Stages & Milestones: Myself

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My daughter is 3 months old and was only 4lbs at birth, now she is just under 10lbs. Does anyone else have a premie and when did they hit thier milest...
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Hi moms. I had a baby boy at 33 weeks which makes him 14 weeks old now. I am n...
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My 7 1/2 baby still doesn't sits down by himself.... my first one, now 3 1/2 yea...
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My son is about to turn 3 years old and has reached all of his milestones except...

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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Im having a B-Day party for my son whos turning 7yrs and my daugther shes turnin...

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Eating Solid Foods & Weaning

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My 14 month daughter does't care about eatting solid food. When I bring food to feed her, she never be happy. I have to play her favorite DVD, she will...
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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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Hello I have a 13 month son who has very litle interest in solid food. I have tr...
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My daughter will be a year old on Monday and I'm trying to get her used to solid...

Growth Charts

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My daughter is 13 months old and is in the 1 percentile for her height and weight. She is still on formula (drinks out of a sippy cup...about 4 10oz a...
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Does anyone have any experience with their children being in a very low percenti...
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my daughter is 12 months old and is in the 20-25th percentile for weight. she is...
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My almost 10 month old just had a doctor visit this week. He has always been lit...

Growth, Height & Weight Charts

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My daughter is 13 months old and is in the 1 percentile for her height and weight. She is still on formula (drinks out of a sippy cup...about 4 10oz a...
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Does anyone have any experience with their children being in a very low percenti...
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my daughter is 12 months old and is in the 20-25th percentile for weight. she is...
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Hi Moms! My 10 1/2 month son has not been gaining much weight. He's about 20lbs ...
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My almost 10 month old just had a doctor visit this week. He has always been lit...

Independence

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Happy American Independence Day. I asked my 12 yr old niece what Independence Day meant & she had no idea besides 'independence' & get togethers & fi...
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I know it probably depends somewhat on the individual child, but at what age is ...
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Hi ladies! I need to know how to teach my almost 4 year old to be independent w...
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Hi mamas...Ok, I have tried to write this post a number of times but I have so m...
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My 6yr. old is currently in kinder. and is not an early morning riser. I have t...

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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Hi everyone! My little girl is 13 months old and very active. She can say momma,...
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Hello Wise Mommas! I'm going to start by stating that maybe I'm paranoid abou...
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Hi, are there other moms with kids that need a lot of processing time in order t...

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 son is so excited about being in school. He looks forwarding to going in the...
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I have a four year old girl who will be five in early August. I had always thou...
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My daughter has the opportunity to attend a partial immersion kindergarten class...

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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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...
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My son will be 3 in April and is either really stubborn or just not getting it. ...
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My daughter turned 2 in May and is very strong willed and independent. She knows...

Learning Letters & Numbers

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Ladies, In an effort to keep up with my DS's matriculation into 3rd grade, his teachers sent home reading comp and math homework folders for the sum...
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I am not sure if I should be worried or not. My 3 1/2 year old can not reconize ...
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I just put my 4-year old son into a new daycare and compared to the other childr...
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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...

Preschool

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I am 3 classes from getting my associates degree in general studies. Then, I will have to declare a major when I apply to a university. I know what I d...
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How do you decide what the best preschool is for your child. Is it location, pro...
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How do you feel about preschool? Yay or nay? What's your reasons?...
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Im having such a hard time finding a reasonable priced preschool for my son! He ...
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I have a 2 year old little boy and people are starting to ask me if we are going...

Self Feeding

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Hello. My only child is turning 1 in a couple of weeks and I'm totally panicing about taking her off the bottle. I don't think actually taking her off ...
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I have a 3 1/2 Month old girl. When is it the righ time to start feeding your ch...
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My son will be 2 next week, he can use a fork and spoon pretty well, but I can't...
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I have a 15 month old and am running out of idea on what to feed him at mealtime...

Self Feeding & Finger Foods

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Hello. My only child is turning 1 in a couple of weeks and I'm totally panicing about taking her off the bottle. I don't think actually taking her off ...
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I have a 3 1/2 Month old girl. When is it the righ time to start feeding your ch...
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My son will be 2 next week, he can use a fork and spoon pretty well, but I can't...
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I have a 15 month old and am running out of idea on what to feed him at mealtime...

Social Skills

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As a child I was a social outcast, a nerd. I was overweight, had horrible acne, bad perm, oversized, thick glasses. I was a mess. I was a complete intr...
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I'm worried about my 17 year old daughter. She spends all day in her room with ...
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My daughters father passed away a few days after christmas. We have been seperat...
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I am 3 classes from getting my associates degree in general studies. Then, I wil...
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Has anyone ever had to deal with social services or knwo how they work. My husb...

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Standing

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Our 8 mo. old has been the best sleeper. She goes down to sleep without any fuss and is asleep within 5 minutes. I know we have been blessed. She has j...
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My grandmother has offered to buy a learning DVD or system for my son because he...
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I would love to hear insights from others who have addressed this issue. I am t...
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Hi There- I am in my early thirties have had three children in the last five ye...
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Dumb new mom question sorry in advance. My 8 month old wants to pull up to stand...

Swimming

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Need advice whether or not swimming lessons for my 8 month old is a good idea....
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I want to put my 3 yr old in swimming lessons, but I don't know where to go. An...
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I have a 19 month old son and I am interested in getting him into swimming lesso...
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I am looking for a place that will have swimming pool open all year round at an ...
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Hello, I am looking for a facilty that has year-round swimming lessons for chil...

Talking & First Words

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At what age do you have the sex talk with your children? How did you talk to them about it and did it work for you? Thanks in advance :-)...
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Is it normal for a 2 year old not to talk....
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Hi Ladies, My daughter will turn 9yo this summer, and entering 4th grade in the...
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My son is 11 years old. I have heard him and his friends talking about sexual th...
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Hi I have a wonderful 3 year old girl..she is an only child and has no cousins.....

Teething

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Hi Mommas- I can't believe it but I can't find any advice on teething. Can anyone share symptoms and suggestions for a 3 month old, who I believe i...
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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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My son hates tummy time! After three months, he still is not used to tummy time and very vocally lets us know. Even our daycare providers have mentio...
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My nine week old daughter hates tummy time. How do I make it fun for her???...
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Any suggestions on when to start baby on tummy time? My daughter is now 2 month...
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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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My daughter is getting to point where she is learnin to walk and i need help or...
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I know most kids walk by the time they are 18 months. My son will be 15 months ...
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My husband and I were just discussing my MBA and how I need to petition to gradu...
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my dd is almost 14months and she has crawled since 5 months old. she started cru...
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