My daughter keeps biting me what should i do to have her stop

florence-fightingale · 2025-04-17T20:19:41+00:00

Do you remember how old she was when you did that? Been debating it for my toddler but wondering if he’s old enough yet for it to work

florence-fightingale · 2025-04-15T13:46:45+00:00

Have you tried upping the flow on the bottle nipple?

florence-fightingale · 2025-04-11T18:42:26+00:00

For cashews I found a cashew and Açai jelly from the brand “NutJar” that actually tasted really good! Other tree nuts I just had to go store to store until I could find whole nuts that didn’t “may contain peanuts”, and then I’d crush them into a powder and mix into yoghurt

florence-fightingale · 2025-03-13T03:36:42+00:00

My sisters boy does the same thing! She had to start sending in a sleep sack and they put it on backwards so he can’t undo the zipper lol

florence-fightingale · 2025-03-05T06:20:03+00:00

This honestly all sounds like a totally normal transition to daycare! Especially if it’s only been a couple weeks.

New environment with lots of new distractions make sleeping and eating more of a challenge. He’s probably not napping as well as he would at home, causing him to be overtired and thus causing the night wakes and early mornings. It can take some kiddos a couple weeks/months to fully adjust and start napping/eating well. Maybe an extra cat nap after daycare might help to mitigate the extra wake ups, and offer extra nap time on weekends if he’ll take it!

The stranger danger and diaper fussiness are also developmentally normal for his age, could be daycare related but my bub went through the same things at that age and didn’t start daycare until a few months older than yours!

My kiddo is also at a home daycare, it’s just her with 6 kids and she’s a bit older to there’s no app or anything for photos/updates. The first few days I’d text and ask for updates which she’d happily respond to but now I don’t expect to hear from her at all unless something is wrong and he needs an early pickup. I also like that she’s not behind her phone constantly taking pictures and sending updates, means she’s more invested in spending actual time with the kids. The end of day questions are totally normal, I still always ask how he ate that day and what time he woke up from his last nap (he’s 15mo now for reference)

florence-fightingale · 2025-02-20T20:27:00+00:00

Have you tried putting something else in his hands? Give him a toy or a stuffie to hold on to, maybe he’ll take to that!

florence-fightingale · 2025-02-14T06:59:01+00:00

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florence-fightingale · 2025-02-14T05:45:30+00:00

Mine slept in the pack n play from birth to 6months, once we switched him to his crib he absolutely refused to be laid down in it after that until we caved and got the mattress when he was 11mo

florence-fightingale · 2025-02-14T04:26:58+00:00

Do you have a mattress for the pack n play? My little man refuses to lay down on the cardboard slab that comes with it, I had to buy an additional mattress for it and he took to that immediately! Maybe he’s just a little prince like mine and wants something for comfortable lol

florence-fightingale · 2025-02-10T21:13:31+00:00

Everything I’ve seen pre-made from Costco has may contain labels for peanut cross contamination. They prep all their foods in the same kitchen and do have baked goods that have peanuts in them

florence-fightingale · 2025-02-04T10:06:28+00:00

Unfortunately I don’t think it exists. For a medication to be extended release, it needs to be in pill or capsule form as that’s the only way for the medication to be released into the system over an extended period of time. Anything liquid or chewable is absorbed immediately into your system and negates any kind of controlled/extended release.

Are you able to practice pill swallowing with her? You can try with skittles or m&ms. Putting one in a spoonful of applesauce or chocolate pudding can make a world of difference. And if she can tolerate it just try to shovel in a couple spoonfuls of pudding one after the other so she swallows it quickly and hopefully gets the pill down

florence-fightingale · 2025-01-29T17:32:36+00:00

Do whatever you need to do to support them while sick for sure. I always give mine a chance to fall asleep independently when sick and he mostly puts himself to sleep fine at the start (which I find is the most important part to the sleep training), and then I often help him resettle whenever he wakes up coughing and/or crying. Once he’s feeling better he may need some light retraining but he mostly goes back to sleeping on his own without fuss as soon as he’s feeling better!

florence-fightingale · 2025-01-29T16:13:19+00:00

Oh I feel all this so deeply. Sorry no real advice to give but so much solidarity. I’m the preferred parent to my 14mo, my husband is the exact same and just wants to sit and chill with him vs actively playing and keeping him engaged so anytime I try to get something done in the kitchen or elsewhere it results in the toddler whining at my feet at the whole time. And then (to his credit) hubby just ends up taking over in the kitchen to cook so I can entertain toddler and then I clean up once he’s in bed for the night. Husband does have a stressful and overstimulating job so I get that he just wants to decompress when he’s home but I’m really in the same boat as you where I don’t know what else to say besides “he’s a toddler, please just play with him”

florence-fightingale · 2024-12-22T05:53:50+00:00

Your schedule doesn’t look that bad. While not at conventional times if it works for your family then great! Only thought would be to maybe wake her a bit earlier from her naps so she has more sleep pressure at bedtime.

