Teaching Good Hygiene: Child
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Suggestions for Helping 5 Year Old with Hygiene Issues
Asked by J.A. from Boston
on April 20, 2008
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I am looking for suggestions to help me teach my 5 year old daughter good hygiene skills. She seems to have trouble with wiping herself although she is at the age whe...
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- I agree that wipes might help in the beginning. The extra moisture can be soothing and helps little kids who aren't as dexterous clean away the debris without wiping,...
- Hi, Have your tried any of the flushable wet wipes for your daughter to use after she has a bowel movement? I too, am parenting a five year old female. WE do not...
- I would suggest using the sticker reward system. Put up a board with Brushed teeth, combed hair, washed hair, etc. Every time she completes one of these tasks you can ...
Hygiene
Asked by A.R. from Knoxville
on April 21, 2010
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My husband leaves the house in the morning 3-5 days a week to go to work without brushing his teeth. It makes me sick!!! I discovered he was doing this several months ...
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- hewww...wow, I wonder why anyone would do that, especially if they spend many hours in social settings such at work. Does he do it because he's lazy, because he wants ...
- Good heavens, I didn't know it was a rule to brush in the mornings. I never do, but then I don't usually eat anything until around noon. I think I'd at least want to c...
- Hi A., I'm with you. I don't think you are being sensitive and I think it is gross too. Obviously you can't make him brush his teeth. I would just tell him how you...
Helping Teen with Beauty and Hygiene
Asked by J.G. from Columbus
on May 22, 2008
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I currently work with teenagers at my church. One teen in particular is a precious girl, who does wonderfully academically, and is just a great kid in general. Howeve...
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- Try having a Spa Day with her. A lady I work with runs a Cinderella project and she did that with her girls. My sister and I sell spa products and she did this for t...
- I have a 12 year old step daughter who used to have the same problem. Her mother would send her here for a weekend visitation and had a lot of the same problems you'r...
- It sounds like this girl would be perfect for you to 'take under your wing'. I think that if you are able (I am not sure how much time you can spend together) to do m...
6 Year Old with Infectious Dandruff???
Asked by L.A. from Pine Bluff
on April 29, 2008
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Hi, My 6 year old has had a really dry scalp for about 3 years now and it's just getting worse. Her scalp even bleeds. I've tried Dr. Miracle's on her and it really so...
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- Apple cider vinegar is great because it draws out impurities and toxins and things that might be irritating the scalp, but you should take her to a dermatologist.
- You can get Nioxin at Walmart salon or JC Penney salon & it will take care of it ...or when my son had exema in his hair we used T-Gel shampoo from walmart ...in the s...
- I'm just guessing here, but have you asked her doctor? You may want to. Your daughter might be having a health problem with this being a symptom. If you have tried ...
6 Year Old Smells His Fingers
Asked by H.C. from San Francisco
on September 3, 2009
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My 6 year old son smells his fingers many times a day. He has always liked to smell things, but I have noticed that this seems to have become some type of habit for h...
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- I have seen kids do things like have their hands in their pants, or their armpits and then smell them---this is obviously a problem habit. However, if he just likes s...
- I second Kimberly's comment ... it could be a tic. Many people have them and this may just be his unique thing. I would contact the pediatrician's office for their input.
- I have a 2 1/2 year old who has recently started clearing his throat a lot, over and over again. It's been going on for about 5 weeks now. So I looked it up on the int...
6 Year Old Who Is VERY Concerned with Hygeine
Asked by A.S. from St. Louis
on November 5, 2009
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My 6 year old is very concerned with his hygiene. As soon as he walks in the door after school the first thing he does is ask, "mommy, can I take a bath?" The part tha...
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- I think you are wise to pay attention to the over-cleanliness factor. I have a daughter who has obsessive compulsive disorder that started similarly. It may be his way...
- I'm not saying that your son has OCD but, my 6 year old was recently diagnosed and we can look back over the previous two years and see the signs. For a while it was h...
- While I don't personally have experience with a small child in this type of situation, I do have some psychological experience and I would agree that maybe it is some ...
Teaching a 5 Year Old Read
Asked by R.M. from Austin
on June 25, 2012
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I really want to focus on teaching my 5 year old to read this summer. What are the best resources for this? What websites are good?
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- I used a book called "Teach a Child to Read with Children's Books" by Mark Thogmartin and Mary Gallagher. The idea is that by using children's books the reading exper...
- I'm sure you will get a lot of good suggestions. I want to add that some kids can not learn to read at 5. Please do not push, and do not be discouraged if your child i...
- Read to your child every day. Read books with rhyming words and nursery rhymes. Read books that have alliterations or other word play. Draw attention to the rhyming wo...
6 Year Old with Scaly Patch on His Head
Asked by V.G. from Los Angeles
on February 11, 2009
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My 6 year old son has had some form of a scaly patch on his head since when he was born , then they called it cradle cap. Well now he is 6 and he still has a large pat...
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- There is a homeopathic remedy for cradle cap- another name for it is psoriosis- clean up diet and try homeopathy, and oil it-good luck
- one of my sons had the same thing, his Doctor had me try T-Gel shampoo this works good but....(use carefully burns the eyes) good luck,
- Why haven't you taken him to a dermatologist? That is the only way you will get the correct answers and how to treat it. Don't wait any longer. Take him to a skin doct...
6 Year Old... Pleased with NOTHING!!!
Asked by H.X. from Los Angeles
on January 2, 2012
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Hi ladies...
I dont even know where to begin... we're on Winter Break... I have a 6 year old (just turned 6) and an almost 3 year old... the 3 year old is very easy g...
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- I've found at least three major factors that affect how "agreeable" a child (or even an adult) can be at any given moment: 1. We all have unique personalities, and...
- HI H.~ I feel like I need more information to answer your question better...Is his new behavior for him or typical? If it's new (as in happening on this break), I wou...
- Teach him how to problem-solve. He whines? Grumbles? Complains? Is bored? Tell him "problem-solve that...." and have him come up with things to alleviate.. his sai...
Help...6 Year Old Will Not Poop in the Toliet
Asked by J.L. from Austin
on March 27, 2008
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I am at my wits end. My 6 year old poops in his pants a couple of times a day. He will not use the toliet - never has. I have tried incentives like stickers, candy, ...
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- Hi J., I am a child psychologist and have worked in the past with some encopretic (pooper) kids. The very first thing to do is make sure nothing physical is going on....
- What if he isn't wearing any pants???
- It took my son a realy long time before he was potty train. My son's the stuborn type the only thing that worked for me was to be more stuborn then him. When he finaly...
