Dolls: First Response
10 articles
Help! Terrible 3'S
Asked by J.M. from Minneapolis
on February 3, 2008
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My 3-year-old daughter has turned from a very sweet baby into a very stubborn and disrespectful child. I remember having some challenges with my son at this age (he's ...
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- I highly recommend "How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen and Listen So Your Kids Will Talk" by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Three can definitely be a very trying a...
- Hi Ann, 3 was way worse for our son than 2. He was pretty verbal, so the things he would come up with to say were so frustrating. Even now, he "disciplines" us right ...
- Ann, You've probably heard this before, but the power of positive praise is tremendous. Whenever you "catch" your daughter being good, praise her up and down for it. ...
Selfish Great-niece
Asked by S.G. from Rapid City
on May 30, 2008
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I have a 20 month old granddaughter who is the apple of my eye. My parents watch my nephews children who are 6 and 2. The 6yr old is great and sweet but the 2 year o...
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- Since I have a 2 1/2 year old and many friends with kids the same age, this is COMPLETELY normal. Each child can vary so much on the issue of sharing. Some do quite ...
- You received a lot of great responses, but I wanted to comment on your first response. About taking the car away from both. That is not fair to Emma. Emma waited to us...
- I would have taken the car away completely and said NOBODY plays with it. My daughter is 6.5 and just starting to learn how to share and be a part of a group and w...
Explaining to an 18 Month Old That Mommy Is Having a Baby
Asked by A.N. from Albuquerque
on February 7, 2008
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I have an 18 month old son and am pregnant with my second child (due in October). Any advice on how to explain to my son that he is going to have a baby brother or sis...
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- by the time the baby arrives he should be 2 yrs old, so he may understand better the situation. reading to him is a great idea; you know your child better than anyone,...
- He is too young to understand that is is going to effect him, but that doesn't mean you can't prepare him. There are a lot of great books out there that talk about bi...
- Congratulations! My first two children are 14 months apart & our 2nd & 3rd are 18 months apart! We found out we were pregnant with our 2nd when our first was only 5 ...
4 Yr Old Daughter Screeches and Screams
Asked by J.P. from San Diego
on March 25, 2008
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It is obvious why our 4 yr old screeches and screams so much... she's doing it for attention. she has some big competition w/ all the attn her sisters require, who are...
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- Hi J. - Here is an update on my note below - check out http://www.healthywealthynwise.com/article.asp?Article=5406 for the article "Timeouts Can Cause Misbehavior" By:...
- I'd suggest 2 things that might help. 1. Don't over explain things to her. I noticed you use a lot of words when you put her in a time out. "you do not get your wa...
- J., When my daughter was much younger I consulted with an absolutely wonderful woman named Jan Hunt. She has a web site and has written several books. She was a ...
Single Mommy Needs Help
Asked by N.D. from Denver
on May 3, 2010
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My daughter just turned 5 and is really acting up lately!! Uncontrolable tantrums, screaming, kicking, saying she hates me... I am concerned and am searching for a r...
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- I agree with Karin H., she is definitely trying to tell you something. I don't know what that first response was about, but it is definitely related to her father! W...
- How could someone who's not in the picture possibly be the cause? My daughters dad lives in CT, I'm in VA, and they don't throw tantrums, that behavior is not accepted...
- ah, grasshopper... it sounds like your daughter is trying to tell you something. and, no, i dont think "i hate you" is it. she may not want to go to visit her fat...
Help!
Asked by M.D. from Bangor
on October 18, 2006
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My son likes to argue and have tantrums at the drop of a hat, and some ppl are questioning me if he has ADD or if he is Bi-polar...I beg to differ and just say that it...
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- I am the mother of an 11 year old with ADHD and Boplar Disorder. You're son sounds a lot like my son. It doesn't hurt anything to talk to your pediatrician about a r...
- I have a older son who is 9 and he has been to many of doc's and they don't diagnose bi-polar that young, adhd my son has been diagnosed since 4 belive it or not...i ...
- My daughter does the same thing to me and my husband so not sure what to tell you just try to hang in there they are jusy testing their limits. If you get the right a...
Push-up Bras for Seven Years Olds??
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on April 20, 2011
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My friend post something on facebook, it was a news story about push-up bras for little girls. How is this happening?? My heart broke. It is like they are not even ...
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- The world is getting more insane every day. This is just absurd. EVERYthing is about sex and money. Rest assured that MOST parents are not going to be purchasing th...
- Oh, and we wonder, as a society, why teen pregnancies are on the rise. Duh, because sexuality it pushed onto children at younger and younger ages. I too have a son...
- My first response is what the he!! - and I don't curse much. My final response is what the he!!. It's bad enough women in their 20s are starting to use botox.I agre...
3.5 Year Old Giving up Nap? Has Yours?
Asked by E.H. from Dallas
on September 20, 2007
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My dd has always been an excellent sleeper. Well, in the last month, she has been either not napping at all (staying in her room for two hours, obviously never fallin...
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- My daughter never liked to nap either, even as an infant but as she got older I really had a hard time getting her to nap. I would tell her she had to lay down and re...
- HI E., you did get some good advice. I just wanted to say that my Son was the same age when he decided he was done with naps as well! That was a shocker! We do "quiet ...
- Dear E., Hi. I wanted to offer some suggestions. First of all, each child is different. My little girl hasn't napped since she was about 4. My youngest, a 7 yea...
Racist/Anti-white Comments in Front of Children
Asked by M.O. from Denver
on March 20, 2008
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My 4mo. old daughter is 1/2 Black and 1/2 European. She looks more like she is Persian, Puerto Rican, Mexican, or East Indian. So I know she will be having her ethnic...
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- Oh, I'm glad you brought this up! This is a very difficult thing to deal with... I have a biggotted/racist father in law, and it just kills me to let my kids near him....
- My MIL is the same along with her mother, just the opposite with hispanics. It infuriats me to no end. I am not sure how to deal with it, and my husband just says "don...
- Time to have a serious talk with your mother. She needs to learn if she has a specific belief system and feels the need to catagorize by color then that is her proble...
2 1/2 Year Old Playing with Food... and Not the Way That You Think..
Asked by B.C. from Portland
on November 6, 2008
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Ok ladies I have a problem. My youngest has a facination with taking butter, eggs, milk, and even mayo out of the fridge covering herself with it and rolling on the fl...
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- My daughter has sensory issues. She is always lathering herself with my lotions and creams... making a huge mess... and she's 11. This has been the norm for her entire...
- B., Have you tried directing the play into an area that would be allowed??? Place a plastic pool in the garage or play area and tell her that is her food pool. Mayb...
- May be instead of wasting your time and effort to tell her "NO, NO" and making the "forbidden fruit" even more desirable, you might start saying "Yes" and tell her whe...
