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Sending My 3 Year Old to a 6 Hour Preschool.
Asked by K.M. from Johnstown
on September 18, 2008
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I dont know if I should send my daughter to a 6 hour preshool. My son only went to A 1 hour 45 min. preschool til he went to kindergarden this year. he is doing ok but...
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- K., Personally, I think that is too long for a 3 year old. Is it 5 days per week? My mom watches my son when I work, PT 2 days x wk. Always has--aren't we lucky?!...
- K., My son is now in kindergarten, but I sent him to preschool when he was 3. It was 2 hours and thirty minutes two days a week. When he was 4, they met three day...
- Hi K., You are the only one who can truly make this decision as you know your daughter best. My son goes to a Montessori preschool which is 5 days a week once they...
Uncooperative 4-Year Old Having Fits at Bedtime & Waketime
Asked by C.M. from Boston
on April 9, 2008
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I have a four-year old spit fire of a little girl. She is funny and extremely spirited. We have been having behavioral problems, I want to say since we moved to our ne...
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- keep her sugar intake to a bare minimum after dinner. keep a good bedtime routine and Melatonin is a godsend.. also keep the house a quiet as you can after 7pm. Shut o...
- C.: Is she napping at daycare? If so, you should find out if she can just have quiet time at a table: coloring, reading,drawing, etc... instead of sleeping. That ...
- My four yr old son also has trouble a tbedtime. The one thing I've found is that the nights when he's in bed by 7, he does great...no fighting, no tears, just straigh...
What Is up with My 4 Year Old???
Asked by K.G. from Atlanta
on December 8, 2009
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OK... so for the past couple of weeks my son, who is in Pre-K, has been getting into trouble at school... more so than the usual. Any time I ask him about it he pushe...
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- K.: If your 4 y.o never acted up this way before...then trust your gut instinct. I work in a child care center with pre-k children and I'm going to be very honest ...
- My four year old granddaughter is very smart. When she was in preschool, they would move her up a few months early to the next class. Just before they would move her...
- Hum.....sounds like a smart 4yr old!! I've got one of those but mine is 3!!! What kind of discipline is happening in class by the teacher when he misbehaves? Are th...
How to Teach 3 Year Old to Defend Himself
Asked by S.P. from Dallas
on July 3, 2011
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When my son is either at the park or daycare another child will either take his toy or hit him and he does nothing when at the park I tell him to take his toy back and...
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- I told my daughter at that age, never to hit first, but that if someone hit her, she was to hit back as hard as she could. Your son won't "became a bully just to def...
- One of the things they do in my daughter's music class is sing the song about Bunny Foo Foo and one of the parts they stress is the mouse telling Bunny "Stop! That hu...
- I am a firm believer in teaching boys to hit back if they are hit. They are not being bullies by defending themselves either so don't look at it that way. Take the p...
Taking a 3 Year Old Skiing!
Asked by K.N. from Denver
on March 3, 2008
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Just wondering if anyone has any advice on taking my 3 year old skiing for the first time. We plan on getting a lesson. Where is the best resort for lessons and kids a...
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- K., Not sure where you live, but if you are in Colorado, our best experience was Keystone. the ski school is wonderful! The have a terrific set up off on the side ...
- K., While is was many years ago, my oldest daughter is now 23, I took her skiing when she was three years old (and her sister was just a baby who stayed in the nursery...
- Hi K., from friends that I have talked to, A-Basin is the best. A friend that has a soon to be 3 year old just took his son there this past weekend and have been taki...
Any Advice on Getting a 3 Year Old to Sleep in Her Own Bed???
Asked by J.T. from Norfolk
on August 15, 2008
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hello all and thank you for any advice!!! my wonderful daughter just turned three and is still in our bed at night. we actually started out with her sleeping in her ...
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- Its called tough love. My son went through this as well but not to this point. I really cut him loose after I noticed that he wouldn't sleep in his own bed. Let him f...
- I would try a slow transition out of your room. Buy an inexpensive Toddler Bed ($40 at Walmart - uses the crib mattress you already have) and put it right next to you...
- Hi Jennifer, I am a preschool teacher of 18 years and a mother of a 10 and 3 year old. My first child slept in my bed till he was 4 and I promised myself with the s...
My 4 Year Old Is Suddenly Having Nosebleeds All the Time
Asked by J.H. from Jacksonville
on October 11, 2006
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We moved into our new house in April, in May my son who is 4 started having nosebleeds, they were infrequent at first one a month but lately they are happening daily. ...
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- J.... That is very scary for your 4 year old and I am sure for you too. The only thing I could suggest is an air filter... I am with you on the humidifier... I don't ...
- Nosebleeds are a sign of a vitamin C deficency. Purchase some vitamin C chewables and start giving them to him. This information was taken from a book by Adelle Davi...
- J., I am a mother of a 5yr old and a 1yr old. I have never had the nosebleed problem with either of them, but my son had some other things that urged me to do some res...
3 Year Old with Headaches?
Asked by S.L. from Champaign
on August 23, 2010
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I have a very active 3 year old boy who has been complaining lately of headaches, where he is holding his head & crying. At first we thought it was car sickness becaus...
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- Some viruses could trigger headaches at the level of migraines...I would take him to the doctor ASAP
- I'd say it could be allergies or maybe lack of water or something, but since he's throwing up, I'd suggest taking him to the doctor too. Better be safe than sorry. If ...
- Put your mind at rest and get him to the Doctor asap. Hope he feels on the mend soon.
Christmas Gift for 1 and 3 Year Old
Asked by A.B. from El Paso
on September 17, 2010
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Okay, this may be a tad early, but my husband and I have starting thinking about Christmas for our will-be 1- and 3-year-old boys, and I'm at a loss. We hope to get th...
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- I see somebody has already mentioned a pop-up tent, but that was, hands down, the most long-lasting, popular and creative toy we ever had. I have a girl - forts, cast...
- When our boys were little, the train table and the block table were huge hits! Worth every penny. When they were about 5, the train table was less interesting, s...
- Get a Lego table. I have had mine for 6 or 7 years now and both of my children have loved playing on it. It can be used with big duplex legos and regular size legos
4 Year Old Hates VPK. Help!
Asked by K.G. from Boca Raton
on September 20, 2011
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This is my son's 4th year at this preschool... This is his first year going 5x's per week though (he used to go 3xs per week)... EVERYDAY I drop him off, he cries hyst...
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- No offense but he has to buck up and learn that school is not ALWAYS fun and things are not ALWAYS fun. As well he needs to learn that this is the proper way to handl...
- A few suggestions- 1st I would bring him and have him evaluated by a SIPT certified OT to see if he has sensory processing difficulties and she can set up a sensory di...
- Look, stop trying to figure this out. the teacher told you he is fine 5-10 minutes after you leave. They say he does his work and interacts with others. He's doing ...
