Questions tagged [toddler]
Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.
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Is it good practice to wake a child up at night to use the potty?
I couldn't find a question that fits this particular scenario.
My 3 year old can use the potty during daytime. Occasionally he needs a reminder, but he is generally quite good at it.
During the night ...
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How can I get my 3-year-old to poop in the potty?
My son just turned 3 and he won't poop in the potty. When he poops in his underwear, he goes to the bathroom, takes his underwear off, dumps the poop in the potty, and flushes the toilet. If some ...
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My daughter hides inside room when guests come to our home
My daughter is 2 years old and usually quite active. However, when guests come to our home, she is kind of very scared, goes inside the room and sits alone. We are a bit worried about this behaviour ...
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Transitioning from Crib to Bed
My almost 3-year-old is still currently using her crib every night. Now that she's fully potty trained (day & night), we are considering transitioning her to a toddler bed, but I am wondering if ...
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Why is my toddler protesting sleep with me and not my partner?
My 21 month old has had a very regular bed time routine for a long time now: dinner > bath > read books > sing a song > lay down in crib (awake) > say goodnight, love you, and leave the ...
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Help and advice needed for 15 month old that doesn't chew properly
My son is 16 months. He eats everything we put in front of him and is not fussy at all. He took to weaning amazingly - its me that is struggling big time. I struggle with anxiety and one of my main ...
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2 year old reverted to pee on floor
When our daughter was 2 years 1 month old she started asking to go to the toilet (she used to remove the diaper by herself and tell us she wants to go).
Up until now she did very well - very few ...
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How should parents handle dominant behaviour of toddler towards other children?
My daugther is almost 17 month old which is our first child and she is not in kindergarten yet (starts in two month). Whenever we go with her on a playground or meet her neighboring friend (same age) ...
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toddler starting to wake up cranky
My almost 3-year-old still naps once a day for about 1-2 hours. Lately, over the past week or so, she's been waking up crying and super needy. Nothing has really changed within her nap routine, she ...
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Toddler's inner conflict with himself
Our son is 2.5 years old. At this age I expected him to start disagreeing with his mother and me, but although he does, occasionally, he seems to be disagreeing with himself more. Especially when he ...
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Potty Training while on vacation- Help
My almost 3-year-old has done a complete 180 since my last potty training question 2 weeks ago. We decided to try the barebum method where she's nude, then commando, then with underwear over the ...
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Traveling with Toddler- during covid tips
My husband and I are planning on flying to another state for the summer with our toddler. I received really good advice on face masks for my daughter and the airline put in some guidelines that appear ...
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Why does my 16 month old daughter cry when we imitate animal sounds?
My daughter is a very curious, interested, and active young girl. She loves animals whether they're in a picture book or real life. She goes nuts when she sees them or hears them (in real life). Some ...
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How to encourage video chatting with family?
During this social distancing and lockdown situation, we have all been going through, we haven't been able to connect with loved ones which has been hard.
It's been especially rough for my parents ...
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Child hates face masks
Now that places are starting to open up a bit more in my state, I am trying to figure out whatās the best way to protect my almost 3 year old when we have to go out in public.
Some things to consider:
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Toddler playing in room instead of sleeping
I have two years' nine-month year old who we recently daytime potty trained. Ever since heās been climbing out of the crib to turn on the light and play with books, toys, or blankets in his room for ...
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How to teach child to recognize his emotions and deal with them on his own
I'm currently just starting to learn this for myself. Growing up in a neglectful and abusive home I never learned to recognize my emotions. Just to surpress everything. This is why I also have a hard ...
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Time between behaviour and consequence, is there a general rule of thumb per age?
I have a two year old; I know that, especially with young children, they don't really connect a consequence in the future with a behaviour now. ("If you do that you can't have dessert after supper", ...
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Potty Training round 1000, help!
My almost 3-year old daughter was doing so well with potty training up until the lockdown 2 months ago. She had a serious regression, where she would take off her diaper and soil on the floor quietly.....
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At what age should à child make sentences? [duplicate]
At what age sould a child make sentences of at least three words ?
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Advice on toddler who won't leave house unless he is wearing his fleece coat
My grandson who is 3 won't go out of the house unless he is wearing his fleece hoodie even in 27 degree heat any suggestions?
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How to design a reward system when there are several kids?
My children ages: 2,4,6 (boy, boy, girl)
I will like to give rewards like puzzles, games, and Lego's. Kids very excited to get gifts as rewards, and they like those things belong to them.
The ...
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How do we introduce a family supper time with a two-year-old who has significant allergies but wants to eat our food?
My two-year-old daughter has significant allergies (dairy, egg, wheat/gluten and peanut) and she's been significantly underweight for the past year (10th percentile). We've had her on a special diet ...
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How do I prevent my grandchildren from throwing a big fit when I leave them after playing with them for a few hours?
My 2-year-old granddaughter and 3-year-old grandson always throw a big fit when I leave them after playing with them for 1-2 hours and it breaks my heart :(
I do tell them that "I will be back", and ...
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Is it normal for a 3 year old to hold his pee during sleep?
Is it normal for a 3 year old to hold his pee during sleep for the whole night so he doesn't wet the bed. He seems to struggle doing it? I try lifting him to pee but he just throws a tantrum and ...
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Will reading the same book in two languages confuse my daughter?
