For Parents

For those of you with kids in school, how do you handle March Break? Do you or your significant other take the week off, book the kids into day camp, send them to daycare, send them to the grandparents?

How did you get rid of your child's soother? DD doesn't "need" it per se. She can go to sleep without it and only ever has it in bed. However she likes it and I feel bad taking it away from her when she is going through a stressful potty training time (a painful bladder infection has her scared to try the potty anymore).
When you did decide to ditch the soother, how did you go about it?

We had parents at daycare tell us cutting the end off the soother works wonders because it doesn't work to suck on anymore.

Hi!

Just looking for some advice being a mommy putting her baby into daycare for the first time come January! I just got an email from the daycare with a great plan for transition that I'm all for, but reading that email made me break down into sobs It's becoming too real that I'll be back to work in less than a month. I know I need to do it financially and well mentally, I truly would like to use my intellectual brain again! But the thought of being away from my little man for full days at a time just absolutely kills me.

Hi Ladies! I'm looking for some suggestions of useful, but not too expensive (around $15-20), gifts for the staff at DD's preschool.

She has just moved from the toddler room to the junior room. I would like to get her something for her teacher from toddler, and I supposed etiquette would say I get something for the new teachers too. Plus, the director and owner of the facility too?

What do you suggest? I wondering about just getting Chapters or Starbucks gift cards-or is that too cheesy?

My little one has decided her new bedtime should be 6pm. Sadly, that's not possible without missing dinner. She has refused dinner 6 days in a row. She's just exhausted and wants to go to bed. I know she hasn't been feeling 100%, but will this become a habit? Should I force her to eat before bed or just go with her cues and let her go to bed? She's falling asleep in the car on the way home from daycare.

We're not sure what's wrong with DS. Spent two hours waiting at the walk-in clinic last night, only to be told there's nothing wrong with him. I know there is something wrong, he's running a fever and not acting like himself. If it's still like this Monday morning, I'm bringing him to our own dr. So frustrating when you KNOW something's wrong and they can't tell you what.

In the meantime, he is refusing to eat. Well, that's not entirely true. I tempted him with a mini box of smarties. Other than that, and maybe 1/3 of an eggo, that's all we've gotten into him since yesterday at lunch.

Just wondering if you have any suggestions for some good parenting books. I was given a few that are a chore to read - seems to be lecturing the parents more than offering helpful tips!

As much as I hate to admit it..i have a picky eater!

lately it's been "No meat, no meat, noooooo meat"

He won't eat meat (any kind...ok he will eat hotdogs/hamburgers but it isn't always real meat), potatoes, beans, lentils etc.. I don't do PB with him yet so no protein there...he hates hummus and I have no clue about tofu.

So, how can I get protein into my child? I've tired hiding meat into stuff and still no go..he can spot it a mile away.

This is for your little ghost or goblin that gets too much candy and you don't want them having it all.

However, if you ration or take it away they will notice and get upset.

Switch Witch

What you do is let your child choose which candies he wants to keep (put a limit on the amount if you want).

The rest he leaves to "The Switch Witch" which kinda has the same premise as the Tooth Fairy.

The Switch Witch comes at night and takes away all the candy and leaves him a gift (or money) in exchange.

Basically, he's had no problem sleeping in it - provided we let him fall asleep in his rocking chair first. It's the oddest thing, he'll take his blankie and curl up in the rocking chair, and eventually we put him in his bed and he's there for the night. Doesn't even get out of the bed until we go in to get him in the morning.

My question now, is, A) why does he want to sleep in his chair, and B) what can we do to convince him to actually go to sleep in his bed.