Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.
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Kids Website, is it a good idea?
My daughter is just 4 months old. Being a software developer, I register two domains on her name, as soon as her name is finalized.
Now I was looking for some really eye catching kid website ...
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3answers
237 views
How do we choose when to start kindergarten?
Each school has its own cut off for kindergarten. When a child falls on or very close to that cut off what criteria should you use to determine which kindergarten class he should go in. I know both ...
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3answers
305 views
How can I pick my son up from daycare without a struggle?
My son is 26 months old, and goes to an in-home daycare with 5-6 other children.
He does very well there, and gets along with the other kids without serious problems (there are the conflicts over ...
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1answer
169 views
When you don't think (grand)children are getting the care they need
My neigbor is now a grandmother of two little girls about whom she is very concerned.
Relevant backstory:
The grandmother/neighbor was an adict to multiple things while she raised the mother of the ...
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1answer
87 views
No BM control; what does this mean for training?
My daughter is 2 years, 7 months old, and we started potty-training her two months ago. She's gotten to the point where she's great at peeing - not only no accidents, but all-around promptness, ...
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28answers
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How can I brush my toddlers' teeth when he won't let me?
My toddler doesn't like to get his teeth brushed. How do I get him to be more cooperative?
He knows it's part of the bedtime routine and doesn't try to avoid it. He will happily grab and hold out his ...
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4answers
172 views
What is the best strategy for adjusting an toddler's sleep cycle during Daylight Savings?
With Daylight Savings coming up, we are worried about getting our son transitioned to the new time.
How do we get him to sleep an hour later, when we're struggling with keeping him from waking up ...
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2answers
377 views
How do you handle a toddler that refuses to say 'sorry'?
My two-year-old son is generally exceptionally well-behaved and polite.
He was saying "please" and "thank you" at a very early age, and would apologize if he had problems sharing or accidentally hurt ...
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7answers
217 views
How do we teach our 1 yr. old that “no” isn't a game?
We have a little girl that's almost 13 months old. She's found that when she touches a power cord or near an electrical outlet and we say "no" that it's a bit of a game. She gets a funny smirk on her ...
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9answers
591 views
How can I get my toddler to eat as well for us as he does at daycare?
My son (currently 23 months old) attends an in-home daycare 5 days a week. The daycare provider cooks homemade meals for the kids, and provides snacks.
By every report she gives, our son gives her ...
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6answers
7k views
How to handle a toddler does not want to fall asleep?
My 2½ year old son does not want to sleep, regardless how tired he is. He will do anything and everything he can think of, just to avoid falling asleep. It usually takes 1-1½ hours (sometimes even ...
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6answers
1k views
How to teach bike riding with a balance bike
We got our son a balance bike (small wooden pedal-less bike) for his third birthday. These seem to be the modern way of teaching bike riding.
At the moment he sometimes will 'walk' the bike for few ...
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3answers
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How does one “Toddler-proof” hotels while away from home?
With the holidays fast approaching, I was wondering about toddler safety mechanisms for families that are traveling. Bind drawstrings, open outlets and the typical safety concerns might be an issue. ...
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3answers
606 views
Embarrassing experience with my nephew; Should I tell his parents?
I thought a lot about whether to post this or not. In addition to being personally embarrassing it happened long time ago and is quite a "localized" question. However there might be a benefit in ...
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3answers
353 views
How can I encourage my toddler to walk and not be carried?
My 2½ year-old is a very capable walker, but often he decides he just doesn't want to do it.
Usually, when we go out, he goes in the push-chair. But sometimes he wriggles and screams until we are ...
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9answers
582 views
Should a parent tell their child that father christmas is not real?
Christmas time is looming and I am currently having a debate with a co-worker on the topic in the question title.
She believes that you should tell your child from a very early age that there are a ...
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3answers
632 views
Toddler: How to remove “over” attachment for Mom?
