Nanny Share: Teddy Bears
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Attachment Parenting & (Sudden) Pacifier Use
Asked by A.Z. from San Francisco
on June 29, 2008
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I know not everyone out there practices or supports attachment parenting. But for those who do, I wanted to hear some perspectives on pacifier use. We practice atta...
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- I practiced attachment parenting with my daughter and I understand your dilemma. I found myself getting caught up and stressed out about what I was and wasn't suppose...
- my first daughter loved her pacifier. she had and continues to have an oral fixation. she is always chewing on stuff. she bites her fingernails (she is 7 now). the...
- my son started using the pacifier aroung 7months, before that he did not want anything to do with it. He started I think because of teething and it helped him go to sl...
Dealing with an Alcoholic Ex
Asked by D.T. from Los Angeles
on September 12, 2011
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I divorced my alcoholic ex-husband 2 years ago and my son was 4 years old at the time. My ex was given 50% custody of our son (week-on-week off) and court order not to...
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- Why don't you ask your son to call you next time he sees his dad drinking? Make it sound like he's not telling, come up with some story.. when he calls and says "daddy...
- Give your son a cell phone- one of those that you can only call the pre-programmed numbers. Program in your number, a neighbor and the police. If he feels unafe at A...
- Your son is fairly young and easily scared. No matter what he loves his dad and wants to spend time with him. Kids are very forgiving. I am not saying your ex is in...
2 1/2 Year Old Daughter Self-stimulating
Asked by M.M. from Anchorage
on July 27, 2009
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My almost 3 year old daughter has always been very tactile. She is a thumb sucker, blanket rubber, and has always liked to rub the soft side of velcro or her daddy's ...
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- Hi M., My daughter started doing this at about the same age, however just at night. This was hard for me because she frequently slept with me and it made me uncomfort...
- Good to hear you have a doctor's appt. I have very little experience with this, but, i remember being a kid and getting a yeast infection. I didn't know it was a yea...
- MY daughter went thru the same phase, I would just redirect her and sometimes if it was persistent suggest she go into her room as it was a private activity that she s...
How Big Is Too Big
Asked by M. from Houston
on October 3, 2006
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My mother says I'm being mean so I thought I would ask. When is a little one too big or too old to be sleeping on mamma? My mother insist that her kids (4 of us) sle...
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- This is only for you to decide, cuddling is great too. My daughter slept on my husbands chest for a long time and now shes 7 and cant sleep by herself, My other two c...
- LEt me first start by saying, what you don't fix now will be harder to fix the older he is! I have a 5 yr old and a 2 yr old, and we still hae issues with our 5 year ...
- Break the habit now! I have a friend with an 11 year old who gets out of his bed EVERY night and gets into theirs. They also have a 3 year old that has never slept i...
The Last of the Bottles
Asked by D.C. from Portland
on November 18, 2008
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Ok, so I am going to take away the night time bottles from twin boys on Thanksgiving weekend. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions of what I could do to mak...
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- I had my daughter go with me to pick out a new nighttime only sippy cup. Then told her that we were going to give the babas to the little boys and girls that dont have...
- Maybe try taking away MILK at night... start switching to only water in their bottles until the final day! They may not like it and not even need to take anything to ...
- Hi D.! I totally understand the anxiety that goes along with breaking the bottle habit. What I did with my son is, about a week before I was going to take his bottle...
Type of Punishment for 13 Year Old
Asked by D.P. from Detroit
on October 28, 2008
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So our 13 year created his own my space account against our wishes so to speak. he has been begging us for one for a sometime now. We have told him that we didn't ap...
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- Hello D., I believe that you are both right. He set up the page against your wishes, so if he is allowed to keep it what has he learned? That he can get away with it!...
- Maybe since he was begging for myspace you should have sat and talked to him and found out why he felt it was so important. My Daughter is 14 and she has a myspace. It...
- I agree that a punishment is in order because he went against your wishes. But, I think he should be able to keep his myspace account because everyone has one and you...
