Why doesn't my 11-month-old baby walk or crawl yet? What should I do?
My daughter was like that, she just turned 3 but was the laziest baby in the world. She would just lie on her back and babble. She also got quite chubby because she was so sedentary. I attended toddlers program and it turned out she was developmentally delayed physically (but a year advanced socially and verbally--said 13-word sentences at 2 years old). Toddlers therapists really helped. They showed me games to play with her to encourage her to move around, like jumping and going up and down stairs, etc. I also took her to the park A LOT to encourage physical activity. Once she got active and used to doing things by herself, she made up for the 6 month delay in 6 weeks. Encourage any physical activity as 'play' and above all don't do things for your child. If she's on her back and you pick her up, how is she going to learn to get up? Tell her to do it herself. Don't carry her around, make her crawl. You can also download the app called Parentlane http://goo.gl/hYvuHO. They give super amazing advices & tips on parenting and baby growth!
Anyone potty trained for more then 18months?
I think you've done great to have lasted so long. I wouldn't stop or give up, the end could just be round the corner. Im interested if he/they like sitting on the potty/toilet. Make it a fun place, bubbles books stickers kisses hugs high fives etc for just sitting on it. He is old enough that he knows when he needs to go and as much as its horrible to hear he probably chooses not to uses it. So talk to him about it, what goes in the toilet, why. Take him with you every time you go and talk about it. Praise him heavily for coming along. If and when he does go really praise him, make it a huge huge thing. He will love this attention and want to make it happen more often. Have stickers for every time he does it and rewards for it. Have a box with fun rewards that he can pick from. Starting small, twice in the toilet means he gets to pic, then five etc. Children love quick rewards often at this age. I wouldn't punish him for accidents. But it has to be clear that your not going to stand for it. If he has an accidents let him feel how uncomfortable it is. How clean dry pants are better. If his favorite program is on but you've spent ten mins getting him changed then he has missed it, no more going swimming or out to play with friends as you can have accidents there. Get him new special pants that he pics, and they don't want to get wet or poo on, if they do they have to go away till he can go to the toilet. He will pick it up, especially if your taking him to the toilet every 15/20 mins set a timer!. This seams like a lot but if your interrupting his play and fun he'll soon get the idea. It will take over your day and week but its something you can plan for. Plan to spend a week indoors just potty training. I think he will pick up on it quickly and your daughter too if you really work on it. And any body who comes over should make a big deal out of all the stickers and rewards he has. To review: don't give up Make a plan and accept its going to take over for a short amount of time Make the toilet/potty fun Use easy explanations to tell him why put rewards in place put positive praise in place potty time every 20mins Make sure not going to the potty is the easy way out.
My mother-in-law said that babies should be potty trained by 6 months of age. Is this even possible?
We had an interesting potty training experience with our first child. She was adopted, from China, a couple of weeks after her first birthday. When we received her, late in the evening, she was not wearing a diaper, but had a cord around her waist (we later realized this was used to secure a cloth diaper, which was removed when wet). We put a disposable diaper on her. The next morning it was dry. We went with our group to finalize the adoptions, and one of the new dads was accompanied by his parents, who lived in the states, but were Chinese-born and happened to be in China when we were. One of the other new moms asked me “has your kid peed yet?” The Chinese grandma took her kid, walked to a sink, made a whistling sound, and the kid peed! On command! We then tried it with our kid. It worked! This will be a breeze! I emailed my brother, who is a doctor and a dad, and he was skeptical- at 12 months they do not have the muscle control to hold their urine and release it with a signal. Well, with the travel and long flights, letting our kid run around bare bottomed or in split pants was not practical, so she wore diapers. When we got home, I put her on the baby potty, and made the same noise, which was like “pst, pst.” She just stared at me as if to say “what’s the matter with you, spring a leak?” Well, her potty training went just like every other kid in day care. Really started to get the hang of it around age 2, with occasional accidents until age 3 or so. I think your MIL has a revisionist history in her memory, disregarding many “ accidents” until the kid gains muscle control, and accepts disruption in activities for bathroom breaks. Toddlers tend to adamently refuse to use the toilet until they desperately have to go, and there is often a standoff over emptying the bladder before a car ride or waiting in a long line.
My 4 year old son keeps "Touching" Himself and its like its new to him....?
My son just turned 4 years old and we have dealt with this before were he goes through bouts where he can't stop touching himself down there and its like his own personal toy or something. Well he has started doing it again and my husband thinks its funny but i don't i think he needs to start learning some modesty but hubby thinks i am overreacting and that it is a guy thing and he will start learning modesty on his own. What should i do? Is my husband right? Advice?
Keeping a dog around a baby?
My wife and I are expecting our babygirl in late February. We have an 18 month old German Shepherd at home as a gaurd dog. Our baby came as a surprise and now with the dog at home we have concerns about weather the stories of dogs being envious of newborns are true. I've heard stories of even Chihuahuas attacking toddlers so I'm more concerned now that the baby is due in a few weeks.I'm not getting rid of her but I just want to know if I will have to kennel her whenever the baby is around. Have you taken any sort of precautionary measures?
Getting pregnant after c-section...2 part question?
Honestly, I think most doctors tell you to wait that long for family planning more than anything ... as if there is some negative association with people who have kids close together. I've heard one doctor say the ideal spacing between one c-section and the next baby is "nine months." :) I've also heard that the scar tissue will be as healed as it ever will be after six weeks. Two years is a big on the high side; I've heard 18 months from birth to birth but really, it's up to you. People have gone on to have healthy pregnancies, including back to back sections, a year apart and done just fine. So your friend is just fine! Good for you for planning a VBAC. They can be safe, as long as you allow yourself to go into labor first. If they induce, it's usually not recommended to use pitocin because it can increase your risk of uterine rupture, but it CAN be used safely IF it's used judiciously - meaning, not crank it up full blast like they do in 'regular' deliveries. This is probably one of the number one reasons for a primary csection in the first place: an induction that failed, or the PIt caused fetal distress. If your reason for the first section was a failed induction, I would *not* recommend going that route again and you will probably VBAC just fine. One thing I will recommend, speaking from experience: find a doctor (or midwife) who is TOTALLY on board with your decision. no talk about inducing when you're only in the first trimester, no "Your baby could die if we don't induce you one day past your due date!" BS and all that. Many doctors will support you up until late pregnancy and then start questioning your decision when they know you'll be less likely to switch care providers. The good news is, you CAN switch doctors late in a pregnancy if you find your OB is suddenly unsupportive, you do NOT have to be forced into another c-section just because they want you to, and they CANNOT legally threaten to drop you from their care. Technically if they try to drop you as a patient, they MUST, by law, agree to see you for 30 days after the termination. The most important thing is to inform yourself fully and know your rights. See my profile for more links that might help. :) Good luck!