Questions tagged [toddler]
Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.
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What to do when we are concerned about the sexualisation of our 20-month-old son?
My baby is 20 months old. He cannot talk that well, mostly only saying a few words clearly or baby speak. He goes to nursery twice a week, for the rest of the time he is at home with his mother.
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Is it normal having to use diaper rash cream with each new diaper?
We have a 16 months old toddler boy. We are using 3 to 4 diapers on a daily basis. And each time we use diaper rash cream. We apply it each time, because if we miss once and if it's more than 30 mins ...
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Toddler tells everyone to “go away”
My son who is 2 years and 7 months old has gotten into a habit of telling everyone to "go away". A most recent example happened just this morning. I sleep in another room while he and his little ...
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What activies or behaviors can help my toddler develop emotional regulation and emotional intelligence?
I have a normally developing child who is just under 2 years old. He's an emotionally "intense" kid, and I want to work with him on developing emotional regulation and understanding his feelings.
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How to teach children about minimalism
Minimalist is something one cannot teach a three years old.
Problem is our 3 yrs old gets stuff everywhere, every room is messy and when it come to tidy up he is tired (his excuse) and every room of ...
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How to make toddler stay in his own bed at night
We have a 2 and a half year old who has started sleeping in a bed a few months ago instead of a cot. Over the past few weeks we're experiencing some issues and we're out of ideas.
The night always ...
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How to settle crying toddler after nap
Our son cries up when his mom is not next to him and it will go on for hours and I eventually loose my temper but It is not his fault not mine fault, he sleeps next to his mother since he was born but ...
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How to keep an active toddler behaved at church?
My wife and I attend church weekly with our son, who’s 14 months. He’s become very physically active and can’t really sit still for long during the service (he wants to crawl, walk, play, etc...). We ...
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What to do about a 2-year-old who won't sleep without being held?
I nanny for a family whose 2-year-old refuses to sleep without being held, both at naps and night time. She has a bad gag relflex and will continuously throw up if left to cry it out. And once she ...
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Takes too long to put toddler to sleep on mattress on floor
My son is 1 year, 10 months and he is used to sleep on a mattress on a floor. At the very beginning, he was in a crib but it didn't last long. We decided to put him on a mattress mainly for safety ...
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How to make a 3-year-old stop hitting her 8-month-old brother?
Recently, my 3-year-old daughter started hitting her 8-month-old baby brother. It started a few weeks ago, and is getting more and more common.
So far everything we've tried, we've been unable to ...
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How to stop toddler crying when we watch tv
Gone are the days when cartoons were limited.
Our 3 years old watch tv for cartoons but when I come home in the evening after dinner I like to catch up on news or while eating diner. Basically, he ...
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How to enable my 2.5-year-old to read after going to bed when he shares a room with my 1-year-old?
My 2.5-year-old son likes to read. We put him down early enough that he is often awake for 30 minutes or so before falling asleep. I would like to enable him to read on his own for a bit to pass the ...
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How can I motivate my almost-3 year old son to put away his toys?
My son is almost 3 and doesn't like putting toys away. I'm struggling with how to develop good habits without being overbearing or punishing.
Things I've tried:
incentivizing. Offering a treat (...
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What to do about our toddler fully regressing with sleep and acting out after we got a baby?
We have a 2.5-year-old child. Our toddler was colic for the first 6 months, then slept like a champ - seeming to make up for his past indiscretions as an infant ;)
At 2 we transitioned him to a "big ...
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What to do about our 18-month-old crying screaming with eyes closed for an hour?
Our 18-month-old boy has been crying/screaming in his sleep. A lot of sleeping issues. We will try and wake him up. But he continues to cry/scream with his eyes closed for up to an hour after "waking ...
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How to react when my kid was pushed by other older children without their parents nearby?
When walking down the street, my daughter saw an older child riding his scooter and she ran over and tried to touch it, but the older boy pushed her away and said: do not touch my scooter.
I told my ...
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What to do about my 19-month-old grandson who doesn't talk or make eye contact?
My 19-month-old grandson is my son's and daughter-in-law's first and only child. He lives with me as do his parents. I see my grandbaby everyday. He had a severe regression after his 12 month ...
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How to make my toddler stop crying every night?
I have a 15-month-old daughter. Since birth, she has been crying every night around the same time with her eyes closed. I haven't had a real good sleep at night since she's been here. I've had ...
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Is it rude to allow a child only in nappy while playing in a fountain park?
We have 1.5-year-old child and live in Sydney, Australia. There are a few public fountain parks around;
A fountain park consists of water cannon, fountain and other toys that children can play with.
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2 year old wants something, but acting the opposite
My 25-month-old is giving me some headache lately.
She often wants something, say, a piece of biscuit. She indicates her desire by pointing to the biscuit. But when we give her the biscuit, she ...
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Toddler misbehaves a lot less with dad, than with mom
My 2-year-old is misbehaving a lot less with me, than with his mom. He goes to bed without issues, stops watching TV when it's time for bed, no tantrums in the super market (mostly), no problems with ...
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Toddler ignoring dad and change in his attitude
Our son is really a good boy listening the first time on everything and doesn’t cry, but recently he has been the opposite. I m not strict but his mom is strict and recently my wife started a part ...
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What solid foods to give a picky toddler to make her satisfied?
I'm a teen mom and my 19-month-old baby girl is so picky she barely eats baby foods. Everytime she sleeps during the day or night when she wakes up all she wants is milk. I’ll have to wait when she’s ...
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How to deal with an 18-month-old's separation anxiety when we leave the room? [closed]
we have an 18 month old kid and he has huge excitement of exploring everything he can get his hands on or play with anything. May it be food to eat or my laptop or mobile or TV remote.
