Preschooler: Videos & Books
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Need Help with Potty Training
Asked by J.C. from Cleveland
on March 12, 2008
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I have a 3 year old son who is perfectly "pee" potty trained. He wears big boy underwear all day and night and does not have accidents. However, he refuses to poop i...
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- We had the same problem with our second son. I can tell you from experience that taking toys (things) away from him will not work. You just need to keep a positive at...
- I don't think punishing him is going to help in this situation, maybe if he had been poop trained but was just being lazy it would. In this situation you can try to "...
- Does he sit or stand to pee? I'm sure you've probably already tried this, but it worked for us after my son had a surgery down there and was afraid of the evil toilet...
Learning Programs for My 2 Year Old!
Asked by M.M. from Omaha
on October 25, 2007
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I just became a stay at home mom and I was wondering if anyone know of some programs to help with shapes, colors, numbers, and ext. I want to get my 2 year old as read...
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- Let her draw alot and I don't mean coloring books. Blank paper and crayons can be one of the best teaching tools. It improves hand dexterity and stimulates imaginatio...
- The best thing offered is Early Childhood Family Education classes!! You can attend with both children and pay "as a family". It is for everyone, even people out of ...
- I really wanted to reitterate what one of the moms said here, you don't need programs, flash cards, movies anything for your child to learn and enjoy learning colors a...
Toothbrushing Nightmare
Asked by C.M. from Atlanta
on April 14, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get a 3-year-old to willingly brush her teeth? She has always hated it, even though I have tried the kiddie tooth brush and ...
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- an electric toothbrush always works for us, even if he doesn't brush long, he gets a lot out of it (we chose sonicare, figure it costs more but will save us in the lon...
- Try different flavored toothpaste. Buy videos and/or books talking about brushing teeth or a trip to the dentist.
- I agree with Donna, too. We went through this with our now 4 1/2-year-old when she was about 3. I would ask her if she wanted her teeth to rot out of her mouth. I show...
When to Have the "Stranger" and "No Touching" Talk with Child
Asked by K.H. from Grand Rapids
on May 4, 2008
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My oldest daughter will turn 4 in Sept. At what age should I have the "don't talk to strangers, etc." talk and the "don't let others touch you" talk? She starts pres...
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- I have a 4 year old daughter as well and we have been talking about this stuff for at least a year. I just think at this age it is something that needs to be discussed...
- Kelly, I've been there, and will be going there again soon. Our preschool program did address the issue of strangers, but don't underestimate your daughter. If yo...
- Get this DVD. It is fantastic and very age appropriate. They talk about safe side adult vs stranger danger. Not only is it educational, it's entertaining. We have ...
Shopping Consignment
Asked by S.S. from Denver
on March 30, 2010
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I LOVE shopping Consignment Store's for my 3 year old daughter. It seems ridiculous to buy items new when they only seem to wear clothes for a short time before my ch...
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- Hi....I'm not sure about stores but there is a consignment sale coming up. Here is the info: NEW TO YOU Spring and Summer Children's Consignment Sale Satur...
- There is another consignment store in Parker called Tumbleweeds pretty much around the corner from the old Children's Orchard. The owner is great and sends out emails...
- There is a place called Children's Orchard right off of Dransfeldt across from the post office. There is also a place called Tumbleweeds right near there too. I am n...
Need Advice About Potty Training
Asked by C.D. from Cincinnati
on July 8, 2008
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I am potty training my almost 3 year old and I am getting very frustrated. He has been kind of potty training since he turned two. The daycare he was at was working on...
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- My son will be 3 in August as well and this may sound crazy, but I had to just give up and let my husband do the potty training. It turned out that our son was so exci...
- Try making HIM change his clothes and clean up. It takes a lot longer. Remind him when he's cleaning himself up that he's missing play time. Also when he does go po...
- C., Okay, someone here on mamasource said try putting blue food coloring into ice cubes and throw a couple into the bowl to "change to green" when he has to go. I'...
Potty Training Back Peddling
Asked by E.V. from Roanoke
on October 19, 2009
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Hello! I am really frustrated right now. My son, who is 3 and 5 months, was completely in underwear and dry almost every night even in pull ups for 3 months...now he...
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- Children sense stress, has their been any changes in your life that may affect him? Also boys have minds of their own use your positive reinforcement. Good job Great, ...
- It may all just be part of the adjustment process, but it is worth a trip to the doctor to check it out. My son did the same thing and we found out he had an impaction...
- Hi Kids react to any changes in situations in different ways , I notice that you are seperated and getting a divorce , is this quite a recent thing? More than like...
Can Your Child Swim?
Asked by L.P. from Pittsburgh
on July 14, 2010
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I was wondering how people teach their kids to swim?
We have a pool, so I am really determined to get my son swimming sooner than later. He's 4 1/2.
He has gone...
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- my daughter is seven, and i have just now convinced her to put her face under water, all this time its been a fear., but my almost two year old, already doing it happi...
- We also have a pool and 6 out of 7 of my kids/nephews have learned to swim, by age 4...I didn't even bother w/the mommy and me classes and put them in level 1 at 3 yrs...
- gradually increase the distance he has to swim back to get out of the pool. both of my boys learned to swim at age 3 without any formal lessons, just swimming in the ...
Teaching a Three Year Old Spanish as a Second Language
Asked by R.R. from Los Angeles
on July 22, 2010
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I want my three year old son to learn how to speak spanish. Is there a video out there that would be helpful? He knows a couple of words already.
Thanks for you help
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- Find whatever his favorite movie is but in Spanish. My son LOVES the movie Cars, He's watched it so many times in English he has it memorized. Now he watches it in S...
- Does he watch DVDs? Most of them have a language setting that can be set to Spanish; if he's already familiar with the story all the better. That by itself won't make ...
- We love the books and cds from www.letsplayinspanish.com and have found them to be very effective and entertaining for our kids. - V.
Potty Training
Asked by M.S. from Stationed Overseas
on May 4, 2008
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My 3 1/2 y.o. little boy will not "poo-poo" on the potty. He pees on the potty and has had no accidents, even during the night, for a month. We used the sticker chart ...
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- I have four children. Our 3 year old is the 3rd and so far the easiest to toilet train. I TRULY believe this is because he has had better examples! You have to lose a...
- Hi M., I had the same problem with my son. Sometimes he still holds it for quite a while, but I found that if I make him sit on the toilet or the potty for lon...
- I have a four year old little boy. We kinda just had to wait until he was ready. But his loves M&M's so that was his treat if he went to poo-poo in the potty. He ha...