We have a 3 year old son. During the last few months we have observed him being strongly atached to his mom. Where ever he goes, he needs his mom. He cries like crazy at any time he notices she is ...
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3answers
804 views
Why not let a toddler share a bedroom with a baby?
We have a 2 year old daughter and now we expect a baby in November. After the initial few months, when the newborn will be sleeping in our bedroom, we could put both children in one room together. ...
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9answers
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When should I transition a 2 year old toddler from the cot to a bed?
My son turned 2 today, and we have been considering for a long time to transition him to a bed. Specially since he already sleeps in a bed at the daycare.
I am afraid that he will not want to stay in ...
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2answers
168 views
How and when can you teach a child to use an “indoor voice”?
We don't generally tell my son to be quiet, as its rarely necessary (despite his being extremely vocal). We want to encourage communication and his ability to express himself.
However, there are ...
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7answers
528 views
How to react to “cruelty” of a toddler?
My son is two and a half years old and is not in general of the violent type. However he regularly enjoys showing "cruelty". By that I mean that regularly when he "by accident" (let's stay positive) ...
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1answer
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How to quell toddler's fear in time of emergency?
Suppose the alarm is starting and we must reach shelter as soon as possible for fear of falling missiles.
Our 2 y/o daughter understands most words and conditions, but I can't think of a good way to ...
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6answers
406 views
Is the Rosetta software a good tool for teaching a toddler foreign languages?
I have the full version of the Rosetta cd with many languages.
I understand that young children absorb information like a sponge - so if I wanted to teach my daughter languages which I do not know, ...
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3answers
929 views
Encouraging my 2-year-old to play independently
My little boy is 2½, and has never been very good at playing by himself.
When we take him to play-groups he won't ever go more than a few feet away from us at any time; At a party last week, he ...
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4answers
162 views
How to promote individual play for a toddler?
Does anyone have any tips on how to promote independent play, so our son will learn to (or get used to) play by himself?
Our son is quite a demanding child who is constantly asking us to play with ...
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11answers
702 views
How to deal with a child in an “I can't” phase?
A 3 1/2 year old child has entered an "I can't" phase. He says "he can't" about things he really can do. It becomes hard to detect when to help or not help, because you're supposed to help children ...
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5answers
378 views
How do you respond to minor injuries?
I have a 21-month-old daughter. Sometimes (not always), if she bumps her head, or stubs her toe, or whatever, this results in crying and asking to be held (and not wanting to be put down once the ...
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4answers
712 views
How not to lose patience with toddler
I am wondering how not to be harsh with a toddler. With all the love I have for my boy, I do lose patience and get angry with him once in a while! Any ideas on how to deal with such a situation.
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5answers
280 views
Should I encourage my 2½ year old to attempt to “read” his own stories?
My little boy is 2½ now, and has enjoyed being read to at bedtime since he was small.
But lately he's started refusing to be read to at all. Instead he says "No, I want to read it" and takes the ...
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2answers
154 views
How can you teach a toddler about pain without actually inflicting any in return?
My daughter is entering those 'terrible twos', and as a father I want to find the method of teaching her discipline and self control that really gets the point across. For most behaviors, my wife and ...
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2answers
238 views
Should we worry about my toddler accidentally banging his head against the sides of the crib?
Our son is 18 months old and sleeps in a crib. He sleeps well, but he moves around a lot and really "explores" the crib's space during the night! This isn't a problem per se, but it often causes him ...
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2answers
166 views
How to get son to stop chewing upper lip?
My son (2.5 years old) recently had a cold and his upper lip got sore. He took to biting it. His cold is now gone but he keeps chewing his upper lip and it hasn't healed yet. We keep putting salve ...
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7answers
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One room for each son, or one bedroom and one play room?
My family just +1'd itself. The newborn sleeps with us in the master bedroom for now, but we will move him when he's a few months old and no longer requires attention several times each night.
Our ...
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1answer
135 views
What are the proper precaution for using cow's milk to feed babies?
