Sleep Training: Elmo
Results 1-10 from 193 articles
Sleep Training
Asked by T.K. from Chicago
on December 16, 2008
-
I am in the process of sleep training my 6 month old and he is doing extremely well, except for one time. Most naps and at bedtime, I read him a story, rock him for a...
Answers
- Sleep begets sleep, so dropping the third nap and moving up the bedtime should not effect the am wake time. Also, you should get a copy "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy...
- I agree with the mom who said to read the Dr. Weissbluth book. We have it, but it's packed in boxes since we moved and I need to find it asap! Our daughter was havin...
- From my experience with both my children, changing the bedtime does not have that much of an impact on the baby's wake time -- especially at such a young age. Every c...
Sleep Issue
Asked by G.E. from New York
on April 14, 2008
-
My daughter is 19 months and will not sleep after 5:30 the past few nights she only sleeps till 4:30 THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON for a long time we have tried letting her c...
Answers
- I hate to say this, but that very well may be her natural wake up time. All three of my kids were early risers as well (4:30 - 5:30 am) and it is tough. You could try ...
- I feel your pain. My 16 month old son sleeps to 5-5::30 almost every morning starting at age 5 months. I was losing my mind with sleep deprivation. Then my doctor g...
- I got one of my favorite bit of parenting advice when my firstborn was fighting me on a sleep issue. I was going crazy trying to get him to stay in his bed at night, ...
Potty Training
Asked by A.B. from Dallas
on July 31, 2008
-
OK Moms...I know that this has been asked many times...but I too need help. My son, who is 2 and half shows interest in the potty but still will not go. I saw the trai...
Answers
- If he's ready, you should have some success with the weekend training. But, the daycare will probably require pull-ups which will make being fully trained a long proc...
- Stay home over the weekend and put him in underwear. Ask him if he needs to go often. He will mess his underwear, but that is when it clicks. It may take longer than a...
- HI A.! I have an 8 yr son and I started his potty training at 2 1/2 and he was still not trained at 3. I was also a full time working mom and frustrated. The Administr...
Potty Training
Asked by C.D. from Orlando
on January 31, 2009
-
I need some advise on how to start potty training my grandson who is 3 years old. It's been a long time for me so I forget. Any advise would be helpful. My grandson...
Answers
- well, i think that it completely depends on the child. i used to work in daycare and i can tell you from experience that most children who are ready to be potty traine...
- He should be potty trained already!!! However, since not, then I'll suggest what I did with my oldest: he wanted a firetruck in the store window...I made a chart and ...
- Hi C.! I took the slow road to potty training..so I don't know how well it would work given your grandson's age, but at 16 months I put the potty in the bathroom. My...
Potty Training
Asked by N.B. from Austin
on July 31, 2007
-
I recently posted a request for potty training advice. I loved all of the responses I received. I went out and bought the cloth training pants. My daughter will be th...
Answers
- Ok as far as the potty training goes most of my kids are right on target with development and so far the two oldest ones didn't get the concept of potty until 3 years ...
- hi N.. My chilren are not potty training yet, but i have many friends who are going through the same thing. Every child is different. Maybe she is not ready yet. I kn...
- I am an Army wife, so I know all about the barking orders and wanting his kids to move along a faster pace than they are ready to. My husband also expects me to work ...
Potty Training
Asked by N.S. from Portland
on January 31, 2009
-
How do you know when a child is ready for potty training? I have looked online, and have not quite understood what is said. I have a 2 and1/2 year old girl and a six...
Answers
- I've been practicing potty whispering with my son since he was 6 weeks old. He was never comfortable with the peeing on himself thing. He would writhe and kick and a...
- Well I have a little boy, he began potty training at 2 1/2 yrs old. It seemed that he was ready when he showed some interested in using the toilet. He watched some p...
- Put your 2.5 yr old in underwear and let her wet her pants, she will start to understand what it feels like to get wet and eventually she will realize she doesn't like...
Potty Training
Asked by M.H. from Hartford
on June 2, 2009
-
Hi Ladies,
I am about to take on Potty training. My son is 27 months & will be home from day care for 2 weeks in July. So I thought it was a good time to take on the...
Answers
- Hi M., A friend of mine used to give her son a star sticker (the small kind teachers used when grading papers) for his forehead every time he used the potty. For ...
- That is a perfect time to start! Back in Feb. when my son was about the same age, 28 mos. We had 4 days of no daycare and being home--we potty trained him. We all went...
- Hi M.! I have a 3.5 yo daughter who is potty trained! I hear girls are usually easier than boys... but you never know! What I did was introduce the potty by vid...
Potty Training?
Asked by H.D. from Dallas
on February 17, 2008
-
Hi, moms! This is kind of long but I am very anxious about this. This is for those of you with little ones you've recently potty trained. My son is 22 mo. and my pedi ...
Answers
- H., I just remind myself that my son will be potty trained at some point. He'll be 3 in June. He loves to go on the potty but does not remember to tell me. The mo...
- The best advice I can give you is to relax. It does sound like he is showing signs of interest but it still may take a little while. The best book I can recommend is...
- Hi H., My name is A.. I have a 7 year old boy, and an 8 month old girl. I found that potty training has everything to do with the child. I started potty training Gavi...
Potty Training
Asked by L.B. from Dover
on March 2, 2008
-
My daughter is two and a half and doing fantastic with potty training. She has been using the toilet for quite a while now, since before she was two even. The only tim...
Answers
- My daughter was very afraid of pooping on the toilet. I have a potty in the bathroom and one day when I KNEW she needed to go, I ran her to the bathroom and sat o...
- try rewarding her with a favorite candy if she goes pooop on the potty....like m&m's.....and if you get her on the potty once and she does it...clap and cheer for her
- My daughter was the same way. She is now almost 16. Potty training was more of a struggle with her than my son. She would never poop in the toilet. She was about 21/2 ...
Potty Training
Asked by M.H. from Philadelphia
on December 7, 2007
-
Hi, hoping you ladies have some suggestions for me. My daughter has just turned 3. We have been trying to potty train her for about a year now. She is very good wit...
Answers
- You can try directing her to poop in the bathroom on the toilet with the pull up on on. You can eventually cut a hole in the pull up. You can also take her to get pret...
- dont get frustrated let her use the pull up til she is ready and just keep trying she will get it..
- wait till she's ready; my girl was almost 3.5, and p.t. went very quickly then