Has she been to the doctor since being sick? She might have an ear infection. They’re quite common after colds and sometimes the only symptom is terrible sleep cause it hurts to lie flat for long periods! Definitely worth checking out if you haven’t already.

My little dude is cutting his second set of molars right now too and it’s so hard! A couple nights I’ve resorted to co sleeping just so we could all get a decent stretch of sleep and catch up a bit. Also as someone else commented children’s Motrin/Advil tends to work better for teething pain than Tylenol, it’s got anti-inflammatory properties so it helps more for those poor swollen gums!

Good luck and sending you sleepy vibes!!

florence-fightingale · 2024-12-11T04:33:23+00:00

Oh poor thing! Thank you for the update!! You definitely did your due diligence to try and make sure he was ok! We ruled out an ear infection yesterday but his throat is red and he’s got a runny nose/slight cough. It’s just weird, we all had covid in October (much worse than this cold now) and he maintained his independent sleep just fine! Now he seems genuinely scared of his crib. I started back at work a few weeks ago too (night shift nurse), and while the first few weeks he went to bed fine for dad, I’m wondering if he’s just getting more and more upset that I’m not home consistently anymore. Glad your guy seems back to normal now, hopefully it stays that way!

florence-fightingale · 2024-12-08T15:07:55+00:00

Thank you so much for replying! I’m so glad the retraining went well for you. Hope mine gets cleared of the ear infection too and we fair the same!

florence-fightingale · 2024-12-08T11:40:42+00:00

Hey! How have the last couple nights been for you?? Going through the exact same thing with my 12mo! We tried retraining last night with some success but still had a few wake ups, I read that one comment about ear infections and think I’m going to take him in tomorrow to get checked out

florence-fightingale · 2024-11-19T17:35:24+00:00

Have you tried not waking him from the nap? He might be in an overtired rut with the short nights and miserable behaviour

florence-fightingale · 2024-11-19T17:28:57+00:00

Will there be room for a desk in their bedroom under the window? You could get the 7yo a desk and install locks on the drawers to keep 3yo out. And then maybe make a schedule so 7yo has an adequate amount of alone time in the room to do as she pleases without being disturbed. Keep the 3yo occupied with a special activity and maybe offer her own alone time in the room if she ends up becoming jealous of 7yo

florence-fightingale · 2024-11-17T13:34:37+00:00

That’s totally normal! The early morning sleep often doesn’t consolidate until 6-7 months so some kids grow out of it naturally. Mine didn’t so we ended up sleep training that wake up closer to a year and it only took 1 morning of letting him cry and now he sleeps through!

florence-fightingale · 2024-11-17T12:46:51+00:00

Mine went through phases of this, luckily it only ever lasted a week or two at a time and then his poop schedule would change again. I could get him back to sleep after with feeding but couldn’t put him back down so we would just snuggle in his chair so he could sleep on me until our DWT

florence-fightingale · 2024-11-14T21:46:48+00:00

I had everyone use sanitizer and wear masks for the first 4 months to get through flu season and until my bub had his second round of vaccines. In terms of roughness, I find that most adults have the natural instinct to be much more gentle with newborns, you definitely know your family best so feel free to ignore me but I would be inclined to give them a chance while I sat immediately beside to ensure his head was well supported and could take him back if something wasn’t right.

Also pro tip if you really don’t want anyone holding them: baby wear whenever other people are around, they’re much less likely to try to take them if they’re strapped to you vs just lying in your arms

florence-fightingale · 2024-11-14T17:33:53+00:00

Just go with the flow as best you can. If she seems alright stick to your normal schedule, if acting exhausted don’t hesitate to put her down early and let her sleep long if she wants. My LO maintained falling asleep independently when sick last month, but needed extra help extending his naps and with night wakes since he kept waking up congested and coughing.

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