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My 5 Year Old Has Excema
Asked by A.G. from Wichita
on February 19, 2008
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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that she has scratches all over her face. She was reffered to a determatologist. He gave me so...
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- A., I feel for you and your little one, my little girl is 5 now and we have fought this for years!! It got to the point she had a big bald spot on her head I was so sc...
- My neighbors child have horrible excema and I finally convinced her to go to Children's Mercy and see a determatolist and within a few weeks of seeing the doctor she h...
- Two things A....my daughter had that all her life....I took her to Children's hospital..they helped her...they said they make newer things constantly..at the time they...
5 Year Old Making Me Nuts
Asked by E.M. from Louisville
on December 4, 2008
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I think i may need some parenting classes however im just kind of wanting to let off some steam here to other moms. My 5 year old knows how to push my buttons as most ...
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- Your daughter could be sensitive to food dyes and preservatives. Check out www.feingold.org. Feingold is a 30yr old non-profit organization whose purpose is to infor...
- First of all start with your doctor. Have her checked for ADHD. The doctor will evaluate her and then refer you to a counselor or medical treatment. Unless there ar...
- oooh wow! First of all, the spankings will work if done consistently and with love, not out of anger. However, it sounds like she may have ADHD...only a dr can s...
Baby Shower
Asked by C.H. from Dallas
on September 15, 2006
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Does anyone have any suggestion on giving a baby shower I'm planning a surprise shower for my friend and I need some ideas to what kind of games to play and what kind ...
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- I like the idea of asking everyone to bring their favorite child-time book. This is a great way to kick start the baby's book collection. I am also a sucker for the...
- Have everyone bring a picture of themselves; so when your baby is born you can have a "baby shower scrapbook" with the pics and names of everyone so that she can learn...
- Hello, have you aleady gotten this request taken care of, If not I have some information for you.
Baby Shower
Asked by K.F. from New York
on September 23, 2008
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Hi all,
I am in need or a unique idea for my best friends baby shower. I want to give her something other than the typical diaper cake, clothes line, baby library,...
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- My all time favorite gift to give anyone expecting a baby is the book "Love You Forever". It is such a sweet story, and it will make anyone cry. My kids even love it! ...
- I don't know when the shower is, but I made my sister in law a scrapbook for her shower. I made a page for every month of the year, starting with the month she was d...
- Hi! I have two ideas that went over big @ both my sisters baby showers. First being a scrapbook with premade page, so she can just put future photos in and journal. Yo...
Food Ideas for Baby Shower
Asked by M.G. from Detroit
on January 13, 2009
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Hi, I'm expecting a baby girl in March which will be my 2nd child. I have a boy now so my friends and family decided to throw me a baby shower being that my son is now...
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- I went to one shower that had a taco bar set up. The taco meat was in a big crock pot and there were bowls with every taco fixing you could think of. People could ma...
- I just threw a shower for my best friend and we had a mini pasta bar. We borrowed a roaster with the serving trays inside and were able to keep 3 kinds of sauces warm...
- My sisters and I are doing the same thing for our other sister. She's in the same situation. Her's is a surprise though. Anyway, we're doing chicken salad sandwiches. ...
Age Specific Chores for a 3 Year Old and 5 Year Old
Asked by S.T. from Salt Lake City
on August 17, 2008
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I need some chore ideas for my 3 year old and 5 year old boys. Other than the basics of feeding pets, putting dishes in sink, dirty clothes away, picking up toys,
br...
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- They can take their own laundry to the wash room and help you sort it. My kids loved this "game." I'd tell them to put all the whites together, all the blues together,...
- I think you have great chores already in place. I have a four year old and seven year old, they have to put their clothes away after I have folded them, clean up thei...
- Some early childhood educators did a little study in their 4 year old class about chores that children can do. The parents hesitated, but the children were able to do...
Help...6 Year Old Will Not Poop in the Toliet
Asked by J.L. from Austin
on March 27, 2008
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I am at my wits end. My 6 year old poops in his pants a couple of times a day. He will not use the toliet - never has. I have tried incentives like stickers, candy, ...
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- Hi J., I am a child psychologist and have worked in the past with some encopretic (pooper) kids. The very first thing to do is make sure nothing physical is going on....
- What if he isn't wearing any pants???
- It took my son a realy long time before he was potty train. My son's the stuborn type the only thing that worked for me was to be more stuborn then him. When he finaly...
6 Year Old Son Has Bad Attitude
Asked by A.E. from Los Angeles
on September 10, 2008
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My 6 year old son just started 1st grade last week. Now I know that it takes time to adjust from being home all summer to getting up early and being in school all day...
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- I think it's probably just a matter of adjusting to his new experience of being a 1st grader. Every change, even good change, is stressful. My fourth grader burst into...
- I went through this when my son was in 2nd grade. He didn't want to do anything at school or at home that he was supposed to do. It got so bad that he could do nothing...
- Last year my hubby made "to do" charts for kids ages 6 (a boy like you) and 9 (girl). It has helped our son so much. Excpectatons for the morning (brush teeth, make ...
5 Year Old Daughter Still Wetting the Bed
Asked by R.H. from Redding
on October 19, 2008
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Hello everyone, I have a 5 year old daughter who is still wetting the bed at night, I have tried everything from a sticker chart to limiting water before bed, I have r...
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- I wet my bed until I was 6.... I grew out of it, and your daughter will, too. If she is like me, it isn't an issue of defiance or laziness. Ask her dr. just in case,...
- Some kids take longer than others. We had my daughter in pull-ups until she was about six. Once we stopped using them, she refused to go back. Get a plastic pad/w...
- Some children do not know they have to go. They are sound sleepers. Until that sensation appears or she develops the ability to hold her bladder, continue what you are...
Housewarming and Baby Shower in One!!
Asked by L.S. from Raleigh
on May 5, 2009
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My friends are throwing me a baby shower and a housewarming shower all in one. There will be guests about about 40 in our new house the first weekend in june.. Whats a...
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- Do you have a theme for the baby's room? I would use the same theme as the baby's room and then you can get shower decorations that you can use later in the baby's room.
- Hi L.. I wanted to suggest doing an eco.focused party. You can register for home and baby items at Sustain Kids. There are home cleaning products that are not as chemi...
- When I read this, I thought of our announcement that we did when we moved and had our first child essentially simultaneously. We have a rather large mailbox, so we to...
