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Reply: 9 year old daughter bit herself

That's good she is seeing a counselor - hopefully she is a good one who understands young children. Do you...

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Febrile Seizures

This week my baby had her first seizures. She was 6 months and 2 days when it happened. She was perfectly...

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Reply: Not Immune to MMR, even though had Mumps & MMR Vac...

I am one of those that the vaccine does not work for. I had my babies in my 20's and before each one...

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MMR Vaccine

I am one of those that the vaccine does not work for. I had my babies in my 20's and before each one...

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CRMO

Hi, my daughter was recently diagnosed with CRMO. She is 7 years old and is not in any pain at this time....

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Reply: Getting your children to listen to you

Right! Get their attention first.

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Reply: how to get respect from my kids

yelling won't work I guess. Try other approach. It is hard to establish authority like your husband. Try to...

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Reply: MMR vaccination

He'll be fine. The doses are minute. Nothing to worry about.

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MMR vaccination

My son received first dose of MMR in India before completing 1 yr. Now,he is 5 months old, recently he had...

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Reply: Grandchild doing just fine

Maybe ask the friend directly why she's so determined about this while even a professional...

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my 5 year old

I need help I have a 5 you year old daughter she just started kindergarten and she is a very healthy girl and...

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My Teenager Lost Her Security Blanket

Last night my 16 year old lost her "Scruffy" (security blanket), and cried herself to sleep. I understand that...

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Reply: Febrile seizure

@beadlady78 would you min sharing your day care plan? My son starts a MDO this week and I would love to...

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Reply: Sudden bruising rash around mouth

I am a 14 year old boy who just had this problem not but 10 minutes ago. Ask your children if they had sucked...

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MMR and autism

Does anyone have any concerns about the effects of vaccination and autism?

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Reply: 2yr. old can't rotate wrist

I have something similar but my palms face upward rather than downward! If anyone has any idea what...

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10 year old daughter ignores dad

I was wondering if anyone has any insight into the kind of situation I'm experiencing. My daughter is currently...

Posted by mausra

I was wondering if anyone has any insight into the kind of situation I'm experiencing. My daughter is currently 10 years old and we've always had a wonderful relationship. I love being a father and we always had fun together. As she was growing up, I taught her things, helped her with her schoolwork, played with her, and we generally had a close relationship. Likewise, my wife also helped her, taught her how to braid her hair, did crafts with her, and other 'girl' things.
About three months ago, though, things shifted pretty significantly. My daughter started hanging around almost exclusively with her mom and was frequently ignoring me. There was nothing in particular that occurred that would have triggered this, either, as far as I can tell. We didn't have any kind of falling out or terrible argument or anything. I keep thinking that it's like someone reached inside my daughter's head and just flipped a switch suddenly, and now it's like she's a different person. She is noticeably distant towards me now, and she never has been in the past. She'd not rude at all, she doesn't have an attitude around me, she's polite but just distant. When I ask her if she wants to kick the ball around in the backyard or just whatever she wants to do, she usually declines (politely) in favor of hanging out with
mom instead. When she does spend time with me, it often seems like she's doing it to humor me, and a few minutes later she says she's bored and she'd like to go see what mom is doing.
I realize that kids do shift their parental preference back and forth as they're growing up, but the way my daughter is now is unprecedented. There truly was no particular situation that seemed to trigger this, which is why it puzzles me so much. The only thing I can
think it could be is that my daughter is starting to enter the very first stages of puberty. We got her some of those flat training 'bras' (not really bras, but I'm not sure what they're actually called) not too long ago because although she still looks like a young kid, she's starting to have some subtle changes. And I just wonder if maybe since the hormones are starting to develop, maybe she's now identifying more strongly with the female half of our family.
I've also read on some web sites that some kids do actually become fairly one-sided in their parental preference at a certain
developmental stage, and that various behavior issues can manifest themselves pretty strongly around ages 10 to 11, which is my daughter's age range. Some kids stay fairly balanced in their parental affections while others worship one parent and ignore the other. I keep telling myself that she's in a stage right now and not be pathetic about it, but as a father who loves his daughter a lot and to whom family means a lot, it pains me that she is this way. Just wondering if anyone has any insight about this sort of thing or is going through the same kind of situation.View Thread

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Reply: toddler with a swollen breast

Did u ever figure this out. I'm having the same problem with my 18 month old.

