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What is a fair price

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Hi thanks for be here to help us moms I have a 6 month old daughter and a 4 year old son What would be a fair hourly price for a sitter We usually leave the kids with family but I would really like to find a sitter who is reliable and not a part of the family How should I work out pay Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 389 Posted: 4/21/09 3:14 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

my 6 month won't sleep

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ok I've tried everything since she was 3 months to get her to sleep through the night She never has slept through the night she has always gotten up for one feeding around 2pm I started feeding her lunch now and i know she stays full throughout the day Lately she has been getting up every 4 hours Like any progress she has made is gone and she is taking steps back I there something wrong or am I doing something wrong

Expert Post Viewd: 384 Posted: 3/30/09 11:42 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

sleeping

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My little girl is 3 since April of '07 she gets out of bed several times a night She goes out sleep on the coach and then if she hears me up she wakes up and it is hard to get her to stay in bed we've been to the doctor and have beedn told we tried every tecnique but she still won't stay in bed She goes to bed good we sit quietly where she can see us and falls asleep within 10 mins but within a few hours she is back up again we have started a new disipline of making her sit in a chair during the day for a few hours and taking toys we have tried everyting else we've tried a lot of tecniques and noting is working any suggestions

Expert Post Viewd: 824 Posted: 1/3/08 12:55 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

Nap time and bedtime

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I have a question about naptime and bedtime regarding my 2 year old He has a lot of energy and he never wants to take a nap or go to bed At naptime I fight with him for about 3 hours to stay in his bed to take a nap Same at bedtime He keeps getting out of bed and I am getting frustrated I am not sure what to do to get him to go to sleep at naptime and bedtime Any suggestions

Expert Post Viewd: 221 Posted: 2/20/09 12:41 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

Taxes on babysitting

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I was wondering when babysitting enters the taxable range When do parents have to file for having paid a sitter and when do sitters have to file that they have a certain income from babysitting

Expert Post Viewd: 616 Posted: 9/20/07 11:34 pm Posted by: Replies: 2

Sleep Schedule messed up

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My son Kalob is 7months old Last month I had to take him to a childrens hospital due to high fever Ever since then he stays up until 4 am I'm getting used to his schedule but I want to put him back on his old schedule which was in bed by 11 or 12 at the latest and up by 8 or 10:30 That worked well with him and me What can I do Any advice

Expert Post Viewd: 313 Posted: 1/11/09 8:34 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

curious

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What should my 7 month baby girl be doin at this age

Expert Post Viewd: 293 Posted: 1/18/09 1:45 am Posted by: Replies: 1

Day/night mix up

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My baby is almost 4 weeks old and she sleeps ALLLLL day and it is really hard to get her to go down at night She seems to have her days and nights mixed up any advise would be appreciated

Expert Post Viewd: 426 Posted: 9/15/08 3:26 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

Sleeping Issues

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My 22 month old has always been a hyper kid that refused to sleep She basically nursed or screamed for the first 6months and her doctor said she was perfectly healthy I follow attachment parenting she coslept until she wanted to be in her own bed at about 15 months She still wants me to sleep with her when she is teething at least what I think is teething however talking to other moms it doesn't seem normal She still has 7 teeth to come in yet and Im at my wits end going on 4 hours of sleep for the last 2 months She wakes in the night and just screams and is completely irrational for between 2 and 4 hours until she finally poops herself back out and falls alseep in my arms for a little bit She will consciously fight falling asleep to nap I have to try to drive or push her in her swing on her swingset so that she can't fight it and even then she'll usally scream and fight it right before she drops off She also talks a lot and moves a lot in her sleep when she does sleep These episodes will seem to happen around teething but will be for months then she will finally sleep for 10 hours a day for about a week and then go back to the same senario I just don't know what I can do to help I have tried all the typical sleep advice of routines and whatnot Is this some type of insomnia or teething or just something else that I can't figure out Her pediatrition says she's totally healthy

