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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: Bedtime - when does your toddler go to bed at night?
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on: August 30, 2010, 03:28:30 AM
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Seems like we are a little bit different than most. Our 21mo goes to bed at around 7pm, and is usually up around 6:30-7am. He takes around a 1 hour nap in the afternoon. Have you thought of trying to just shorten the nap a bit, instead of cutting it out completely to see if that helps get an earlier bedtime?
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Parents' Lounge / General Pregnancy / Re: Announcing you are pregnant, when is the right time?
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on: July 17, 2010, 05:18:25 AM
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I don't think there is a right or wrong time, but every couple has to choose what they feel comfortable with. Personally, we waited to tell everyone (except my mom) until after the first trimester had passed. We chose to do this because there were 3 different couples around us whom ended up having a miscarriages before us. 2 of the couples told everyone as soon as they found out they were expecting. Once they lost their babies, they found it very hard when people who didn't know what had happened asked how the pregnancy was going, or if they knew what the sex of the child was yet. One couple went through a very difficult time, as they had some people tell them that it must have been their fault that they lost their child. This made us very cautious, and we did not want to have to go through that, so chose to wait.
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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: What parenting books would you recommend?
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on: July 17, 2010, 05:07:21 AM
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Congratulations! You are right that there are so many choices, and it can be overwhelming. I think that what books you read has to depend on what style of parenting you feel comfortable with. If you prefer to go with an attachment parenting style, and would like to try things such as co-sleeping, babywearing, babywearing, etc, Dr Sears is very popular. If you don't want to co-sleep, and would prefer to try to get your baby to sleep independently, but would like to follow some of the other attachment practices, reading the no-cry series of books by Elizabeth Pantley may be more comfortable for you. If you would like to go with a bit more of a sleep training style, getting your baby to sleep independently, and trying to follow a bit more of a routine, you could try The Baby Whisperer books by Tracy Hogg. Of course, none of these styles may feel completely comfortable to you. In that case you have to choose what from each style of parenting works for you, and combine them. I liked The Happiest Baby On the Block and Happiest Toddler on the Block, by Harvey Karp, but found that for me, his writing style was a bit hard to get through. I have never read any of the "what to expect" books, Raising Our Children Raising Ourselves by Naomi Aldortbut, and books by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, but have heard good things about all of them. Good luck on your search!
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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Why did you choose for or against vaccinating your child(ren)?
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on: October 24, 2009, 11:44:50 PM
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I'm not trying to start a debate or anything. Our little guy is going to be one soon, and I am getting really nervous about the MMR vaccination. Originally I had decided not to get him vaccinated at all, but our doctor convinced us it would be best. Now I am questioning if we made the right decision.
I have done some research online, and did a search on the forum of past discussions on vaccinations, but haven't had time to read all of them. We are in Canada, so I am not actually sure what the laws, etc are here, as I haven't had time to look into that.
I guess really I am just wondering what the deciding factor was for other parents out there as to whether or not they had their children vaccinated.
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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: Screaming 9 month old - Help!
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on: September 17, 2009, 01:52:23 AM
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Hi Joha, I have a 9 month old as well. I have been signing with him for about a month (eat, milk, diaper, all done, cat, water, mommy, daddy) to hopefully reduce his frustration in the future. He hasn't signed back yet, but understands some of the signs. I haven't had time to read thru all of the replies on here, but just wanted to add that I recently read of one other option you could consider. The article suggested that when your little one is yelling, try whispering back, and eventually they will get the message that the yelling is unacceptable. I haven't actually tried it, as we aren't to the yelling phase yet, so I'm not sure if it will work or not, but thought I would pass it along.
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EARLY LEARNING / Early Learning - General Discussions / How much TV do you allow?
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on: September 13, 2009, 11:45:30 PM
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I'm just wondering how much TV everyone allows for their children. Currently our 9 month old isn't allowed any TV, as I saw somewhere that it is recommended children under 2 don't watch any at all. However, I was thinking of using some educational programs to help him learn. I am also a bit worried that by not allowing him to see any now, he will go overboard when he is older, and want to watch it all the time. Also, do you consider computer use as TV time?
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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: How do you put your baby to sleep?
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on: August 14, 2009, 03:24:47 AM
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Whatever works best for you is the best thing to do. If you don't have a problem with what you are doing to get him to go to sleep, and this phase passes, then you could continue what you are doing. If it isn't working for you, then you could try to decide what you would like to do. I just wanted to add that a friend of mine rocked her LO to sleep every time until he was 1 and a half, then one day he decided he didn't want to be rocked anymore. Now he is 2 and half and they just read him a story, tuck him in, and tell him goodnight.
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Parents' Lounge / General Parenting / Re: How do you put your baby to sleep?
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on: August 07, 2009, 03:24:34 AM
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Our son is a couple of months younger than yours, so I don't know if this will help you or not. We started with a bedtime routine for our son when he was 3 weeks old to help him learn when bedtime was coming. Our routine is bath, massage, bottle, then bed. Naptime was a bit different. He fought naptimes (didn't want to miss anything), even though he had a routine for naps as well (story, change, turn on his sleep song, turn off the lights, rock for a minute, put him in his crib drowsy, but awake to let him fall asleep on his own). I did a lot of reading on infant sleep, and we decided that what would work for us best was the advice found in The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems (By Teaching You How to Ask the Right Questions) by Tracy Hogg. She gives advice about setting a routine for your child to help them know what is coming. We don't have a set schedule for nap times, but rather follow a routine during his day. What has worked for us is that he gets a nap after so much time being awake, instead of setting a time by the clock, which has helped us get him the best naps so far (instead of 30 minute naps during the day, he now gets 1 to 2 hour naps). Right now he gets a nap in the morning after being awake for 3 hours, then a nap in the afternoon when he has been up for 3.5 hours. I think that these times will be increasing soon though. This might not work for you, as you are obviously busy with your work, but I was able to take the time to figure out what his optimal times were, as I am currently a stay at home mom. She also offers ideas on helping your child learn to fall asleep independently while still supporting them to let them know you are there for them. Again, I don't know if you would have the time to devote to her strategies, but she gives you a bit of a step by step guide on what she has found works. I also know of some people that have had success with The No-Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. She offers different solutions on how to help your child learn to fall asleep by themselves, and you choose what you think will work best for you. I do warn you, her advice can take months to work. I have read that children will eventually learn to fall asleep on their own, but it can take along time (as in months or years), so I guess it depends on how quickly you want to get it accomplished. Hope this helps!
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EARLY LEARNING / Teaching Your Child - Signing, Speaking, Languages / Looking for suggestions for baby sign language
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on: August 06, 2009, 03:57:18 AM
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We started to teach our 8 month old baby sign language a couple of days ago using the book Baby Sign Language Basics by Monta Briant. I was looking at gettting the Baby Signs program, but read that they only use ASL some of the time. Has anyone used this program? If so, did you like it, or is there a different program you would recommend? I think I would prefer to use ASL as much as possible. Thanks!
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Parents' Lounge / Introduce Yourself / Hello from Canadian mom
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on: August 06, 2009, 03:33:58 AM
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Hi, everyone! I am the mom of a 8 month little boy, and found this site while looking for information on early childhood development (my husband will be so pleased I found this website ) We just started baby sign language a couple of days ago, and I am trying to find more information about teaching our little one to read.
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