Toddler
The Best Way to Handle a Toddler’s Drop-off Anxiety
A parent needs advice on how to handle her toddler’s separation anxiety while dropping her off at daycare. Amalah has advice.
Young Child
The Potty-Training Daycare Deadline
My toddler is facing a potty-training deadline at daycare and both of us are stressed. What should I do?
Toddler
Daycare Runaway
Parents need help assessing whether they are over- or underreacting to what seems to be an isolated daycare incident with their toddler.
Toddler
The Daycare Biter
A toddler is coming home repeatedly with bite marks from a daycare classmate. Mom needs advice on next steps she should take to stop the incidences.
Toddler
Potty Training Wars: Motivating the Unmotivated Kid
A mom needs some help figuring out the type of incentive to motivate her toddler on successfully potty training. There really isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution but we have some advice.
Relationships
Grandpa Poppins or Daycare?
A mom is in tricky childcare situation and trying to decide between her daycare option and a loving grandpa. Amalah weighs in and would love insight and experience from BTDT parents.
Health & Safety
Daycare Switches & Separation Anxiety
A very young child cries uncontrollably at his new daycare center and now his mom is feeling guilty about having transferred him there after having lost confidence in the previous one.
Health & Safety
Just Say No (To Forced Hugs)
A toddler’s mom needs help approaching her daycare provider about helping her daughter respect her friends’ personal spaces.
Young Child
When Boys Wear “Girl Clothes,” is Backlash Inevitable?
A reader fears she screwed up by letting her son wear non-gender-conforming clothing outside the house. I thinks he needs to cut herself some slack.
Relationships
Can This Childcare Situation Be Saved?
A family childcare situation is putting a lot of stress on the kids and the parent in charge. The stressed-out mom needs some advice on how to handle this sticky situation.
Baby
When to Pull the Plug on Your Daycare
A mom needs help discerning whether her baby’s negative reaction to daycare is regular separation anxiety or something more concerning.
Postpartum
Summertime Sanity
A teacher is at home full-time this summer with a toddler and an infant, and each morning dreads the super long intensive daylight parenting hours ahead of her. Is there more to this than just the new summer schedule? Amalah thinks maybe.
Toddler
Sippy Cup Rejection & Regression
After a stomach bug, a young toddler refuses to drink from her sippy cup now. Her mom needs help in getting her back on track. But should she just wait longer?
Health & Safety
Would You Review a Bad Nanny Online?
So you had to fire the nanny or sitter or leave the daycare suddenly. Do you just move on? Or do you write it up so other parents are informed?
Toddler
The Nightmare Babysitting Charge
A babysitter is stuck in an sticky situation. Her toddler babysitting charge has behavioral issues that his mom refuses to address and it’s negatively affecting her own children and animals. Since the toddler is a friend’s child she’s having a hard time knowing how to proceed.
Young Child
Daycare Drama: When To Call It Quits
An older toddler is having a difficult time with separation anxiety at daycare. His parents can’t decide whether they should stick it out or start looking for other options. It’s a special situation and Amalah helps navigate the details.
Young Child
Picky Eating & Mom Guilt
A WOHM mom doesn’t want to engage in a mealtime battle with her young picky eater because she wants a pleasant dinnertime experience but is experiencing guilt about his limited food palate. What can she do?
Health & Safety
Is My Toddler Dehydrated?
A mom is returning to work full-time and will be leaving her toddler at daycare and is concerned that his reluctance to drink may increase there leading to dehydration. What can she do prevent these problems?
Health & Safety
A Daycare Food Dilemma
A mom is really happy with the care provided by her kids’ in-home daycare provider. However, she is concerned about the lunch and snack options they are offering her toddlers. Is she overreacting and what are her options?
Young Child
The Frustrated Four Year Old
A four year old is recently having a hard time at daycare, demonstrating some aggressive behavior and throwing temper tantrums. How can his parents work together with the daycare teachers to improve the situation?