Stages & Milestones: Toddler

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I'm sure all first time moms get a little paranoid about these milestones our children are supposed to meet... My daughter is 8 and 1/2 monthes old and...
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today we went to Braydens dr appt.. a well check.. well, when she put him on th...
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My almost 2 year old daughter, Raven is trying to pass many toddler milestones a...
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My daughter is 3 months old and was only 4lbs at birth, now she is just under 10...
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I really need some advice. At 15 months my daughter weighed 16 pounds and was di...

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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Hi Moms, I'm starting to think about where & what to do for my daughters 2nd b-...
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Can anyone give me some ideas or suggestion on what i could do for my daughters ...
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My son will be 6 years old this month and I am absolutely cluless on what to do....

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Eating Solid Foods & Weaning

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Hi, I am having a huge problem with getting my gorgeous 13 month old daughter to eat solid food. I have tried everything..you name it! She has no in...
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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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How do I wean my 11 mos old that will not eat other foods? She'll eat foods but...
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My daughter will be a year old on Monday and I'm trying to get her used to solid...
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Please let me know if anyone has run into the problem. All of the sudden, my 10 ...

Growth Charts

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Does anyone have any experience with their children being in a very low percentile for weight? My daughter is in the 3rd percentile for weight. She is ...
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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...
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My second child was born 10 days early weighing 6lb 12oz. The first 4 months we...

Growth, Height & Weight Charts

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Does anyone have any experience with their children being in a very low percentile for weight? My daughter is in the 3rd percentile for weight. She is ...
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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...
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My second child was born 10 days early weighing 6lb 12oz. The first 4 months we...

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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For the last two weeks, my daughter has been talking about an imaginary friend o...
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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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My daughter has an imaginary friend who seems to magically appear and disappear ...
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Ok, quick question: Our almost 3 year old has recently started having imaginary...

Independence

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I know it probably depends somewhat on the individual child, but at what age is it appropriate to give kids greater independence riding their bikes on ...
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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...
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Independence Center is a pretty good hike for us, but I'm willing to drive for s...

Language

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I have a toddler that will be two the end of March. I hear so many other little ones that are within a month of his age that are talking up a storm an...
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Hi everyone! My little girl is 13 months old and very active. She can say momma,...
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Hi, are there other moms with kids that need a lot of processing time in order t...
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I have a 21 month old son and a 5 yr old daughter. I've been told that because ...
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My daughter is about is almost 18months old and has a very small vocabulary... S...

Language Skills

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My 13 month old son had been say what we understood to be a few words: da, ma, and galla (for the dog - Galahad). He seems to understand what we are s...
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I have a 23 month old son, turning 2 in April, Who hasn't started talking yet. H...
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My son is so excited about being in school. He looks forwarding to going in the...
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My son will be 17 months old on the 3/17. We were late for his 15 month check up...
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During kindergarten roundup, my daughter's new teacher told us that they focus a...

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 daughter turned 2 in May and is very strong willed and independent. She knows...
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I have been working with my son since he turned one on his ABC's and 123's. He c...

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 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 will try to not go into as much detail as I could! My son will be 4 in April ...
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I have a son who will be 4 in May. He currently attends preschool twice a week....

Learning to Ride a Bike

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My son just turned 9 and he does not know how to ride a bike yet. We tried last summer to teach him but he keep giving up. My 6 year old daughter can...
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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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We are trying to teach our 8 y.o. daughter how to ride a two wheel bike. She cr...
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Hi, I just wanted to get some input from other parents about when to remove trai...
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We gave our son a bike with no training wheels for his 7th birthday. Dad took h...

Preschool

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I have a 2 year old little boy and people are starting to ask me if we are going to put him in preschool. I didn't go to preschool but all of his cousi...
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I am looking for a great preschool or mothers day out program...
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Looking for a good preschool in the San Diego- East County- area. Any Recommend...
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I am looking for a preschool in Santa Rosa or Rohnert Park. Any suggestions? I a...
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I am looking for a preschool in southfield or near by areas for my soon to be 3 ...

