Posts by Dot.mom

I think there is a confusion of terms here. OP was talking about using a booster with a 5 point harness (right?) until the child was 40lbs. I think if the 5 point harness is used that's fine (although for a 26 month old, I would prefer...

Where I grew up in New England we had several weeks of below zero weather, roads that were rarely driven on and no heater in some of the cars my parents drove. A similar equation. My mother's solution was to get sleeping bags for us...

Don't have any advice, but I can commiserate. To make matters worse, my 2 1/2 yo has sensory integration dysfuntion so she's really ackward and fearful around climbing stuff and can barely run or climb stairs. So people assume I never...

I ran into a friend of mine who teaches kindergarten and she told me, horrified, of what the "No Child Left Behind" thing has done to her school district. Apprently now all the kindergarteners have to be able to write a...

Boy, some people sure like to make others squirm. Due to a very rare pelvic anomaly (which, if you had it, you would know by now) I did "tear wide open" when dd was born. Guess what? Recovery was not that bad!!!! I used a...

Is it possible to drive him to whereever mommy or daddy (or another relative) are so he could see that they are OK?

The word, and concept of, "yes" is a lot harder to comprehend than "no". You might want to try rewording your question into something that requires a "no" answer to get what you think he wants. If he...

What I try to do with dd (2 1/2) is guide her through the responses I hope she would make if I were not right there. After we are sure she is OK, I prompt her to use her words to tell the other child how she feels (Anywhere for a...

It could be part of a larger Sensory Integration Disorder. An Occupational Therapy Evaluation (done by an OT trained in sensory issues) could tease this out. Some kids squeeze to tightly or bite too hard b/c it doesn't feel that hard...

What part of PA are you moving to?