Toddler & Preschooler - November 2007

2007-11-05 05:04:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

My father died in 03, and my mother was abusive to me as a child. My husbands family lives in another state, so she spends every day and night with me. She does play with other kids, but I am always there. (most of these play dates are at my home, and I end up babysitting for all the other mothers to go out!) I admitt, I don't want any one else watching her, because of all the bad things that people are doing now. Am I hurting her in the long run though, or will she be fine in pre-k?

2007-11-05 04:37:03 · 11 answers · asked by waterlily 4

2007-11-05 04:29:13 · 5 answers · asked by lilixdrew2001 1

Ok my daughter is 2 1/2 yrs old. Most of the time she is an excellent eater. Sometimes... she get a mouthful of food (usually meat) and chews it til its practically liquid and then spits it back out on her plate! I am just curious if there are other mothers out there that have had their kid do this and what you did to get them to stop. She doesnt usually do this, is she just playing, maybe? She doesnt spit it at me or her daddy, thank goodness lmao

2007-11-05 04:27:39 · 45 answers · asked by justplainsweet83 4

Please dont think im one of those mums who let their children run wild, im not, im just having a hard time getting my 2 year old daughter to listen to me and to do as she is told, how do i get her to listen to me? i dont want to smack so please dont suggest that, i also dont like screaming at kids, i do raise my voice and to a different tone but this doesnt work, the main problem really is we have a really expensive tv and she has the habit of switching it on and off turning the channels over and turning the volume up and down, i cant move it as its attached to its own stand so i cant put it out of her reach, i just dont want it broken.

Also my son, 8 months is starting to copy her.!

Please no nasty answers i generally need help!

Thanks ! xxx

2007-11-05 04:23:02 · 17 answers · asked by Saz 5

He knows he's supposed to use the toilet and does it on occasion, but he'd rather go in his pants. What can I do??

2007-11-05 04:17:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

My 14 month old daughter recently stopped sleeping at night. I sleep trained her at an early age and she was able to fall asleep on her own in the crib but she no longer will do that either. I have tried to let her cry it out again but she has gone for an hour standing in her crib and screaming and crying so hard that she loses her voice and has snot everywhere. I know she is currently getting two of her 1 year molars. Could that have something to do with it? I tried Motrin and Orajel but she still won't sleep. I feel like I am doing something wrong but I can't let her cry longer than an hour!!! Has anyone else experienced this??? Any suggestions???

2007-11-05 03:59:54 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a son that turned 2 in may- lately he is driving me CRAZY!!! All he does is whine... I don't get it. If I ask him what he wants to drink he just cries and points from one thing to another, and then when you finally pour him something he throws a huge tantrum with tons more crying... and wants something else (which he doesn't want as soon as you wash the cup out and pour more) he is the same way with everything- eating which pj's to wear... I have a 5 yr old and she never acted like that- he seems to cry 18 out of the 24 hours... I play with him, take him outside, ect, but he just KEEPS CRYING... anyone else have an oversensitive child like this? If so what did you/are you doing to keep your sanity? thanks in advance

Please no jerky comments- he has what he needs, he doesn't need a new diaper, or whatever rude comments you can think of- you will be reported if you post and crap like that...

2007-11-05 03:56:20 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

My MIL lives about 2 miles from us, which is normally great. She's a sweetheart, and I love that our son gets to see her on a regular basis (at least a few times a week). However, some things are getting a bit out of hand - mainly, the way my son eats at her house, despite the guidelines Grandma knows we have. I speak up, but Hubby won't, and so I am made to be the "bad guy." The other night, my son wouldn't eat his dinner, so Grandma asked if he wanted cookies and ice cream instead. I said no, since he didn't eat dinner. Grandma got up and gave him the treats anyway. Later, she gave him candy without my permission. The next day (he slept over), it was donuts and chocolate milk for breakfast, cookies and Sprite (with aspartame) for a snack, candy and popcorn, a Happy Meal with chocolate milk and fries, followed by more Sprite and cookies. Hubby was there the whole time and shares my beliefs, but won't stand up to "Mommy." What's worse is on the rare times when my wishes are

2007-11-05 03:30:11 · 14 answers · asked by SoBox 7

watching tv and seeing many people with gender identity confusion is scary. we have a 15 month old son and it would be hard to find out one day that he doesn't like girls! I know it's a horrible thought to have, I can't help it.
right now he seems to be really interested in all of Daddy's toys, he has transformers and cars and our son is always pretending to drive them and make car noises and makes roaring noises with tigers and other toys. He also loves my baby doll that I have and he's always trying to help me cook and clean and is always wanting to kiss any little babies that we see out in public. Is it too early to see any signs of gender confusion?

