to watch him... I just need him off of my lap or leg or arms so I can get some house work done without it bein 12 at night... PLEASE HELP!!!

2007-05-30 04:01:29 · 15 answers · asked by luvsick143 2

My little boy is 3 and a half, he has always been the same since he was born, but just recently he has started refusing to go to the toilet because he says it hurts. I have given him fruit and even tried syrup of figs, but he is complaning his tummy hurts and refusing to go again, any suggestions...?

2007-05-30 03:18:37 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter is 2 1/2, and has used the potty a few times. She was really excited about it at first, then a few months ago, she lost interest. Every time we talked about it - discussed putting on big girl pants, sitting on the potty, etc. - her response was always "No mom, I'll go on the potty when I'm three."

That was no big deal for me, I just figured I'd wait - but now her daycare that she goes to part time says that if she's fully potty trained by July that she can move up to the preschool room, which is a huge tuition break - incentive for us!!

My question is, I know the harder you push, the more they resist - but we could really use the tuition break right now. I've tried all the tips - she's picked out her own undies, she has the sticker chart, we've tried M&M rewards - everything I can think of. She's capable of using the potty, she just plain doesn't want to.

Anything else I can try to get this done ASAP? Thanks!

2007-05-30 02:38:37 · 8 answers · asked by fuffernut 5

to a little tap on the hand when he is doing something wrong. As a social worker, i have told many of my clients that it is not abuse or illegal to spank their children, at least for now. And I would stress the importance in establishing authority with their children in order to maintain control. I get out raged with i see people lobbying for parents to stop spanking their children. Do you think they are trying to take away our rights as parents? Do you think spanking is breeding criminals, or lack their of? I think about my little old maw maw telling me before i had my son to start popping his hand very early and that would establish my authority in the beginning and this has seemed to work because he is such a well behaved little boy. How thin of a line is there between discipline and abuse? I don't think it is as thin as most people now do, but i would like to hear what you think.

2007-05-30 02:24:54 · 30 answers · asked by micah z 4

I hate myself for thinking along these lines but we live in a world where sadly nothing surprises us anymore.

There's something about the McCanns that makes me very uneasy, if my child had gone missing through my own neglect I would be inconsolable and consumed with guilt not globe trotting around the world, nor would I have the where with all to arrange funds etc. Something just doesn't seem right, there are so few clues as to Madeline's abductor, maybe because there isn't one?

2007-05-29 21:13:17 · 24 answers · asked by sue denham 1

do you belive in spanking a 2yr old if they wont listen to you

2007-05-29 15:15:18 · 25 answers · asked by kelsi 1

My daughter who is now three has been talking for about a year now....she has been doing really well.....saying three to four word sentences and picking up new words every day...but for the past several weeks now she has been stuttering almost every word she says.....my doctor says that it is because she has so much going on in her brain that her mouth can't keep up....i was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what they did about it.....thanks

2007-05-29 13:58:07 · 15 answers · asked by blah blah blah 5

Is this normal?? I really think she is strange for allowing this 7 year old child to basically "chew" on this pacifier when she stays over, especially for weeks at a time. My hubby's brother just shrug's his shouders and allows this to go on because he doesn't want to upset mum. Mum gets upset at the slightest fits and gets worried. This kid is also a very spoiled and cheeky kid as well and gets whatever she wants. Is this normal? Any ideas??

2007-05-29 13:41:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-29 13:36:25 · 5 answers · asked by Sophia B 1

My son seems to want to hit us or himself in the face. He also does this to our cat. He isnt trying to be mean so I dont understand why he is doing it. Help!

2007-05-29 12:39:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

My two year old daughter will be tested next week for Autism. I played softball for years and all through college always assuming my kids would follow. I was just talking to someone about softball and it hit me, if my daughter is Autistic will she be able to play sports with the other kids when she gets older? Is there a special league? While this sounds selfish, I'm new to this and questions are flowing out of me. Does anyone know or have an Autistic child playing sports?

