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Help and Advice
Sep 28, 2009 ... Thank you all so much for the thoughts and advice given It was .... someone who specializes in depressionparentingwomen's issues etc but it ...
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- I am so sorry to hear about your problem-it must be devastating for you. I think you should talk to someone about it. I would think a therepist could help you and mayb...
- Hi A.. I truly sympathize with your plight. I have been a stay at home mom since my daughter's birth 3 years ago and I suffered from PPD also. My weight gain and const...
- I know how you feel. I had PPD after I gave birth, and that rolled over into full blown depression until my son was about four months old. I never really had anyone co...
Advice on 3 1/2 Year Old Behavior Problem
I'm no expert at all. I suggest that you read books that look at the situation differently .... Any book on "Active Parenting" would probably be useful. ...
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- Any book on "Active Parenting" would probably be useful. Or a book called "Love and Logic" is very good. Sounds like your little boy is testing to see who's in con...
- Our oldest has ADHD and is the king of strong-willed behavior like that. He also went through a long stretch where he wouldn't say sorry, so I can relate to your frust...
- I'm no expert at all. I suggest that you read books that look at the situation differently than you do, just to see if there is another way to see it. You are clearly ...
Can Anyone Suggest a Good Parenting Book?
For me, "good parenting books" are advice about how someone else did something with their ... You are the only expert of how to raise your children. ...
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- the book i found that works is abc 123 and it worked wonders and my kids are 2,4,5 and i run a daycare. so check it out you can get it at barnes and nobbel
- Hi I recommend the Childwise series by Gary Ezzo and Screamfree parenting by Hal Edward Runkel.
- I really enjoyed the text from my university class. I found it online (or most of it anyway). Its "The Power of Positive Parenting" by Glenn Latham. It REALLY helpe...
Pediatrician Says Stop Nightime Feedings
Every breastfeeding expert says NOT to night-wean prior to one year. If your ped isn't the one ... Your son doesn't have one, so ignore parenting advice. ...
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- The pediatrician is right. The breast feeding should go. After 6 months, immunity is over with from breast feeding. If you're still breast feeding after that- it's f...
- Feeding your child is causing his weight gain to go down? Does that even make sense? *Increasing* solids when every reputable breastfeeding reference says in the firs...
- I would research a pediatrician in you area that is more open minded to the different ways of raising an infant. You are doing EVERYTHING right. Breastfed babies gro...
Seeking Help with Disciplining My Son
If you are open to seeing someone that specializes in family counseling and provides excellent parenting advice I would call Stacey Bruen ...
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- Perhaps your son is acting out because of his frustration. I am sure you and he are both very frustrated. Have you considered counseling? Everything I have read abo...
- My daughter was having problems in preschool with not "behaving" and this was odd-because she usually was so good....so we figured out she wasn't hearing. We had her ...
- Hi. My name is M.. I have an almost 8yr old son and an almost 4yr old son. I am 25 also. My older son has ADHD and we have had some communication issues as he coul...
Just Wondering If Anyone Can Share More Information on Attachment Parenting
Attachment parenting teaches you how to be discerning of advice, ... distance between you and your baby and keep you from becoming an expert in your child. ...
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- Non-circumcising, Non-vaccinating is NOT part of the definition of Attached Parenting (nor is cloth diapering, elimination communication, etc.). Those are more of a "...
- My experience with AP was quite a few years ago (19), and I have to say that it didn't work for us -- at least not when used strictly. Co-sleeping was a disaster, but...
- Im not an AP mom but I practice some of the AP style. AP was writtin by a guy name DR. Sears. HE has books and there are AP groups you can join on Yahoo. Also there ar...
Need advice...My Almost 3 Year Old Refuses to Use the Potty!!!
I'm no expert really but I'd just continue to make the potty a positive experience for .... to parenting magazines I've read and all the peds at our office. ...
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- My boys are now 19 and 24 so I can't remember exactly what age we started this game. We used a step stool in front of the toilet,threw a square of toilet paper in the...
- my advice is you are wearing yourself out and agitating your son. When he is ready it will be pure heaven.
- just wait it out.......just keep suggesting it but this is the one thing you cannot control and if you keep pushing him he will take longer.........
Advice for a Friend
Then move on. You can ask her if she'd like some help, then recommend a good parenting book. But she's not going to take any advice until she decides to. ...
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- My guess is the divorce was traumatizing (when is it not?) and she is 'making up' for a lack of a father or traditional family by giving into the child's demands. Mom ...
- Unfortunately, she's not going to listen to your advice until she decides to. You can't force help on a mom. It can even be resented (think about how you feel when a w...
- Do you think she would be interested in checking out this website? Maybe if she saw other moms struggling with similar issues and some of the responses to them, or if ...
Advice for Getting Rid of Bottle and Pacifier
I am NO expert of course, just my 2 little cents. ..... Generally in parenting I think it best to follow your gut instinct (as you did when your son was ...
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- hi R., i didn't take the time to read all the responses, so i don't know if u have heard this suggestion yet. it's been 9 yrs since i had to deal with a toddler, so i ...
- I too had the same issue with my son that is now 29 mos old. He was 25 months before I got him off the bottle and that was because he was sick with major ear problems...
- My son is 2 now and he was off the bottle before he was a year old. The way I did it was buy the sippy cups that say transitional or get the ones with the rubber top s...
Advice on Co-sleeping
Oct 15, 2009 ... You are the expert on your baby. Please keep in mind your darling baby is .... You might want to look up attachment parenting for more info. ...
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- My son wanted to sleep in our bed with us too when he was a newborn... he would never sleep longer than half an hour outside of our bed, but I slept HORRIBLEY with him...
- You sound like a very sensitive and intuitive mom. I agree that "cry-it-out" techniques break trust and waste calories that could better be used for learning and growi...
- I didn't do the cry it out with my daughter either. I don't like it and nothing anyone said to me was going to make me comfortable with it. We later found out that we ...