2007-11-05 03:03:59 · 10 answers · asked by JumpingBean 3

i wrote last night about my son's eczema and his vomitting at least twice a week i think he has an allergy to the dog maybe? this morning he got out of bed and he has a rash on his face and on his ears, they are red spots slightly rasied and getting more making them close together, he seems fine in himself apart from gurny probably due to getting up earlier than usual this morning but he seems normal apart from that is there any common rashes that infants get on their faces. im almost positive it isnt a heat rash, and is there any cream i can use on the spots? any help appreciated thanks.

2007-11-05 01:08:57 · 5 answers · asked by .............x.................. 2

The party will be in April. I'm planning ahead, so I'll have plenty of time to visit potential facilities and reserve it before it's booked up. There will be about 9 children attending, most of whom will be 2 years old. We are also planning on 20-25 adults (mainly immediate family and parents of other child guests), so I'd prefer somewhere that does not charge an additional fee per adult. Any ideas or personal experiences (both good and bad) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2007-11-05 00:45:06 · 2 answers · asked by Caleb's Mom 5

I was planning a lecture but didn't know if it would hurt more because a) it has further to fall
or b) because infant heads are fragile.
So it just sounded like a moan. Too late now but can you help?

2007-11-04 21:21:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I go to a mums and tot's group and my daughter 19 months is quiet and never snatches toys she lets other snach off her and the other day an older child was being nasty to her i kept going to my daughter and giving her somthing else to play with etc and moved my daughter just before the girl tried to pinch her .The mother of the other girl was not watching at all.What woul you have done i could not say anything to the girl as she's not mine but i don't like my baby being pushed about and being walked over i don't want her to grow up letting other push her about but don't want her to be a nasty grabing child any ideas thanks

2007-11-04 21:02:45 · 24 answers · asked by noot 3

my 5 y/o son hate veggies... and he don't have appetite to eat... he loves to eat junk foods... which we always say to him "junk foods are not good for health"... but he still ask for it...
we had his annual check up and he weigh same as he weigh when he was 3.5 y/o... how can we make him love the veggies, bring back his appetite to eat and make him healthier ?

2007-11-04 20:03:01 · 17 answers · asked by jhun c 1

I am having a lot of trouble finding plastic sheets for my kid’s beds. I have been to a few shops here (Tasmania, Australia), and people look at me like I am crazy.
I know they exist, because I have a couple which were bought maybe 10 years ago. Just wondering if any of you parents know where I could possibly find them in Australia, maybe over the Internet?
Mine are falling to bits, and my kids have only recently been toilet trained and I don't want them wrecking their mattresses. Any suggestions would be good.

2007-11-04 19:25:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

My daughter will be 1 year old in two weeks. I will be starting her on cow's milk. She will still be breastfeeding. Can anyone tell me how many ounces of cow's milk a day she will need?

2007-11-04 18:19:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 4 year old Daughter. her tantrums have become few and far between, so I take her more places. anyway, last night I went to target with her, When I bring her with we always bring my 2 year old home a surprise for staying home with daddy. Well she wasnt happy about the surprise that I got for her sister so she decided to throw a tantrum right there in the dollar section at Target. At first I tryed to ignor it, thinking that if I started walking away she would follow. (diddnt happen) I left my cart and picked her up to go out to the car. (I also had my 13 year old along so I was going to leave her in the car with him and go back in and pay for my stuff) Anyway, on the way out to the car people were glareing at us. It really made me very angry. Well we got to the car and I had a talk with my daughter, and she promised to be good. we went back in and she was the perfect little girl. my question is, How could I have handled the situation better to please these glareing, perfect

2007-11-04 18:10:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-04 17:12:57 · 12 answers · asked by leriedeleon 1

I know it also depends on if there is space available but if so, do they typically let you start in the middle of the year? My son will be 3 at the end of June and in case he just isn't ready to start in September, I would like to know I could possibly try again when he is 3 1/2 and not have to wait until the entire next year. I know kids change a lot in a short amount of time but so far, my son really doesn't like groups (he's better one-on-one) and I just worry (I'm a worrywart which doesn't help!). Thanks.

2007-11-04 14:37:59 · 9 answers · asked by Starlight 2

Ok...This is just for opinions really. My son is 3 years old, and sleeping in a twin bed. I am getting a king size bed to replace my queen size bed. I was gonna give his twin bed to his sister and let him have the queen bed. I just dont wanna throw it out or give it away. Surely if he can sleep in a twin, he can sleep in a queen. I just don't want him to be freaked out by the size. Then again he may love it! He loves to jump on it. Anyways, Thanks for your opinions:)

2007-11-04 14:27:36 · 12 answers · asked by *Mommy of 3* 4

2007-11-04 13:58:18 · 21 answers · asked by Angela S 3

When my oldest son was a baby, he made up his own language, dubbed Cameronese. He had frequent ear infections that resulted in a partial hearing loss, causing him to only hear a garbled version of what we were saying, so all of his words were kind of warped versions of real words.