For the last 9 ...
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One year old tends to wake up a lot in the night demanding breast
My son has turned year old last week and for the past month or so he's been sleeping less in his bed and is more agitated in the night.
Our current tuck in protocol is between 19:00 and 20:00 (...
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My daughter is asked to perform in front of adults constantly
My daughter is 1.5 years old and when she learns something new or does something memorable, her mother and grand parents (my in-laws) will be amused and keep asking her to do it again in front other ...
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To celebrate my kid's birthday or not?
My question may sound weird to many but we are unsure that should we celebrate our kid's birthday or not?
My Son will turn 2 years old on 15th December and we have started feeling the social ...
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How can I help my 2-year-old son adapt to his biological father?
I found out today, that my soon to be ex husband is not my son's biological father (which is what I was hoping for, as he is mentally, emotionally and physically abusive).
The BF (biological father) ...
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How to train a toddler to go asleep alone if she shares a room with mom?
My goddaughter, who just turned 3, sleeps in the same room as her mother. This is due to simple logistics, they don't have any more bedrooms available to put the child into yet so there is no where ...
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How to train a 2-year-old to eat food she doesn't like?
My 2-year-old daughter is scared of consuming curd. She runs away and if tried to force, she vomits. But it's good for her stomach. She also avoids cream and cottage cheese but drinks milk. Otherwise ...
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Is my toddler's sleep pattern normal or does he sleep too much? [closed]
My 2.5-year-old son's sleep pattern has drastically changed the last couple of weeks. Now he generally goes to sleep about 10pm, sleeps through until 9am or a bit later. He is only awake for about 4 ...
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Toddler scared since last night
Our son suddenly started to panic last night and saying there is a owl on the wall. He turned 3 yesterday. What he was pointing to was shadow of wall by the light coming from outside. He was too ...
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My 2 1/2 year old won't talk on his own And stares into the distance
He does say things like "mommy" "daddy" "ewww" "Mickey" "owww" and "drink". They're slurred and you have to know what he's saying to understand them. But he won't say anything else on his own. We can ...
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How to reduce repetitive behaviour in a 3-year-old?
My 3-year-old son doesn't cross legs while sitting down. He keeps his legs like (<>). He moves his toes and keeps his two hands below the mouth (as if it is so chill) whenever he is doing any task ...
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What to do about a 21-month-old girl who hits other little kids for no observable reason?
My 1-year-old daughter is babysat by my sister in law. Her cousin is 21 months old and hits, sits, kicks, pinches and pulls hair. Her mom calls her a bully and says she does it to all little kids, but ...
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Can a 2 year old learn “hard” and “soft” for “don't throw”?
At 22 months we've just entered the throwing and hitting stage. For "throw this, not that" I'm thinking of teaching him "hard" and "soft" and that's okay to throw soft things. I'm wondering if anyone ...
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Constipation and not eating while holding back poo. How can we help our son?
Our son is going to be 3 years old. Lately, he had constipation and he doesn't eat much. Now he holds back his stool because he had a rash, but now it is really hard for us to make him poo as he cries ...
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How to protect/clean a 14-month-old child's teeth?
My 14-month-old doesn't eat enough at dinner time, so she is always hungry at 3 AM. When she is hungry she will cry for hour long, eventually tire herself only to cry again in 30 minutes. To prevent ...
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2.5 year old tantrums one step behind what we're doing
My 2.5 year old daughter tantrums quite strongly. We will try to find things she wants to do to break the tantrum (other than the thing she's asking for, of course). One of the things she loves ...
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How to prevent my child from being indoctrinated with Christianity? [duplicate]
Context: We are living in a Germany and have a small child (15 months) who will go to a public kindergarten at the age of 24 months.
Problem: In our region, all public funded kindergartens also have ...
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How to make our toddler stop saying a bad word?
My 2.5-year-old son is repeatedly using a bad word. We have tried so many times to change him but to no avail. What can we do to change this habit? Also, he gets angry very quickly and starts throwing ...
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Toddler exposure to cell phones
I've heard a lot about toddler exposure to cell phones. I would like to know, given that all phones have a given SAR rating, which is affected entirely by the 4G and Wi-Fi antennas releasing radiation,...
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How to break defiant cycle with time out?
My goddaughter is barely 3 years old and I visit and babysit her often, and have her mother's full permission to use time outs when I feel they are appropriate. She is usually pretty well behaved, ...
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1yo cries almost non-stop when her mother is present - driving my wife to a breakdown
We have a fairly high energy toddler and a 3yo son. Our daughter is usually friendly and high-energy, but could rarely self-entertain. We've slowly gotten to a place where she will fuss or cry 80% of ...
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How to potty train a toddler? [duplicate]
My son is 2 1/2 years old. He has been going potty on the potty off and on since he was 18 months. He was interested due to having cousins just a little older than him. Unfortunately the problem we ...
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Is it normal for some toddlers to be scared of strangers?
Neither me nor most of my friends have children, so I do not really have anyone I can ask about this.
I am new to the childcare industry and some of the toddlers seem scared of me. I am not used to ...
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How to stop a kid from beating head against things when he's upset?
When upset, my 1.5-year-old beats his head against things. He also bangs the back of his head on the floor dropping it once when he falls backward to hit the ground (himself). He's never gotten a ...
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Father now, earlier nursery versus grandparents now, later nursery?
Our son is 14 months old. Both the mother and I have in the last month entered full time education (I was in full time employment, she was on maternity leave). We are lucky to have my wife's parents ...
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How to help a 3 year old to speak?
My child is 2 year 10 months. He is not speaking by his own. If I ask him "What do you want apple or banana?" he answers me: "apple banana". He is not able to understand me. Some kids call him: "come ...
