Dear Grandma, I know your questions are for parents and parents-to-be, but I work with infants at a child care place. What is a good way for “weaning” an infant from wanting to be held all the time? I have a 10-month-old who has not been in daycare before and his mom admits to him…
Dear Maggie: My 11-year-old step-daughter has been very very rude to me. She seems to think that I tore her apart from her mother and sister when I came into the picture. I do not wish for her to think that and I would ever want to ruin her special bond with her mother. I…
Hello Grandma Maggie, My name is Melissa, and my partner and I have been trying to conceive for the past six months. Although we have been trying for six months, month after month there is always disappointment. To my knowledge, we are doing everything right: our diets, our exercising, you name it we’re doing it….
Hi Grandma, I have a 9 months old son, have not been the one taking care of him but my mum has done that. It’s because I am a working class mother. I need to start taking care of him myself as soon as he’s one. Please, I need your candid advice as it bothers me…
Dear Grandma, I have a two-year-old daughter who doesn’t talk like she should. Most kids her age who I know are talking well and she still uses baby talk. She is very smart and catches on to stuff quickly. She knows how to turn the TV off, put a dvd in the dvd player, and…
Hi Grandma Maggie, I came upon your page and figured I’d give it a shot on this issue we’re having in our home. My husband, kids and I just moved into a new house. For the first time we have a smoke alarm in every bedroom as well as a security system that we have…
Dear Grandma Maggie, I am asking for advice on my five year-old-daughter, Grace. My husband and I had twin girls two year ago, Emilie and Marta. Ever since the twins were born, Grace has avoided them. I have always wanted my children to be close in age and friends as well. Emilie and Marta try…
Dear Grandma Maggie, First, let me apologize for the length of my question, but I really am stumped. I am an adopted child. I have known my birthmother for 15 years (I met her when I was 23) and have previously felt close to her. I have found that in the last year or so,…
My 4 year old, Kirsi, won’t stop throwing her food. I don’t know what to do! My son Britt never did this and it frustrates me. I will give Kirsi her food and she will throw it onto the floor. I am on a tight budget so I can’t always be making her more food…
Hi, My husband and I just found out that we are going to be having a baby. My in-laws do not like me because I am not who they picked out for my husband. They have been very ugly to me and my husband since the day we announced our engagement. My husband has stated…
Dear Grandma Maggie, I am a single mom and I just found out that I am 2 months pregnant. My daughter is 11 and she wants to pick the girl’s name, but the names she picked are off of some television show she watches and I do not like the names. How do I tell…
Dear Grandma, I have a 23 month old boy and has a pinching problem. I don’t understand it at all. He pinches our faces mostly. He does it when he is happy or sad, many times a day. We have tried everything we can think of: Saying no firmly, pushing his hand away, putting him…
Dear Grandma Maggie, I am 24 years old. My ex-fiance is 29 and he left my child and me when she was 3 months old. Now he calls everyday and tells us that he loves us and misses her. He has also moved in with another woman. Is he scared of responsibility? Is their anything…
Dear Grandma Maggie, I’m 21- year-old college student and I currently live with my parents and my younger sister, who is 18. Two years ago my sister gave birth to a little girl, named Katie, and ever since things have been, well, a little complicated. I understand that my sister is young, but even now,…
Dear Grandma, I can’t seem to get my mother-in-law to back off and respect my parenting skills and religion. I’m of one religion and happy about it. She has left this religion and is now Born-Again. All she wants is my daughter to follow in her religion and do the very thing she does best:…
