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My son will be 3 in April and I have tried potty training him this weekend. He seems to be getting it and we have only had a few major accidents. The one thing that he is having a difficult time with is remembering he has to go. There have been several times I have asked him if he has to go, he replied no and then a few minutes later he has a small accident.

I have been putting him on the potty after naps, before bed and after snacks/meals. Should I be making him go more frequently to avoid these small accidents or let him try and figure it out on his own?

I have a Phalaenopsis Orchid that is in desperate need of some help! It has 3 leaves on it, one is hanging on for dear life and turning yellow, the second one still seems firmly attached but is also turning yellow and the only new leave it has grown since I got the plant my toddler pulled off. It still has both stems and each stem has bloom that started, are still green but have seemed to stop growing. I live in Alaska so there is not much sunlight right now. I have the plant in a south facing window. It is still in its original plastic container I bought it in in June. I don't want it to die........HELP!

My son turned 2 in April. This is my second attempt at potty training and it is not going well. The second day we had a few successes but have not had any since. Now it is a battle to even get him to sit on the potty. We have treats, stickers, training pants and even a toilet that sings but we can't seem to motivate him. I was thinking of trying the 3 day potty training method (they are naked from waist down for 3 days) but I am really worried it is just going to be a battle. I truly feel he is ready but is just being stubborn and lazy. Any advice or words of encouragement would be appreciated.

My son will be two next month and he hates brushing his teeth. We have tried showing him how to do it int hopes that he will copy, but he is not interested in watching. I have tried getting him an electric tooth brush with spider man on it, thinking that the cool tooth brush will get him excited about it. Instead he uses it like a crayon and trys to color with it, same with a regular tooth brush. I have to hold him down (arms and legs) every time to get the job done. He is really starting to get too strong for me so I would love some advice on how to avoid the daily battle.

My 19 month old son has never been much of a sleeper. He never gives me any grief putting him down for the night, even if he is not ready to go to sleep he will quietly play with his toys in his crib. I usually put him down between 8 & 9 and he starts waking up around 4 regardless of any of my attempts to make him sleep later. We brought it up to the doctor and he said it is nothing to be worried about since he is getting a full nights sleep (8 hours) and he is just an early riser. I have tried EVERYTHING!!!!!!! I pushed his dinner back to later, put him to bed later, we use overnight diapers, give him a snack before he goes to bed.......I don't know what else to do!!!!

Usually when he starts waking up (between 3-4) he cries because he can't find his binki, so I get up and find it for him and tuck him back in. Then about an hour or so later he wakes up screaming again. My husband has been getting up and giving him a bottle (with warm whole milk in it) and then we can get more sleep out of him and he'll get up between 6 & 8. In my opinion at 19 months he should not still be getting a bottle and going back to sleep but I don't know what else to do to get him to sleep later. He doesn't nap too much during the day (3 hours on average). I don't know what else to try.........any hints, advice?

I have a 6 hour plane ride ahead of me with a very energetic little boy. I would love to avoid being those people w/the screaming baby for the entire flight. I plan on bringing lots of snacks to keep him happy.

Any ideas on what kind of toys or snacks to bring would be great. What worked best for you?

My son is 1 and has decided he doesn't like baby food anymore. I am having a difficult time coming up with ideas for him to make sure he gets all the necessary servings of fruit a day. He needs a lot of fruit every day to keep him regular. He really loves bananas but I am afraid they are causing him to bind up. He will deal with pears. I have tried getting those fruit cups but he doesn't seem to like them,. I have also baked some apples for him so they where nice and soft but my husband said he wasn't to fond of them either.

Any suggestions?

I have tried everything to get my 10 month old to sleep. We just recently (in the past month) took away the middle of the night bottle. He has dinner around 6:30, then we share a good portion of our dinner with him around 7-7:30. He then gets an 8oz bottle before we put him down around 8:30-9. Every morning he wakes up between 4:30-6:30. When he gets up we give him solid food for breakfast w/some fruit. My husband wants to give him a bottle and put him back to bed, but I am trying to steer away from getting up for a bottle then back to bed.

