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February 8th 2009 05:31
My eldest son will turn three years old in a few weeks... as a mother I am very concerned with his development. He's not yet potty trained, he's still having his bottle and he couldn't speak a complete sentence yet. He does speak so many words but I feel that he still talks like a "baby".

I was hoping to get him potty-trained before he reaches 3 years old. However, until now we still couldn't get him to. I have tried presenting his potty to him a couple of times but to no avail. I am getting frustrated.

Help....



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Terrible twos? Terrible threes? Or terrible teens?

September 21st 2008 06:45

I was in a meeting just last Friday and one of the girls in the meeting asked me how old my kids were (the last time I saw her was more than a year ago when I was a few months on the way of giving birth to my second child). I told her that my eldest is 2 and half and my youngest is fifteen months old. She commented that I have a child at its “terrible twos” stage. I laugh, confirming that I actually do. Then my boss, whose got a teenager said that he thinks it’s more of “terrible teens”.

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Time for Play... Time to Learn

August 8th 2008 05:09
All work and no play makes a dull person… or so they say.

Honestly, that is true. Same goes for children


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Why Do Kids Hate Veggies?

August 6th 2008 05:04
It is a common problem among parents that they couldn’t get their children to eat their veggies. No matter how hard they explain that vegetables are good to our body they still get a “No no” from their little munchkins.

Poor vegetables. Do they really look so bad that kids think they are not good stuffs to eat? They are colourful so they must have that inviting and palatable characteristic. You can vary their shapes and make them look interesting. Some veggies may taste like “blah” but not to generalize they are not all that bad


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Why Toddlers Learn to Say NO Easier than YES

August 4th 2008 05:03
It amazes me how toddlers learn to say No so easily than say Yes. My one year old could already say it with great dignity complete with head movement.

We can’t reason out that the word No is easier to learn because it’s shorter. The word Yes is just one letter more than it is. And the two words being both one syllable makes them almost equal


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Big Day Out

September 26th 2006 12:00
Occasionally I get the urge to do something other than housework. Don’t get me wrong, I love housework - picking up my son’s smelly socks and finding week old sandwich crusts in his school bag is a secret joy of mine, but occasionally (probably 50 times a week) I feel the need, the desire to remove myself from the role of domestic engineer and step outside my safe little realm.

I had such an urge on Sunday. It woke me up at 4.00 in the morning, the prospect of my idea exciting me and yet at the same time, making my heart skip with fear. I’d never attempted anything like this before. Would I be able to do it without spiraling into a panic attack? I could, couldn’t I? After all, I’m a mum and mums are indestructible, right


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Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?

September 21st 2006 09:01
Ok, so this 'short thought' isn't exactly Chatter on Children however, I justify it by saying that for all women who want to have a child, they have to meet a man first (unless you're into other forms of contraception). Actually, it's been sitting on my writing disk for a while and figure I should post it somewhere so I can delete it. There's a previous post I've done today on kids toys for those who are only here for the kiddies.


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Building Brainy Babies

September 15th 2006 01:53
Everyone wants their child to be good at something, no matter how inconsequential it may seem to others. I want my son to grow up to be a good sport and understand that it’s not always winning that matters, it’s the journey along the way that helps to define us.

Other parents want their children to have an appreciation of fine music. Some wish their child to be as avid a reader as what they are


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Living With an Asperger's Child

September 12th 2006 03:30
Three months ago, my five year old son was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. When the clinical psychologist gave me the news, I think he expected me to break down and cry, but I didn’t. Not because of any false show of strength but because I wasn’t upset. The strongest emotion I felt was relief. Relief that my son didn’t act the way he did because I was a bad parent and relief that I could finally try and understand the world my son lives in.

Jack was a beautifully placid baby. He slept through the night almost from birth and rarely cried. He loved playing in the water and bath time was definitely a favourite. To me he seemed like the most perfect baby in the world


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Child Abuse - Would You Report It?

September 7th 2006 10:55
Young Mya is 14 months old. She’s a pretty little thing, with blonde wispy hair that curls around her face and beautiful, sparkling blue eyes. Like most babies she can be mischievous, she can cry and she can get sick. She’s not long learned to walk and still has the odd tumble resulting in a scrape here or there. When this happens, she looks to the adults around her for comfort, as any child would. If you manage to comfort her, through her drying tears she’ll reward you with a four tooth grin.

Could you imagine anyone trying to hurt her?
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Alone on Father's Day

August 30th 2006 08:02
Not having contact with your children is like having them die. You go through a grieving process and time doesn’t necessarily heal the pain. This is especially true on special occasions like Father’s Day. Traditionally a day where children get the chance to thank their dad, Father’s Day is dreaded by many men around Australia and indeed, the world.

We often hear of ‘dead-beat’ dads – those that don’t pay maintenance or neglect to make the time to see their children, but what about those dads who can’t see their children for reasons out of their control? This short thought is for those dads and in particular to a very special father whose child loves him very much


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You, Me and Your Child Make Three

August 28th 2006 09:50
Everyone loves a classic romance story. Girl meets boy, boy likes girl, girl plays hard to get, boy wines and dines girl, girl falls for boy, boy picks engagement ring and girl plans wedding, boy and girl make babies and live happily ever after. Naturally, they have astronomical sex, no financial worries and the in-laws are conveniently absent.
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What a lovely couple!

These days, unless you’re lucky enough to meet your soul mate on the first day of kindergarten (before the little blonde babes and their mothers start scoping him out), your romantic future is not going to be as cut and dried


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