There's a great guide for using pumped breastmilk...in it, there are tons of guidelines for:
How long it can be kept after it has been heated up?
If a baby didn't finish a bottle, how long before ...
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4answers
176 views
What should be done when your child wakes up from a nap and is extremely irritable?
We have a daughter who takes naps and (usually) wakes up extremely cranky and irritable. She is 1 month away from being 3. Because she is so irritable, she'll usually cry when she wakes up. Depending ...
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3answers
1k views
Getting a kid to tell you Before they go to the bathroom
we have a 2 year old and we've been trying to do some potty training. She is very interested in using the potty and likes underwear. She also is very aware of when she goes. She'll tell us right after ...
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4answers
674 views
Can a toddler tell if their mother is pregnant?
My wife is in the early stages of pregnancy with our second baby. Our daughter, who is 1 year and 5 months old, has been acting unusually cranky.
Some family members have mentioned that she's ...
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3answers
628 views
Attention-promoting activities for a toddler
ADD runs in our family ("in fact, it practically stampedes"), and I'm starting to see my toddler's attention become more and more difficult for him to control; he's beginning to have difficulty ...
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1answer
148 views
Retrain toddler to potty?
My toddler was using the potty frequently when he turned about 2.5 years, then after Memorial weekend, he suddenly stopped going. He seems to hold it forever and is very stubborn. I haven't had him ...
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1answer
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My 4 year old likes to hump my 15 year old brother's leg
I'm a 24 year old mom and my 4 year old son likes to hump my 15 year old brother's legs.
When my brother is sleeping my son will go into his room and start to hump his legs.
I don't think this is ...
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6answers
544 views
Toddler always get close to the TV, might it point on bad eye sight?
My 2 years old daughter love to watch TV so we let her do that sometimes. We always ask her to sit on the couch which is ~2 meters away from the TV and she do that, however after few minutes she will ...
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9answers
18k views
How do you know when it is time to take a child to the Doctor?
Our children have recently been sick and I am wondering when is the right time to take them to the doctor. They both have had runny noses with coughs, diarrhea, and fevers off and on for a week, ...
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6answers
208 views
How do you keep up with a toddler?
My son is 2, and is seemingly a perpetual motion machine.
He constantly wants me to "play cars" (we stand at a window sill and smash matchbox cars into each other), play "tag" or "chase me" around ...
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4answers
357 views
Is potty-training in 3 days possible?
I want to potty train my 2-year-old, and I read about The 3 Day Potty Training Method which claims is possible to do it in 3 days! Has anyone tried this method?
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2answers
138 views
How do you respond to a toddler who insists on having you do their activities for them?
We have a 3.5 year old and a 2.5 year old and they're both exhibiting this behavior:
They prefer to watch mommy and daddy play rather than do it themselves. I think it started with drawing, we'd show ...
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2answers
192 views
Signs a child is “over scheduled”?
I read all over that kids like routine but how can you tell if they are "over scheduled"? But I also read it is good to take your kids out and "explore". I have lately been taking my child to story ...
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4answers
151 views
How to encourage toddler to not throw food?
My wife and I are blessed with fifteen month old twins. They are generally well-behaved, but have recently started to throw food from their highchair trays. We have two dogs who are very pleased with ...
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4answers
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My 1yr 3month old daughter crying every night
Don't know what could it be but my daughter keeps on crying every night.
She's sleeping and suddenly she starts crying.
Hungry ? (She drinks her last bottle of milk around 8pm.)
Maybe teething? (every ...
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17answers
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What are some do's and dont's for an effective bedtime ritual?
I think most parents agree that it's helpful to follow some fixed ritual when putting a child to bed.
What elements in such rituals are particularly useful, and what should be avoided?
There are ...
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6answers
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Moving with our bilingual child
We are two German parents and we are living in an English speaking country. With our child - who just turned three - we speak German, whereas all other people (our friends, his friends, the kids in ...
