Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.
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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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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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What should I do when my toddler climbs out of her crib at night to play?
So at night time, sometimes my 22-month-old daughter is climbing out of her crib and then playing. I was thinking of these options:
Letting her play until she gets tired and falls asleep on the ...
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How to encourage speech development
I have a three year old boy. At home we speak our native language to him and in nursery he speaks English. He seems to have very good understanding of what we say in our native language and reasonable ...
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Online resources of quality cartoons for toddler
while watching TV may not be the ideal activity for our children sometimes it is acceptable trade off.
Please help me find some legal online resources of quality cartoons for toddler.
In my case: ...
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Should we use a smiley chart to reward/punish our toddler?
Possible Duplicate:
How to operate a successful “Star Chart”?
Our nanny came up with an idea today to create a sort of table for our daughter, where they would draw a sun or ...
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How can I teach my toddler to ride a pony she's scared of?
This weekend I took my 3yo daughter for a pony ride. She is very independent and social-able kid
and I expected there would be no problem, but she had refused to sit on the pony because were very ...
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5answers
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Can my 18 months old boy learn from watching movies?
Everyday, my 18 months old boy is always asking to watch a movie by coming to my laptop and requesting to watch movie by talking with his baby talk style. I have a good serial cartoon movies for him. ...
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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
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Two year old afraid to go on potty
My two year old has started potty training and is pretty good about going pee on the toilet but really struggles when it comes to going poop. She will hold it in and lay on the ground holding her ...
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5answers
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How old does a child have to be to start using a pacifier?
I guess I'd have to say I'm still struggling with this question, which is why I'm throwing it out here for others to answer: what is your feeling on giving pacifiers to young children, and how old ...
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How can we address lapses in potty training during afternoon naps?
Our two and a half year old daughter was potty trained fairly early just before she became two. This went quite smoothly, and after a few weeks she had almost no accidents. During her afternoon naps ...
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15 mo old son becomes very fussy every evening when I come home from work
I'm a working mom of 15 month old baby. We are lucky to have our grandmas to help us babysit our child while me and my husband are at work.
Recently we had a grandma's swap, one grandmother left for 2 ...
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4answers
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What is the best way to deal with a 16 month old who started hitting? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you discourage a toddler from hitting people?
Out of the blue my 16 month old son has started hitting his sister (4 year old) and other kids when he is frustrated ...
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4 year old is wetting the bed a year after finishing potty training
My daughter just turned 4 year old has been wetting the bed several nights a week for the last month. She's been potty trained for almost a year and previously hadn't had a night accident in at least ...
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4answers
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What is the right age to put the toddler to (pre-)school?
I have read a lot about Pre-school, Nursery, etc. But there is still lot of confusion on what should be the right age to put my kid to school (He is two currently)
Is there a scientific research or ...
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How do we teach our toddler that it's okay to go on the potty?
My son has been potty-training for about a month or so, with pretty good results. It started with a few days of wearing underwear instead of a diaper, and having accidents, since he didn't know how ...
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what is the best way to potty train a little boy?
So I was trying to find out the best way to potty train our son, since i know boys sometimes have a harder time learning than girls. I was thinking of just teaching him to sit when he is ready to ...
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What qualities should one look for when choosing picture books for young children?
Many picture books wind up on children's bookshelves that are only looked at a few times and then they sit there collecting dust - never revisited.
Buying books for kids (especially when they aren't ...
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2answers
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Are “Potty Parties” generally effective?
A couple I know recently threw a "potty party" for their three-year-old son. The general idea is outlined here, and is that you dedicate a day to intensive potty training.
Some of the main ideas ...
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What are the risks of surgery for a tongue-tied toddler?
My son is 22 months old and he is several tongue-tied. We only found out because I have a 4 month old and when he was first born they noticed he was tied, and asked if our other child was.
My 22 ...
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1answer
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Toddler having a kind of facial spasm/seizure
I have twins aged 14 months. Recently my wife observed that one of them while sitting on her lap was (not sure how to explain) having a kind of seizure/ facial spasm. His mouth was open for a while ...
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Our baby crys in the middle of the night
After reading some websites, we're concerned that our 17 month old daughter might have night terrors. She wakes up 2-3 times in the night.
What could be going on? What can we do?
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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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When is too young to give up the nap?
My 21 month old sometimes refuses to nap. She will play in her crib but won't sleep. She is then miserable come 4pm but by then it is too late for nap. When she doesn't nap she falls right asleep ...
