Questions tagged [toddler]
Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.
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My 3.5 yo saying “I don’t love you, I love mommy.”
Recently, my 3.5 year old daughter started saying, “I don’t love you, I love mommy.” Also the same phrase with like instead of love.
It’s killing me to hear her say that. But, I know she’s little, ...
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How to make our son use tissue in toilet
As Muslims we are use to using a Bidet shower for purity reason. We moved to the UK some time back and now we have a toddler who is soon going to go to playgroup nursery. One of the requirements the ...
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Should we introduce screen time to our 27 month old?
Somehow, my wife and I have made it through 27 months of virtually no screen time for our daughter. We thought we were doing what's best for her, but we're starting to fear it's going to come back ...
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How to get a 3-year-old to stop running away?
My 3-year-old will break away from me or my husband and he is so fast we cannot catch him. It happens in the house but sometimes outdoors in a parking lot, at the pool or play area especially when he ...
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Is it ok for parents to kiss and romance with each other while their 2- to 8-year-old child watches?
I'm not a parent yet and still in my 20s. I was wondering if it's ok for a kid (between the age of 2-8 years) to watch his parents kiss and romance with each other. By romance I mean holding your ...
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How to make a 20-month-old use a spoon to eat?
My 20-month-old son refuses to eat with a spoon. He started to use one and pretty well quite early, but now for a few months he refuses and gets upset when I try to encourage him. He will take the ...
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Toddlerhood - when does it end?
Wow. As a first time mother, I'm finding this toddler phase to be the most challenging so far. My girl is almost 17 months old. She is sassy! She climbs everything, she's a daredevil, she's testing ...
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How to remove mobile addiction in my toddler
Our son is 3 years old and addicted to mobile, he need to play games, or he will cry and make fuss. My wife give her phone and he is always starring down at it. To make him quiet coz he make a lot of ...
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How to help our 2-year-old adjust to new daycare where he's violent and pushy?
Our 2-year-old has just moved from a fairly loud, apathetic, semi-violent daycare, to the point where he was coming home with bites and bruises almost daily, to a new, nicer daycare closer to our work....
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How to stop our 2-year-old's bedtime tantrums and make her sleep through the night?
Our daughter is approaching 2 and has consistently had issues with bedtime.
At the mention of bedtime, she will regularly start crying (but still follows me upstairs to bed). In general, one of us ...
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How to change my 2.5-year-old's sleep-wake routine so he doesn't nap in the afternoon and wakes up too early in the morning?
I am a first-time mum to a 2.5-year-old boy and am 3 months pregnant. My son doesn't go to nursery so we are home. I'm struggling to understand my son's sleep wake pattern. I admit I messed up a lot ...
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What could cause our toddler's strange episodes of acting up?
Background:
Our son is almost 3 years old. Normally he is well behaving, speaks in sentences, shares toys/treats with other kids nicely, willing to sit down and learn letters etc.
Problem:
A few ...
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Should I potty train my 26-month-old who goes potty every 5 min and makes it to the potty only half the time?
My son is 2 years and 2 months old. He has been pulling off his diaper and peeing on the floor and pulling it off when he poops for about 6 months now. He tells me when he has to go and after he has ...
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How to help a 2 year old with a fear of airplanes?
My just-over-2 year old granddaughter is afraid of aircraft of all kinds passing overhead. No one knows why, and she isn't verbal enough to explain, though she is getting schooled in feeling words. ...
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Should I be concerned about my 3-year-old biting his bottom lip a lot?
My 3-year-old son bites his lower lip during the day and while he's asleep. When I try to make him stop, he does it again. Should I be concerned?
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Sources to help you in teaching your kid your native language
I am posting this knowing the danger it may be closed. There are many helpful posts on this website covering multilingualism for children, e.g. this one. However, I want to educate myself in-depth on ...
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How to help a 1-year-old sleep for longer than 1.5 to 2 hours at a time when we only have one bedroom?
My 1-year-old son is only sleeping for 1.5 - 2 hours at a time. He is breastfed and we co-sleep.
I have seen similar posts on here and they recommended gentle sleep training and I have come to the ...
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How can I make the most of my toddler's love of books?
My son is almost 2 and loves books. He has free access to about 20 baby/toddler books when he is at home, and often looks through them, carries them around as he plays or requests to be read to. I ...
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How high should I put bathroom stuff dangerous to young children (cleaning agents, razors etc.)?
We have a very small bathroom. Currently cleaning agents stand on the floor and we have a little bath cart for razors, cosmetics, sanitary napkins and so on.
Both cannot stay that way because our ...
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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 ...
