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Your baby, 20 months


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20 months old Parents and children form special bonds and should have a close and loving relationship. Children that feel secure, protected and cared for are more likely to display good behavior. When your child shows signs of distress, tend to their needs. This shows your child that you love him and care for him.

Children at this age enjoy learning about the world around them. Allow your child to play in the sand, water, dirt and even mud. Yes, it can get messy-but that is okay. Provide your child with a clean sandbox and keep it covered when not in use to keep dogs, cats and other pesky critters out. While bathing, give your child containers that he can pour water into. Allow her to play with measuring cups and spoons, sponges, washcloths, funnels and collanders during this time also. While you are outside, you may choose to give your child a bucket of water and let her `paint` the house, car and other thins with the water. Remember that children should not be left alone with water for any amount of time.

You may notice that your child is beginning to have temper tantrums. She may cry, hit, bite, kick, yell and throw himself on the floor. Sometimes, you may not even know what caused the ourburst. Sometimes children learn that by throwing a tantrum, they can get what they want. Other times, tantrums are simply your child's way of venting frustration or showing that she is hungry, tired or bored. Although there are no magical ways of handling tantrums, you can help your child (and others!) by remaining calm, keeping your child from hurting herself or others, removing your child from an audience and not giving in to the tantrum. Once she is calm, talk to her and let her know that even though it is okay to be upset, her behavior was unacceptable.

Your child might be ready to begin playing with other kids his own age. Keep your child's playgroup small-no more than four children for every one adult. Ask other parents to stay and play. Not only is adult conversation good for you, but the other children will feel more secure with a familiar face nearby. Allow the children to choose their own activities and do not force them to interact. Provide duplicates of toys, if possible, to eliminate arguments. Encourage sharing, but do not expect it. Try to ignore minor conflicts and respond tp bigger conflicts quickly and calmly. The key to a successful playdate is to keep the children busy with simple and interesting activities.

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Melanie07 - Thursday, 9 Oct
Are there any mommies left on here with a twenty month old? There used to be a bunch of us. Only 4 more months till the big 2.

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suzetter - Tuesday, 7 Oct
Hi ladies, I have a question, a friend of mine is having a problem with her son who just turned a year old. He had a routine check up and they could not find his testicles when they were checking so they are sending her to a urologist for a second opinion, from the research I have done it says a simple surgery can fix this... has anyone experienced this or have any information about this. I had never heard of it before she called me. Please send me a message on my page!! Thank you in advance!!

MeganAshley - Monday, 6 Oct
Just trying to help all you mommies out! www.diapers.com -i mentioned this site before, and let me tell you, im hooked. the order comes the NEXT DAY if you order before 6PM. otherwise its only 2 days to ship, which did i mention, is FREE on orders $49 and up? also, if new customers enter code MCXH5146 you get $10 off your purchase, and code ONESIE will get you 10% off any single item. this site is great, they have all brands of diapers, wipes, and clothing, and shoes, and feeding items like formula and baby juice and food and anything else baby related.. oh johnson and johnson products as well... i may just never have to go baby shopping again! so don't forget, use code MCXH5146 to get 10 dollars off and free shipping! hope this helps!

margysd2 - Thursday, 25 Sep
We have started a great diet and health network on this web site for mothers that are trying to get back into a healthy lifestyle after having their babies. If you would like to join please click on the “Instructions for New Members” in the blog section of my diet page at: http://www.i-am-pregnant.com/vip/margysd2 Hope to have you part of our group!

queen-ri - Tuesday, 16 Sep
THIS IS THE LINK FOR MORE INFO REGARDING THE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN SENATE BILL 1738 FROM THE OPRAH SHOW YESTERDAY http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20080911_tows_predators

littlesheetsmommy - Tuesday, 16 Sep
Hiii Ladies!!! I have a HUGE FAVOR!!!! I entered baby dylan in the San Antonio Most Beautiful Baby contest =) Dylan would LOVE LOVE LOVE you forever if you vote for him.. Voting is super easy!!! If you go to www.mix961.com and click the vote now button.. dylan is entry #450.... this is a contest through the local radio station, so its not one of the spam/BS contests thats out there on the internet... BUT ANYWAAAAYS.. please please please VOTE! THANK YOU SO MUCH!! <3 BABY DUST TO ALL!

margysd - Monday, 8 Sep
Hi, We have created a support network on this web site for mothers that are interested in loosing their pregnancy weight. We exchange information about our food intake, exercise, nutrition, helpful tips and dieting information, and even venting frustration about our experience. In short, we are sharing any and all information that we think might be of help to each other on own respective journeys to loosing our pregnancy weight. We are all mothers that have our original default page that includes information about our pregnancies and babies and have created a second page for just diet and health stuff, hence my diet and health page is margysd2. (My original page is margysd) If you would like to join our dieting network it is important that visit all the friends on our pages and get them added to your network. That way you are able to benefit from both sending and receiving all messages blogs in our group to exchange helpful information. Also, we think it is easier to create a second page that is independent of your pregnancy and baby page, so that your diet and health page can be reserved exclusively for exchanging just diet and health related information.

