Bottles & Sippies: Child
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My 5 Year Old Has Excema
Asked by A.G. from Wichita
on February 19, 2008
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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that she has scratches all over her face. She was reffered to a determatologist. He gave me so...
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- A., I feel for you and your little one, my little girl is 5 now and we have fought this for years!! It got to the point she had a big bald spot on her head I was so sc...
- My neighbors child have horrible excema and I finally convinced her to go to Children's Mercy and see a determatolist and within a few weeks of seeing the doctor she h...
- Two things A....my daughter had that all her life....I took her to Children's hospital..they helped her...they said they make newer things constantly..at the time they...
Adult Church Service for 6 Year Old
Asked by C.R. from Janesville-Beloit
on September 18, 2010
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Our church is going to limit nursery care to children 5 and under during adult church service. I am concerned that some of the topics that are brought up in the adult ...
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- By the time I was 5 years old I was attending church service with my parents and never found anything disturbing. My daughter is 5 and attends services with us as wel...
- I am confused I don't understand what it is that your child can't hear at church. Are you upset beccause there is some particular topic that you have been privy to, ...
- I think that it is wonderful that your church is having children join with their parents for church. I know a lot of churches are moving this way since they are findi...
Bottle to Sippy
Asked by B.W. from Baton Rouge
on March 5, 2008
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I need suggestions on transitioning from the bottle to the sippy cup. My daughter is 11 1/2 months old and I know its best to start trying to take the bottle away. I...
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- When my son was nearing his 1st birthday I took the bottle away during the day. Night bedtime he got the bottle. After first birthday I told him he was abig boy now,...
- All of this urgency to take the bottle away from babies is utterly ridiculous! All it does is make the doctor happy, stress out the baby & the baby's parents. As far a...
- Is she able to suck from a straw? I found that both my boys did better with straw cups b/c they don't have to tip it up to drink or suck so hard to get anything out. ...
Tips to Keep Sanity While Combing 5 Year Old's Hair
Asked by M.P. from Minneapolis
on January 24, 2012
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I have a 5 year old girl with butt length hair. I LOVE her hair, and she loves it long. Shes a girly girl. She loves hairbands, bows, and clips. She loves braids and a...
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- My daughter has sensory issues. She wanted to have long hair when she was little, but man, could she scream and cry and fuss when I combed her hair! We ended up gettin...
- Garnier Fructis hair products are good. The "shine" serums are good and also makes the hair "slick" so as to prevent tangling and makes it easier to brush. Do you ...
- My daughter (9) has waist length hair. When she began growing it out at age 6, I made it very clear that if she did not take care of it herself, it would be cut. Ever ...
Help, My 6 Year Old Refuses to Sleep in His Bedroom!
Asked by K.F. from Des Moines
on December 4, 2007
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We moved into our new home approx 3 mos ago. After the first month, my 6 year old son refuses to sleep in his bedroom. He insists there is something 'under the bed' ...
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- K., My son just turned 7, and normally between 1:30 and 3 he comes into my bed- saying either his is wet- or he heard something- whatever. He is scared of the lady i...
- If you think he is really scared, please do not use the monster spray! It can be confusing to a child. If mom says that they don't exist then why is there a spray fo...
- Have you tried "Monster Spray"? I took a can of air freshener and made my own label that say it gets rid of monsters, etc. Every night before bed I would let Savanna...
How to Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by R.L. from Chicago
on July 20, 2008
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Can anyone help with suggestions on how to transition from a bottle to sippy cup? My 13 month old is very attached to her bottle and doesn't seem to like the sippy cu...
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- Hi R., I'm A., and I'm a mom of 3: ages 9, 6, and 15 months. To transition, I would first just offer the sippy between meals with snacks. Try filling it with dilute...
- I am with a couple of the other responses. Try the straw cups. Neither of my kids ever used a sippie. Part of it was they did not see why they had to tilt a cup when ...
- This is what worked for us: I started mixing milk with water in the bottle and pure milk in the cup. I started with replacing 1 oz and then increasing that every d...
Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by A.F. from New York
on October 29, 2010
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My daughter is nineteen months and I know it's time to get rid of bottles completely. She typically has only two a day. I tried giving her milk in her sippy cup yester...
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- Does she drink anything from a sippy cup? My son already drank water from a sippy cup, so he was comfortable with that. From there, we just went cold turkey... never...
- The rule in our house was "Happy 1st Birthday - Goodbye Bottle"! Seriously, within a week of their first birthdays all three of my children were using sippy cups. My...
- The first sippy cups I gave my boys were the ones with the soft tops like a bottle top. Then at a few months they forgot about the bottle and would take different typ...
Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by C.D. from Phoenix
on October 14, 2007
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Hello!
I am looking for some tips and tricks to transitioning from the bottle to the sippy cup. My 16 month old is extremely attached to his bottle and it has been...
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- You might wanna try NUBBY. My son liked those at first then we moved on the other sippy cups with the hard plastic.Good Luck! C.
- Well my daughter was really attached to her bottle too and what I ended up doing was switiching from the bottle to a sippy cup with a softer nipple like the bottle the...
- Maybe you could take him to the store to pick out his own special cups, so that he is really excited about them and wants to use them???
Bottle to a Sippy Cup
Asked by D.H. from Grand Junction
on April 19, 2007
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My son doesn't use a binky, and he doesn't carry around a blanket or a favorite toy. So his security comes from his bottle. My husband and I want to wean him off his b...
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- Hey D., I used the nuby cups with the soft spout to wean my daughter from the bottle. Since it has the soft spout they can still suck the same way they would from a bo...
- I wouldn't worry too much...three times a day isn't so bad at 1 year, and if he's not waking up and drinking his bottle during the night, I don't think his teeth are r...
- My advice would be the Avent sippy cups to transition to. They have a soft nipple like top.
Weaning from the Bottle to a Sippy Cup
Asked by B.R. from Asheville
on March 14, 2008
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I have twins that are now 15 months- but were born at 24 weeks so they are not quite a year adjusted. They are doing really well. Our daughter wants to eat anything sh...
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- I had the same problem. We found sippy cups with soft tops. Not a "nipple" but a spout. He loves it- I think it feels good on his gums as he is teething. He is no...
- Every child is different. My suggestion is go get 3 or so different sippy cups and see if your children have a preference. I started with the Avents, and my son didn't...
- I guess my thought is...why do you HAVE to wean from the sippy cup right now? The kids are only 15 months and were premature. My son is almost 3 and we still use a s...
