Questions tagged [toddler]
Age specific questions from about 1 year to about 3 years. Younger: infant. Older: pre-schooler.
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When playing games against my kids such as sports cards, etc. I always have a very hard time knowing how to go about playing
Mainly I’m asking in terms of chance and fairness. And I’m referring to playing with my three kids ranging from toddler all the way to eight years old. Should I play my best for example, in backyard ...
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Two-year-old afraid to be alone
My two-year-old refused to sleep in his room by himself, even though he's confident to sleep by himself without coddling mum. He's also very anxious being alone. How can we, as parents, help him to be ...
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2.5 yr old boy breaking things on purpose
We have a VERY active little boy. He turned 2 in May. He is ALLLL BOY ALL THE TIME. this holiday season i decided it might be ok to decorate this year. I was wrong. Now i understand its all new and ...
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How to support bodily autonomy in 2 year old daughter during hard tasks
There are some tasks we need to regularly perform that can be really challenging for my 2 year old daughter:
Washing hair in the bath
Changing diapers
Getting dressed
Administering medicine while ...
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Trilingual. Living in US, speaking German and Russian on different days?
I’m speaking Russian to my 2 year old daughter and my husband only speaks English. We’re living in the US since last year but I moved from Russia to Germany when I was 4. I didn’t want to erase my ...
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How can I get my three sisters to actually try and win? [closed]
My six-year-old sister ask me if we could have a rock wall climbing race on the playground Rockwall. I said yes of course, And she wanted to have a race, so I did racer of the wall like she asked. ...
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9yo not listening and lying
My son is 9yo, we live with my wife brothers, they are below 25 and after 21. Recently my son has stopped listening e.g. he is skipping brushing teeth in night, he doesn’t listen first time, it has to ...
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How can I help my little sister. (tw if needed idk the rules/guidelines of this site yet: a bit of childhood trauma dump and 'loud' household)
This is kind of long; the more important stuff is a bit lower down.
mostly back story stuff, not as relevant
Hello, I'm not a mother/father, but I'm the big sibling parent. I love my little sister, ...
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Our 4 year old hits himself when he's nervous
When our 4 year-old is nervous he will often respond by hitting his head and fake-laughing, grinning or making silly faces while looking to us for a response.
Things that often make him nervous are if ...
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Is it OK for infant or child upto 4 years to giggle or laugh uncontrollably
My husband habitually makes our infant and 4 year old laugh and giggle uncontrollably that they cannot catch a breath. I am scared they may die unable to breath or they may choke.
Sometimes, when the ...
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Regressions in potty-training
This summer we went through potty-training with our daughter (26 months at the time). I had the feeling it was still a bit early for her (she wasn't showing much interest) but decided to do it anyway ...
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Should I worry because my toddler prefers sleeping on the floor?
My 2,5 year old toddler decided she wants to sleep in her own room a week ago. She has a loft bed, the lower part of which is clad in wood as a castle with a mattress in it. The upper part is locked ...
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Toddler hitting baby sibling [duplicate]
I have a 2.5 year old non-verbal son who is not yet diagnosed but most likely has ASD.
I am having issues with his meltdowns, his listening and comprehension skills, and him hitting, pushing and ...
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How to deal with an older toddler who refuses to eat anything but cheerios?
Our three year old is developing another bad habit - he absolutely refuses to eat anything except bowl after bowl of cheerios!
...Well okay it's not that bad - he will sometimes try new foods he is ...
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Daughter might be showing signs of ASD?
I have a lovely DD who today just turned 21 months and I am pretty sure she has some ASD traits.
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She can say up to 100 words.
She can do pointing, waves and claps, and pretend playing.
She ...
