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Ideas to Get My 6 Year Old to Eat
Asked by L.P. from Sacramento
on January 6, 2008
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My 6 year old has a very limited diet. My new years resolution is that he will eat what my husband and I eat at dinner. My only idea is to say if you don't eat dinne...
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- Hi L., my 4 year old is going through this. We make him sit down to eat with us every night for dinner. If he chooses not to eat what we eat he doesn't get dinner an...
- Definitely don't bride with dessert. I would suggest talking to your childs pediatrician, but mine has told me all along not to offer anything special for her. Don't...
- We try to do the same thing for our 12 year old and our 5 year old. I tell them they have to a least try each food item we have at dinner each night. They say it tak...
5 Year Old Needs Sleep!
Asked by D.P. from Pittsburgh
on April 10, 2008
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I have a 5 year old son who is UP with the chickens every day! He is in bed by 8 or 8:30 every night. By that time at night he is TIRED and definitely is not going t...
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- Does he act tired during the day and seems to need more sleep? If not, maybe he is just one of those kids that don't need the extra hours and you gotta get used to it...
- Hi D., You can thank your lucky stars that you have a child that does not mind getting up early (to me that's not early though). I assume by his age he will start s...
- Hi D., This is how much my son sleeps too for the most part. Every child is different. I have two boys and one seems t need a little more sleep than the other, but bo...
5 Year Old Daughter Steals Food
Asked by R.K. from Phoenix
on April 15, 2008
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I have a 5 year old daughter who steals food from our cupboards. I am so frustrated at this cause I don't know why or understand why she does this. She gets food when ...
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- Have you ever thought to just sit down and talk to her about it? I think it's an attention getter. She has 3 other siblings, plus animals, and is probably starving f...
- Hi R.. I really don't understand what you're talking about... What do you mean that your daughter is "stealing" food? Isn't the food in your house hers too? Why ar...
- Hi R. - The need to take the food is not necessarily about your daughter being hungry. It sounds more like her need to feel in control of something. Most children a...
6 Year Old Throwing Temper Tantrums
Asked by M.H. from Lansing
on July 22, 2009
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I feel like a hostage to my 6 year old boy. He has had ongoing behavior problems. Recently, I lost my job and have been around him a lot more. He goes to the boys a...
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- You are doing everything right, and he still is having behavioral problems. Do you think it might be time to seek professional help from a dr. or therapist? When I ...
- It sounds to me like you are doing a great job! I think your son is just testing the boundaries. Hold on to what you know and trust yourself. You will get through t...
- Hi M. The first thing I thought of was my girlfriends son who's sensitive to corn. They took him off all corn. And could see a total difference in about 3 days. He g...
Help with 4 Year Old and 6 Year Old
Asked by J.P. from Las Vegas
on October 15, 2012
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I'm at an ending point with my discipline decisions so far as a parent. My extremely strong willed children, especially my soon to be 4 year old can't seem to listen,...
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- I can't help you on the 6 year old girl, but I think part of the problem is that you are too nice. Do not say please. It is not a request you are making of a co-work...
- Natural consequences. And there's nothing mean about it, no punishment either. Toys don't get picked up? YOU pick them up, and put them away (in a box in the garage...
- Have you considered boarding school? I kid. You'd think there'd be a college or high school course, or at least a brochure that dealt with what you could expect in...
Expected Behavior for a 6 Year Old
Asked by C.S. from San Diego
on December 5, 2011
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We recently went on a day trip with our friends who have a 6 year old. His behavior took me by surprise/shock but I want to find out whether it is appropriate behavio...
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- normal, maybe-rude, yes. My kids can be grabby-but, I correct them.
- I have a 6 yo and he has never acted like that, esp with people he hardly knows. Even if you just met him or 2 times previous, that is impolite. If it happens agai...
- I am going with not normal behavior with a six year old. My six year old will drink from my glass but has never taken a drink without asking my permission. I don't thi...
How Do I Get My 5 Year Old to Drink More Water?
Asked by T.P. from Provo
on January 22, 2008
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How do I get my 5 year old to drink more water? I'm assuming this is what he needs. With the cold weather, his lips are constantly dry & starting to chap.
*PART 2* I...
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- I'm not a huge fan of crystal light because of the nutrasweet, so i give mine half 100% fruit juice half water. They have fun bright colored water bottles and they ca...
- I bought child-sized hydration backpacks for my children (9, 5, 3), and they love them. If I think that they are becoming dehydrated, I get them out and they wear the...
- Children will naturaly take in what they need. If he isn't sick, and doesn't seem to be dehydrated I wouldn't worry about it.
6 Year Old Still Needs Pull-ups at Night
Asked by R.B. from Clarksville
on December 24, 2011
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Hey everyone,
I am having a problem with my 6 year old son. He still wears pull-ups at night, and my husband and I are so ready for him to be done with them!! He ...
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- You just have to wait... some kids just take longer to be physically ready to stay dry at night or wake up to pee. My son trained himself (for day and night) when he w...
- Echoing everything the other moms said. My son was daytime trained before 3. And was 'mostly' nighttime trained by 4. (enough that we were able to get rid of the ni...
- My 6 y/o is the same and the pediatrician told me not to start worrying until she's well into 8 y/o. You can't rush a body to develop and mature... and that is what n...
5 Year Old with Worsening Behavior
Asked by D.B. from Killeen
on April 24, 2008
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I am open to hearing anyone's advice. I have a 5 year old boy who has recently started "acting out" in school. He does his work (sometimes not to the best of his abili...
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- I am sure a lot of people are going to automatically say it has to do with ADHD, but it is so often mis-diagnosed, and I think there are better ways of handling behavi...
- I highly recommend this book: Healing the New Childhood Epidemics by Kenneth Bock, M.D.
- I really know what your talking about!!!!! My son has done all this. The principle even talked to my son but he said she was very nice and didnt scare him at all. W...
5 Year Old Lying
Asked by L.J. from Kansas City
on January 19, 2008
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my daughter has been telling little lies and we catch her all the time when we ask her what happened she will automatically tell me she does not know or she will blame...
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- We had this same problem with my 4 year old step-daughter. I tried explaining to her several times she needed to tell the truth because it was the "right thing to do"....
- L. 5 years old must mean she has exposure to other children in preschool, day care etc right? Usually kids begin to "lie" because of fear - of getting into troub...
- My son is only 1, but I have seen this happen with my babysitter's son, who is 4. He will climb up on the kitchen counters and open the cabinets and blame it on my son...
