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How Do I Get My 21 Month Old off the Bottle?
Asked by J.C. from Honolulu
on April 2, 2008
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My daughter will be turning 2 in June and I would like to get her off the bottle. We do offer her a drinking cup (regular one’s with the spout and even the ones wit...
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- hello there.. what i did with my oldest was stop the snack bottles, the mid morning bottle. the i gradually took the mid afternoon bottle away. then i took the mo...
- I've heard that if you start only filling the bottle with water, while offering lots of snacks through out the day, the bottle will seem less exciting. But definitely ...
- Hi, We have a 22 month old and a 3 year old. We took our 22 month old off the bottle at 1 year. Gradually put less and less in your childs bottle if that is the only...
Nighttime Fears
Asked by B.M. from Denver
on January 9, 2008
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My daughter who is 3 months shy of her 3rd birthday is having a difficult time, and difficult is puttin g it mildly, falling to sleep at night because of all her fears...
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- say, well mama is really sorry she tried to spray away the monsters because you know, there are none....see you let her believe that indeed there were monsters ....try...
- I know exactly what you are going through. My daughter is 6yrs old and has begun the same ritual. What was suggested to me by her Pediatrician is to give her a piece...
- I understand your exhaustion. I have a 2 1/2 year old with nighttime fears and a 9 month old who still is not sleeping through the night. I also have to get up and g...
2 1/2 Year Old Scared of the BIG GREEN Scary Monster in His Bed
Asked by H.M. from Harrisburg
on January 12, 2010
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Hello moms, need some advice...
My 2 1/2 year old will no longer sleep in his own bed he tells us he is scared of the BIG GREEN SCAREY monster in his bed. We try to ...
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- Your post sounded like I could have written it! We got a really cute childrens' book from the library called "The Monster that Ate the Darkness". Love the book, bu...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter. She is now 5 and out of our bed. We got her anti-monster spray. It was air freshener spray. We also got her a flashlight to...
- This could this be a result from something scary he saw on tv, a book, something he heard someone say. At 2 I don't know that he is able to pinpoint what the problem m...
28 Month Old Suddenly Won't Go to Bed
Asked by K.M. from Los Angeles
on January 28, 2009
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We have been so lucky for 28 months. Our daughter has gone to bed like clockwork with no complaints. Except for a brief weening of the pacifier just before her 2nd bir...
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- terrible twos and now whos the boss !!
- We had a similar situation, our DS suddenly wouldn't sleep in his big-boy (twin) bed. But, he would sleep with the mattress on the floor. We also gave him a little f...
- *another idea: are you a SAHM or does your daughter go to a baby-sitter/daycare? Perhaps, if she does, is anything going on there that might have caused a change in yo...
The Last of the Bottles
Asked by D.C. from Portland
on November 18, 2008
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Ok, so I am going to take away the night time bottles from twin boys on Thanksgiving weekend. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions of what I could do to mak...
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- I had my daughter go with me to pick out a new nighttime only sippy cup. Then told her that we were going to give the babas to the little boys and girls that dont have...
- Maybe try taking away MILK at night... start switching to only water in their bottles until the final day! They may not like it and not even need to take anything to ...
- Hi D.! I totally understand the anxiety that goes along with breaking the bottle habit. What I did with my son is, about a week before I was going to take his bottle...
Help Stop Breatst Feeding and Get 8 Month Out of the Bed!
Asked by L.T. from Norfolk
on March 6, 2008
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Love my baby girl and have no problem leting her sleep in our bed. My man has not complained at all. But I know he is not really happy with it. It is just that I can g...
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- I can't say this will work for you, only that it worked for me. I started by sleeping with my son in a single bed right next to our king size bed. Once he was asleep...
- There is no reason to stop nursing. The key is to set-up a good routine and be strict to it in the beginning. Our routine was and still is calming bath, lotion and p...
- I nursed my son to sleep until he weaned himself at 15 months, so i don't necessarily think it's a bad habit and i wouldn't quit nursing just to get her to sleep on he...
Weaning from Breastfeeding
Asked by L.C. from Austin
on July 1, 2007
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My daughter is 16 months old and still breastfeeding, in addition to eating 'adult' food. She can drink from a sippy cup or bottle, and has started drinking cow's milk...
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- I nursed until my daughter was two and we cut nursings out gradually. I explained it to her weeks in advance and we mentioned it every day. I told her I love nursing...
- I co-slept, so getting up at night wasn't an issue - and after a while I could sleep though him pulling my shirt up... but it sounds like your daughter is enjoying the...
- I nursed my daughter until she was around 3. The first 6 months was pretty regular, then mostly in the morning and at night, naptime and for boo boos. Eventually she t...
Lice
Asked by L.J. from Portland
on April 2, 2008
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We went on vacation and my daughter came home with lice. We've used the shampoo and combed her hair out with the special comb a couple of times but it keeps coming ba...
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- my daughter has hair so thick, when she got lice we thought we would never get rid of it, we wound up cutting off her hair and it as so sad. She wound up getting i...
- Try calling your family DR. and get him/her to call in a prescription to the pharmacy called OVIDE. It's pretty potent stuff. You put it on dry hair and leave it for 8...
- My girl used to get it ALL the time from school... We tried everything, every website, everything the store had, and nothing worked... Then we heard something from an...
Lovies
Asked by R.P. from Seattle
on July 16, 2011
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My daughter is 7 months old and numerous people have asked what her lovey is. Well she doesn't have one. My hubby is a stay at home dad she doesn't go to anyone hous...
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- The No-Cry Sleep Solution is good. It's by Elizabeth Pantly and talks a lot about loveys and how they can assist with self-soothing.
- I think it isn't possible to give them one, they just choose it although you can encourage it. I tried to do the lovie thing b/c she would be in daycare and while she ...
- She'll choose her own; some kids never have one specific lovie. It's fine if she never has one. If she can go back to sleep after a little hug, you're doing fantastic;...
Cleaning Baby Toys
Asked by C.M. from Charleston
on November 29, 2008
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Hi Mamas!
What do you use to clean off your babies toys, carseat etc.? We just had relatives here with kids with colds, and of course we all got their colds. I ha...
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- toys - put in the kitchen sink with soap and 3 cap fulls of bleach. For things that can be submerged in water (battery operated, etc) spray with lysol. Car seat - ...
- You can spray lysol on everything. The carseat should be washable.
- basic and plan us every household bleach. You will just have to alternate the use of her toys. Start when she is sleep so by the time she wakes they will be ready for...
