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5-Month Old Won't Sleep More than 2 Hours in a Row
Asked by C.P. from Chicago
on September 8, 2009
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Hello Mamas - I desperately need your help. About a month ago, we transitioned my daughter from the bassinet to the crib. She had been waking up once or twice a nigh...
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- I have a 4 month old and has been in her crib since 10-weeks. I swaddled her for the 1st several weeks with the swaddle-me blankets until she was pretty much able to s...
- Hi there, first of all, good luck reading/trying all these responses! Remember that the "crying it out" method is really a way to TEACH your baby how to sleep by h...
- Would you consider co-sleeping? My son has never been a good sleeper, and co-sleeping has been so helpful. Especially since your baby is nursing, you would find it r...
How Do We Make the Transition to Sleep Scheduling?
Asked by K.J. from Chicago
on September 1, 2009
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Our 12 week old son is an absolute delight, but with a very active 2.5 year old son also in the house, I am exhausted by his very irregular night time sleeping habits....
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- If you're not too sleep-deprived, you may wish to check out "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Dr. Marc Weissbluth and be on the lookout for his 'gradual extinctio...
- Another great book is On Becoming Babywise. Shorter and I think it's similar (I waited for the other from the library for 8 months!). It saved me with twins.
- I think the reason why he was sleeping longer in the bassinet was because he could sense that you were close and thus felt comfortable enough to sleep. Now that he is ...
Converting to Toddler Bed from Crib
Asked by J.M. from Atlanta
on September 1, 2009
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My question is this - are there any special "tricks" to change from a crib to a toddler bed? I have an 11 year old son who changed to a toddler bed at 14 months with ...
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- She may just not be ready yet, I'd keep her in the crib until she starts climbing out of it. The crib is her comfort zone. When she's a little older she will be able t...
- We didn't move our daughter to her toddler bed until she was 33 months (she will be 3yrs 9/29, so about a month ago). About a month before then she began crawling out ...
- I agree, I think she's just too young. We just put up a twin size bed (skipped the toddler bed) for my lil one this weekend - he's 35 months. It still wasn't smooth ...
Refusing Sippy cup...any Suggestions on Good Sippy Cups That I Can Try???
Asked by E.C. from Hartford
on September 24, 2008
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I'm working on weaning my 14 month old daughter. She won't take the milk from the sippy cup. I'm looking for suggestion as to what kind of sippy cups would be good t...
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- Hey E., My daughter still gives me a hard time about drinking her milk from a sippy....when I had a rough time transitioning I was told to get the Nubbie brand sippy ...
- I swore by the NUBY, found out WalMart for both my children. They have a few variaties to chose from. They all have soft, nipple like tops but there is a specific on...
- Hi E., My son wouldn't use a sippy cup, either, but he LOVED straw cups. I always found some great ones at Wal-Mart, that had a flip cover, so you don't have to wo...
How Can I Help My Almost 5 Year Old (And Her Dad) Have a Less Stressful Morning?
Asked by L.H. from San Diego
on August 25, 2009
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My soon-to-be-step-daughter just started kindergarten. Yesterday was fine because her mom stayed with her for the first couple hours, like all the rest of the parents....
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- Agree with the other responses. Depending on what school district you are in, she would be a great candidate for the Kidco program (chula vista, s.d.c.s.d, & la mesa ...
- Totally agree with the counseling for her. This is SO much transition for a little person to be going through and that's just not easy to interpret at this age. Als...
- It sounds like you are very intellegent and have hit the nail on the head. This behavior is all coming from the four year old being resistant to changes and having to...
How to Transition My Daughter to a Sippy Cup
Asked by L.S. from Minneapolis
on March 11, 2008
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I have an 11 month old daughter who loooooves her bottle. She kisses it, lickes it, rocks it and holds it close as much as possible. I feel like she is too attached to...
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- How I switched my daughter from a bottle to the sippy cup is my putting away all the bottles. I gave her the option of a sippy cup and a small regular cup and she refu...
- I would suggest separating the bottle from meal time. At meal time offer the sippy and if she wants it fine and if she doesn't no big deal. Let her have the bottle ju...
- Bottles at bedtime are not good for teeth. Try offering water instead or go cold turkey as fluids at bedtime will delay night time potty training. My son was luckily...
New to Santee - Need Help Finding Our "Niche"
Asked by A.W. from San Diego
on June 11, 2008
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I am new to Santee after marrying the love of my life. I have lived in Tucson for the last 20 years and I am having a hard time adjusting to being in a place where t...
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- July 4th is coming up. Santee has a really fun family night & fireworks show at the baseball field on Cuyamaca across from Food4Less. Good luck to you in Santee. I liv...
- Hi A., I live in Santee as well and I just love it here. East County gets a bad rap but Santee has become quite a great community in the past few years. Now my daug...
- I'm sure you will meet people/parents through school. There is a nice church at Carlton Hills Blvd. & Mast that your family can become active in; you can join Curves ...
Changing Daycare
Asked by K.S. from Milwaukee
on July 1, 2007
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We are moving in a couple of weeks. The daycare that my 3 year old daughter is currently attending is awesome but it will be too far away for us once we move. We've ...
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- try a couple of half days to get her used to it. linger around a little bit the first couple of days and make sure she has some kind of transition activity for the mo...
- We just went through this with my son who will be three in October. His day care closed so we were forced to move him. Two things that helped us: We talked about ...
- K.-It really depends mostly on you and your reaction. If your daughter sees or hears you are nervous or worried about her she will cry and carry on for days. If you so...
Transitioning to 1 Nap
Asked by S.F. from Phoenix
on August 16, 2009
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Hello,
I think my 15.5 month old twins are ready to transition to 1 nap but I am not sure how to do it or what is the best time to put them down at. They normally ...
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- As you can see with the other posts, there are many ways to do naps...you just have to find the one that works with your kids. My 15month old is going through the sam...
- It always worked for us like Patti K. said. I started moving morning nap later and later. The ideal time while my kids were under 3 was to have lunch at 11, then nap...
- Hi there!! the best time to put them down would be after lunch. i was a preschool teacher and we did lunch at 11 and right after nap. i also did daycare for my nieces ...
Underwear Wetting: How to Get Almost 3-Year-old Boy to Recognize Underwear
Asked by C.K. from San Diego
on August 16, 2009
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My son will start a preschool in September that expects him to be trained. When he wears his new underwear, which he has chosen, likes a lot, and asks to wear, he does...
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- C., This sounds NORMAL to me. My three year old also must be finished potty training by September and we are still having a bit of trouble with him pulling his ow...
- Hi C., Same thing happens to my son, he is 2 1/2 yrs. and has been potty trained for about 4 months. But everytime we put his "CARS" briefs on he almost always has ...
- Hi Are you switching back and forth between diapers and underwear? If so, that is too confusing for the child. YOu have to get rid of all diapers and ONLY have unde...
