Cold & Flu: Puppets

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How to Stop Sucking Fingers?

I have a 2 1/2 year old little boy that sucks his middle two fingers. It's never been too much of a problem until this winter. He is constantly sick with a stomach bug, fever, runny nose, cough, or cold. I contribute it to him putting his fingers in his mouth wherever we are before I get a chance to wash them or put antibacterial lotion on them. I have a newborn baby at home, so I'm a little concerned at what he could possibly catch from his brother as well. (RSV)

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Cold Turkey Potty Training - Do I Just Stick It Out?

My almost 3 1/2 year old daughter is working on potty training. We've got it down to underwear in the day, diapers only at naptime and bedtime. For the last two weeks, we've had many accidents in her underwear and only a few pee-pee's in the potty. Very intermittent, no consistent time of day. No poops on the potty, either in her underwear or diaper if it's on. I tried the every hour for the first week, now I backed off to every 2 hours (even this can be exhausting!) Incentives, potty charts, etc don't seem to matter. It's like she'd...

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A Simple Head Cold

My daughter Sophia who is a little over a month old has a head cold and her...