Bath & Water Toys: Preschooler
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Getting a 4 Year Old to Bed.
Asked by S.B. from Denver
on May 2, 2008
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I have tried everything. My daughter is turning 4 so it has been two years of Supernanny, Love and Logic, all the back to bed, everything. However, she still insists...
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- S.: 7 p.m. (especially in the Summer time) is the earliest I have ever heard of for a child's bedtime. Have you tried bumping it to 8 p.m. and see if that makes a ...
- 9 pm is pretty good. I think I'm doing great if my 3 year old goes to bed at 9:30.
- Why not put a lock on the outside of her door? You can unlock it before you go to bed for the night so she can get to you if she needs to.
Explaining Breastfeeding to My 4 Year Old Son
Asked by C.J. from Mobile
on January 19, 2009
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Hi Ladies...You are always full of great suggestions, so I was hoping for a little advice or some suggestions. I'm due any day now with my twin girls. I plan to breast...
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- C., With my older two I didn't do much explaing because they were pretty young when their siblings were born. When they did get curious I just told them I was nurs...
- I wouldn't worry about explaining beforehand either. When he sees you nursing the baby, he may or may not be curious as to what you're doing, If/when he asks, just tel...
- Breastfeeding is a natural thing, I never have explained to my children (4 of them) other than what they saw or asked. I answer them truthfully and tell them they all ...
Need Help with My 3 Year Old Who Constantly Gets Out of Her Bed.
Asked by J.A. from Phoenix
on November 15, 2008
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We just moved to Gilbert in July and moved our 3 year old daughter into a big girl bed. She is at that age where if she naps she is up till 11 pm and if she doesn't s...
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- Hi J., we moved my daughter into a big girl bed at her 2 year birthday out of necessity, not because we wanted to. Because of her young age, she was constantly coming...
- She loves her sister and that is sweet. Have you tried taking away naps and putting her to bed earlier? Do you have a good bedtime routine? She just went through some ...
- Our son is almost 5 and hasn't napped since he was 3. Both him and our 1 year old sleep at 7:30pm and get up at 6:30pm. Our 1 year old naps 1 nap sometime between 11:3...
2 Year Old and Bath Time
Asked by M.R. from Atlanta
on April 9, 2008
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How do you make bath time fun again for a 2 year old who screams every time we bathe? He used to love bath time and decided one day that he didn't care about being cle...
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- I don't know if this will be of any help to you, but I had a somwhat similar situation with my daughter. She used to love baths, but developed a sudden aversion to th...
- Oh, M. - can I relate. My son has never liked baths since the day he was born and he is five now and still doesn't like them. He fights us each time but now once he ge...
- Try getting some bath tub paints or crayons. My little boy loves them and when he doesn't want to take a bath, that's what we use to get him to bathe.
4 Year Old with Burning When Urinating, When Do You Take to the Doctor?
Asked by G.S. from Houston
on April 9, 2008
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My daughter has been treating her 4 year old by eliminating sweets, only water to drink and, today, cranberry juice. It started 4 days ago, and it seems to get better...
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- My 3 year old was complaining on and off and I called my pediatrician and they told me to bring her in. A bladder infection can be treated but if you wait to long and...
- hello G. of 10, i'm a parent of 2 and if the child is use to sweets and all of a sudden she's taken off of them and then the one day she gets more, then i'd call the ...
- My son had UTI's and it was from baths, the soap used (when he was a baby), not by what he was eating, havent heard of that before, but there are alot of things i didn...
4 Year Old with UTI
Asked by M.S. from Wausau
on February 18, 2009
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My 4-year old daughter started a bad habit last fall of waiting until the last possible minute to go to the bathroom. She would wait so long that she could barely get ...
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- Hi M. I think you should push water and if you can get her to drink cranberry and some other juice together. my daughter really likes cranberry blueberry juice but yo...
- My 4 yr old daughter had 6 bladder infections last year. Fortunately she hasn't had one since November and what we have been doing differently is giving her probiotics...
- I just saw a uroligist for myself because of all the UTI's I've been getting. He recomended getting extra vitamin c because that would keep the urine acidic and help ...
Bubble Baths & Bathing
Asked by L.O. from Chicago
on February 23, 2007
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HI,
I've noticed a lot of postings mentioning little girls not taking bubble baths. Not ever?? Also, right now my son is 2 & a half and my daughter is 1 & a half. T...
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- What i did to get my son to get used to showers was fill the tub like a bath & start as a bath then i had my son at one side of the tub & i turned on the shower & i le...
- Hi L., I have a 3yr old daughter & 4 1/2 yr old son and have dealt with these same issues, in my case we began seperate baths/showers soon after our son turned 3 whi...
- Dear L., I just wanted to say something on the bubble bath. My daughter is 2 and my son 4. I do give them a bubble bath every once in a while. But I also make su...
How Often Should I Give My 4 Month Old a Bath?
Asked by L.K. from Los Angeles
on August 13, 2008
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My husband and I can't agree on this subject - he thinks me giving our 4 month old a bath everynight is not a good idea, but I think just giving her baths 2 times per ...
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- I gave my now 7 month old a bath every night at 4 months he loves it and it got him into a bedtime routine. Now after his bath he is quite happy to go straight to bed...
- Every day!!!! Great job, Mommy!
- Is her skin dry? That is the only reason I can think of for limiting baths. If you rehydrate her skin with lotion after, I would bath her as often and you and she en...
Sudden Fear of the Bath in 18 Month Old
Asked by K.M. from New York
on February 7, 2008
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Hello,
My daughter is almost 18 months old, and up to this point she's been a very well adjusted and independent little girl. But, about 2 weeks ago while taking a ...
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- Yes, I have experienced the same thing with my 4 year old when he was about that age. He loved taking baths then all of a sudden he was so scared. I could never rea...
- Try giving a bath in the kitchen sink for a while and don't wash the hair every time. My daughter hates getting her hair rinsed. GL!
- I understand your worry. I hated the thought of having children afraid of the water, and all 3 of mine have gone through periods of being afraid of the bathtub. My ad...
Soon to Be 12-Month Old Daughter Screams in Bath
Asked by B.P. from Philadelphia
on December 12, 2006
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My daughter used to love taking baths until about 1 month ago. She now screams when we put her in the tub. The past couple of times, we have been giving her a bath l...
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- Have you tried giving her some bath toys to play with?
- My daughter loved bath time & all of a sudden she hated it. She would wiggle so much I was certain that I was going to end up braking her arm trying to keep a hold of ...
- I used to bring my son in the shower with me when he was that age. It saved me time and saved my back from having to lean over the edge of the tub. And it was good bon...
