Baby Bibs & Burp Cloths: Older Child
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Help with Whiny 7 Year Old
Asked by T.B. from Houston
on October 20, 2008
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Please help! My husband and I are at our wits end with our 7-year old daughter. She has become excessively whiny. Anything that she is asked to do and she doesn't w...
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- I love Parenting with Love & Logic. We are presenting the parenting class at Summitt Elementary in January if you are interested. Its just good, solid, parenting. T.
- You've gotten a lot of great advice! I'm in the same boat with my 6 year old. She's a star student at school yet has break downs at home. Her 3 year old brother has...
- Love and Logic works. I have two grown children to prove it. Spanking may or may not work, but what it does do, is make both your child and you feel crummy. Try the Lo...
When Did You Stop Using a High Chair and Bibs?
Asked by C.O. from Los Angeles
on January 7, 2009
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My son is 15 months old and we still use a high chair and bib at feeding time. My hubby and I are trying to decide when to switch to a booster seat and stop using a bi...
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- We moved him from the high chair to a booster seat around 2 or 2 1/2 but that was also because we had twins and I needed the high chair for them. He still occasionally...
- Hi C.- My youngest is 9 now but I think I used a bib on him until at least 3. We moved him to the booster seat around 2. they are still pretty messy eaters at 3. ...
- Well, as you said, it's all personal preference. I stopped using the bibs when my kids became neater eaters---somewhere in their late two's or early three's, if I reme...
Pending Birth Causing 7 Yo to Regress
Asked by M.C. from Salt Lake City
on June 7, 2008
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I'm having a hard time right now with my 7 year old stepdaughter. She has always been a very independent girl, until now. My husband and I are expecting our first to...
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- She's probably scared that when the baby comes, she'll be pushed out of her dad's life. Talk about the future and be sure to let her know she's in it. -'glad baby ...
- Hi, I can understand your frustration! However, this is perfectly normal for your step daughter to do, even if she has a younger brother at her mom's. When she come...
- Daddy and Mommy have made new families. The little girl doesn't fully belong to either family unit. She travels back and forth to two families where she never gets to...
How to Tell 7 and 6 Year Old Mom's Pregnant
Asked by V.T. from Dallas
on February 8, 2010
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My sister just found out that she is pregnant and would love a clever way to tell her 7 and 6 year old that she is pregnant. They have been asking for years for a bab...
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- Since Valentine's is coming, you could do something around that. Give them each a 'I'm a Big ___' item. Maybe have Dad give Mom a picture frame with 3 spots in it (or ...
- She could say... " Your dad and I have some exciting news." And then have the kids look for words around the house that when put together form a sentence like..... "L...
- You could go to a restaurant and say something like "wow we won't fit in this booth much longer, were going to need a bigger table that will fit 5 of us" it might tak...
Messy Eating
Asked by S.C. from Syracuse
on February 25, 2008
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I've started giving my 4 week old breastfed baby a couple bottles a day and he makes such a mess when he eats! He always soaks the clothes he's wearing with the formul...
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- Bottles constantly drip, so he can't control the flow. Hold it upside down. It drips. This will also likely cause him to over-eat because it just pours in. Breastfeedi...
- Maybe it is the wrong "size" or "stage" nipple? He should be using a number 1 or a first stage type. I made that mistake once.
- His nipple is giving down to fast change to a different nipple I had the same problem many years ago and the doctor had me do this
Bib Brother Teasing Little Sister
Asked by T.S. from Chicago
on January 8, 2008
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Does anyone have this problem? My two kids are always teasing and telling on each other ALL the time. When they play my son of course being 11 years old will always w...
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- I don't know if I am responding as a fellow mom or a little sister... :) But isn't 11 old enough to know that at 4 your daughter is too little to win games against an ...
- OMG. This sounds just like my two girls whom are 5 1/2 years apart and me. I do the same. They play well for a bit then it comes crashing down with teasing and picking...
- I have 2 girls and making fun of or bullying (others or each other) is NOT AN OPTION... I have told them that it would be better for them (both straight A students) to...
My 18 Month Old Is Making a Mess!
Asked by J.C. from New York
on March 1, 2008
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I have an 18-month-old son who refuses to let me feed him. He literally covers himself from head to toe in food. My kitchen looks like a hurricane after every feedin...
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- try putting a plastic table cloth under his chair (dollar store has them or try a thicker one you can wipe off and reuse) and strip him down to diaper before feeding. ...
- Hi J., Your story gave me a lot of encouragement, as far as being happily married for the second time. I am 33 years old and have been divorced for three years now. I...
- My twins were that way. I used to feed them intheir diapers and put newspaper under their high chairs. They out gre it by the time they were two. I sed to put the high...
Excessive Spit-up- How Much Is Too Much?
Asked by H.T. from Chicago
on May 28, 2009
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This last week or two my breastfed daughter has spit-up . . . a ton. Sometimes I feel like she spits up everything that she just ate. My first daughter spit-up a bit a...
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- Sadly for you, so long as she seems comfortable there is probably not much you can do. My daughter was the same way and nothing changed it (not changing my diet or su...
- This happens frequently i had 2 girls and both were csection babies -- dont know if that had anything to do with it but the youngest spit up a lot i thought all she ha...
- She may be sensitive to some things you're eating. Check with a lactation consultant or kellymom.com
What's in Your Baby Bag?
Asked by N.H. from Detroit
on January 23, 2009
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Hey ladies,
I am getting real stir crazy and I want to start venturing out of the home during the day with my 2 year old and 5 week old (while my 7 year old is at sch...
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- Diapers, wipes, cream, spit cloths, some sort of snack/drink for the 2 year old. I always kept a change of clothes in the bag for baby incase of spitting up a lot or p...
- I have a 10 month old, 3 year old, and almost 6 year old. I don't carry a "purse", instead I use a tote bag (I have the kind I can put over 1 shoulder so I can have b...
- My girls are older now, but I do remember what was in the bag. Of course there were diapers for both girls, diaper cream and wipes. In addition: a couple pacifiers, ...
Infants and Pillows
Asked by E.M. from St. Joseph
on November 4, 2011
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my twins are 11 months old, they will be turning 1 year on Thanksgiving. One of the boys, "C", loves loves loves the throw pillows on the couch. anytime my toddler wil...
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- Glad to see you didn't get any hate mail! ;) I think at 11 months it is also fine. I wouldn't do it much sooner, but that's just me, I'm weird about that stuff! My ...
- I think we purchased our child a pillow around 18 months old. We got her an actual child's pillow and she still has it at 6 yo and loves it. This is it: http://www...
- all three of mine have had a small pillow since probably around 10 mo of age.
