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I need some advice on how to handle my 22 month old son. I know that tantrums and misbehavior go with the territory right now, but I have yet to figure out an effective discipline style to let him know I'm serious when he does something wrong. When I say no to him in a stern voice he just laughs and then does it again. When I ignore the behavior, it goes on and one. I'm reading 1-2-3 Magic, but I'm not sure he's ready for the concepts in that book. Complicating factors is that he can't talk, but understands everything. So I think he's often acting out of frustrating. If any moms out there have tips on how to handle toddlers before they're ready for time-outs, etc., I would really appreciate it.
My son is almost 2 and I'm looking towards this winter and wondering what he will sleep in. He has been in footed PJs for bedtime since he was born, but it feels like it might be time to transition to 2-piece pajamas and to offer him a blanket or comforter to sleep under. (He has a lovey blanket that he sleeps with and loves.) I figure when we transition him to a bed he'll need to learn to sleep under covers, so this is a good move in that direction. I'm curious, though - when did others offer their kids "covers"? Or do you think I should just keep using the footed PJs?
If you have an early bird for a child who has made the transition to one nap, I'd love some advice. Our son, who is 16 months old, is up very early - 5-5:30am most days. I think he's about ready to transition to one nap because the afternoon nap is a bear -- he just fights going to sleep. So I think I'm going to push the morning nap back, since that's the nap that he reliably takes. On Saturday I put him down at 10am and he slept until NOON. But then he wouldn't nap at all in the afternoon and was a complete crazy man. So I think I need to either push it even later in the morning, or stick with 2 naps for now. What should I do?? If you have transitioned your early bird, how do you keep them up until 11am?? It feels like torture for a little one to go from waking at 5/5:30 and napping at 9am to napping at 11am. I'd love to hear success stories and just general advice. Thanks!
My 1 year-old son has started taking really long morning naps when he goes down at 9am (roughly 2.5 hours). He then only takes a "blip" of a nap in the afternoon. Is he trying to drop a nap? And if so, why is he dropping the afternoon nap, not the morning nap? Has this happened to anyone else?
My son is almost 1, so I'm starting to think about the transition to milk. How do I do this? My son currently has formula 4 times per day - first thing in the morning, after his morning nap, after his afternoon nap, and before bed. I know I need to replace the formula with milk, but clearly he's not supposed to have milk at all of these times. Do I need to change up his eating schedule as well? (i.e., breakfast first thing in the morning instead of formula?). I'm totally confused about how to do this. Thanks for any advice!
We're flying for the holidays with our 11 month old son. We bought him his own seat on the plane and will be taking his convertible carseat on the plane with us. Two questions: (1) any tips on how to carry the carseat around in the airport? It seems unwieldy! and (2) does it matter if he faces front on the airplane? Thanks!
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