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Reply: Seeking advice- disrespectful step children

The big problem here is your husband, not the children. He is refusing to parent. If I were you, I'd insist on...

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Reply: Hair Dye/Head Lice

and don't forget to clean your phone!

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Reply: Bringing Home the NEW WebMD Baby App!

Is there a way to back it up yet? I just had to get a replacement phone as well and have 9 months worth of...

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Reply: 2 year old crying about butt

Yes, take her to the pedi ASAP and discuss it. It can be dangerous to have a young one constipated for a...

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Reply: 10 year old daughter suddenly won't sleep in her r...

When something starts out of the "blue" like this, I think you have a right to be concerned. Maybe...

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Orchiopexy at 11 years

My 11 year old has undescended testis and it appears that surgery (Orchiopexy) is the only treatment. I'm...

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Reply: Penis Size

Sounds like you got the short end of the stick, pun very much intended, lol...

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Daughter gas issues

My daughter 8 does synchronized swimming at a local club and has had a few issues with 'passing gas' at...

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WebMD's 2014 Health Heroes

Who should win the People's Choice Award this year? Cast your vote here from a list of celebrities who...

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Reply: Should I be concerned about the size of my child p...

You know I do not understand why people are concerned when siblings that are close in age bathe together or...

Posted by An_258498

You know I do not understand why people are concerned when siblings that are close in age bathe together or even sleep together. I seriously do not understand this,it makes me think that people who are concerned over this for sexual reasons may have some sort of sexual deviance going on in themselves,even if it is just in the thinking. I hate to tell you snobby ass people who had the luxury of growing up in a household with minimal siblings that had your own bedrooms and beds that people who have a lot of siblings or have to share their home with other children in their families for whatever reasons that these children who have never been told that it is sexually wrong to sleep in beds together and even taking baths together do not have anyy sexual difficulties in their adult lives. They damned sure do not see inappropriate sexual behavoir between prebuecent children or even the possibility of it happening if the children have been raised in a healthy household. Even children of different sexes can sleep in beds with their siblings all the way up into adolescence and never have anything sexual in anyway happening. This is a fact and I do not care what anyone,even dr.s have to say. Because we, meaning me and my siblings slept in the same beds together on a regular basis and nothing like that ever happened and we sure never thought about it happening,well I sure did not. My father was the one that stopped us from bathing together when my brother was four or five and me and my sister thought he was being mean and weird for it. I can clearly remember my father stopping this because he cried because we always played with our water toys or bubbles and he felt me and my sister was having all the fun. Sure it probably made an inappropriate mess in the bathroom but that is the only thing bad about this and me and my sister bathed together until I decided I did not want to bathe with her anymore and I am the oldest child and I was about 11 years old. We stopped this ourselves when we felt we did not want to anymore. But..... I always took showers with 30 plus girls on a regular basis until I was about 16 0r 17 years old and I was forced to do this or I would have been in big trouble for insubordination and I guarantee you that some of those girls I was forced to bathe with have paraphilias I will not even allow myself to think about. Then we have all the males who also bathe together up into their early 20's sometimes and look how many perverts have been caught being coaches of some sort. But you people who have a problem with us bathing with our own siblings at age 8 have no problem allowing the school to force us to be totally naked with strangers are STUPID. At least in our households we have a say so if ir if not we want to bathe with our siblings,that is if you have a sexually healthy households. So,with all the perverts caught being gym teachers and coaches you can not justify saying that we were in a safe enviroment taking showers when we did not feel comfortable doing so. Look at the damage this does to overweight kids being forced to do this too and with horny teenagers who are getting a free and unwanted look or the teachers who are pervs getting one. But you want to question a man who is trying to be a good parent about his parenting skills while you sound like some pervert yourself asking him why his 8 year old is sharing a bath. You sound like you wanted the details of his bathing procedure. NOW HA!!! It does not feel so good does it when someone is making you out to be some perv for allowing this now does it?View Thread

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2 year always has runny.nose

Hi, everyone,.my 2 year old son, always has a.runny nose its clear never any other color, he does has asthma...

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Low Grade Fever in 23month Toddler

My 23month toddler has had a constant low grade fever 99 to not exceeding 101 for the past 7 months. All...

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