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How long can a 3-month-old go without eating?
My 3-month-old son has started sleeping through the night, with a vengeance. He sleeps for hours. And when he finally wakes up and I expect him to be starving, he's often still ready to happily play for a bit - say 1/2 hour to 45 min. Now, I know…
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How to prepare children for impending death of a parent?
My mother is expected to die within coming days/weaks/months (final phase of cancer).
I have an 11 year old sister - how can I help her? What would be a good idea to suggest to my father and older sister to do in that situation?
My 11 year old…
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What do I do when I walk into a room with a broken item and both children shrug their shoulders and say "Wasn't me"?
I'm trying to get my kids to be honest and take responsibility.
I'm seeing a repeated pattern where one or both of my kids will lie to get out of trouble. They're starting to see that they can deny responsiblity.
Our current system of reward…
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How to care for my 3.5-year-old's decaying teeth?
Since more than a year, one tooth of my 3.5-year-old daughter has started to deteriorate. Recently, two more teeth are getting affected. This is due to not getting her teeth brushed up properly and regularly.
Now what measures should be taken to…
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How to cope with a crying infant in the car during short trips?
An issue has come up recently with our new son, in that he is at his most vocally unhappy when in the car.
It's not 100% of the time, but it happens daily. It's only rarely because of dirty diapers or being hungry, so we're having a hard time…
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8-year-old right away repeats action after she is told not to do them
My 8-year-old right away repeats the things she is forbidden from doing.
For example, when she is told not to sing at the dinner table she will right away start singing in a lower tone.
This is not the case 100% of the time, but it is still…
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Am getting emotionally distant from my mother day by day. What can I do to mend the bond?
I'm a child and not a parent. I don't understand what to do in the situation I'm describing below.
I have both my parents and a brother.
It all started a 2 years back.
2 years back we were all living a happy life, understanding each other and…
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What to do about my 6-year-old son with listening, focus and behavioral issues?
I have 3 boys, one a 6 year old. My husband and I are very positive people and try and do a lot with our children, and give each child equal attention. The concerns I have with my 6 year old son are based on his listening, lack of focus and most…
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What approaches can I use with an 9-year-old who bed-wets and is a heavy sleeper?
Our 9-year-old son still bed-wets.
The problem is that he is an extremely heavy sleeper; when he needs to pee, he does not wake up - even manually trying to wake him up (either to try and pee preventively in the middle of the night, or to deal with…
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Monitoring a computer-literate teen
I would like to monitor my 16 year old boy's web activities, but I have been struggling to do so. Since he started his interest in computer programming, it's become an arms race. I've tried setting up a firewall blocking system, but he managed to…
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How do I make my son wear his glasses?
My son is two years and a half. He has a squint, and he has to wear glasses or the squint might cause serious damage. He refuses to wear his glasses under any circumstances.
Unfortunately, even using a strap is not allowed for a child as he might…
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Confused 5 year old
My daughter who is 5 and usually very happy and loving recently told my husband and me she wanted to shoot us and run to Noni.
After talking with her, we later realized this anger is directed at me. It has been a week now and though she's not…
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What should I do when my parents drain all my energy?
I'm 18, almost 19 and I've been dealing with my parents' negativity as far as I remember myself. I'm currently a game programmer, something that isn't from the easiest. Still I manage perfectly to cope with it.
(Long story short) of the power of…
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How to give a medicine with really bad taste
My 4 year old daughter recently have scarlet fever. It seems antibiotics are non-negociable for it, and since she has great chance of being allergic to Penicillin, there is only one antibiotic she can get. It is not the first time we have to give it…
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How long does breast milk last after taken from the fridge?
There's a lot of information available about how long pumped breast milk can be kept for, generally citing different temperature ranges.
From the CDC (though the same reference is also cited by the Canadian Pediatric Society):
It's cited that milk…
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