Fighting
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Siblings Fighting.
Asked by L.L. from Pensacola
on July 1, 2010
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My husband was home from work sick, sitting on the couch, while the children played. My 4 year old son got mad at his 2 1/2 yr old sister for stealing his crayon's he ...
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- Perhaps a social story will help your kids to better understand how to deal with one another. A social story is a tool that is to teach kids very specific patterns of ...
- So your hubby had already handled this and you did nothing more than just tell your 4 yr old that you were disappointed with his behavior? You didn't punish him? I'm a...
- The fact that they are so close together is what makes this a difficult situation. I too have children that are just under 2 years apart and to make matters worse, th...
Fighting Sleep
Asked by K.D. from Kansas City
on June 9, 2009
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My son who is almost 3 has just started resisting nap and bedtimes. He has started getting out of his bed and coming out of his room multiple times at both sleep times...
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- I have read the way to know if he is ready to let go of his naptime is to let him go all day without one. If he doesn't have a meltdown all afternoon, then he is read...
- Maybe he's trying to tell you that he no longer needs a nap. My son is almost three also, and he was doing that right before he dropped his naps. He sleeps much bett...
- My guess is that your son might not need his naptime sleep any longer. Maybe you could just try having some quiet time in the afternoon for a while and then an earlier...
Fighting About Money
Asked by N.G. from Dallas
on June 17, 2011
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Our budget is extremely tight. There is NO room for wiggle. I make great money but my husband is going to school full time and only working part time, and we are pay...
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- Hi N., Sorry, when I answered your other post, I didn't realize that you were already following DR. I totally get why you are pissed- I would be too. Sounds lik...
- No exact solutions, but maybe you can eliminate the excuses for the "quickie" trips... - Ask him what he would like to have in the house to eat. Then buy it and mak...
- I have no idea what to do about your husband, as I would also be furious, but I did want to share something about braces. We had a nice surprise a few months ago when...
Fighting for Attention
Asked by K.E. from Los Angeles
on August 2, 2008
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Is there anyone else out there who's husband seems to fight for more attention than the kids. I have been married for 9 years and have 3 and 5 years old girls.
Every ...
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- My Husband took me out to lunch one day and said "You are an incredible mom but a lousy wife" I was pissed! but when I thought about it...he was right. I really stoppe...
- Hi K.: What i've learned in my many years of being married,is that when a man gets agitated,and begins ranting,and raving, What hes yelling about usually isn't what h...
- Get a book called "Love and Respect" Apply it to your life. Men need respect and women need love. This is a truth and if you can perservere and respect him he w...
Seeking Advice on How to Deal with Fighting Siblings
Asked by D.P. from St. Louis
on February 5, 2009
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Okay, I have had it up to you know where with the constant bickering and fighting that goes on between my two children. The oldest is a boy who is 11 1/2, the other i...
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- Let 'em fight it out. Tell them to go to a specific room of the house (or outside) where nothing can get broken and just let them go. When they come to you and say, ...
- My advice is to not do anything. Let them fight. They are the ones who have to figure out how to get along together. Part of the motivation of this fighting is to g...
- mine were the same way. even the same difference in age. i would get sick of it and remove them from my space and from each other. i would send them to their rooms for...
Newborn Fighting off Red Blood Cells
Asked by A.B. from Tulsa
on May 10, 2008
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I'm asking for a friend. Her baby is 3 wks old and her body is fighting off her red blood cells as if they are a foreign object. Has anyone ever heard of this before a...
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- Hi there A.: So sympathic re the newborn's blood cell problem. Sixteen years ago my grand daughter was a preemie. Her schoolmates are celebrating her 16th birthday....
- Was the mother RH-? And did she get a rhogam shot during her pregnancy?
- A. B- I don't have any advice for your friend, but I'm so sorry to see your friends trouble w/ her little one. I just wanted to post and let you know she is in our pr...
When to Step In-sibling Fighting
Asked by A.B. from Minneapolis
on February 19, 2011
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My daughters are 7 1/2 and 4. They have always been best friends with the occasional fight. Lately it has gotten to be more fighting than playing together. I have alwa...
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- Read the Book "Siblings Without Rivalry," by Faber & Mazlish. It's FANTASTIC at helping you to understand how to deal with sibling quarrels and such. When 1 hits the...
- I'd step in if they begin to hit or belittle each other. Otherwise learning to work out problems through conflict is good for them. If 4 year old cries because siss...
- what my mom made me and my sister do was sit indian style facing each other and hold hands for 15 minutes every time we fought after a while we stopped fighting
Advice Needed for Fighting 1 Year Olds
Asked by A.B. from Reno
on January 10, 2008
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I do home daycare so I can stay at home with my 1 year old. A month ago I began watching a little boy 10 days younger than my daughter. In the last week they have star...
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- Hi A., I also do in-home daycare and went through the same thing with two of my kids. It takes alot of redirecting. When they start fighting tell them no, and tak...
- If our boys are fighting, we offer turns. They are very short since the 1 year old doesn't really get what we're doing, and he usually gets the first turn. At 18 mon...
- you know i think this is just a phase a lot of one years olds go through. my daughter is one also and a i watch another one year old girl and they do the same thing. ...
Two Year Old Heard My Husband and I Fighting
Asked by J.W. from Los Angeles
on April 14, 2011
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I have two children- my son just turned one, my daughter just turned two. They are on a schedule--in bed at 8pm. Well my husband and I, being two very passionate peopl...
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- She's two. In a few days it'll will be completely forgotten. Don't worry about it. I don't know about you, but I don't remember anything from when I was two.
- I'm late to the game in this, but let it go. She's to little to get it yet. My husband and I sometimes argue-nothing severe-right over our sons head when we are sn...
- There's arguing, where the discussion may get heated, and then there is screaming insults and bad names and cuss words at each other. If it is the latter, and it is h...
Help! My Teen Girls Fighting Is Coming Between Me and My Husband!!
Asked by N.G. from Bloomington
on March 22, 2011
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I have 2 daughters, 15 1/2 and 13 who are CONSTANTLY fighting! I have tried everything I can think of but nothing seems to stop it! The older one runs to Dad, the youn...
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- If you ever get to hear Dr. Ray Guarendi speak, DO IT! He makes things like this sound HILARIOUS.. you'll laugh half of the talk at least! Don't let it get you dow...
- Why is dad taking only the 15 yo side? What ever is the reason, I would first work in bring back our marriage because sister would fight on and off but is important th...
- Well when my two go throught similar stuff, only they are 5&6, i handle it this way.... as soon as one comes whining or tattling about the other, i ask the following w...
