Stages & Milestones: Child

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My 5 year old boy is still wetting the bed at night. My older son was potty trained at 2 1/2 and never had any accidents even at night. My second son i...
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Yes, I know it is alarming. My 5 year old keeps saying that he "wants to die" or...
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I have 5 year old daughter who is almost finished with preschool.. Her teacher c...

Birthday

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My daughter will be turning one in August and everyone is asking what she wants for her b-day. Does anyone have some good gift ideas for a soon to be ...
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Hello, MOms, My son will be turning two in February and I do not know what to d...
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Eating Solid Foods & Weaning

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My 5 year old still sleeps in bed with my husband and myself, he always has, he is a big boy, he weighs 80 lbs, so its really hard for three people to ...
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My 14 month daughter does't care about eatting solid food. When I bring food to ...
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How do I wean my 11 mos old that will not eat other foods? She'll eat foods but...
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Hi, I am a mom to twin 6 month olds and we have just begun solid foods after ...
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This is such a long and complicated story...I'll try to keep it short. Tonight ...

Growth Charts

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Hi moms, I have a two and a half old boy and he weights just a little over 26 lbs and he’s almost 36 inches. I just wanted to know if this is normal...
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My daughter is 13 months old and is in the 1 percentile for her height and weigh...
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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to ...
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I had a re-cert WIC appt today so I had to take all the boys in. I have a 2 1/2 ...

Growth, Height & Weight Charts

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Hi moms, I have a two and a half old boy and he weights just a little over 26 lbs and he’s almost 36 inches. I just wanted to know if this is normal...
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My daughter is 13 months old and is in the 1 percentile for her height and weigh...
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Does anyone have any experience with their children being in a very low percenti...
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I had a re-cert WIC appt today so I had to take all the boys in. I have a 2 1/2 ...
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my daughter is 12 months old and is in the 20-25th percentile for weight. she is...

Imaginary Friends

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My 2 year old kind of freaked me out the other day (about a week ago) when he was pointing past me telling me to tell the lady to go away....I asked wh...
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Hello everyone. I am new to this so I am not sure how to state my problem so her...
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Ok, quick question: Our almost 3 year old has recently started having imaginary...
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This is just a fun question...does or did your child have an imaginary friend? ...
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My son is 3 years old. He does not go to school right now or daycare. I have a d...

Independence

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I have a 6 year old son who argues with EVERYTHING we tell him. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make it stop?...
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My girls, ages 5 and 6, are good kids, REALLY good kids, until recently... and I...
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If you guys read my post regarding my defiant 5 year old, then you know all abou...
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Around the time my daughter started school, her moods have changed. She went thr...
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Happy American Independence Day. I asked my 12 yr old niece what Independence ...

Language

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My daughter is almost two years old and I am worried about her language skills. When other people are around her they do not understand what she is say...
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I have a toddler that will be two the end of March. I hear so many other little...
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My 5 year old daughter and I both love dogs. I was thinking about taking her to...
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My girls, ages 5 and 6, are good kids, REALLY good kids, until recently... and I...
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My 5 year old son snores horribly at night. I have spoken with the peditrician n...

Language Skills

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Why do we delay kindergarten entry? It appears mostly to be because some kids have a harder time with "social skills" and other behaviors. In other...
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My son started kindergarten this August and he's a really great kid. We had no ...
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My 5 year old son is in the same preschool he has been in since he was 2. He wen...
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What exactly is a child supposed to know to pass the kindergarten readiness test...
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My five year old is wearing me and my husband out! He started talking at age 11...

Learning Colors

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My four year old boy still doesn't know his colors. He can count,write his name, etc. He is very smart except when it comes to color. The teacher do...
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Around the time my daughter started school, her moods have changed. She went thr...
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Our church is going to limit nursery care to children 5 and under during adult c...
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I have an 18 month old boy who is speaking well and learns quickly but doesn't s...
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Hi Mamas!! I am reaching out to all of you who are Mom to a toddler boy!! My so...

Learning Letters & Numbers

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I just put my 4-year old son into a new daycare and compared to the other children he is "behind". The other children in his class can all regonize the...
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My son will be 3 in June and he already recognizes most of the letters, recogniz...
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My son will be 5 in December, so he won't start kindegarten until 2009, but I'm ...
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I'm volunteering in kindergarten class & some of the students do not recognize t...
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My daughter is 5 years old and started kindergarten in August. She still does n...

Learning to Ride a Bike

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The title says it all, but here are the details... My six and a half year old daughter needs (in my opinion) to learn how to ride her bike. We bike...
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We are in the process of teaching our 5-year-old son to ride his bike without tr...
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Please help!!! For the last 2 summers I have been trying to teach my now 6 year...
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My son just turned 5. He wants to learn how to ride a bike. We took him out toni...
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My son just turned 9 and he does not know how to ride a bike yet. We tried last...

