Puberty: Toddler, Baby Bjorn

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19 Month Old Clingy Behavior

My daughter is 19 months old and still nurses about 3 time a day (more if she were able to!) She is a bright, engaging, happy baby with people when we go places. She LOVES to go bye-bye. The issue we're having is that when we are at home, her behavior completely changes, and she becomes extremely clingy, winey, and demands to be picked up by me. The difficult thing is that if I get down on her level, and put my arms around her and hold her, or even sit in a chair and hold her, that's not what she wants. She wants me to hold her while I'm...

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Best Book for Potty Training?

Hi Moms, I am about to start potty training my 2 1/2 year old DD and need advice on how to do it. Is there a really good book out there that anyone could recommend? I'm just confused where to start - like do I put her in pull ups or make a big deal of buying some fun underwear? She has been using her potty at night at home on a sort of regular basis, but we just let her run around naked - so how do I start to show her how to do it with clothes on? And the potty travels around the whole apartment! Should I be placing it in the bathroom...