He's now six, but still quite a bit behind in the language development.

Anyway, I know I have to correct words and phrases he says improperly, because if I don't, his speech and vocabulary won't improve much, but I hate to have to do it.

It just cracks me up to hear him talking about a "patteran" (pattern), "cookies" (pronounced with the "oo" sound in "boom"), or when he tells me he wants to "take a haircut" (I can see where he got it from, "get" and "take" are often interchangable).

Don't worry, I do correct him so he can learn to speak correctly, but it breaks my heart a little each time he remembers and says it correctly the first time.

2007-11-04 12:09:30 · 15 answers · asked by CrazyChick 7

My son over the past couple months has been having a fit everytime my husband trys to hug or kiss me. He comes running up yelling dont hug my mommy! No kiss my mommy!

My husband and I have a really good realtionship, we dont fuss and dont get any fights and few we do have are when are kids are at grandmas. Oh and yes my husband is the father of my son.
Is this normal for a 4year old boy to want to keep his daddy from kissing or giving me a hug!

2007-11-04 11:37:36 · 12 answers · asked by Lil lady 4

When my son gets excited, sometimes he will put one hand up in the air and say something like "La la la" in some sort of Italian sounding voice and kind of skip across the room. We always joked that he was Italian in another life, but I've never seen kids do this before. He makes great eye contact and loves other kids. He's a little behind in his speech, but we aren't around too many people. He's a very sweet and affectionate little boy, but we have always wondered why he does this little march across the room. Seems like he is trying to express something? He has started talking in more sentences, so I wouldn't think this would be a form of communication. Anyone else had a child who made weird noises with hand gestures???

2007-11-04 11:32:20 · 8 answers · asked by Good Girl 2

When would you stop bathing your kids? My little girl is 5 now and I still wash her hair and give her a good scrubbing to make sure she is clean and doesn't get soap in her eyes. She is allowed to play in the tub for a few minutes before I start getting her bathed.

2007-11-04 11:04:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old.

My 7 year old puts his own clothes away including folded clothes and hang up clothes.

He wipes down the counter in the bathroom when he makes a big mess doing his hair.

He takes a shower on his own used to throw fits but does it well now, sometimes to fast sometimes he takes forever but hey he's getting cleaned.

He wipes the table sometimes, and puts away some of the utensils and he sets the table sometimes.

He does his homework before he plays outside, or watches tv.

My daughter keeps her room clean so does he. Sometimes they need to be reminded but they are pretty good at it.

He picks his clothes out on his own.

She helps me put her clothes away, except the hang up ones due to her not being tall enough :)

Anyways, I was just wondering what your kid's do at their ages. I think mine are doing awesome.

They also say Yes Ma'am and No Ma'am and Yes sir and no sir and that's to my husband which is their step dad. "He is their "daddy"

2007-11-04 10:54:16 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

my b/f's ex has stopped calling to see her son 2 months ago. he is 4 years old and every wednesday he was going to her house. so now on wednesdays when ever the phone rings he asks if it is her and i have to be the bad guy and say no. and you can see his little heart break. so does this lots she will take him for visits and it lasts for a month or so then she stops for 2-4 months at a time. my bf has primerary gfardianship and she has visitation right. how do i explaine to my step son that i dotnknow why his mom isnt calling to visiting

2007-11-04 10:40:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am going to be babysitting a 2 yr old girl starting tommorow, 3 days a week, from 530am until 5 pm. I am charging 50 dollars a week, which includes, breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Im not tryin to make a big profit from this, i know the family and my son loves to play with her, so its kinda like a playmate for him, as well. I thought it was a fair price, but all my friends and family think im crazy for charging so little. Is that really cheap?

2007-11-04 10:30:56 · 13 answers · asked by Jessica 3

Today i took my to kids casey and Tyler to the mall. they're 4 and i knew that the mall had a lot of bad people up to doing bad things. So i had only taken them one other time. And i really wish i hadnt taken them today. I went to coach at the mall to look for a new purse they came in to. And as i was in the checkout line, two boys came up to my kids. They looked like fine kids they looked about 11 years old, they didn't look like they would bother two 4 year olds. They came up to CAsey and said " hey nice toy you got there." she said " yup" and then the other boy said " can i see it please?" and she said " ok but be careful." they said "sure." the boys started faking and saying " oh cool look its pink!" but then they ran out the store with the toy.! Thats when I left the line, The boys were running down the hall and then they ran to the escalator and Dropped the toy right down 5 floors down. they ran for it i couldnt catch them. i got the toy back. what should i have done after?

2007-11-04 09:42:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous