Adult Child: Teddy Bears
10 articles
Decorating
Asked by C.W. from Washington DC
on April 9, 2009
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In the process of giving my five year old a big girl room - I think I may be offending the soon to be 18 year old step-daughter. First, I live in a townhouse. Three ...
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- Your SD is 18, so it sounds like she may need a lesson in acting her age. If she has her own room at home I wouldn't worry about her having one at yours. Is she in c...
- Keep in mind that back 60 years ago.....multiple children in a family DID NOT get their own room. and if she has slept over that little, you have a couch, right? How...
- You can give your stepkids a guest room if they are rarely over, but allow them to have their place for their things. My stepson got his own room when he went to colle...
Help Im Spoiling My Child
Asked by K.D. from Boston
on October 28, 2006
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My daughter is very well behaved for the most part. She sleeps great every night, likes the doctors even though the poor thing has been there way too much for the odde...
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- I have the same problem with my husband. He does not spend a lot of time with our son but buys him a lot of jumk. I tell him to give me the $ that he spends on the foo...
- Just say no. Stop and don't do it. You can spoil her all you want with love but you've got to put a stop to all of the material items. How do I know this? Because ...
- I have the same issue. it is very hard for me to say no because i want to give my kids everything i didn't have. Then I got to thinking that is what grandparents and a...
Is Your Child a Band-Aid Addict?
Asked by K.B. from Detroit
on March 25, 2012
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My daughter is 4 and is going through a phase where she wants a Band-Aid for everything - it's rare that she gets a boo-boo that is actually bleeding and needs a Band-...
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- YES! I quit buying them!
- Hello, my name is N. and I am a bandaid addict. Yesterday I had bloodwork done and had, HAD to ask for the Dora bandaid, the hot pink one with the little monkey on...
- My 5 year old nephew has done this for years, no matter how hard we try to explain that band-aids don't fix everything.
3 Year Old in Mom & Dad's Bed Every Night
Asked by B.S. from Pittsburgh
on April 21, 2008
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Our 3 year old daughter has been coming into our bed every night. She is not afraid & has no real reason to be there. It is making us lose sleep terribly. Looking f...
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- there is great success with a reward system as Michelle M has mentioned. I think it is a great idea. I however, cosleep with my younger children. I am here to say...
- I would go take her out and buy her some new sheets for her new bed. make a big deal out of it and tell she can only have them if she sleeps in her own bed. you need t...
- My 3.5 yo daughter does the same thing. I let her crawl into bed then immediately tell her it's time for her to go back to her bed and I take her back to her room. S...
Stuffed Animals....
Asked by R.D. from Wichita
on July 12, 2010
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Alright moms, my daughter has three stuffed animals that she loves. One is a USMC bear her uncle gave her, the other is a bear grandma gave her, and the last one is th...
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- I understand that the one that talks probably can't be washed, but why not the other 2? Put them in a delicates bag or tie them in a pillow case, and machine wash on ...
- I machine washed one and it was all mashed. So I put it in the dryer the fur came out all funny. It wasn't important, thank goodness.
- I have to tell ya, as long as my daughters stuffed animals dont have any noise maker or electronic thing inside it or on it I machine wash them and dry them. Nothing h...
Reluctant Potty Trainer
Asked by C.B. from Kansas City
on August 13, 2008
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wow i can't believe all the "early potty trainers" on here. i actually just read someone saying that if a child isn't potty trained by two, they have lazy parents. i c...
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- Hi C., Glad to hear that others opinions have not convinced you that you are a LAZY parent!!! I'm a mother of 8-4 boys and 4 girls. My friends and family have hea...
- C., I too am a hard working mother of actually two children. The first a beautiful little girl who is now 8 1/2 years old and sweet little boy who is almost 7. My l...
- My son (now 4) REFUSED to sit on the toilet until he was over 3. It took us a while to figure out the right reward (read: bribe) and for him it was chewing gum for pe...
I Hate "Boy Stuff" - Bad Mom?
Asked by C.J. from Dallas
on February 5, 2010
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Ask anyone - I am the froofiest, girly-est, pinkest GIRL you could ever imagine.
So for me to have a BOY shocked everyone!
I've been pretty good about it, but it's ...
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- I echo the suggestion of Dr. Dobson's book. My mother bought it for my husband and I when our first of two little men came into the world and it was an appreciated and...
- I was a single mom of three, 2 girls and 1 boy. I had the opposite problem, growing up with three brothers. I loved sports and trains and legos...I had to learn how to...
- And you could have girls that whine, scream at the top of their lungs too. All I can say is count your blessings. Children are here to teach us. We can learn that they...
American Girl Dolls
Asked by C.F. from Dallas
on May 12, 2011
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I have a 6 year old (soon to be 7) DD. She wants an American Girl Doll for her birthday next month. I went online and looked at them and they are $100 plus dollars for...
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- my daughters have 4 AG dolls each. THey love them though they barely play with them. they play with them when they have playdates with other little girls who have AG d...
- My 8yo daughter loves her AG Doll and plays with them everyday. So from that perspective it is a good buy. She has also read all the book sets for each doll and is n...
- Okay, I have an 8 year old girl. Since she was 6 she's asked for that Doll. It is too expensive. AND I also know my girl, everyday she changes her mind, about what ...
Type of Punishment for 13 Year Old
Asked by D.P. from Detroit
on October 28, 2008
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So our 13 year created his own my space account against our wishes so to speak. he has been begging us for one for a sometime now. We have told him that we didn't ap...
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- Hello D., I believe that you are both right. He set up the page against your wishes, so if he is allowed to keep it what has he learned? That he can get away with it!...
- Maybe since he was begging for myspace you should have sat and talked to him and found out why he felt it was so important. My Daughter is 14 and she has a myspace. It...
- I agree that a punishment is in order because he went against your wishes. But, I think he should be able to keep his myspace account because everyone has one and you...
What Would You Do?
Asked by C.C. from Pine Bluff
on April 21, 2008
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what would you do if a mom left her children 16 years ago and has not even wrote them a letter in this time but yet she wants to see them? they were 1,2,and 3 when she...
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- Due to inner desires that can go on with the children that sometimes don't get spoken about. I would sit down with the children together, advise them of their birth m...
- honestly if i were you i would let them know that she wants to see them and let them make there own decision you dont have to be happy with it but what if they have qu...
- C.,i hope she has a good reason doing what has been done. this wasn`t fair to them. they need to know history & why they were given away or left behind. children they ...