Should I stick to my guns? I am exhausted and looking for some advice to what worked for you?

We have 2 cockatiels, a male and female. We got them when they where just babies. They would sing from time to time, but for the most part where relatively quiet. Since we got them about 2 years ago we have had a baby and don't have as much free time to play with them. They are not as friendly as they once were, which I know is my own fault for not working with them as much. I have tried taking them out to work with them but they keep flying back to their cage. Now the male will not shut up. He squawks for hours, pretty much from the time they get up in morning from the time we put them to bed. The constant squawking is just adding fuel to the firewith all the stress of having a baby. My husband wants me to get rid of them but I love my birds and don't want to give up on them.

How can I get them back to the friendly quiet birds they use to be?........I hope it is not too late :(

My 10 month old son is still not sleeping through the night. On occasion he will, but usually wakes up between 12 and 3. I typically put him down around 8-8:30 after a bottle and he up in the morning between 5-7 and after he is up for an hour wants to take a nap. I have tried everything from keeping him up later, reducing his nap time, later dinner and bigger bottles.

Sometimes when he wakes up in the night he will take a full 6 oz. bottle and other times he will only take around 4 oz. The only thing I have not tried is let him cry it out. Although my husband said he would support me he is really doesn't want to let the baby cry. Most of my friends let there kids cry it out and they now sleep through the night. I told my husband to ask his co-workers what they did with there kids and he said that almost all where still waking up in the middle of the night until they where over a year old. He thinks that the baby will eventually sleep on his own. My concern is I don't want him to get into the bad habit of waking up in the middle of the night to eat. At one point our pediatrician told us that sleeping 6-8 hours straight was considered sleeping through the night for a baby. Now that is my husbands justification for getting up with him.

I am just very frustrated and feel like I am the only one who has a baby that will not sleep. Even my friends with 1-2 month old are getting more sleep than me!!!!!!

What should I do? Did you let your little ones cry it out?

My son is 10 months old. We have one of those Super yard gates to put him in so he can play and we can get things done around the house. We used to be able to put him in his play area with a bunch of toys and he would be fine. Lately, as soon as you step out of the play pen he will cry and scream until you pick him up or sit in his pen with him. You don't have to play with him, just sit in the pen with him and he is fine.

It is really testing my patience because I can't do anything anymore! Cooking dinner when you have a baby screaming a foot away from you is no fun!!!!

Why is he acting this way? Is this just a phase? What can I do to get things back to normal?

I stopped breastfeeding in September and still haven't gotten my period yet? Should I make an appointment to see my ob?

I just finished breastfeeding in September. When should I expect my monthly visitor to resume?

My son Cole will be 9 months old on Saturday. He is on the slender side, his weight being in the 15% while his height is in the 50%. My concern is about what kind of meals he should have during the day, how many bottles, what order they should come in, and how much I should be feeding him. His current meal plan is as follows:

6:30am ~ Wake up ~he has about 6oz of formula and 3.5 tablespoons fruit/cereal Gerber mix baby food

8:00-9:00am ~ nap

9:30am ~ 7oz formula and a Mum-mum teething cracker

12:30pm ~ 4 tablespoons rice cereal, half jar Gerber 2nd foods vegetable& half jar fruit

1:30-3:30pm ~ nap

4:00pm ~ 7oz formula and a Mum-mum teething cracker

6:30pm ~ 4 tablespoons oat or mix cereal, half jar Gerber 2nd foods meal with meat in it & half jar fruit

8pm ~ 7oz formula

8:30pm ~ bed time

around 1-3am ~ 8oz bottle

I'm wondering if this is appropriate for him, and if anyone has any suggestions on how I could make his diet more complete. I want to be sure I am giving my son everything he needs to be healthy and happy. Also, I am concerned about his sleeping habits He sleeps through the night occasionally. I have tried cutting back his naps but didn't notice any difference. He is impossible when he is tired! Depending on how much he plays and how early his afternoon nap is, he sometimes takes a third nap before dinner.

Any comments are much appreciated!!! :)