Expert Post Viewd: 436 Posted: 8/23/08 11:37 am Posted by: Replies: 1

What to do

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Kenlee is a 10 month old snuggly (spoiled) baby girl who rules our house at night My husband and I are stumped on what to do She used to sleep in her bed at night starting at 2 month and usually a majority of the night Then when she turned 6 months old we moved into a new house and even though her room was the very last thing i took down at the old house and the first thing i put together at the new house she still took it hard during the night So my husband and i being the softies that we are (which is a majority of the problem we know) let her sleep with us when she woke up during the middle of the night Its not every single night that she sleeps with us either there is usually 2 night (hopefully) out of the week that she sleeps through the night in her own bed But there is more the worst thing we probably do is hold her and snuggle on the couch until she falls asleep then put her in her crib During naps she sleeps on couch secured or snuggling with mom or dad My husband and i are willing to do whatever it takes because we know its for HER best interest we just dont know the proper way to handle this particular situation Please help us :)

Expert Post Viewd: 406 Posted: 8/23/08 1:36 am Posted by: Replies: 1

Twins : Waking up frequently for Bottles

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We have 9 month old boy/girl twins ( Ben & Gizelle) who keep waking up frequently at night Here is the pattern:

They are feed a solid meal around 5pm and put to bed with 8 oz bottle of enfamil lipil They would both get up at least once before midnight and drink about 4 ozs of milk and go right back to sleep BUT at seperate times ( :o(

Then they wake up again around 2am for more milk Finally they ae up like they drank REDBULL ready to play at 5am sharp What are your thoughts on this matter

Expert Post Viewd: 359 Posted: 8/6/08 5:33 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

continus health problem

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Dear Madam / Sir

My baby child was 1 4 years old But the problem was continueous her problem arises that of fever Lose motion and Vomiting That in every after 7 days I gave her to feed AMUL and Lactogin I cheak in medical that her sugar found in stool So for this what to do always

Expert Post Viewd: 291 Posted: 6/20/08 5:14 am Posted by: Replies: 1

My 11th month old odd behaviour is it really odd

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Hello

I am mother of 2 wonderfull kids a 3 year old daughter and 11 month old son

And it is my sons behaviour that concerns me at times I am not sure weather I am beeing oversensitive or not I can only compere his developement to my 3 year old daughter ( I have never been around many children) and even though I realize that every child develops differently some of the things he does started to frighten me a little For example yesterday I found him benging his head on the wall repeateadly it was not hard enough to hurt him but definately scary enough to concern me also when he is happy he tends to shake is head from left to right extremly fast he never cries with tears when he is upset he just screems also he's speach seems to be delayed I do not know if he is just beeing a baby and it's his way of slowly learning about the world or somethig I should contiunue to be concern about I appreciate any imput

Expert Post Viewd: 320 Posted: 4/11/08 2:51 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

being held

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Every time I out my daughter down she cries Sometimes she will be ok for 10 minutes but then she realizes that she is not being held She is 6 5 weeks old SOmeone told me that you can't spoil a baby IS that true Even at 6 months WHat do you suggest Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 792 Posted: 11/7/07 11:29 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

opps we let our son get used to sleeping in our bed

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We are new parents of a beautiful baby boy Unfortunately we ignore all warning from other parents about not letting our child sleep in our bed Since the 1st day he was born we allowed him to take naps in our bed but would put him in his crib to sleep at night Now he is 4 months old and refuses to sleep in his own crib I know this is basically our fault but we are now suffering the consequences of our actions There is also a part of me that worries to have him sleep all by himself I feel like I won’t hear him crying in the middle of the night versus him being right next to me and watching him sleep It all comes down to what is healthier for the 3 of us How do I get him to sleep in his own crib Should I start out by having his crib in our bedroom for a while to calm my own fears

Expert Post Viewd: 789 Posted: 11/6/07 5:32 am Posted by: Replies: 1

sleep

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My son is 2yrs old and one month and he is having trouble sleeping through the night I have read countless books (easy 2 do as he wont sleep ) and tried a variety of methods We stick to the same routine every night Last thing before bed we have wind down time and he has a bottle of warm milk Shortly after we put him to sleep in his cot So initially there is no problem he doesnt protest and actually goes down quite calmly Roughly 2 hours or more after he has gone down he will wake up and start crying and wont stop until someone retrieves him We check on him and there is nothing wrong So we decided we would try a different method let him cry it out So that sounds pretty logical you would think that he would cry for less time or realise nobody is coming and give it up Not my son he will keep continuously crying eventually he falls asleep but then a few hours later he starts again Sometimes we give in and bring him to our bed once he is in the comfort of our bed he falls asleep immediately and sleeps through How do we get him to sleep through on his own Sleep deprivation is killing us

