Patterns & Habits: Preschooler, Puppets

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Stay at Home Schedule

I am looking to create a daily schedule for our 4 year old. Some thing from 8AM wake up time to 8 or 8:30 PM sleep time. Some basic activities, structured play, he is a type A personality child and we are trying to get him into a daily routine to have more peace in the house. Plus I DO NOT LIKE the amount of tv he gets in a day. He has an addiction to the tv we can't even turn it on for us (the adults) because he gets glued to it. It is extremely difficult to get him to sit still at any time for anything, even meals. I breastfeed...

Naps

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My 4-Year-old Constantly Wants Me to Play with Her: Advice?

Hi, Just wondering how other moms have responded to their young kids when they want you to play with them. Lately my 4-year-old daughter is constantly asking me to play with her (usually pretend-play), and gets upset when I have to do other things like housework. She seems to have lost the ability to entertain herself, and it's driving me a bit crazy. She has a younger brother (19 months), but he's too young to really play with her the way that she wants to. Any ideas on what to do?

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Miss No Naps

Hello, My almost three year old has decided she doesn't want to take naps...

Sleep Problems

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3 Year Old Behavior Problems...Possibly Being Kicked Out of Preschool!

I have a 3yr old daughter. She turned 3 in March and currently attends preschool. She went to a private preschool until two months ago and then I moved her to a public preschool. She has always been a sweet and loving child until lately. Her teachers at preschool have started giving me daily behavior reports about how my daughter kicks or hits the other children in her class. There are at most 10 kids in the class and one teacher and sometimes an aide. The reports vary from hitting to kicking other children in the face. Today the...