Dishes & Utensils: Elmo
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Elmo Addict???
Asked by J.C. from Hartford
on September 11, 2008
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Is anyone elses child an Elmo nut?? It has come to the point where i am very concerned about my 13 month old. He refuses to do anything unless he sees Elmo. The worst ...
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- Kids do get fascinated and fixated on one thing if you let them and sometimes by accident. Seems like this was truly accidental! Who knew he would find elmo so fascina...
- I know this will sound harsh and a little insenstive and easier said than done, but... TURN OFF THE TV. He's not turning it on, you are. You'll have to listen to him s...
- As a mom of three boys close in age, they definately get fixated on something - Elmo, a stuffed animal and, in one case, a spoon (needed to carry it around for a few d...
Eating with a Spoon
Asked by L.H. from Knoxville
on June 13, 2008
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I have a 4 month old little boy. Recently, our doctor told me to start him on puree foods. But he hates the spoon. I have tried a couple of different baby spoons, but ...
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- I would wait. 4 months is on the young side of the range they recommend starting solids. I'd wait another month and if you want to try it again then go ahead if not ...
- Hi, wow thats is a toughie! I'm not sure exactly what I would do in your situation but I did want to tell you that I breast fed only, no foods, until they were 6 or 7 ...
- Hi L., My suggestion would be to take it really slow, and maybe make up a little song for him when you are trying to use the spoon. My son loved Jack's Big Music Show...
Can't Get 2 Year Old to Eat with Spoon or to Eat Very Many Things...
Asked by M.P. from New York
on July 1, 2009
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My 2 year old son refuses to eat with a spoon! He used to eat applesauce & pudding, but now won't touch anything that comes off a spoon. Even though this doesn't worry...
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- Hi M. Guess who is serving those things. Are you afraid he will starve if he misses a meal? What are you eating? I am a meat, potato and vegetable person, so that ...
- Find healthier alternatives, perhaps at trader joes. it sounds like he needs less sugar in his diet
- Hi M., Yea, another chicken nugget household! :-) A few things that I've heard (and worked for us) is if you want to try vegies, give them some "dip" ie ranch dre...
"Not Thaaat Spoon!" and Other Battles Probably Not Worth Fighting
Asked by S.G. from Norfolk
on June 10, 2011
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I'm sure all you moms with Children of a Certain Age (read: 3-4) are familiar with the phenomena of when they MUST have the blue cup, or the world will end if you give...
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- If it is politely requested then I'm more likely to go ahead and change the item...BUT if a meltdown starts before I can even get the item out of my hand, it's tough l...
- I have three big LAZY kids. Who will try and get outta of having to walk to the bathroom to pee. If I gave into all of their daily complaints, I would have ten loa...
- I used to humor, but there are times when you can't like at a friends house. One time my daughter flipped out over the cup she was given because she just didn't like ...
How to Care for Toddler While Baby Nurses
Asked by E.M. from New York
on September 11, 2008
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I have a 26-month-old daughter and a 1-month-old son. My daughter was initially very excited about the baby, happy, and cooperative. However, I think the "honeymoon"...
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- My son was 20 months old when his sister was born and he was super-clingy. We read a lot of stories while I was nursing, that way he could still be snuggled in the ch...
- As a young mother with 2 boys 4years old and going on 2 yrs old in the beginning I was having the same problem but soon realized that if i let my oldest son help with ...
- MOST importantly, Talk to your doctor about the PPD. If you had it following your first pregnancy you are 75% more likely to suffer with it again, as opposed to a woma...
Problems Starting Baby Food...
Asked by L.L. from Pittsburgh
on April 7, 2009
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Hi, my son Nick (and first child) is now 6 months old & has been begging w/ his eyes & hands for food for over a month now. With doc's OK we started w/ baby cereal la...
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- I would suspect the teeth. Every kid is different, but by 6 months most kids need solid food. I'd stick with the veggies he likes, and move on from there. Also, see...
- When babies teeth, their saliva changes and that can be causing some of the problems. If his teeth hurt, everything might as well hurt. The only other thing I can th...
- We just cut our first teeth last week, and our daughter was the exact same way at night. She would wake up screaming and the only way to console her was to distract h...
Baby Einstein Dvd's
Asked by S.G. from Chicago
on August 10, 2006
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I am looking to buy Baby Einstein DVD’s and/or CD’s /if you are done with yours..and you think they are good/.
Also have a question on what experience do you have wit...
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- Looks like a lot of people have already expressed the APA recommendations of waiting until a child is 2 years before using the TV. I wanted to tell you about the rese...
- My daughter has been watching videos/tv since about 6 months old. I know some people frown on that, but I think she learns a lot from the programs. We have the Baby ...
- The only we watched was Sesame Street and the Ses St DVDs. We started around 12 mos with having it on in the background and between us singing the songs about numbers...
Daughter's First Birthday
Asked by D.D. from Pittsburgh
on February 1, 2007
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Hi,
My daughter will be turning one in a few weeks and we are having a party for her (about 10 adults and 6 kids). Does anyone have any suggestions for it? There is...
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- We recently had our son's first birthday. We served heavy appetizers (chicken wings, veggies and pita with hummus, meatballs, etc.) and cake and ice cream. We didn't h...
- A musical birthday. I had this idea after my daughters birthday due to how the kids ended up using what was around my house as well as the empty boxes/giftwrap. They ...
- hi D., i have been thinking about the same thing, as my son turns one in march. they are still too young to really even know what is going on, or be into anything, as...
Baby talk..what Did Your Kids Tell?(just for Fun Question)
Asked by S.R. from Minneapolis
on October 15, 2010
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My son is 18 month old and is learning to talk...with an explosion of vocabulary in the past week. Some of the words he uses are very funny and cute...he used to tell ...
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- My daughter is 3 and a half now, and some of her words were really cute too - I miss some of it, she talks like such a big kid now! My little guy is still only 20 mon...
- My son is 19 months and he calls a spoon a "boons." He also ran around for about a month saying "Guppy guppy guppy" and we had no idea what he was trying to say until...
- tedacter = helicopter collect the dots = connect the dots owe-we, yo! = open, closed! (my favorite!) alligator = elevator ma-fu**-shun = malfunction (trying real h...
Baby's First Birthday...
Asked by L.D. from Houston
on March 25, 2008
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I am at a loss for ideas on what to get my soon to be 1 year old for his birthday. This seems to be a hard age to buy for and I was wondering if any of you had any su...
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- one of our sons was really hard to buy for when his 1st birthday came around we took him to a toy store and walked around with him and then under our supervision let h...
- I had the same problem but moreso becuase my one year old has an older brother so we did not need much. Here are some ideas... if he is getting ready for a big boy ...
- My guys loved balls and cars. We bought a Hippo- ball pit, they still play with it (there're 7 and 3).