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When can a toddler be taught that dropping unwanted food on the floor is unacceptable?
Teaching a young toddler to eat solids can be challenging, particularly when they reach the stage where they want to control the feeding, and insist on feeding themselves.
It is also messy.
Lots ...
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How do we ensure that our toddler is getting proper nutrition now that he is eating more solid foods?
My son is 15 months old, and has been eating an increasing variety of solid foods. However, we are having a hard time getting him to eat normal "meals".
His favorite foods are more in the category ...
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1answer
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Please help: my 3 year old won't stay in her bed!
Well this started about 3 months ago and it's been on going no matter where my daughter stays! She's an absolute diamond going to sleep but staying asleep is a different matter.
I'm pregnant with ...
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2answers
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Should I make my child respond to me in my language?
In my family (including extended family), everybody speaks both German and Danish. It also means that everybody can speak whatever language they happen to prefer, and we even throw in a word from the ...
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Toys for a 1 year old [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to better engage myself with my 15 month old
This is my first child, and she is getting now 1 year old.
What type of type of toys can a father or mother to play to ...
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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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How to teach a child to “tell” when she needs to go to the toilet?
My cousin's daughter is now 3.5 years old. She still uses diapers all the time and does not tell ever that she needs to go to the toilet.
So, I wish to know how to teach a child from the beginning ...
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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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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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Is it recommended to use warm water for bathing my baby?
I don't know whether this is a good habit or not for my baby.
But my wife is always taking our baby a bath using warm water.So when the time we would to take our baby to swim in the pool, our baby ...
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What do I do when the timeout method isn't working? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What do we do when timeouts are not effective?
My littler girl just turned 2 but is as smart as a whip! I am having trouble with the timeout method. I am being ...
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Should extra milk be given to 2-year-old at bedtime if not eating solids well during the day
Our little boy is 2 years old, and we are still giving him a large amount of formula milk at bed time.
He is not a good eater, and we don't want him to get hungry in the night.
Is it recommended to ...
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What should parents know about “flat feet”?
Our son was flat footed with very little arch. His pediatrician was not concerned.
In preschool, he complained of discomfort when wearing shoes with an arch support. By age 9-10, his condition ...
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Music player for toddlers [closed]
Could someone recommend a music player for a toddler? The main features I am after are:
It should properly play mp3 and have some interface to upload them from a computer
It should have either no ...
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Does moving have a negative impact on young children?
I'm wondering about the impact of moving homes on my daughter who is only 2 and a half.
My wife claims that it is better to stay in one place because of stability for our daughter.
But I think that ...
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How do you get a toddler to brush her teeth?
My 2-year-old daughter used to brush her teeth without problem. Now all of the sudden she fights not to. My wife gave up after a few days. I decided to take the simple approach and ask her if she ...
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6answers
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How can I move my toddler's interest from toys to playmates?
My kid is 2 years and 9 months now. For a year now we've been in USA and we were buying him electronic toys (buttons, music, lights, shapes, numbers), so he is very sharp at those, he can say number ...
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4answers
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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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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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What features should I look for in an infant or toddler bath tub?
My wife and I are on our third infant/toddler tub, and haven't liked any of them.
We started with the safety first tub that slides open with the frog sponge. It leaked. Next up was the Summer ...
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My toddler is waking up with crust on the inside of her eyes, should I be concerned?
Recently my 3 year old daughter is waking up with crust on the inside of her eyes and a little on her lashes as well. This isn't pink eye (as she has had that already and her eyes are not pink at all ...
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How do you keep a toddler safe around water?
we recently moved to a bigger apartment complex which has swimming pool, play area etc. My son who is 2yrs 9 months is very excited about the place. Most of the times he sticks to the play area ...
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4answers
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Is giving my toddler a mobile phone to chew on bad for his health
As one of the methods I use to distract my wee fella when we are changing him etc is that I give him my mobile (cell) phone. He immediately puts it in his mouth and it keeps him entertained for the ...
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3answers
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Will a 12-18 month old understand a baby is on the way?
My first son is 12 months old and I'm expecting another child who will be born when my son is 18 months old. My son is fairly verbal for his age. He understands phrases like, "Put the ball in the ...
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What are appropriate methods for disciplining a primary schooler for lying?
When a child lies there a few common reasons why they may be doing this:
To see what happens
because it is fun to tell stories that they don't really realize are lies
to get someone else in trouble
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