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My four and a half year old just won't listen!
Q. Hello all I'm sure this is a very general question, but i need some advice. My daughter is now four and a half, and just doesn't listen to anything i say. She only listens when i shout, or threaten to give her a hiding. I have to ask her 10 times...
A. 7 November 2007: Thank you so much for your reply.
I had her on an oil - omega 3, 6 and 9. I must be honest, it worked WONDERS.. I don't know why i stopped, but i put her back on about 4 days ago. So hold thumbs. The oil i have - is not tasty, but i put in in h... (read in full...)
Should we introduce potty training?
Q. my 12 month old son is too smart he has just turned one on 09-17-07 and he has mastered taking down the baby gate walking and he talks more than most kids that are atleast 3 months older than him he took off his diaper the other day and told me wet ...
A. 28 September 2007: i just put his potty together wensday and yesterday i sat him on it and to my surprise he sat there its a start right !!!... (read in full...)
How can I stop my son telling people he "hates" them!?
Q. How do I keep my son from telling people he hates them? My son is 3 years, 4 months old. He is exceptionally bright, charismatic, and charming. When he is in trouble, he goes to the "naughty step" for 2-3 minutes. Recently, he protests, "No, YOU ...
A. 3 August 2007: Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! He doesn't say "I hate you anymore"!! By hugging him and telling him "I love you" in response (like you suggested), he seemed irritated, but he obviously wasn't getting the response he expected, ... (read in full...)
Potty training problems with my son! Any ideas?
Q. My son is 32 months and we are trying to potty train him, but he refuses and says "no potty mommy". His dad and I got separated less than a year ago and have joint custody. He goes 1 and 2 at school and at his dad's house, but not with me! I feel I ...
A. 20 July 2007: Thank you all for the help and advice. I was finally able to get him on the potty this last week! I am so proud of him. I was also relieved to know that I was not doing such a bad job after all. How I did it; I let him roam free meaning no ... (read in full...)
Do I keep allowing my small son's, neglectful, slacker father in his life or stop it altogether?
Q. Hi, I am new to this site and i have joined because i really need some advice from someone impartial (unlike my mother!) my second child is going to be 3 in february and he has a different father from my first child. unfortunately i thought his fath...
A. 7 December 2006: thankyou so much for your views. it is good to have a mans point of view as well rachael so thanks for asking your partner.
i will take your advice and talk to him sensibly and lay out exactly what the rules are and if he breaks them then, as you ... (read in full...)
Our daughter, 3, is obsessed by our son, 1!
Q. Hi, i (we) have a daughter who will be 4 in January, we also have a son who has just turned 1. Since our son came along she has been totally obsessed with him and it is beginning to wear a bit thin!! She never harms him but she picks him up carries ...
A. 28 November 2006: thanks for your reply meandmine, i really appreciate it, funny how its exactly the same scenario, even down to the age gap being exactly the same!!!!! Your advice has sprung to mind previously in the sense that i think he will get his own back in ... (read in full...)
The ex didn't get her way and now...she's cut my visitation down with my son!
Q. hi there . i have been divorced now for 2 years and have had my son every tue and thurs for tea. i also have him to sleep every fri night and every other sat. because something has happened and she didnt get her own way she has now told me that i ...
A. 25 November 2006: thanks for your advise, i have phoned the courts and they are gonna send me out the papers to apply for contact. im glad to hear that the courts are finally starting to take into account the farthers aswell.
thanks... (read in full...)
How can we change her " wide awake" time around ??
Q. Hi :) My daughter is 1 mth old and bottled fed. She has one particular feed in the early hours after which she simply is awake for about 2 hours! During the day she feeds and settles immediately and is an easy baby. For example this a.m it was ...
A. 27 October 2006: Hi folks! Thanks so much for your replies! As it happens she started to sleep through the night the very day after I posted my plee for help lol!!!! I kept her awake from about 5pm, gave her a bath, a feed and put her to bed at 7pm in her own room, ... (read in full...)
Might sound silly but its starting to hurt me that my little girl doesnt say Mummy, when shes says Daddy all the time!
Q. My daughter is 14 months old and saying quite a few words but she wont call me mum/mummy. She can call me by my name and she knows who I am if someone says mum/mummy. I gave up work (very happily)to be a stay at home mum, so I spend all day with ...
A. 3 October 2006: Thank you very much for replying to my question. My partner does do this, but his mother insists on encouraging my daughter to call me by my name as she thinks it is funny even though we have told her many times to stop, but i think she is just a ... (read in full...)
I am a single mum with a 4 year old son, how will failed relationships affect him?
Q. I am a single mum, my little boy is 4. In the past 2 years i have had 3 boyfreinds and my little boy had a close relationship with two of them. I am concerned about how the relationships ending will affect my little boy,. Any thoughts or experiences ...
A. 30 September 2006: I appreciate your answer but i do not think it is a very relistic or balanced answer. Children need to realise that sometimes people will come onto and out of their lives. I think that whilst your reply has the right idea it is difficult to put into ... (read in full...)
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