Pre-school (24+ months)

If your child has a challenge or two on the way to being potty trained, don't worry — it's completely normal. If you're looking for tips, here are a few practical solutions to some of the most common potty training issues. Read on.
Read Toilet Training Challenges and Solutions

Has potty training stalled in your house? Don't worry — it's completely normal for children to take their time. To help encourage your child to move forward, you may want to offer some fun incentives. Get more potty training tips.
Read Motivation and Rewards for Potty Training

Looking for ways to make potty training fun? One way is to make up a song to help your little one look forward to when it's potty time.
Read Tinkle Tinkle Little Star

We are going to paint the rooms in our house and I have a 1-year-old and a 2-month-old baby. Isn't the paint smell dangerous for them?
Read Will the smell of paint harm my 1-year-old and 2-month-old?

I am 6 months pregnant. If I just stuck my legs in a tanning bed, leaving my shorts and shirt on and covering my stomach with a thick pillow, would this be harmful to my baby?
Read Is it safe to use a tanning bed if I'm pregnant?

Our son will be 3 years old next month. Lately he has been insisting that his bedroom lamp remain on all night. I have switched to a 40-watt bulb just to make the room as dark as possible. Is there any reason for us not to allow this practice? I worry about his eyes, etc. He does have a nightlight in his room, but that does not seem adequate for him. If I get up in the night and turn the light off we find it on in the morning — which means he is getting up at night and disturbing his sleep. Should we just wait for this phase to pass, or be firm and unplug the light?
Read Is it OK for my toddler to sleep with a light on?

My daughter is 26 months old and has recently begun to lick everything: table tops, floors, windows, mirrors, and even floors in public places. Not only is this embarrassing, but can't it also make her sick? And why is she doing this? Does she lack in vitamins? She has even licked the cat and vomited because the fur was in her throat. Is my daughter's behavior normal?
Read My 26-month-old licks everything -- is this normal?

My 3-year-old son says that he "HATES" people. Everywhere we go it's "I hate this" or "I hate that." I don't understand why he says this. My husband and I never say that. We try to tell him that it's wrong to hate, but he keeps on saying that.
Read Why does my 3-year-old say he "hates" people?

Should I worry about my 2 1/2-year-old son, who likes to play dress-up?
Read Should I worry about my 2 1/2-year-old son, who likes to play dress-up?