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Spotting at 11 Weeks
Asked by K.J. from Portland
on September 11, 2008
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I am currently 11.5 weeks into my second pregnancy and this morning I had some light spotting. It hasn't been constant all day and is brownish/pink rather than red, p...
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- Call your doctor, answering questions such as this is what you pay them for. Advice from the professional is the best way to calm a frightened mom in a very frighteni...
- Completely normal. I did too. :)
- I went through the same thing. Only I went to the ER and subjected myself to all the lousy bloodwork and whatnot. It is normal, but still enough to scare a person. :...
5 Year Old with Worsening Behavior
Asked by D.B. from Killeen
on April 24, 2008
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I am open to hearing anyone's advice. I have a 5 year old boy who has recently started "acting out" in school. He does his work (sometimes not to the best of his abili...
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- I am sure a lot of people are going to automatically say it has to do with ADHD, but it is so often mis-diagnosed, and I think there are better ways of handling behavi...
- I highly recommend this book: Healing the New Childhood Epidemics by Kenneth Bock, M.D.
- I really know what your talking about!!!!! My son has done all this. The principle even talked to my son but he said she was very nice and didnt scare him at all. W...
Need Potty Training Tips.
Asked by C.B. from Atlanta
on January 22, 2008
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Hello ladies,
Please help. I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who is brilliantly smart. I cannot get her to have any interest in potty training. What should I do? I ha...
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- that's hard... especially with the new baby coming. I understand your desire to not have two in diapers, but it may be even harder to get her motivated with such a bi...
- This is tough. My daughter is 19 months and I am 18 weeks pregnant. I am sort of in the same boat. I have been taking my daughter to the potty first thing in the morni...
- I was in the same boat as you 5 years ago. We talked about it and I bought her princess panties, put them in her drawer but she couldn't wear if she wasn't using the ...
Need Potty Training Advice
Asked by K.F. from Tyler
on July 3, 2008
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I need some suggestions. I am planning to start potty training my son when he turns 31/2. I keep on talking to him about not wearing diapers anymore and going potty on...
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- hi, K., potty training is different based on child's personality and readiness. so, you should still listen to your mother's intinct no matter how other people say....
- Hi K., I really don't have much advice. My son is 3 yrs and 4 mos old. He has NO desire to even try and go to the potty. He has gone pee in the potty maybe 5 times to...
- To be honest with you- I would start right away- by 3 he should be wanting out of those diapers-why wait the next 3 months summer is a gerat time for training- Take a ...
Peanut Allergy
Asked by J.C. from Champaign
on March 26, 2008
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Hi, my two and half year old daughter has peanut allergy and it's very stressful dealing with the day to day life. We live in a small town so people are not very awar...
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- I have had a peanut allergy since I was 7. I am now in my early 40's. It has been rough due to the fact that most people do not get it or care. It is a very serious...
- my son had a milk allergy that was really serious, so we saw the Dr. and began to slowly introduce dairy to him in extremely small forms. The dr. showed us how to very...
- Have you been on the website foodallergy.org? It's sponsored by the Food, Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) and it has all types of great information and provides ...
Baby Sign Language
Asked by N.W. from Los Angeles
on May 29, 2010
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I want to do the baby sign language for my daughter who is now 5 and a half months old. Can anyone tell me their success stories with this and which DVDs/books are th...
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- I started at birth with my second. With my first, she was a late talker and I found out about doing it from a speech therapist when she was 20 months old. I started ...
- We loved signing. Both my children did it and I loved being able to communicate with them clearly so early on. It strengthens the relationship in such a positive way b...
- I started using sign lang with my daughter at the age of 6 months! I think its great! It took her awhile to start using the signs, but when she did she really used the...
Still Not Potty Trained
Asked by S.T. from Norfolk
on October 29, 2008
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I have a son who just turned 3 yesterday. I have tried everything to potty train him I let him watch the potty stories, I set a timer so he can go to the potty regular...
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- Based on experience with my son, try using a sticker sheet and stickers as a positive reinforcement. For the first day, I brought him to the bathroom every 30-45 minu...
- Hi. My 3rd child did the same thing. I tried everything and he understood the process, but could not make it happen. My doctor told me not to push him. He just was...
- I have a son who did not train till he was 4 years old and he is now a student in college and he definately does not wear diapers. He is very stubborn but other than t...
Learning Programs for My 2 Year Old!
Asked by M.M. from Omaha
on October 25, 2007
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I just became a stay at home mom and I was wondering if anyone know of some programs to help with shapes, colors, numbers, and ext. I want to get my 2 year old as read...
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- Let her draw alot and I don't mean coloring books. Blank paper and crayons can be one of the best teaching tools. It improves hand dexterity and stimulates imaginatio...
- The best thing offered is Early Childhood Family Education classes!! You can attend with both children and pay "as a family". It is for everyone, even people out of ...
- I really wanted to reitterate what one of the moms said here, you don't need programs, flash cards, movies anything for your child to learn and enjoy learning colors a...
Need Advice About Potty Training!!!!
Asked by C.M. from Washington DC
on July 10, 2008
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Hi! this is my secnnd posting in about 2 months, buy I am lost! I have a 3 1/2 year old that will not pee in the toilet unless we remind him and will not do # 2 at ...
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- This may take a week and then you may need to clean the carpets after. My kids were all in cloth diapers or naked, so potty training was quick with all. Let your son...
- I read a book I believe its called "Toilet training in less than a day". Basicly the book teaches you to let your child train a toy(doll, stuff animal etc.) while you...
- C.: We started back at potty training. Our son is 1 month from being 3. We had tried and stopped over the last year (we moved) but on 4th of July weekend - MY HUSBAND...
How Should I Learn to Do Baby Signing?
Asked by D.W. from Boise
on January 24, 2009
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I was wondering if anyone has bought a baby signing book, and if they found it helpful. What book(s) would you recommend? Should I buy it or just check it out from the...
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- I was told about 2.5 yrs ago that my DS was deaf. So we started the process of taking sign and learning to be able to communicate with him. I have found that there s...
- Oh, D.,Baby Signs classes are super! I started signing with my daughter in February 07 she was ~8 months, and by the time she was a year she had a decent vocabulary. S...
- Hi D., There are already a ton of great suggestions out here! I would agree with everyone on their recommendations of Signing Time videos and getting them from the l...
