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My 4 1/2 Year Old Sucks Her Fingers and Is Starting to Be Criticized by Peers.
My boys all have changes and will be needing treatment. It is not an old wives tale as someone mentioned. I don't want to keep rambling. ...
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- I am a mother of 4 children and 3 of them are thumbsuckers. There is no magic fix. As other parents have said, it is a method for them to self-soothe. The oldest i...
- My son who is almost 4 sucked just his first finger constantly until his dentist told me I needed to break him of the habit before it started pushing his top teeth out...
- I would be careful how you approach trying to break this habit. She is a smart girl and she apparently knows her mind. The girls in question weren't important enough...
Tricks to Increase Chances of Having a Boy
Do any of you know of any ways to increase our chances to have a boy. Old wives tales, science-based info or otherwise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! ...
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- My mom's dr. told her this well over 30 years ago. Like Janette A. said in a previous post, douche with baking soda for a boy, vinegar for a girl.
- WOW! you have some awesome advice & tricks. I hope they work. and if they don't???? I trust you are in awe of the fact that you CAN! give birth...that having a child ...
- There was a study done in the UK that found that eating potassium rich foods such as bananas and eating a daily bowl of cereal seemed to raise the odds of having a boy...
Walking like a Ballerina
My son is a VERY healthy, smart, handsome and "manly" boy...:):). 2 moms found this helpful. Helpful? .... Old wives tales say it's a sign of intelligence. ...
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- Old wives tales say it's a sign of intelligence.
- My friend's daughter does this. She is almost 3. She goes to therapy for it and has to wear special casts for 6 weeks to correct the problem so his mother should talk ...
- Hi C., I am glad this came up. My 23 month old son has been doing this too. I was concernced because my 6 year old has Autism. I did take him to his doctor, and we ...
Whining 10 Year Old
There's an old wive's tale that says a child develops his/her general personality traits at age five .... old wives tales pregnancy · boy or girl old wives ...
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- with my 5 year old i told him that i can't understand "whining".i told him if you want or need something you have to ask without whining or i not gonna even hear him.s...
- Have you tried a responsibility chart? I use one for my son who is six. I have been using it since he was 4 1/2. One of the "buttons" is "no whining". He used to b...
- I think one of your big problems is that you let his whinning go on this long. You should have nipped this behavior in the butt when he was younger, now it is going to...
Breastfeeding 9 Month Old and Just Got My Period
It is normal and it is one of the old wives tales that say you won't get your .... When I was breastfeeding, my period came back after my boys were eating ...
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- Consider yourself lucky to have had nine months without your period. I know many women (myself included) that got it back much sooner! It is totally normal so don't ...
- I got mine right away with my two oldest children and with my daughters I got it when they were 6 months. It did not effect my milk supply. The only issue I ever head ...
- Hi B., First of all, I think what's going on for you is totally normal -- but if it would make you feel more comfortable, by all means call your ob/gyn. "Norma...
Gender Prediction Kit Test?? :)
Well, I took one last week and it said boy and I followed the directions very carefully and ... I would rather try the chinese calendars or old wives tales. ...
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- My doc told me that they are not accurate at all. Wait, they are 50% accurate---even the box says so. But seeing that you only have 2 choices, your own guess is as a...
- I would rather try the chinese calendars or old wives tales. They are free. Plus mine were both right. If you have the money and want to have a little fun do it.
- It's supposed to test the levels of testosterone in your urine. I have two girlfriends that have used it. It was correct with both women. I have thought about it my...
Should My 12 Week Old Take Amoxicillin for Cough???
Some times it took meds and sometimes it took old faashion wives tales to help ... them besides helping them get over a sickness becasue my boy is 3 and in ...
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- You need to trust your doctor. You might want to find one that you believe in a little more. This is a start of a long relationship.
- Kara, Most Dr's give an antibiotic or some other prescription because most parents are expecting it, not necessarily that they need it. I believe that's the reason...
- Hello Kara! I'm writing after you already posted an update, but I thought I would mention the Neti-pot to you for future bouts with congestion/cough. The Neti-pot c...
3 Month Old Is Tired and Not Eating Much.
Jun 20, 2009 ... My boy is 3 months old, too, and he is already starting to teethe (drooling ... It's an old wives' tale to add cereal so they sleep better. ...
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- He might be just changing his own schedule to go to bed earlier or changing his feeding time. Take the cereal out of the bottle and mix it pretty thick and feed by sp...
- It could be that the ear infection has returned. I would definitely have the doctor check his ears again. My baby, now 9 months old, has had recurring ear infections...
- Babies with ear infections won't suck. It could be that the antibiotics didn't work all the way and it's back. It's a good idea to have the doctor check the ears aga...
Any Luck with Natural Induction Methods?
It is mostly old wives tales. I tried it all and my son eventually came on ..... I'm a 32 year-old mom with two little ones (a girl, 3, and a boy, 8 mos.). ...
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- Hi A.- I'm a 32 year-old mom with two little ones (a girl, 3, and a boy, 8 mos.). I was a week late with our daughter and was induced, and two days late with our s...
- Last Night was a big full moon. Maybe something will happen for you this weekend and you will have an Easter baby. Someone was saying this is the last early Easter f...
- Sex works! Semen contains prostaglandins which can gently induce labor. I had my daughter at 38 weeks this way. Also, acupuncture can induce labor.
18 Month Old Hair Not Growing....
Hi, I have triplets..2 girls and 1 boy...I daughters hair grew fast..the other daughter people .... It's an old wives tales that it grows back thicker. ...
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- Neither of my children had hair until 3 years. I wouldn't cut it until you ABSOLUTELY had too. Enjoy the baby wisps now - it won't last forever.
- really it won't grow anymore. hair is dead cells. But look at your husband and your baby pictures at that age and look at the hair. It will grow eventually. She's p...
- Hello H., Both of my girls, now 10 and 5 had basically no hair until they were 2 years. And what little they did have, I couldn't bare to take from them. I have n...
