toddler

Is anyone else tired of seeing Internet "articles" about all the ways you are setting your child up for failure? I feel like I'm bombarded by internet pieces that are claiming if I do (or don't do) A, B, or C then my toddler will be unable to do X, Y, or Z as an adult.

Just took a lovely walk with my lil (17 months yesterday) and he took an awesome 1.5hr nap. Of course when he woke up, he screamed like he was on fire. Fun fun. Quick diaper change and I get his milk because it was milk/snack time and he pretty much told me to kick rocks and carried on screaming...

I have no idea how to apporach this. I don't want to be too permissive, but I also don't want him to think that he'll get everything he wants... ugh.

Last Summer, I separated from my ex-husband. I moved out last December, and our divorce was finalized this past Summer. I wasn’t able to get my kids much last Christmas because I was in the process of starting out all over again as a single parent (finding an apartment to live in, getting a...

LO is 2 and a few months and it is such a struggle to get her diaper or clothes changed sometimes. I want us to have a collaborative and cooperative relationship, so I’d like to avoid forcing her, but sometimes we just need to get her diaper/shirt/pants on or off. She (understandably) gets so...

Is this a phase? God I hope so. It seems like overnight a switch was flipped. Everything is a battle. A tantrum having, crying, passing out battle. Everything! I kissed him this morning and he lost it. I miss my sweet boy. Is anyone else going through this? Is this who he is now? Forever...

Or if you have an older toddler, what were their sleep/wake times when they were 1 year? My baby has never went to bed early. Always between 9-10pm. He wakes up around 7am. If he falls asleep before 9 he will wake up at 11pm and start talking/playing. Thankfully he’s good at sleeping through...

Hey - the title isn’t as dramatic as it seems. This year I am considering making the switch from daycare to preK-3 at a private school in town. the only requirement we do not meet is toilet independence. my bud can use the toilet when prompted, and with low pushback, most days. This includes...

ETA- THANK YOU, thank you, thank you! This all helped me realize I’m more worried than I need to be. I loved hearing perspectives from both sides. Every kid is so different. I just worry that I’m making the wrong choice either way 😩 but it’s one of those tough parenting decisions. I should also...

There’s a narrowing cast of food my 19 month toddler will reliably eat (porridge, Weetbix cereal, veg/fruit pouches, hummus sandwich, bananas, baked beans, miscellaneous snacks) He used to eat more meat and try proper adult food, but stopped a couple months ago for no apparent reason. And though...

And for those who dropped nap…did it move earlier? Like actually falls asleep. Ours just turned 3. It seems 9:30 is our answer here. But we’ve tried no nap, and he’s a mess by 5:30/6 when we are trying to make/eat dinner. He naps at daycare about 45min to an hour around 12, and at home (4...

Our lovely, hilarious 3yo has suddenly started saying “F*

Hi, My kid (2y,3 mo)has something wrong going on for past few (4) days. He eats very little. Has no fever. Is energetic. We are worried because his food intake has dropped by nearly 80%. The pediatrician told to give him vitamin supplement. And deworming medicine. So last night gave him...

Since my oldest son turned 3, bed and wake times have been a struggle, to say the least. My wife and I have come up with a bedtime routine that works if we stick to it. We give him choices for PJs, books, where he wants to sleep - he has a bed but has preferred to sleep on the floor in his fold...

Whhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyy he was sleeping so great and would sleep until 8-8:30 everyday. The occasional 7:30. I even sometimes would need to wake him up. He’d wake up and roll around happy for a moment and we’d let him have a sec and then go get him. Always happy! Nothing has changed but now...

I’m done. F**k these microscopic, non-living pieces of shit. No one in our house has been healthy for months. Personally, yesterday was the first time I felt like a healthy human being since December 22nd and guess who wakes up with a fresh sore throat? This bitch. And not to speak of October...

We knew it was coming, but yesterday she realised she could escape. We were up with her for two hours later than usual and she came running into our room an hour earlier. I'm 28w pregnant with number two so am not thrilled 😅 any tips? Advice? She has pretty high sleep needs but I'm worried this...

My 1.5yr old picked up the word f**k and now is obsessed with saying it. (Can you blame him?) We’ve tried explaining that the f word is Just for grownups and have given him alternative words to say. That turned into a game for him, so we began ignoring him because it seemed like he enjoyed the...

Hey, all! We have a 1.5 years-old boy who we started potty training very early, as soon as he was able to sit comfortably, he was around 6 months-old. We sort of guessed when he would go, right after sleep, after eating and so on. The first couple of months successes were pure luck and...

We have letter magnets, and he likes it when I draw for him and recently he asked me to spell names, my name, his dad's name, grandma grandpa that sort of thing. Last week there was a g on the fridge and he seemed to point and say grandpa. I asked what the M was he said Z for another name of a...