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My 7 Y/O ADD daughter won't stop peeing herself
My 7 year old daughter was diagnosed with ADD when she was 4, and we tried everything before we decided...
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Hi, I believe you are right to be concerned and not just let this behavior go on and on...... This is...
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Reply: My 8 year old soon to be 9 in a month has her peri...
I started my period when I was 7. So I'm right there with your daughter for being an 'early beginner'. ...
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Reply: 7 yr old son's bad behavior
I am not an expert...I am just sharing ideas and strategies I have used at home and at work...
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Reply: 9 Year old girl with bad odor
A fishey smell is the sign of a bacterial infection not of being dirty. Probably all it will take is a prescription...
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Reply: 8 yr. old girl pooping pants still
I am dealing with this also with my son who is almost 5. This has been an on-going battle and SO frustrating. He...
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Reply: 7 year old with poop problems
thank you thank you thank you grasping for straws here. my 6 yr old (now 7) started having skidders and I...
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Reply: Lactose intolerance/sensitivity?
Sorry I can't help with the issue. I think talking to the pedi is the best idea. If you do need to...
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Reply: OMG! Summer Camp!
Congrats. This is a big step. We have started to research sleep away camps for Levi. There is a particular camp...
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Reply: 8 yr. old with period??
My daughter just called while ago and started crying. My granddaughter was at her other grandmother's and...
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Reply: Sooooo Not Ready for This....
I agree with locasta - so thrilled I have 3 boys I was a super tom boy, too, having 2 older brothers. I...
I was a super tom boy, too, having 2 older brothers. I hated it when my Mom made me a sports bra in 5th grade to basketball camp.
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Reply: Short for her age.
I have twin daughters and they are both at different ends of the growth curve. They're 9. Léonie is 4'1" and...
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Reply: The homework fight
I have to preface this with Levi has almost no homework and won't until 3rd grade. Nevertheless, with the...
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Reply: Children that have Panic Attacks
She gets scared when she feels her body/heart moving fast after practice. Then she gets nervous, and it stems...
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My 8 year old soon to be 9 in a month has her peri...
My 8yr old just got her period less than an hour ago, and I am really trying to keep my cool. I swore she was...
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Reply: childs coughing
Hello, welcome. You are certainly welcome to ask this question on our Parenting Community. ...
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Reply: Iocasta
i've been thinking about guys too. glad to hear things are starting to return to "normalcy".
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Reply: 8 year old out of control
How is her behavior at your mother's and at school? It seems that her behavior escalates when she comes home....
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afraid of curly hair
Hello, My 6 year old son is afraid of curly hair. At first I thought it was he just didn't like it, because...
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Reply: Books
I'm with you on the Junie B. books! We received a set for DD1's 5th birthday and barely made it half a chapter...
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Reply: Dad takes baths with 6 1/2-year-old
I love the post. There are a LOT of good in this post. So I say.
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Reply: 6 year old with vaginal irritation
I have a 5 year old stepdaughter and she is always complaining that her vagina hurts every time she comes...
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Reply: Locasta
We were actually down there last weekend. We have never taken Levi to Ruby Falls or Rock City. We talk about...
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Reply: Oopsie, missed the boat but here I am :)
Congrats! Levi doesn't turn 6 until the end of April but I figured I would help get the party started over here.
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MrsW - Swimming
Has your trainer gotten you into the pool? I have been swimming roughly 4 days a week for a half hour. Adding...
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Reply: Spring
We are slowly moving back in now. But we will be completely in the house by Easter. It is just hard to do it...
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Reply: Introduction
Happy Birthday Zack!!! We miss you too. Take care and survive tax season.
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Reply: Pedi Appt
We've been very lucky (knock on wood) in that none of our kids have been sickly. DD1 has only had a couple...
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Reply: Son repeats everything we say
Touching a lot of things, putting things in his mouth, repeating.....I think this info is worth seriously...
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