My husband and I are raising our two-year-old daughter in a bilingual home. I speak English, my husband speaks Afrikaans, and we speak each of our respective languages to our daughter. (We basically ...
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2 year wont tell me when he needs to pee or poo anymore
My 2 year old used to tell me he needs to go to bathroom in beginning then he stop why did he stopped help
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My son refuses to use the bathroom at night, despite the apparent need to
My son is 3 years old. Every night he goes to bed in his underwear and the problem is he doesn't wet the bed but holds his need to urinate and you could tell when he's sleeping he's really fighting ...
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Should an almost 2 year old be picked up when he asks?
It is second nature for me to pick up my child when he wants it unless there is something preventing it such as cooking, etc. My husband asked me to not pick him up so much because now our son ...
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How long should i let my two year old cry for before giving up and giving her what she wants?
My daughter is 2 years and one month old. Her eating isn't great, I suspect because we let her eat treats at mealtimes, regardless of whether she eats the nutritious stuff we put in front of her.
So ...
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How to teach kids that loud voices are nothing to be scared of
If parents are habituated to raising their voice when disagreeing with their partner, in the presence of kids, it appears that the kids are visibly distressed due to this. It is clear that its the ...
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How to work-at-home given no daycare
We have two kids, a 14 month old and 2.5. We're sinking financially, and with the current shelter-in-place order (SF Bay Area, CA, USA) we're struggling to just get distraction-free time to try to ...
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Should I tell my ex that he has a 3 year old son [closed]
I found out I was pregnant when I was 20 and naive. I had been with two men a month apart. When I found out, I thought it was my current boyfriend who was the father. I was blinded by emotions and ...
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Identify this A-B-C children's song in Dutch
My wife remembers the first couple of verses of a children's alphabet song (in Dutch) from her childhood and would like to find the lyrics of the complete song. She remembers singing this at least 22 ...
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My toddler randomly will not swallow their milk
Just a few days back my 16 month old toddler started randomly spitting out (not swallowing) milk that he just put in his mouth. He kind of just lets it dribble down out of his mouth, almost like he ...
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Sleep Regression in almost 3 year old (April)
My toddler has been waking up 2-5 times a night for the past 1.5 months following the birth of our twin girls last December. Each time, he comes into our bedroom and asks us to take him back and sit ...
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Should we link words when we talk to our 2-3 year old children, For example: her eyes /hÉraÉŖz/?
Ok, Linking words is one of the main point in speaking English.
For example, "her eyes" /hÉ-raÉŖz/
But I am worried that my 2-3 year old child may misidentify the correct pronunciation.
For example, ...
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2 year old son refuses to go down onto the floor after seeing a bug
My son is 2. Until recently, he had no problem walking around in the house as a child of that age normally would. However, recently he jumps up into our arms as soon as we come into the house and ...
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How do we help 2 yo play independently when weāre busy?
My wife and I have a 2 year old boy. He's very attached to my wife / his mom. He's typically happy to play on his own, as long as we're nearby. But if we go into the kitchen (next room over) to cook, ...
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Why won't my 3-year-old let her mum put her to bed?
My daughter will only let me put her to bed in the evening and not my wife. In fact she will not respond at all until the morning to her, whether its getting up for a pee or a wander or a drink. It ...
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Toddler struggling to adjust to new class in daycare
My 2.4 year old is struggling to adjust to his new daycare class, with him refusing to get into the car, crying when we leave the house, crying hysterically when I walk him to his class, hurting his ...
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Sleep-Training my toddler
I started the Dana Obelman sleep training program and am a bit stuck - the training involves sitting in a chair and every 3?days moving the chair closer to the door until you are finally out of the ...
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Is it normal for the first born to show aggressiveness and jealousy towards a second born?
Our daughter is two and half years old. Today, I was joking with her that her mother was pregnant again with a second child.
Then our daughter stood up in front of us and started to make angry sound, ...
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Making time for yourself
My son has recently developed a habit of ,following around. If I come upstair he will follow, if I go down stair he will follow, and if he is with his uncle the uncle laugh so loud and fanatic that it ...
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When should start the writing
I am Burmese. I have a 3 year old baby. There is a dispute among the mothers of our country as to when writing should begin. When is it appropriate to expect that a child learn to write?
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If toddlers/preschoolers develop a short temper how can we consciously try to change it?
This may seem similar to At what age does a child's moral compass form?. If a child inherits a short temper from their parents or, if it is innate, can we consciously try to change it?
What can ...
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How to deal with toddler discipline and tantrums
Obviously toddlers have different behaviours so this is not an easy one size fits all question. So I am asking generically as opposed to specifically.
Today I had to discipline my toddler for a very ...
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How to introduce a trigger word for 'quiet' in the car?
I've been reading a parenting book which has a section about entertaining a toddler in a car. It acknowledges that you sometimes need to concentrate when driving and it has the following suggestion:
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why does my toddler's sleep schedule shift week by week?
My daughter is 15 months old, and for a good while now she will sleep through the night. I wake up with her in the morning and can't help but notice that she'll sleep until 7am for 3 days in a row, ...
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My 3 year old boy is upset when his friend doesn't want to play with him
We have a 3 year old boy and we send him to kindergarten on a full session. He recently got good friends on his kindy. Because of the impact of jungle book, he sometimes trying to walk like a mancub (...
