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Probably wont leave this group as my little boy turns 3 in November but my big boy turned 5 today!

I know the recommendations in Aus say your child should sit in a booster til 7 years. My daughter was too big and at 4 she no longer used one. We didn't have one for my 4 year old cos we thought he was too big but he was forever kneeling on the seat so he could look outside.



He was so rapt when we bought one the other day. I was initially going to get one for my 2 year old for next year but he is happy in the baby seat still.
What I worry about is his head is over the height of the seat. Does it matter? I just thought it may be dangerous.

Does your 4 - 5 year old use a booster?

Hellp everyone i am a new member and was wondering if anyone has advice to spare. My three and a half yr old son doesn't listen at all i have tried everything. He spits, hits, and screames at me when he is angry or is in trouble. Time out, naughty spot, spanking, and takeing things away doesn,t work with him and now my 1yr old is starting to do the same thing. Someone please help!!

My 4year old son has been having trantrums constantly lately.  My son is great at communicating and expressing his needs so I don't understand why he continues to have tantrums.  He normally has tantrums over not being able draw something perfectly or at the playground when other children don't pay attention to him.  He screams and starts throwing what ever object is withing reach (i.e. crumbling his art work cuz it didn't turn out the way he wants it) He constantly says he hates school.  He hates his teachers.  I ask him why and he says because the kids don't do what he wants them to do and because the teachers are mean.  I am assuming he says the teachers are mean because they are disciplining him by giving him time out or not allowing him to join the group until he calms down.  It is driving me nuts.  I need help.  I don't know wether I should have him start kindergarten at the age of 5 or holding him back a year?  I am planning on having him go to a private catholic school.  I have tried teaching him how to communicate his anger by talking.  I am literally exhausted.  Help!

Hi all I am a new minti member and would like some feedback on my beautiful 3/12yr old daughter.

She is a very strong minded and independent girl who has a new 7 month old sister. She is used to lots of love and cuddles. The love is still there of cause but the cuddles have decreased and aren't coming on demand due to the new addition to our family.

Roma is retaliating with hitting, punching and slapping - I have never smacked my girls and don't wish to so respond with time outs, quiet talking toos, removing something (eg turn tv off) and am followed with either a raised voice or you don't love me...so clever.

Any suggestions would be wonderful. She is more aggressive to my husband I think because he plays more rough with her than me.

Last year I was told my son is advanced for his age and would get bored in kindergarten as he knows all the curriculum. We decided to homeschool and it seems to be going wonderfully. I'd love to hear from others who homeschool maybe we could share ideas.

Hi

I was wondering how you would go about having your 4 1/2 y.o start school early. My daughter is meant to start in term 3 of this year, which means she would have to do 2 terms this year and all of next year (6 terms total of reception). I would like for her to start in term 2 this year, have the teachers do an assessment to see if she is then able to start Year 1 next year instead of doing another whole year of reception.

   Hello all, Im new here, Im a mother of 4, 3 boys and a girl..

My youngest is 4 in August.. I wanted to ask for some advice. He "Does" do a little bit of talking, like can put 2 words togather.Like... Hi Mum, or..Bye Mum, or More Yumm also other words like, Yumm, No, yes, all the short words. But he cannot do a  full sentence, and has trouble prnouncing some words, is he slow...

His hearing is fine, he understands EVERYTHING you say to him, and will do tasks if you ask him too. He has never been in Kindy, or pre-school, but has his older brothers and sisters who talk to him..

Any advice would be greatly appriciated...

My 5 year old son is allways making his brother cry or scream. Even when I just have said no once, does he keepdoing it as soon as i turn my back on them. I am so tired of yelling at the kids. Is there any way to make them stop?Or is it just normal for siblings to argue all the time?

There are momentes they are having really fun together for a long time, before they are fighting again. But not often enough.

They are together about all day, can it help seperate them a bit? The oldest will start school in August. I hope that will help a bit. But untill then, is there something I can do?

In a "strange" way are they allways really good friends when they are up to trouble

I won't have any hair left soon. Seriously.  My 4 1/2 yo daughter is driving me insane.  She has just started to talk back and to be really rude to me.  When her nan comes over, the very minute she sees her car parked on the road, then all hell breaks loose.  She starts telling me to shut up, being mean to me and the list goes on.  I've done the time out thing and that has not helped at all.  She also can get so angry, so quickly.  I had thought that maybe she has ADHD, or is even slightly autistic, but at the end of the day, I think it's just her.  She has also started to stamp her feet if she gets cranky and puts her hands on her hips and goes 'huh'.  I really do not know what to do anymore and it does not help when certain people tell me "she's ok" or "You should let her do more things" or "you get cross with her too much".  It's no wonder when she has this massive chipon her shoulder.  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated please.  Yet some days she can be so loving and caring.  It's seriously like Jekyll and Hyde!!