Rolling & Crawling

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My son has always been a little on the "late" side. He sat up, rolled over and rolled onto his tummy all several months after the "norm." Still, he's j...
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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 8 mo. has not shown much progression in the crawling department. When he is ...
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My daughters were both crawling when they were placed with us so this is a new a...

Scooting

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My son is almost 9 months old and he still is not scooting or crawling. Other kids that I know had already starting to do this by 9 months, or alteast...
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Hey Moms! My almost 11 month old daughter is not crawling in the traditional wa...
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I need some advise/pointers. I have a 3 month old son who use to sleep from 10/...
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my baby is about 36 weeks gestational. last night i found him to have scooted ou...
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What time do you guys put your little ones to bed? My son is 18 months & I would...

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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We just went to the doctor to get those wonderful 12 month shots. It actually w...
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My baby boy is now 14 months old and my husband and I still rely to much on form...
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What do you feed your toddler for lunch? I usually eat a Lean Cuisine, so I can...
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My 6 wks old daughter is eating about 4oz. every 3 hours, but sometime after a f...

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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We just went to the doctor to get those wonderful 12 month shots. It actually w...
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My baby boy is now 14 months old and my husband and I still rely to much on form...
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What do you feed your toddler for lunch? I usually eat a Lean Cuisine, so I can...
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My 6 wks old daughter is eating about 4oz. every 3 hours, but sometime after a f...

Sitting Up

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My son is 6 months old, can roll both ways, sleeps and eats great, but is not sitting at all. He flops to the side and rolls over and plays. We have ...
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So my son is almost a little over 7 months and he still can not sit up unsupport...
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I have a beautiful little girl almost 11 months and have been giving her baths i...
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My son has just turned 6 months and is starting to be able to sit up on his own,...
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My son will be 7 months old on March 1st. He has no interest in sitting up. He...

Social Skills

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Has anyone ever had to deal with social services or knwo how they work. My husband has this cousin Steve him and his girlfriend have a 5 year old son,...
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I am able to get into Disneyland for FREE on my birthday this year... and I real...
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I'm wondering if anyone has a recommendation on a social skills group for my 11 ...
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My 9 year old son has always been shy. He is in third grade and has a handful o...
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I need to go out on a social outing with some women who live in my area even if ...

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Standing

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I have a 17 month old son & I am due in October. He will be 22 months by then. I am just looking for any advice as to how to deal with the jealousy of ...
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I have a 23 month old son, turning 2 in April, Who hasn't started talking yet. H...
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I have a 23 month old and she is the youngest of 3 girls. Maybe I am just trying...
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I have a 15 month old boy and he is absolutely NOT interested in walking. He wi...
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Our 8 mo. old has been the best sleeper. She goes down to sleep without any fuss...

Swimming

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I am just wondering is anyone knows where they do swimming lessons for babies....anyone know?...
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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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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 am looking for swimming lessons for my 4 yr old this summer. I live in the Ho...

Talking & First Words

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I have a 23 month old and she is the youngest of 3 girls. Maybe I am just trying to compare her to the other two girls (which I know I should not do). ...
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Is it normal for a 2 year old not to talk....
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My son is 19 mos old. He babbles but is not talking like a lot of the other kid...
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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...

Teething

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I have a beautiful 7 month old little girl. The last 10 days have been awful. She developed a temperature, runny nose, and lost interest in eating so...
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What age do babies usually start teething?...
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Hi Mommas- I can't believe it but I can't find any advice on teething. Can a...
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my 9 mnth old is teething. can anyone recommend a safe (perhaps notmade in China...
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My 5 month is teething and is also crying, is there anything to help ease the pa...

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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Hi everyone! I know that tummy time is important, but my 3 month old really hat...
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Any suggestions on when to start baby on tummy time? My daughter is now 2 month...
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How much time does or should my baby be spending on her tummy. I understand all...

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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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Hello! I know I have asked about this before, but it's really starting to stres...
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My son will be 18 months old on May 16 and doesn't walk. He didn't crawl on his...
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My son is already 13 months old and still doesn't walk. My family are always wal...
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Hi All, I was wondering if you had any good ways to try and get a 15 month old t...