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Your Favorite Toys & Books for a 1 Year-old
Asked by G.C. from New York
on June 8, 2008
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Hi moms, what are your favorite toys and board books for a 1 year-old? We have some Karen Katz books that my DD destroyed so I'm looking for some titles of sturdier li...
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- Another vote for Sandra Boynton. When she's a bit older, check out John Farrell's books, www.johnfarrell.com
- Try Dear Zoo and board books by Sandra Boynton both favorites that held up for us from about that age. Also if you are looking for basic t-shirts and onesies try my on...
- Hi G.! One book that stands out in my mind is "Good Night Moon"... it is a cute book and there is a little mouse on each page. Your daughter (I assume because of the...
Alternative Sleeping for 3 1/2 Month
Asked by P.B. from Detroit
on June 4, 2008
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I have a 3 1/2 month little girl who usually gets a bath at 7:00, bottle after bath and then down to bed. We swaddle her and she usually sleeps until 3:00 a.m. BUT.....
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- You can continue swaddling her for quite some time now, but leave her arms out - that's the new "rule" now, anyway. And this may give you some added time. Good luck.
- When I read this I had to smile because we were in the same situation with our little girl, knowing we needed to stop swaddling, yet not willing to sacrifice a good ni...
- Our son always got his hands out of swaddling. We actually started just having him in a sleep sack for warmth at about 8 weeks, and then stopped that at 4 months. It r...
Biting Toddler
Asked by A.K. from Minneapolis
on December 2, 2009
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My toddler bites all the time. It started when we had our second daughter eight months ago. She does it more often when she has teething symptoms or yeast infections ...
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- my son went through a few biting stages he is 21 months old now and does very well to control himself. We continued to tell him no, and if i could tell he was about to...
- I feel for you - one of my six was a biter, too :) Biting back rarely works, I think because we are never going to bite hard and so it doesn't seem like a punishment ...
- Of course nothing works for EVERYONE so please take this with a grain of salt, but we had the same issue with our son and when he turned two, we told him, "2 year olds...
1 Year Old Birthday Party
Asked by A.H. from Milwaukee
on February 21, 2008
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I am wondering if anyone has any creative ideas for my sons 1st birthday party....things they did, themes, games, food, etc? He will be turning one in July and just w...
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- Try www.birthdaypartyideas.com they have anything and evrything for party ideas! For my son's party we did a king of the sand castle theme! I made a sand castle c...
- I'm big on parties for kids - I never had them growing up - so I want my kids to have them from birth on...even if the can't remember them, we have the photos. I usua...
- I did a teddy bear theme for my daughter. I even baked a cake shaped like a bear head. I still have pictures of it. It was so much fun to do and seeing that I added to...
Putting Toddler to Sleep Question to 'No Cry' Moms
Asked by J.W. from Portland
on October 11, 2009
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Hi Moms,
This question goes out to 'No Cry' Moms. I would like to know how/when you transitioned your toddler to going to sleep on their own. The easiest way for m...
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- I nursed mine to sleep as long as they nursed (2-1/2 & 4-1/2 years) and then snuggled them to sleep as long as they wanted after that (a couple more years, off and on)...
- Hi J., First, I don't think that 1 is too old to rock to sleep at all. I was still nursing both my boys to sleep at 1. My younger son (not including the one in my b...
- I rocked my little ones, and I also would lay down with them to get them to sleep when they were little. I think it ended at about 4 years old. The older they get, the...
Looking for Clothes, Shoes and Accessories for 1 Year Old
Asked by L.S. from Chicago
on December 12, 2008
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My son just turned one and I am having a hard time finding clothes and now shoes for him. We got a lot of baby clothes as gifts and hand me downs - but now he is out g...
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- for clothes: old navy, children's place for toys: toy r us when you have out grown babies r us also craigslist and ebay
- I would also check out Carters. They have nice quality clothes at affordable prices.
- We always had good succes with Kohl's for little boy clothing and KayBee Toys for discount toys Mom of 3 fabulously energetic children (ages 7, 6 & 2)
Daughter Won't Stop Scratching
Asked by S.E. from Los Angeles
on November 7, 2008
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My daughter is 16 months. She keeps scratching her back, right below her neck. Yesterday we noticed that she must have been scratching it so much that it started to ...
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- Could it be a chemical burn from the tagless clothes? Some children are very sensitive to the ink.
- My first thought was excema but then I thought it sounds like an itchy tag problem!
- I immediately thought that maybe the tags on her shirts are bothering her. Is the area that is bothering her in the spot where a tag would be? That's the only thing i ...
Help My Daughter Wont Keep Pjs On
Asked by M.R. from Boston
on October 17, 2006
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hi i have a problem that i need advice on my little girl who is 22 months old keeps taking her pjs off at night and taking her diaper off i have tryed putting the diap...
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- Hello M., I had the very same problem with my son. We had to use some drastic measures but it worked. First: Get some cloth diaper pins(the ones with the plastic b...
- As long as her room is warm enough and you have a waterproof mattress pad on her bed let her go naked. My son did this for a while. I would wake up and he would have n...
- My daughter starting potty training at 1 1/2 also. When she takes off her diaper that probably means she pee'd and is now noticing the feeling and doesn't like it.If...
Looking for Recommendations on Winter Toddler Shoes, And/or Nonslip Wool Socks?
Asked by C.R. from Boston
on September 17, 2008
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Hello- my daughter has just recently started walking, and I am looking for ideas on which shoes and socks to get to keep her feet warm on our hardwood floors this wint...
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- roobez are good. my son, 13 mo old, does very well in them. good luck
- We used both the Robeez brand and the Shoo Shoos brand. Here is a link to their website. http://www.shooshoosusa.com/ Check out the clearance section for shoes ...
- I would say Robeez are what you're looking for, although now there are a lot of competitor's that are equally as good shoe/company. Depending on how chilly you think y...
Baby Shower for #2
Asked by E.R. from Austin
on June 20, 2008
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I have a friend who lives out of town, but would like to come down and throw a baby shower for our second child. My DD is 19 months and will be almost 2 when the baby...
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- E., If someone wants to throw you a baby shower, let them do it. However it is inappropriate for the host or the mom to ask for gift cards only. Registering for ite...
- i agree that it feels weird (i'm in your exact shoes right now) and have asked for no shower, mostly because lots of other friends are having their first child around ...
- I have many friends with multiple children. We always have a small shower for them to celebrate the blessing of newest child. It is not about being able to provide f...
