Safety & Baby Gates: Teddy Bears
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Baby Play-yard Advice/suggestion
Asked by C.L. from San Francisco
on February 17, 2008
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Hi there,
I'm starting to research about baby play yards (aka pack-n-play) and would like to know what factors you considered in choosing the one you had? Are ther...
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- Hi C., I think the Graco Pack n Play's are awesome. Very popular. The other ones are similar, but it's not that big a difference to stress over. They have the ones...
- Our family loves our huge and roomy 10 year old Regalo play yard. It is easy to set up and take down, travel with, clean and our 37 lb, 2 year old grandson demands to ...
- I would say skip it for now. I found that I never used my playpen until my baby was starting to crawl and then she didn't like staying in there for long. The less unne...
2 1/2 Year Old Scared of the BIG GREEN Scary Monster in His Bed
Asked by H.M. from Harrisburg
on January 12, 2010
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Hello moms, need some advice...
My 2 1/2 year old will no longer sleep in his own bed he tells us he is scared of the BIG GREEN SCAREY monster in his bed. We try to ...
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- Your post sounded like I could have written it! We got a really cute childrens' book from the library called "The Monster that Ate the Darkness". Love the book, bu...
- I had a similar problem with my daughter. She is now 5 and out of our bed. We got her anti-monster spray. It was air freshener spray. We also got her a flashlight to...
- This could this be a result from something scary he saw on tv, a book, something he heard someone say. At 2 I don't know that he is able to pinpoint what the problem m...
28 Month Old Suddenly Won't Go to Bed
Asked by K.M. from Los Angeles
on January 28, 2009
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We have been so lucky for 28 months. Our daughter has gone to bed like clockwork with no complaints. Except for a brief weening of the pacifier just before her 2nd bir...
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- terrible twos and now whos the boss !!
- We had a similar situation, our DS suddenly wouldn't sleep in his big-boy (twin) bed. But, he would sleep with the mattress on the floor. We also gave him a little f...
- *another idea: are you a SAHM or does your daughter go to a baby-sitter/daycare? Perhaps, if she does, is anything going on there that might have caused a change in yo...
Suggestions for Practical Bed/room Solutions for Baby #2
Asked by R.C. from Raleigh
on October 9, 2008
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Hello. I am due with my second child- another Boy and I am looking for ideas on bedroom arangements. My firstborn- Jake will be 18 months old when our next son is born...
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- I did the same thing with my boys(3.5 and 11 months) The oldest is sill in the full size bed but we are moving in a few months and I plan on switching him to a twin th...
- What we did was skip the toddler bed and get twin bunk beds (the kind that you can stack or keep separate). When my oldest moved out of the crib, we put the top bunk o...
- Hi! My first two girls were 15 mos. apart. I kept all of my kids in their cribs until just before age 3. It fixed all those complaints I hear from people saying 'how d...
Sleep Sharing
Asked by J.H. from Washington DC
on February 10, 2008
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I have been sleeping in the bed with my 2 3/4 year old since birth (bad idea) and now it is time to move out of there. My being there is hindering her rest now, becau...
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- I imagine it would be really hard for her to go from sleep sharing to being completely alone in her room. You might try a few night of sleeping together in her room (...
- Try making it special for her. Perhaps a new bedlinens and nightclothes picked out by her? Let her pick her bed, either way you get to put one bed away. Personall...
- I co-slept with both of my boys. My oldest was almost 3 when we finally got him to sleep in his own bed. (I was due with my second ANY day at that point and I was stil...
Help with Sleeping Through the Night Please
Asked by J.W. from Medford
on September 1, 2008
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I have a 15 month old & a 3 year old that share a room. My 3 year old is in a toddler bed & can get out. My 3 year old will wake about 2 times a night & will need me ...
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- My now 9 year old son used to wake every night at 2 am and I would give him a bottle to get him back to sleep (he was a bottle baby anyway). I realized that, with plan...
- We just weened our 23 mo. old from the bottle and I was concerned about the sleep process with this new process. My husband and I had a talk with her and told her tha...
- SuperNanny has a technique for this. She says to calmly put the toddler or preschooler back to bed without saying anything. Keep doing this until they know they have...
"Seeking Advice on Moving My Two Year Old to Her Own Bed"
Asked by N.S. from San Diego
on February 23, 2008
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I could sure use some advice and would really love to hear from those of you who have tried a family bed and then transitioned a toddler to a big bed. My daughter is ...
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- Our son moved to a toddler bed when he was 19 months old, and we were worried it was too soon. But he wanted it! He wouldn't sleep at night, and he hated being confi...
- lay down with her in her bed to get her comfortable.
- Hi N., I'm no expert, but with my sons, I would tuck them in their bed and read them books as long as they stayed in bed. If they got out, I would get up to leave th...
Moving from Crib to Twin Bed
Asked by L.F. from Dallas
on July 18, 2009
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Hi Mamas,
My DD just turned 2 and we decided it was time for a big girl bed. So, last night we moved the crib out ans set up the twin size bed. At first she was r...
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- You already moved out her crib so don't go back to it now. With my daughter I just moved her into her bed and put a baby gate at her door. If she got up she knew she...
- Why change when they do so well in their crib for up to 4 years? Go back to the crib until she is older and even after a new baby comes, until you need it. You can eve...
- Definetly continue trying out the big girl bed! Don't go back to the crib. You shouldn't give up that easily. As long as you stay consistent with taking her back to he...
Need Opinions
Asked by D.S. from Tulsa
on October 23, 2010
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I have a toddler who wont stay in his toddler bed. If I put him to bed he wont leave the room but wont stay in bed either. he tries to get comfy in the floor or goes t...
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- Can you move him after he is asleep? Will he stay if he falls asleep in your bed and then moves to his own? We had one who slept in our room for a long time. Fo...
- I wouldn't worry if he isn't in his bed. In his room is where he should be. You should lock your bedroom door if he's going in there while you are downstairs. You...
- My son did this, I would find him asleep on the floor, on his stuffed toys, even under the bed. It happened for the first 2 weeks or so, and than he got used to his n...
I Desperately Need Advice on How to Move My Toddlers into There Own Room...
Asked by B.W. from Los Angeles
on January 15, 2010
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Our 1 1/2 year old and 2 1/2 year old are still sleeping in our bedroom. I got pregnant when my son was only 5 months old, so he stayed upstairs w/ us longer than we i...
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- Hi B., I have been a similar situation as you,but, I have only one child. She is almost 3 (in May) and has just recently (in the past few months) started to sleep fro...
- There may be other moms that have had better experience with this - but I cannot bear the crying and sobbing, and having checked with other parents that have co-slept ...
- We co-slept with all of our kids. We moved #1 out of our bed at around 20 months, to a crib mattress on the floor, up against the foot of our bed and when he woke...