2007-05-29 12:37:24 · 4 answers · asked by mykidsrcuter 3

My 2 yr. old daughter just all of a sudden one day had diareah and she had for 10 days when I took her to the dr. and then I took stool samples in and they came back saying they found a parasite. She has started her med. but she has had diareah for 3 weeks now. Is she contagious? How could she have gotten it? Has anyone else been through this? Also, we have not left the country and she is not in daycare.

2007-05-29 11:01:37 · 1 answers · asked by 3J&2A 3

My son knows what he has to do to go on the potty, will pee but not poop. If I push him, he holds it. If I let it go he never wants to sit and try. What do I do??? He went 4 times, 2 months ago and 1 time last week for a friend. Please help. I'm afraid he will be 14 and still in pull-ups.

2007-05-29 10:16:24 · 14 answers · asked by wissa 1

My son fell about 2 hours ago, and he hit the corner of the door. So he had a huge indention and it didn't break open, just scratched, but it's purple/blue, and really swollen. Right in the front side of his head. He's getting sleepy now. Should i let him go to sleep? again it was about 2 hours ago, he acted fine afterwards, talkin and playing like normal. Should i worry or take him in to the ER?

2007-05-29 10:04:08 · 13 answers · asked by lil_guicho216 3

2007-05-29 09:58:29 · 12 answers · asked by Kathleen K 2

I have a soon to be 6 year old who has been having very vivid dreams since about the age of 3. At first we thought it was night terrors but it is not as severe as night terrors. Most of the time the dreams are just ways of reliving a situation that occurred that day, such as getting into an argument over a toy. Sometimes he will talk or yell in his sleep at the person he is dreaming about. I recently spoke to a child therapist who thinks it may be a mild form of a sensory perception disorder where his emotional sense is more sensitive and so some emotions may cause anxiety. Again, he does not lose sleep, he is very social and doing very well in school. I'm just looking for other people whose child may have something similar because I have never heard of anyone else with this issue.

2007-05-29 09:52:00 · 8 answers · asked by grateful living 3

It would be for 5 days a week. I don't want to pay her for the week in case my husband has the day off. So I would instead base her pay daily or hourly. The hours are 2:00 to 6:00 pm. She would drive aproximately 10 miles to get to my house. This is for 2 mild girls 1 and 3 years old.

2007-05-29 09:45:09 · 21 answers · asked by halo 1

One is almost 4 the other is 2 and have been using the "potty" for well over a year. Their friend likes to poop on the rug quite frequently, and now is in my children's daycare (they are not attending at this time) I am at a loss as what to do I need HELP!! I'm loosing my mind!

2007-05-29 08:41:22 · 7 answers · asked by Chriss 1

I've lowered the matress as far as it will go but she's still getting out. Is there a way to prevent this!? We don't want to buy a toddler bed because she's still to young to be able to get up and go around by herself, and she's temporarily sharing a room with her cousin, who's going through the terrible twos.
Any help.would be appreciated.

2007-05-29 07:55:24 · 22 answers · asked by sithgreg 1

My son has been evaluated to see if he may be Autistic and for other disabilities. We're having the big diagnosis meeting this Thursday to see what they say may be the issues. I was just wondering, if I don't agree or just because I feel like I should, How would I go about getting a second opinion? We were referred to this program through his pediatrician, so how can I go around that and who would I go to? Any tips would be very helpful, especially from anyone who is or has gone through this themselves. Thank you in advance.

2007-05-29 07:44:50 · 8 answers · asked by Serendipity#2 2

I have a 2yr old and 4yr old....Ive seen those bathingsuits that have floats all around them - What if the floats makes the child get stuck with his/her face in the water, Do they have weights or anything to make the child float back up? Im so nervous about water...Whats the best way to make sure the kids are safe when we go to the lake?

2007-05-29 07:13:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am going to visit someone who runs daycare out of their home. I just found out, when i called to make an appointment with them, that they live in one of the worse neighborhoods around this area. but the woman was very nice and willing to work with me and my schedule. how can i tell her that i dont feel comfortable with her watching my child because of the neighborhood she lives in.

2007-05-29 07:13:09 · 18 answers · asked by Butterfly86 2