Q&A: PRE-SCHOOL AGE

  • My 3 year old is a picky eater

    Q.My three and a half-year-old son is a real picky eater. It can take ages for him to eat his dinner and he is always the last one to finish. I spend most of the time cajoling him to eat and it is not fair because I have two other children who need my time and attention just as much. However, I always worry that if I don’t spoon-feed him he wont get the right nutrients or he will go hungry.
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  • My 3 yr old keeps running off when we're out.

    A. When I go out shopping with my three year old girl, she won’t stay by my side and can go running off on the road. I am really worried about the danger and when I run after her to get her back she laughs and thinks it is all a game. She kicks up a real fuss if I try and keep her in the buggy. What can I do to keep her safe
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  • Our 4 year old is having tantrums in the middle of the night

    Q. My four year old daughter recently has started to get out of her bed and come into ours in the middle of the night. Myself and my husband have allowed this for a while but now we feel it is time to get her back into the bed. However, when we try to take her back to her bed she gets upset and can throw a tantrum. She only stops when I let her back into our bed. What should we do?Read more

  • Two year old interrupting me when i'm on phone

    My two and a half year old son constantly interrupts me when I am on the phone. He may be happy doing his own thing, but the minute I take time to make an important call, he comes to ask me something or he gets into a noisy row with his sister so I have to interrupt my call. It makes me really infuriated and I end up in a row with him. Why does he constantly interrupt and what can I do?Read more

  • Two year old biting

    My two year old daughter has developed a nasty habit of biting other children when she is annoyed. Last week she bit the little girl next door and actually broke the skin. Each time she does it, I give her a real telling off and I really lost it with her last week. But it doesn’t seem to do much good. Sometimes she throws a tantrum and other times she laughs at me when I give out. I also really worried about why she is doing this. Some people say I should smack her when she does it, but I don’t want to go down that route.Read more