margysd - Friday, 5 Sep
Today, I took my daughter, Elsa (2-months and 3-weeks) to the pediatrician, and he told me not to swaddle her any more when she is sleeping. If I do not swaddle her she has trouble going to sleep and even cries. It breaks my heart to hear her cry, so I have been continuing to swaddle her, then after she falls asleep I will undo it so that she has free movement. I was wondering if any of the other mother have had experience with this and how and why they choose when to discontinue the swaddling. Please post comments to my message board. Thanks, greatly appreciated.

karensmommy - Monday, 25 Aug
I am looking for a childrens book but I dont remember its name. Please tell me if you know. The story is told from the moms view, she talks about how when the baby is sleeping she holds and rocks him, then when he is older and moves into his own home she gets a ladder and climbs into his window to rock him as he sleeps, then as mom gets older he holds her on his lap and rocks her in her old age. What is this book? I read it once and cried cried cried.. I want it for my baby now! PLEASE LEAVE ANSWER IN MY PROFILE, I wont catch the answers inthe boards.

mom2boy - Wednesday, 20 Aug
Attention mommies. Go to diapers.com, sign up and type in this code MEJX1817 for your first purchase of $49 or more and get $10 off plus I think you get free shipping. You have to be a first time member in order to get the discount. I get a $1 credit for everyone who signs up so we both win!! They have every kind of diaper and baby stuff you could want and shipping is fast, at least it was for me when I ordered.

monicagarcialv - Wednesday, 13 Aug
my daughter is 1 year and 8 months old she takes off her pamper every time she goes pee. its so frustrating because i put a new one on and less then a min she takes it off and stats to cry.. dose any one know wats going on in her little head?

mariac - Wednesday, 13 Aug
hi girls I'm from month 3 so please leave any posts on my page. MY 3 year old will be having tests for Dyspraxia soon, his school has shown concerns. I've been and got all the information I can off the internet. I do now too think he's showing symptoms although a lot could be down to immaturity, (I know in a 3 year old, go figure??!!) But do any of you know or have any personal experience? xXx

atrip1 - Friday, 1 Aug
For all of us whos still carrying around that baby fat, join me in my quest to lose weight! So I thought of something cool for us mothers who have already had our babies to do together. When we were pregnant, we had so much fun looking forward to the following week and complaining to each other about this and that and being hormonal and bitchy...good times. But now that were not pregnant anymore, a lot of women think the site is not the same anymore and perhaps has gotten a little boring and a lot of them are leaving =( so I figured why not keep the site interesting for us non-pregnant women and lose our baby fat together! Remember those belly bumps we used to post every week? Well lets do the same...but this time watching those belly bumps shrink!! Since we have blogs now, itll be simple. We can use that one blog and dedicate it specifically for our weight lost journey together. (I have a little example on my page but of course fix it up however you want!) Itll also be extremely encouraging...for me I know it will be. We can help each other and give each other tips and suggestions. So heres the plan in a nutshell...this Sunday post your picture of you now along with how much you weigh and your desired weight (goal). Every Sunday report back in and tell us if you lost any weight for that week. If youre seeing significance differences, post pictures! Show off that mommy figure! If any of you are interested in doing this, I would loooove to know because I want to keep up with you and check your blogs and progress and really do this together!

rachel86 - Monday, 28 Jul
My son is months old an dhe doesn tsay anything but mum and dad, should i be worried?

crazyeights - Thursday, 10 Jul
My husband lost his job today. This ones gonna hurt. If anyone out there is from the Chicago area and knows of ANY sales positions available please message my page. He has mostly been in industrial sales but has enough experience in other areas to make a change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

devinsmom - Saturday, 31 May
Does/Has anyone here suffer from anxiety attacks?? If so, leave me a private message.

lolabean08 - Friday, 30 May
trini i have a 20 month old boy...what do you have??

Trini - Wednesday, 21 May
Still...no one on this forum.. :-(

lisar - Saturday, 26 Apr
Ladies, wondering if any of you can shed some insight. A week ago my six week old started getting mucus in his poop. Within a few days it became green and more liquidy. He is breastfed. I have gone on a completely hypoallergenic diet over the past week & this hasn't helped so I'm figuring it's probably not allergies. He's been to the dr.-no blood in the stool, no fever, acting normally, eating normally. They are now begining to run all sorts of other tests but as of yet have no answer. Someone mentioned hindmilk/foremilk imbalance to me so over the past day and a half I've been having him nurse twice from the same side before switching. At first he seemed to be improving, the first couple poops after were yellower than they'd been in days, but now they are back to green. Does anyone have any knowledge about this? How long does it take to make a difference if this is the problem? I hate to put him thru more tests or on a medication he doesn't need if its a breastfeeding issue. Please message me if you can help. Thanks so much!

