Eating Loss of Interest: Preschooler
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3 Year Old Behavior...
Asked by S.J. from Chico
on February 26, 2008
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Hello there...I am looking for new tricks to have up my sleeve when dealing with my 3 year old daughter. As of late she has taken to shrieeking when put on a time out....
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- I'm in a parenting class and there were 4 people last night who had similar challenges with their 3 yr olds. Seems to be a reaction to having a new sibling. You may w...
- As a former preschool teacher, and now as a nanny and parent, I understand what you are going through. In the school I taught at it was our philosophy to never make a...
- I have 2 almost-4 year olds. My daughter is a screamer too. My best advice is to ignore her when she's shrieking in time out. She's only doing it because she knows it ...
3 Year Old Son Refuses to Potty Train
Asked by J.C. from Spokane
on March 14, 2008
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Hi, my 3 year old son does not want to potty train. We started training when he was 2 1/2 and I never pushed it then and now we're approaching 3 1/2 and he freaks out...
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- I had the same problem with my son. It took watching my daycare providers son who is a year older than my son. My son was finally potty trained at the age of 5. My hus...
- Dear J., When my now grown son had a tough time potty training, my Dr. told me to buy a yello duck big enough that it wouldn't fit down the drain of the toilet. And ha...
- I was so stressed out about this potty training thing...I had a baby then my son turned 3 a couple months later. We were holding off on potty training until after the...
My 3 Year Old Won't Eat
Asked by J.C. from Los Angeles
on October 14, 2008
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ok, so i have a 3 year old that is very finicky but has always his eaten his 3 meals a day without issues. well, for a week now he does not want to eat. he will take 2...
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- My 3 year old starts doing the something similar. He looks at the food, declares it to be "yucky", refuses to eat and leaves the table. We just ignore this behavior an...
- Okay, so someone else already mentioned it but my Best Friends little boy went through this and it was because the 'older' kids at his Aunt's house didn't like veggies...
- Hi, You have so much advice and all of it is excellent. I just wanted to add one possibility I didn't see here: two of my kids (especially the youngest) have fought...
4 Year Old with 'Strange' Sleeping Habits
Asked by D.R. from Wichita
on August 26, 2008
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I need your help. My (almost) 4 year old son has developed the strangest habits at night and I'm really starting to worry about him. Here's the scenario: I put him t...
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- I had completely forgotten that my daughter used to do this until I read your post. She said she was afraid when in her bed. For some reason 'camping' on her floor mad...
- Hi, D.. I am wondering if your son just wants to be closer to you. My son sleeps upstairs and we are on the main level, and 80 percent of the time he is in the chair...
- One of my daughters did this, and weirdly enough, she said it was because there was a :giant turtle: under her bed. She didn't like the bed. *sigh* I figured out t...
Potty Training a Stubborn 3 Year Old
Asked by V.P. from Kansas City
on January 26, 2009
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My 3 year old daughter is very stubborn. Girls are supposed to be easier to potty train than boys, right? Well, this one totally defies any logic. She is a great gi...
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- I have a very stubborn 4 year old girl too and I just finally got her to start wearing underwear at night so I feel your pain. You have to remember that you are the bo...
- First why have you waited until she is 3 years old? By this age habits are hard to break, this should be started as soon after 1 1/2 and certainly before they are 2...
- Your best bet is to calm down and let her do it in her own time. It will happen when she is ready. I potty trained 3 (2 girls and 1 boy), I didn't do anything and th...
Dining with 3 Year Old
Asked by T.D. from Fayetteville
on September 21, 2010
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Hey mamas out there! I need help. My daughter is 3 years old, and takes about an hour and a half to eat any meal, if given the time. She will play, poke at her food...
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- sounds more like a control issue with her. When you give her 20 minutes to eat, do you remove food and not snack her before next meal? What is her drink? Is it milk? I...
- What worked for my now 4 year old son, was to wait to drink after eating, and making it a contest. He loves trying to finish eating before us. This was his initial g...
- My 21-month-old baby girl does the same thing. She is so skinny. The pediatrician has did several tests on her to see if she has problems absorbing food, etc. but it...
Why Is My 4 Year Old Having Accidents?
Asked by A.U. from Provo
on October 6, 2008
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I have a 4 year old daughter who has been potty trained since she was 2 1/2. The first six months after potty training she was perfect- no accidents. It seems since th...
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- Hi A., My son went through this from the time he was 4 until he was 9 every few months. First I would make sure there is no urinary tract infection but if not that th...
- My daughter had this EXACT problem!! It was so incredibly frustrating, so I feel your pain! She was pottytrained at 2 1/2 and then about 6 months later started having ...
- You have lots of good advice, so I'll just add one quick thing. Our daughter's urologist had her do "exercises" to practice holding her urine until she could get to ...
3 Year Old Doesn't Eat
Asked by J.W. from Grand Rapids
on January 18, 2011
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Has anyone ever had a toddler/pre-schooler who doesn't seem to experience hunger? My son will not eat most foods and it is a long, long story, but he refuses most food...
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- I'd do 2 things. I'd blend veggies into sweet, tasty fruit and try to create a juice he will like. I'd put him in control of this as much as possible by letting him ...
- All three of my kids went through stages of not wanting to eat. They all grew out of it over time. I would just keep introducing foods to him, I would not make speci...
- Get rid of the toddler formula and wait till he is hungry - real food has got to be better than a high calorie shake - if he is filling up on that he will never learn ...
7 Month Old Refuses to Eat from Bottle
Asked by S.F. from Denver
on April 13, 2008
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I have a 7 month old daughter who will not eat from a bottle. I have been breastfeeding. Up until about 2 months ago, she would occasionally eat a bottle of pumped m...
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- Go with the solid foods and try a sippy cup or regular cup. She's not going to starve herself. She'll eat one way or another.
- Well I don't really have any advice, but I have a one year old boy who has never and still does not take a bottle. I still breastfeed him. He eats other food too, but ...
- I had the same problem with my daughter. My son had no problem going back and forth from breast to bottle, but my daughter never liked the bottle. I tried every kind...
7-Month Old Refusing to Nurse, Also Refuses Bottle and Sippy Cup - Need Help!
Asked by B.F. from Denver
on June 19, 2009
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Hi,
My son is 7 months old and is exclusively breastfed. Breastfeeding has been going well for the past few months. Two weeks ago, he started biting me at the begin...
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- Is there any chance the antibiotics did not work and he still has an ear infection? This happened to my oldest when she was 7 and had strep throat. If you have not y...
- Hi, I have a 7-month old as well and he also drinks far less milk than he used to, even though he is still drinkingn from a bottle. Sounds to me like yours just wants ...
- Hello! Well, I feel for you. I have a 10-month-old who I'm actually in the process of trying to gradually wean from the breast but he has the opposite problem, he do...