During the day he gets plenty of activity and has even stopped having his afternoon nap We have also tried several different routines What we find is that the majority of textbooks etc all focus on the putting down thats the only bit we have got sussed its the sleeping through that is causing us problems

Any help and advice would be appreciated

Many thanks

Raj

Expert Post Viewd: 645 Posted: 9/27/07 6:39 pm Posted by: Replies: 3

1 month

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My daughter is 1 month old and she won't go to sleep until midnight or 1:00 am But she will sleep until 5:00am and go back tosleep until 10:00 am What can i do for her to sleep around 9 or 10 pm

Expert Post Viewd: 474 Posted: 10/29/07 12:13 am Posted by: Replies: 1

sitting and cring during sleep

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My son 1 yr old goes to sleep fine however is up a lot still at night I know he is teething and is has respiratory complications from having RSV at 3 months so he is always congested but he will start crying more like a wimper and I go to just check on him and he is sleeping but sitting up and crying I try to console him when he cries and is awake we let him cry it out and fall back asleep or give him his pacifier and goes right back down however he is very figity and seems to want to lay down I put him back in the crib laying down but he sits back up and wimpers till I give him his pacifer back which he slits out within 10 minutes after he lays back down Have you heard of this before or Is this just a way unconciously for someone to give him his pacifer back once he realizes it's gone

Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 487 Posted: 10/12/07 12:40 am Posted by: Replies: 1

sleeping

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When my daughter goes to sleep at night I put her in the crib and she wakes up within 10 min If I put her in the carseat at night she doesn't wake up I'm trying to have her in the crib without waking up She is only 2 weeks old PLease give me some suggestions THanks

Expert Post Viewd: 504 Posted: 10/10/07 12:27 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

why she eats a lot

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i have a almost 2 month old little girl and all that she wants is eat frome me all day long is something wrong with her

Expert Post Viewd: 533 Posted: 9/18/07 9:52 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

Babysitter Certifications CPR Heimlich

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I'm just curious to find out what are some good sitter certifications to look for when looking for a reliable and responsible babysitter

I know that there are babysitting classes that sitters can take and which cover some basic child care principles but are there any well known certification programs that also include in this traing certification in CPR and the Heimlich maneuver which are important to me when interviewing sitters

Thanks

Expert Post Viewd: 555 Posted: 8/1/07 2:34 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

advanced 1 year old

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what kind of things should you expect from a 1 year old that has the characteristics of a 2 or 3 year old such as walking at 5 1/2 months already doing some speaking and pretty much doing the same stuff my 3 year old is doing

Expert Post Viewd: 547 Posted: 8/3/07 6:12 am Posted by: Replies: 1

child care

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How many chilren under the age of 2 is a babysitter/daycare provider allowed to watch

Expert Post Viewd: 597 Posted: 7/25/07 8:45 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

4 yr old

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My daughter will be a big sister & 5 at the end of september We have a younger son also who is just over 2yrs they are very close And expecting sometime the middle of August to the first week of sept due 08/29 but baby is breech & may work on the baby at 38wks husband lost job/ is tight/old house/nothing ready living day to day it bites
the main question is: everymorning we have a routine get up about 615 watch Mr ROgers eat bk get dressed brush teeth "SUPPOSE" to brush hair leave by 730 at the latest to drop them off at "little" school (childcare) My daughter gives m the BIGGEST screams/cries/whines when doing her hair it is fine/thin/limp & gets straglee very easily so i have to put it up in a ponytail when my husband is around it gets even MORE dramtic I tell her this is part of our routine/ i will be gentle/we need to look appropiate before going out the door most of the time she insists or I just do not have time to fight with her anymore to brush it AT school & now she is requesting the teacher to brush her hair ugh :tissue:

Expert Post Viewd: 949 Posted: 7/16/07 1:14 pm Posted by: Replies: 1

Babysitting legal age / state laws

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What are the laws regarding a persons legal age to be able to babysit a toddler

Expert Post Viewd: 858 Posted: 6/26/07 9:35 am Posted by: Replies: 1