Posts by Polkadots

He was just over 2 years when he first wrote his name.

My 3 year old's favorite... Knock knock Who's there? Apple Apple who? Apple POO So yeah - all about the poo and pee here too.

We had a bout with some sort of Rotovirus/Norwalkian type thing and it was the same. Sort of a weird yellowy (dijon mustard is the perfect description) diahrrea.

Hand, foot and mouth can manifest as red blisters in the genital region. That was my first thought over herpes for his age group. Has he been sick at all? Fever or anything like that?

Wow thanks everyone - there is some great information to ponder. I appreciate all of your answers. ZFooFoo - I love the idea of putting his dishes in an accessible place for him. He loves to help me put away dishes and I think he'd...

Our two year old boy still co-sleeps with me and we have set up our second bedroom more like a big playroom but he doesn't have a bedroom - per say. We are currently looking at moving to a new house and I'm thinking about how to set up...

My DS will be two next month. He's big into pretend play right now and it takes a variety of forms. He really likes to pretend to cook - will drag out all the pots and pans and cook us dinner. He's been doing that since he was about 18...

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to successfully floss a toddler or teach/help them floss themselves?

I have started making lentil balls for him. Basically - I cooked up some brown rice and lentils together for dinner one night and needed to use up the leftovers. I whizzed it up a little bit in the food processor and then added an...

*raises hand* My son was 10lbs 14oz at birth and now at 21 months he is in 50-75% for weight and 25-50% for height. Our doctor told us that children start to realize their genetic destiny at age 2 and that size at birth isn't...