Toddler & Preschooler - September 2007

In the name of love? To teach them to be better people? Can't anyone remember how it felt to be a kid?

Doesn't it seem like common sense that kids get driven deeper into their own world of kid-survival and become sneaky and phony when adults don't make any effort to RELATE to them at their age level?

Why do people think that kids asking for attention is *bad*? Maybe the kid needs attention.

What is the historical explanation for this? Does it stem from Germany? Didn't the English beat the crap out children, and the US was an English colony? Do people in Japan and India do this to their little, little kids?

Does it make you sad?

2007-09-18 08:02:52 · 3 answers · asked by Angela C 2

my two year old son is not sleeping very well at night lately he just wants to stay up and play or watch t.v. these past night i've actually have had to force him to lay down and go to bed please keep in mind i do have him on a schedule and routine every day. after he finally goes to sleep he wakes up about 3 or 4 in the morning "whining" i have to calm him down and try to salvage the rest of the night i would just like some advice on mothers or fathers who have also experianced this.

2007-09-18 07:49:11 · 9 answers · asked by sep101986 1

Or do they wear sandals, flip-flops or go barefoot? Mine always wear athletic shoes with socks. It seems like allot of parents are now allowing flip-flops. From what I have read they are bad for the feet due to their lack of support.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=health&id=5595184

2007-09-18 07:40:42 · 35 answers · asked by ....... 3

My 2 year old son has autism, he cannot speak but babbles,im devastated he is my 3rd child, the other 2 are not austic. Is there something wrong with me i think? He changed after the mmr jab, people say you cannot prove a link, but he changed soon afterwards i noticed.We have gone on the autism early bird course here in oxfordshire england to learn to get the best out of him. But i pray he can talk when he get's older, he communicate's now by pulling your hand to what he want's,and he is so loving,like's to be cuddled and loves to go on the trampoline and jump up and down.What hope for the future is there?

2007-09-18 06:34:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

She's 2 1/2 and she can't stand being wet anymore. She cries and cries whenever she's wet for me to change her "Damper" (diaper & pamper mixed together LOL) Anyway if I leav her in the diaper will it hel with tht potty training. I need to get her out of diapers already!! I know she's ready because she hates diapers and just wants to wear her panties but she always pees in them still. I don't even know how to being to potty train!!

2007-09-18 06:28:32 · 26 answers · asked by I smile because of them ♥ 5

We have gone to soya instead of milk, what sort of food would you recommend? and he is two years old and we live in oxfordshire,england.

2007-09-18 06:24:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-18 06:15:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Any ideas or suggestions...We are taking the kids next month to a wiggles concert. Kids are 4 and 2. We went last year also. And realized you can bring props and stuff for the Wiggles, There is a time when they come through the isles and get everything. Roses for Dorthey the dinosar, and Bones for Wags the dog. We saw someone make a large bone from cardboard last year - We are thinking about that...Any ideas of any signs maybe....Thanxs!

2007-09-18 06:04:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

i'm worried that when my son starts school next fall he'll have to sit in a soiled diaper all day! shouldn't it be a rule that teachers have to change diapers??? is our school system getting lazy????

2007-09-18 05:31:29 · 61 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-18 05:21:32 · 21 answers · asked by susana ocejo 1

I think its odd to have a kids show and its old grown men. I dunno its just seems a little on the creep creep side.

2007-09-18 05:12:16 · 21 answers · asked by stacybear69 2

Does anyone have any tips on giving my son his first haircut? He's 18 months old. Should I do it myself (I cut my husbands hair all the time) or should I bring him to a hairdresser? Are most hairdressers prepared to cut a toddlers hair?

2007-09-18 05:07:15 · 5 answers · asked by misty_dawn1100 3

When I was a child, we had to take our candy to the hospital to be xrayed for razor blades this was back in the 80's but have times gotten worse. How many parents plan on taking their children trick or treating?

2007-09-18 04:19:35 · 30 answers · asked by crymeariver 5

Parenting a toddler, especially one that cannot efficiently communicate verbally yet, can be extremely difficult. Though they are still our precious babies, we need to make sure that they are learning what behaviors are right, and what are wrong. Besides positively reinforcing good behavior, what do you do to make sure that your little one is becoming a respectful, loving child?

2007-09-18 03:22:16 · 7 answers · asked by G is for Grover 3

my milk supply is decreasing more and more. right now my baby is 1 and im guessing she's weaning off herself. so do i give her whole milk from a sippy or something? i feel like that is gonna be hard because she doesn't use a bottle and she's picky.

