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Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.

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How to properly discipline a toddler?

Maybe she's just emotionally distraught for reasons that only make sense to a toddler ("woke up on the wrong side of the bed"). … Sometimes it doesn't take much to upset a toddler. One thing that I've had some success with is trying to ascertain and then acknowledge the feelings that are going on. …
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5 votes

2-year-old needs bread to go to sleep

It seems that your two-year-old is experiencing some sort of emotional distress that the bread is helping to relieve. Do you know why bread is so important to him? Is it specifically bread, or just …
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Cousin (1 year and 9 months) won’t stop yelling and crying every 5 minutes during his sleep....

I am not a doctor, and you probably want to seek medical advice, but one possibility could be that the child has reflux. Sometimes the valve connecting the child's esophagus to the stomach is underde …
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10 votes

Toddler requires Mom or Dad to stay in the room to fall asleep

I think the simple answer is: "This too shall pass." You need to stay with him until he's comfortable not having you with him. He obviously has anxiety around sleeping by himself in his bed. The b …
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How to I tell a 3 year old who his real dad is?

First of all, his real dad is the one who's been caring for him for the last three years; it has nothing to do with biology. In terms of his biological father, I don't think with a three-year-old you …
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How can I get my 2.5 year old to go to sleep without me?

You say that "nothing changed", but something obviously did, even if it was only in the mind of your child. Maybe she saw or heard something that scared her or caused her imagination to run rampant. …
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