Preschool

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I need help with my 6 year old he's outta hand. He likes to tell me waht to do and not to listen to me. Any time you tell him to do something he throws...
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My daughter is in her first year of preschool. She will be turning 5 at the very...
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I have a 6 year old daughter who is in 1st grade, a great student, a very sweet ...
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My 6 year old boy is having alot of problems at school, he just started summer s...
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Ok here is sort of a personal question but I need to ask. My 5 year old is goin...

Rolling & Crawling

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I'm at the end of my rope with my almost 5 year old son. No matter what I tell him to do (stop hitting your brother; don't jump on the couch; go wash y...
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I know that all kids develop at different paces as well as the way that kids the...
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So my question is not anything serious but I just wanted to know if I was the on...
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My daughter is 8 months 4 weeks old and she's really making "strides" (but not r...
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I need some chore ideas for my 3 year old and 5 year old boys. Other than the b...

Self Feeding

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My girls, ages 5 and 6, are good kids, REALLY good kids, until recently... and I'm a tough love mom. If the girls both get in trouble for something, my...
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I'm very frustrated with my 6 year old son who ONLY wants to eat junk. It drives...
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Two weeks ago my family moved to a new state. We have only had a chance to meet ...
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My 5 year old daughter has excema. When she was an infant, it was so bad that sh...
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Hi, my 5 year old refuses to eat nearly everything I put in front of him. He lik...

Self Feeding & Finger Foods

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My girls, ages 5 and 6, are good kids, REALLY good kids, until recently... and I'm a tough love mom. If the girls both get in trouble for something, my...
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I'm very frustrated with my 6 year old son who ONLY wants to eat junk. It drives...
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Hi, my 5 year old refuses to eat nearly everything I put in front of him. He lik...

Sitting Up

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I'm very frustrated with my 6 year old son who ONLY wants to eat junk. It drives me nuts. He has such a limited menu of food that he will eat. It is ve...
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Hi, my 5 year old refuses to eat nearly everything I put in front of him. He lik...
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Hi! I'm a divorced mom of a 5 year old, almost 6 year old boy. My son likes to g...

Social Skills

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My 5 year old daughter and I both love dogs. I was thinking about taking her to either Marley and Me or Hotel for Dogs. Can anyone say if they're app...
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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to ...
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Standing

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My girls, ages 5 and 6, are good kids, REALLY good kids, until recently... and I'm a tough love mom. If the girls both get in trouble for something, my...
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Hi, my 5 year old refuses to eat nearly everything I put in front of him. He lik...
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I am having trouble with my 6 year old son. Almost all of the time he is well b...
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So, the high temperature today is supposed to be at least 100. My 5 year old do...

Swimming

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I need help with my 6 year old he's outta hand. He likes to tell me waht to do and not to listen to me. Any time you tell him to do something he throws...
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I'm not quite sure what to do about my 5 year old daughter's fear of putting her...
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My daughter just started a new swimming lesson session and is freaking out. She...
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I need help...I don't know what to do with my 6 year old. He is going through a ...
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Hi Ladies! Just wondering if anyone else out there has a 4 or 5 year old chil...

Talking & First Words

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My 5 year old daughter and I both love dogs. I was thinking about taking her to either Marley and Me or Hotel for Dogs. Can anyone say if they're app...
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My 6 year old daughter has snored for as long as I can remember. I took her to ...
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I'm very frustrated with my 6 year old son who ONLY wants to eat junk. It drives...

Teething

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What age do babies usually start teething?...
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my 9 mnth old is teething. can anyone recommend a safe (perhaps notmade in China...
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any advice on how to make it through the night when dealing with teething.. othe...
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My 5 month is teething and is also crying, is there anything to help ease the pa...
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Hello my daughter is 4 1/2 months old and is teething. She is really fussy and I...

Tummy Time

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So as you can tell from my last couple posts I have recently had 2 miscarriages after infertilty problems. Anyway both of these pregnancies my son kne...
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My 5 year old still sleeps in bed with my husband and myself, he always has, he ...
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How much time does or should my baby be spending on her tummy. I understand all...
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Any suggestions on when to start baby on tummy time? My daughter is now 2 month...
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my 4 month old absolutely HATES tummy time and makes no effort at rolling over. ...

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Walking & Taking First Steps

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My 21 month old son just qualified for speech therapy services through First Steps. I would like to hear from any moms whose children have used or are ...
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What type of walking shoes are best for learning to walk?...
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My daughter is getting to point where she is learnin to walk and i need help or...
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