2007-09-18 02:21:18 · 9 answers · asked by d1mpl3z 2

My son has always been brilliant going to bed at night until we went on holiday this year. He climbed out of his travel cot but wouldnt go back in - he wanted to sleep with his sisters. Since we have been back home its been a nightmare - he wouldnt go in his cot so we got him a bed but wouldnt sleep in it. We put a stairgate in his room (he shares with his three sisters) but he climbed over it. We kept putting him back in bed but he cried so much he woke his sisters up so we ended up putting him in bed with us. Now he wont go to bed unless one of us is with him and half the time he falls asleep on the sofa. We put him in his bed but he wakes in the night and climbs in with us. I am now at my wits end - i have tried bedtime routines, bath, story, bed, etc and nothing is working. I have four other children so i know some of you out there will say "you should know what you're doing" but i have never come across this before, the girls have been so good. Any advice would be most welcome.

2007-09-18 02:00:09 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 2 year old daughter has been potty training and doing pretty well during the day. But she's been wetting the bed every night. I suspect it's a combination of 2 factors: 1) she tugs and pulls at the diaper in her sleep, causing tears and leaks; and 2) she sleeps sometimes in a weird position -- face down, butt in the air, knees tucked under her -- so the pee actually leaks through the TOP of the diaper, all over her belly and chest. Some people seem to recommend duct tape or doubling up on diapers, which we haven't tried. We tried pull-ups instead of a diaper last night, and that didn't help. Any advice? This is very frustrating....

2007-09-18 00:55:16 · 11 answers · asked by scribble-dad 1

He's 19mo, and he drinks 2 cups of milk in the mornng, and like 3-4 cups of sunny D. He has lots of cheese and yogert too.

2007-09-17 16:01:41 · 6 answers · asked by Baby Julie due 5/12 3

i have a 15 month old that has eczema all over her body, can i tak e her to a swimming pool? will a short swim be alright for her skin.....her skin isn't cracked or anything(no open wounds) for the most part, her skin is actually doing pretty good

2007-09-17 15:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 15:02:14 · 10 answers · asked by nubienqueen 1

My 4 year old has had thining hair for a t least a year now. The doc doesn't seem to know why. (maybe it's because she never see's the same one?) I've checked everyhting online and she doesn't have any of the symptoms of the conditions that cause hair loss. She had bald spots at one point but htey have kind of filled in. She also had really dry scalp, but that too has somewhat cleared up. I want to know if any one has any suggestions? She asks me why she doesn't have long hair like me and it makes me feel really bad for her. Her hair is so thin I really can't even put it in a pony tail or style it other than just leaving it down which only makes her feel worse about her hair. Also, I have tried vitamins in case it was a problem with nutrition but it didn't seem to make a difference. Please help! She will be starting school next year and I don't want her to be teased.

2007-09-17 12:33:03 · 4 answers · asked by *~mama mari~* 3

2007-09-17 12:15:31 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-17 12:04:57 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous

Have tried begging, bartering, threatening, putting it in milk, yogurt drinks, juice, applesauce

2007-09-17 10:54:08 · 9 answers · asked by Doodles 7

i am talking as far as developing would a child learn more in a daycare

2007-09-17 10:18:54 · 14 answers · asked by badboysmovensilence 1

My 4 year old son is in headstart. He can say his abc's and count to 10. And is starting to learn how to write letters. But he doesn't know the letters or numbers when he sees them and can not spell his name or wirte it without help. I thought that was what the headstart teachers were supposed to teach them, but the told me today there is some people coming to give extra help to the kids who need it. If the teachers are not teaching them these things then what are they there for? I feel like they are just babysitters if he is not learning these things in class. Anyway, is this normal development for a 4 year old or is he behind?

2007-09-17 10:06:28 · 9 answers · asked by honeybear 5

My son is getting ready to start school next year and I am getting so scared. I don't know how I'm going to get through it. He keeps telling me that he's ready to start school but I really don't want him to go. I know he has a whole year but it goes by so fast. I think he'll do good but I think I might have a panic attack

2007-09-17 09:42:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

we just bought her a big girl bed and now she won't sleep in it if i do not stay in her room and sleep in it with her . we have tried laying in bed with her till she falls asleep but soon as we leave the room she wakes up and freaks right out. she is screaming and crying so hard till we go back to bed with her please give me any suggestions

2007-09-17 09:40:25 · 23 answers · asked by court25 2

My boy is three years olds and has a servere issue with whining, Every thing he does is followed by whining, Now i have tried time outs and there a joke, spanking will not work cause i'd be spanking him all day long and i don't want that. Bribing with a toy or a toy taken away does not work tried that to!! Any ideas on how to get him to stop whining with out bribing him, time outs or spanking? ANY IDEAS WOULD BE APPRICATED!!

2007-09-17 09:10:17 · 4 answers · asked by ashley v 2

My 16mo old is a picky eater she seems to like chicken and green beans and spagetti and anything else with sauce and she likes fish sticks and she likes pancakes but I'm wanting to know what else can I do for meals she won't eat eggs anymore or malt-o-meal or oatmeal for breakfast she likes her dry cereal and I don't know how to make her try something with out throwing a tantrom and i don't want her to eat the samething every morning does anyone have any ideas what I can do? Thank You.

2007-09-17 09:04:47 · 4 answers · asked by marshmellow 2