Posts by Dot.mom

I have two problems: 1) I'm buying dd (2 1/2yo) shorter dresses for the summer so she can learn how to negotiate a dress without tripping all over herself. Why do they all look so trashy???? Short dresses on little girls used to...

My 2 1/2 yo dd has sensory processing problems, particularly vestibular processing and ocular motor dysfinction (poor ability to separate eye movement from head movement). She gets an hour of OT per week. I am a pediatric PT and I knew...

Dd prefers to be naked at home. When she was training, we gave her a choice when we were going out if she wanted a diaper or underwear. We always brought enough supplies for both if she changed her mind or had some accidents. At...

This looks really cool! How did you tie the knots-like what type of knot did you use on the fringe? Thanks!

I know how you feel. I took only 6 weks off after dd was born (dh took the next six weeks off) and dd went into daycare at 3 months. I wish I could tell you it worked out well. Dd was constantly sick, the staff were less than...

We put a toy kitchen set with some plastic food/pots and pans/utensils etc outside by dd's sand box. She uses sand and water from the hose to embellish her make-believe cooking. (Today she made Banana Water and spent a long time filling...

Nature is always free. We have a lot of woods out back, but we also go to local wooded spots. I just turn dd loose and let her explore-she makes charachters out of any old thing she finds and sets up little houses and...

HI and Welcome! We often have these conflicts with our daughter. We have had to change our methods several times as she matures. As background, she has been pretty underweight, so we have not had as much leeway as we would like when...

One thing that works well in our house is anthropomorphizing her toys. I talk about how her toys want to be back on their"beds" for the night, or up on their shelves when company comes so everyone can see them. Sometimes I...

At my parenting best, I would have complimented dd when she complyed even part way (ie "Good Job listening about the flowers and getting one of your feet out of the garden") and completely ignored the other foot in the garden. ...