ikmg80 - Wednesday, 16 Apr
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lisar - Thursday, Mar 27th
Anyone ever have a bad fall with baby 7 have all turn out ok? I fell down my hardwood steps (about 5-6 steps) holding my 12 day old baby on Monday and I am sick inside to the point that I cannot think of anything else. We called 911 and he had a CAT scan and neck x-ray which were both normal but I keep thinking that maybe the CAT scan was done too soon to show a developing injury (bleed). Also about an hour after the fall his one eye started tearing up and leaking like a blocked tear duct which the dr. said it probably was. She gave me some antibiotic ointment to put in it. I gave him 2 doses of the ointment & his eye started to get red & swollen so on the advice of the pharmacist I stopped it. He woke up today with his eye completely better in every way. i know a blocked tear duct doesn't heal that quickly & with only 2 doses of antibiotic I don't see how an infection could have cleared up, so I'm convinced that there must have been some kind of injury sustained by the fall. Anyone with any similar experiences would be so appreciated, please message me on my page. Thanks.

shathon - Thursday, Mar 27th
Joshua Mauldin, The dad who put baby in microwave oven for 20 secondsm, gets 25-year sentence with a chance of parole at 12 years! Can you believe this???? This is soooo horrible. That poor baby girl. He should have gotten life. If you want to read the whole story, just google his name. Its all over the news here in Texas.

gem77 - Tuesday, Mar 25th
If you have time, please view my website. I'm trying to start a stay at home business so I can stay home with my baby and need your feedback. I'm not asking you to buy anything. I just need constructive coments on how I can make my website better. Thank you so much! Cut and paste http://www.gemsformom.com

welchmomx5 - Tuesday, Feb 5th
Good Morning Ladies! I posted my story about living with Postpartum Depression on several month by month pages the other day, and received such a positive response, that I feel that I should post it to the rest of the pages, just in case someone else may benefit from it. Keep in mind, Postpartum Depression does not just occur right after giving birth - it can occur anytime during the first year after having your baby. Thank you for listening. Hello ladies: Some of you may remember me. I was welchmom, and stopped posting on here in December. It seems I got offended when several people didn't like me or angel4 commenting on sad stories in the news. Well, little did I know, I was on the verge of a mental meltdown, and that is probably why I overreacted. I did not realize it, but I was suffering from Postpartum Depression, or in my case, another Postpartum mood disorder that I had never even heard of, Postpartum OCD. Now that I feel soooo much better, and after reading several of the comments from yesterday, I felt the need to get on here and sort of tell my story, because if it helps one person out there that feels like they must be losing their mind, then it is worth telling. I have never experienced PPD until now. I had 3 children prior to my pregnancy with our twin boys, and never had anything more than the baby blues. This time around, of course, I felt overwhelmed - who wouldn't with an 11 year old, 8 year old, 2 year old and now twin newborns to tend to. I had myself fooled for a while, that I could get it all done, but as time went on, instead of things getting easier, they got harder. I found myself staying up late (2:30am-3:30am) just so I could get work around the house done, which just made be more sleep deprived. My anxiety level was crippling, but what sent me to the doctor was the constant fear of my kids being hurt. I have always been a very protective parent - kids can't play outside unless someone is with them, etc - but this was way different. What began playing constantly in my head were images of bad things happening to them. I now know that these are referred to as intrusive thoughts. The mind of someone with Postpartum OCD, has repetitive thoughts that won't go away, and cause anxiety and panic attacks. Of course, it is normal to want to protect your children and worry about them, but when it is happening 24/7 and it consumes you, it is time to reach out and get help. I had been reading way too many horrific stories in the news, which then had the OCD part of me overanalyzing my thoughts. 'Well, if I'm picturing these things happening, am I going crazy? Will I hurt my kids? Is that how Andrea Yates felt?' Let me reassure you, this is not what Andrea Yates had. She had Postpartum Psychosis, which is a completely different mood disorder, which rears its ugly head within the first 6 weeks of giving birth - you believe the images are real. Anyway, to try to make a long story short, I called my doctor the second I didn't feel right, and was started on a low dose of Prozac. The three weeks it took to get in my system were hell. I had such terrible anxiety that I didn't want to be left alone, which thank God for a supportive hubby, MIL, and church family. This was very hard, as I am a very independent person, one who would much rather do for someone than have someone do for them. I have been seeing a therapist, which is quite helpful - I recommend it to anyone!=) Anyway, I now understand why it isn't a good idea to talk about such horrible things, particularly on this sight. In fact, I try not to read much of the news these days - it IS depressing. Anyway, I just wanted to share this with you all, and also give you a website to check out, if you think this describes you: www.ppdsupportpage.com. You can read journals, post questions, and it really has been very helpful and informative. I am mommyx5 on there, if you want to read my posts. I have a daily journal, but my original post is under introductions. This whole ordeal has taught me so much, and I just feel the need to reach out to tell everyone that if you feel this way, you are not alone, you just have to ask for help. I also feel that more needs to be done to give mothers this information, so if they feel this way, they can reassured that they aren't 'nuts', it is normal, and you don't have to continue to suffer. Thanks for listening. I will have to create a new page, as everything has been deleted, and my old passwords don't work, but I guess I am back for good! =)

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