Baby Swings: Preschooler
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Having a Hard Time Trying to Teach My 4 Year Old!!!!
Asked by E.B. from Las Vegas
on November 4, 2008
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Hello wonderful moms! I need your help. My 4 year old is having a hard time focusing. Since I'm a SAHM and we don't really have the funds to send him to a preschool, I...
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- Try using a timer (egg timer with the sand). Don't spend 45 minutes on anything. Try teaching in an active way. He doesnt' have to do worksheets to show he knows the m...
- Hi, Your son is only 4, now is the time to play and have fun!!! I have twin first grade boys who are also full of energy. There are so many things you can do if you wa...
- Your son doesn't have ADD/ADHD. He is normal! I work with kids who have these sorts of "symptoms" and it has to do with misunderstood words. If you have something t...
What "Chores" for a 3-Year-old
Asked by N.F. from Austin
on October 9, 2008
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I have a brand new baby boy and a 3 year old boy. After these first 3 weeks, I have decided that my toddler needs a chart of some kind to help him visualize what is e...
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- Hi N.. I agree with making a chart and having him help out around the house. I have an 8 week old and a 4 1/2 year old. She loves to help me clean the house. I make he...
- Hi Natilie,,,, I think your doing your very best,, but i dont think 3tear olds NEED CHORES or POSTERS the gum thing is cool but thats about it youcould get up a li...
- My then 4 yo had to clear his plate from the table, empty the utensil basket (with supervision because of sharps, I take of knives) and now he unloads most of the d/w....
Swing Sleeping
Asked by T.W. from Augusta
on June 11, 2007
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Okay I'm bad :) I have another question. WE just found out that Mason has reflux and they put him on Zantac(sp?) which is great, but for the past 4 nights he only wa...
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- Hi T., I say don't worry.My 2 year old did the same thing.He was all about the swing but he grew out of it by the time he was able to walk.And he has grown out o...
- My 4 year old had Gastro problems and was on Zyrtec, Singulair, and Zantac for 1 1/2 years. Mason's reflux problem should go away with Zantac. Our pediatrician event...
- My daughter loved her bouncy chair. For the first 10 weeks, she slept in either it or her swing a few times. However we could get her to sleep, that's what we'd do! Yo...
Swing Sleeping
Asked by E.E. from New York
on April 18, 2009
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I just wanted to get some feedback from all of you great moms. I have a 2 month old baby boy who only likes to nap in the swing. He is sleeping well in his crib at ni...
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- My daughter napped swaddled in her swing until almost 7 months old. She also slept through the night in her crib, swaddled no problem. Prior to figuring out the swin...
- My daughter wouldn't sleep anywhere, I literally had to hold her while on the toilet, went days without a shower. I would've given anything for her to even just sleep...
- My babies never slept in the crip during the day. So if he naps in the swing, I would let him be!
Baby Swing Guilt
Asked by L.O. from Minneapolis
on September 21, 2006
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My 9 week old LOVES his fisher price ocean wonders swing and he naps in it for hours during the day. I am having major guilt about this however! Did anyone else have a...
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- My son was the same way. He LOVED his swing and would nap in it all the time. He did not start sleeping in his crib until he was 3 months old. I usually put him in ...
- My son loved that swing too! He spent hours and hours in it sleeping and swinging. I felt guilty too but sometimes it was the only place he would sleep during the da...
- with our second, she loved the swing at a friends house, so when we couldn't get her to sleep without being held for 4 nights, we went to wal mart at 2 am and bought h...
Baby Only Sleeps in Swing
Asked by T.G. from Los Angeles
on February 20, 2008
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My son just turned 5 months and seems to only like sleeping in his swing. He can sleep in it at night for 6-7 hours and then I bring him to bed with me. I have tried t...
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- I had twins and the only way I got more than an hour of sleep at at time until they were 6 months old was by letting one of them sleep in a swing. I felt awful about ...
- Have you tried swaddling him pretty tightly? And I know that the "experts" say you should put a baby on their tummy to sleep... but... my daughter would only sleep tig...
- The constant rocking is not hurting him, but I would try to get him out of the habit in another month or so. Otherwise he will depend on it!! The Amby bed someone else...
Baby Still Sleeping in Swing
Asked by H.C. from Knoxville
on November 9, 2009
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My daughter had colic, so I followed the advice of Dr. Harvey Karp's book, "The Happiest Baby on the Block." In that book, it says that it is ok to let a colicky infa...
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- Prop the head of her bed up, it does the same thing as the positioner.
- First of all don't use a positioner in the bed now. She is too old and she won't stay in it. I had a preemie and when he got colic he slept in the swing. He stayed ...
- My son had terrible colic and I let him sleep in the swing until he was almost 5 mos old. It was about that time his colic started to subside. I say don't push it if i...
Can a Baby Be in a Swing Too Much?
Asked by R.Y. from San Francisco
on July 17, 2007
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My 9 week old son naps great in his swing. I've been trying not to use it for every nap but he doesn't nap as well in his bassinet. I feel guilty like I'm using the ...
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- It all depends on if you want him in there long term. My 10 mo old is a mostly day time swing napper and it makes things a tad hard if we aren't at home (I usually the...
- R., my son was like your little one is now. He would really only sleep for his naps in his swing. He also always wanted to be rocked to go to sleep. My husband was gon...
- I don't think there is anything wrong with it.. Just watch the back or side of his head- whichever he lays against the most that he doesn't get a flat spot.. I have a ...
4 Year Old with 'Strange' Sleeping Habits
Asked by D.R. from Wichita
on August 26, 2008
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I need your help. My (almost) 4 year old son has developed the strangest habits at night and I'm really starting to worry about him. Here's the scenario: I put him t...
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- I had completely forgotten that my daughter used to do this until I read your post. She said she was afraid when in her bed. For some reason 'camping' on her floor mad...
- Hi, D.. I am wondering if your son just wants to be closer to you. My son sleeps upstairs and we are on the main level, and 80 percent of the time he is in the chair...
- One of my daughters did this, and weirdly enough, she said it was because there was a :giant turtle: under her bed. She didn't like the bed. *sigh* I figured out t...
My 4 Year Old Having Problems Adjusting to Preschool
Asked by K.S. from New York
on December 1, 2009
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My son started preschool in September, right before his 4th birthday. He turned 4 in October. The first day of school he cried so much that the school called me and to...
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- Hi K. My 3 year old had trouble adjusting to his first year of preschool too. THe teachers at my school always want the parent to leave--I have never been called bac...
- Have you tried other outings like mommy and me? Many libraries also have programs where there is reading time in a group of children your son's age and they are free....
- Poor little guy! This whole process must be so overwhelming for him. Did you say for the past 2 MONTHS you had to stay with him in school?? Oh no. Please tell me th...
