Water: Toddler, Water Toys
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Obsessed with Water!
Asked by C.K. from Fresno
on May 21, 2009
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For the last id say 6 months or so, my 3 year old has been OBSESSED with playing with the water in the house, the sink, taking the water out of her cup all over her ta...
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- You can't (get her not to). I would suggest you consider how much time she gets to play outside. You may want to try to increase that time to help her get more time t...
- Hey C., Let her play. Every day right after breakfast, let her stand on a chair at the kitchen sink and wash dishes. Give her a few plastic cups and spoons and a littl...
- Watch her like a hawk and re-direct from the sinks; take her water cup away when she plays with it, and pray she'll get over it soon! Ha ha! My almost three year old ...
Water Activities for Backyard Water Party
Asked by H.O. from Austin
on May 13, 2009
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We are having a backyard water party for our 8 year old. What are some great games to play using water? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Thanks
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- My neice did a really neat thing last year . . . they set up a sprinkler under the trampiline so that it became a gian water splash toy . . . the kids were a little ol...
- We played this for our family reunion and it went well. You will need tissue paper, duct tape, water guns and a bucket. Bucket for refills of the water guns. Tape...
- Those are all great ideas but if you don't mind dishing out a big chunk of change, you can rent one of those big blow up water slides. My niece had one at her son's p...
My Son Does Not like Water
Asked by K.W. from Portland
on July 18, 2007
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My 15 month old son does not like water. and I mean getting in any water baby pool lake heated pool or even the bath what do I do?
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- My daughter went through that phase.. she hated it.. she's fine now.. we just washed her up with wash cloth during the week and then once a week we battled with her fo...
- Try taking a shower with him. My son loves it when he gets a "mommy shower". We take some waterproof toys into the tub (his favorites are things he can fill with water...
- i'd say just give him sponge baths until he gets over this phase. check out: http://www.babycenter.com/expert/toddler/toddlerbehavior/11605.html http://www.baby...
16Mth Old Scared of Water
Asked by B.B. from Jacksonville
on May 5, 2008
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I have a 16mth old that is scared to death of the pool. If she sees you in a bathing suit she runs inside the house and hides. I have tried everything I can think of t...
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- I have a 14 month old baby girl who also loved the pool last summer. She used to love the bath tub too but 4 days ago she decided she hates the tub and tries to climb...
- When she fell in the pool she must have had a traumatic experience, if you try to push her to liking the pool before she's ready it might be worse. Just have patience...
- Don't push her. She needs time away from the pool to adjust to her feelings. Don't ask her or expect her to even touch the water and let her decide if she goes anywher...
Need Help with 3 Yr Olds Fear of Water
Asked by D.H. from Atlanta
on May 3, 2007
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My 3 yr old daughter has always disliked getting water on her face when she is bathed, but lately it has become a battle just to wash her hair. She used to let me wet...
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- I have the same problem now with my 2-year-old. She starts to whine when it's time to take a bath, and when I wash her hair, she cries so bad that she will sometimes t...
- My son doesnt like water in his eyes either. He is 4 years old. I put a airplane wall mural(small one) up on the ceiling. And when i went to wet his hair i would say ...
- My daughter started doing the same thing and she is 3. What I do is keep a dry hand towel out and as soon as we rinse her hair I quickly dry her face - it seems to ma...
Good Toys for 13 Month Olds....
Asked by J.L. from Savannah
on May 10, 2012
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What do your 13 month old kiddos like to play with? I find that my son gets bored easily with the toys that I have and is much more fascinated with "real" things, lik...
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- What I've always done for my babies, is keep a plastic bin or wicker basket full of household *stuff* that was safe for them to play with in every room: measuring cups...
- I've kept aside a couple of tupperware containers and measure cups/spoons for DD to play with. Those do it, most times! :)
- My daughter is 17 now but here are some things we did.... I kept a cabinet full of kitchen stuff, safe toys and my daughter would play forever with things in that ...
14 Month Old Scared of Bathtime
Asked by N.S. from Las Vegas
on May 19, 2008
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My 14 month old daughter slipped in the tub weeks ago (we don't allow her or her twin brother to stand during bath, but she did it anyway and slipped before we could p...
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- N.- My 16th month son had a bad fall in the tub, that involved lots of blood, and he did not want to take a bath again for awhile. I ended up getting a bath tub mat t...
- Is she just afraid of falling or falling on something that will hurt her? If it just falling then put a non slip mat down and tell her that it will protect her from ...
- Hi N., Do you have a cushy mat on the bottom of the tub? Also, you could bathe her in the sink for a while. How about those soap crayons so she can draw on the sid...
How to Bath 14 Month Old in Big Tub?
Asked by J.R. from San Diego
on October 5, 2009
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So my 14 month old dd has been in a bath seat for baths since she was 7 months old. I am afraid to bath her without it because she will try to stand up in the bath tu...
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- A rubber bath mat so if they do stand they do not slip, only a few inches of water, toys in the water so they are interested in them and sit...floating toys, funnels, ...
- I just got a non skid mat from target and this seem to do the trick.
- be prepared to say, "in the tub we sit on our bottom" about 100 times. Eventually they stop standing up.
17 Month Old Will NOT Leave Bathtub!
Asked by K.S. from Cincinnati
on February 27, 2008
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Ok, so My son (17 months old) will not leave the bathtub. He loves his bath from the moment he gets in. He makes the usual "shocked" face when I pour water over his ha...
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- Is there another activity that you can intice him out of the tub with that he may be just as excited about?
- this is a couple that raised 4 daughters and have a "ministry" helping families. http://www.nogreaterjoy.org/index.php?id=1 check them out, and remember that con...
- I would drain the water out. Then I would allow him time to settle down. I would let him cry it out. I would leave the room and then come back in a few minutes to chec...
Having Problems Bathing My 14 Month Old
Asked by S.Z. from Chicago
on May 14, 2008
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He used to be fine in the bathtub. But since he started walking, it is impossible to bathe him. He won't sit down, wants to walk around...which obviously we can't allo...
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- Our daughter is 14 mos and is not walking yet, so we don't have this problem. We do however have the inflatable tub and she seems to enjoy it. Maybe your son would fi...
- We use a rubber bath mat to make the bottom of the tub safer. We also had the same trouble of our son wanting to walk/stand in the bath. We started giving him warnin...
- Let him stand! My son always stands in the tub... in fact my son never seems to want to sit down! I bought one of those sticky pads that covers the entire tub bottom...
