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I have a very strong willed 3 year old. He will not stop long enough to go potty. It's incredibly frustrating to my DH and myself because we feel like we're constantly fighting him to go to the bathroom. He's not afraid of it, it doesn't hurt him to go and he rarely ever wets his pants, he simply just doesn't want to stop playing or doing whatever it is he's doing, to go. He'll go four or five hours or more during the day before he'll decide to go. He'll sleep through the night (9-10 hours), without going, then he'll wait another hour or more in the morning before we can get him to go. My question is, are we wasting our time by fighting this, or should we just let him be and let him go when he is ready to go? Like I said, he doesn't wet his pants, but I'm a little concerned that he'll develope a UTI from holding it in so long. How long is too long? We'll just let him be if it's not going to hurt him. Oh, and yes, he does drink plenty during the day too.
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My Friend is 32 and has a 13 yo daughter, a 8 yo step-daughter, an 8 yo son, and a 2, a 1, and an 8 month old baby boys. I have known her for a bout 6 years and she was an awesome mom when she only had two. Her son and daughter listened and never used poor language. Now with her 3 boys she had one after another she reminds me of the little old lady who lived in a shoe had too many kids didnt know what to do.... I go to her house and it wreaks of dirty diapers, there have been a few times I asked her to immediately go outside to have a cigarette cause her house made me gagg and I didnt know how to tell her with out hurting her feelings.
I feel like Im over stepping a boundary by saying anything to her, but she is always venting about her kids to me, and I care about her, and her kids, and dont like to see them having a hard time.
Her daughter lost her virginity about a month ago and already broke up with that boy and has another boyfriend. My friend was soooo upset, but then, she lets her daughter have a sleepover with her new boyfriend?! When I was 13 having a sleepover with my GIRL friends was questionable!!! She is on birth control but... I just... cant imagine her having sex she is too little... and her 8 yo son is really interested in sex and drinking and smoking and I was wondering where that was coming from, and I think its partly his older sister and mainly the television they allow him to watch. I was absolutely astounded I went to her house for dinner and her son announces she let him watch Hostel. Hostel is an extremely inapproprriate movie for a boy his age to watch!
I am so bothered by her childrens behavior because one I care about them, and two I have my own step kids now, and she keeps telling me her son and step daughter really want to be friends and play together but my step-children are so innocent compaired to her kids, I dont want them tainting them! my stepson is 12 and my step daughter is 9, they are such good kids, and they are not eager to grow up too fast.
Is it way out of bounds to even feel so strongly about her parenting? Should I say something to her? Can I help her? Has anyone been in a similar situation?
We were drinking one night and her son woke up and came upstairs and begged her for a shot of tequila and she gave it to him in hopes it would turn him off, then he pretended he was drunk, and I was not even comfortable drinking with the kids there... I dunno what to do except maybe space myself from her, though I would rather not lose an old friend...View Thread
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Jaden my 5 year old started kindergarten this year, his teacher constantly tells me that he is disruptive in class, he hits and throws things, doesnt listen or do his assignments.
When he is good, he is great, helping the teacher and doing his work and also helping other students.
But as of late he has been very very bad, simply not listening or doing anything he is told.
The mother and i are separated so Jaden and his sister 3yr old Bella spend half the time with me and half the time with their mother.
They dont listen at all at their mothers house, when they are with me they get a little crazy but when i put my foot down they stop and obey.
Obviously the mother and i do things differently and let them get away with different things.
My biggest concern is that he might one day get kicked out of school. also who wants to be the parent of that kid other parents tell their kids not to hang out with cause hes trouble or whatever. I dont know what to do. I talk to him calmly and i try to tell him that not listening will get him in trouble, i have tried taking toys from him and putting him in time out and rewarding him and trying to redirect. none of this seems to be working. WHAT DO I DO???View Thread
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3 people within a quarter mile of each other over a period of 10 years were diagnosed with legge perthes.View Thread
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Hiip Replacement 2012
My hip was destroyed by legge perthes disease. I had it replaced last week and am recovering now. I suspect my doctor had never done a perthes patient because he was quite suprised at what he found - he said the hip was "just awful". I did not feel deprived as a child nor do i now. I did the things i wanted to do in moderation. I was mainstreamed into the public school system which was a new idea in the fifties.
I expect to remain moderately active for the rest of my life - hopefully i will be able to walk with no restrictions.
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i'm a mother of a 19 month old and soon to be new mommy. my son about a week ago contracted the hand, foot and mouth disease. he has these god aweful blood red bumps appear all over his body. it wasn't in his mouth thank goodness but he had it on his face, ears, neck, back, arms, hands, legs but and feet. (best cure for the ones on the butt and genitals for babies is a product called butt paste. it's sold in a store called deals for a dollar. i used this for every diaper rash and every kind of rash for my son. when i applied a good helping on the rash for two days it disapeared completely. i've been applyin callamine lotion every were else on him but it didnt work so welll so now im trying the butt paste on his blisters now. now, my husband contracted this aweful infection and he is miserable i have tried everything to avoid this blasted virus and thought i prevailed only to find out i did contract it just not on my hands feet or mouth, instead i caught it on my gentitals im currently trying the butt paste as i would for my child and so far no itching and no blister popping. i'd like to know though is how to avoid catching it again if at all possible. i mean my mother in law is determined that her kids didnt have this but i see the bumps and blisters the kids had i am not one to argue but i'd love to have this gone soon.View Thread
My son, who is all of the above, has been seen by specialists and have ran tons of tests. One says it is medical and the other mental....neither one will help anymore.
The problem has started to happen at school....3 times this week. This is a new development. He usually holds it until he gets home then poops himself.
When I can get him to sit on the toilet, he does nothing but yell and scream and if we give him something to do while on there, he concentrates on that and won't go. What he leaves is sand consistency but will leave a bowel movement in his underwear.
We have rewarded (which will work until he gets what he wants then he stops) and punished (before we realized it wasn't the way to go).
He is the same size of his 7 yr old sister who is small for her age anyway. He just outgrew size 7 jeans in length but not waist and still wears 6/7 shirts.
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I have read your numerous posts related to the possible causes of frequent urination that have certainly helped me ease my anxiety towards my son who is now 4 1/2 years old. I still wanted to post this just in case if you believe his case is different.
For the last 3 months he has been urinating frequently (4-6 times) in the night pretty consistently and bed wetting at least once (the other times we wake him up and take him to the restroom). His frequency of urination is absolutely normal during the day time. He has been eating well, is pretty active, no weight loss, and has not complained about anything. It didn't strike to me until couple of days ago that I should still probably check with his pediatrician. I took him to his pediatrician today and his urine results came out negative with no sign of glucose. I asked the doctor if we can check the blood sugar but he insisted that the urine test would have shown if the level was high. And then he suggested that we wait 15 days and if this continues, then he will probably do a blood test. If there is no sign of glucose in the urine, does that certainly rule out diabetes?
I have read your posts about dysfunctional voiding and hopeful that its nothing more than that. Can you please take a moment and help me understand on what possibly may be going on with him and if its necessary for me to take him for a blood test?
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Daughter symptoms:
17lbs, 28in, at 14 months. No protruding stomach. No listlessness. neg loose stool/blood.
Is completely disinterested in food. Does not eat when offered food AT ALL. Barely eats 800 c a day. Drinks pediasures approx 2 p/day.
Have tried increasing caloric intake with additions to no avail.
The problem appears to lie with the lack of food to mouth action rather than an internal problem. No current diag of celiac or condition. No current diag of autism.
daughter seems depressed.
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