Common Preschool Questions and Answers
Review questions and answers about common preschool problems, like potty training, booster seats, growing pains, and nutrition.
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Ask our Expert Pediatrician, Dr. Vincent Iannelli, a question about your child through this online submission form.
Ask our Expert Pediatrician, Dr. Vincent Iannelli, a question about your child through this online submission form.
Bathing and Showering Together
Review when parents and children should stop bathing or showering together.
Review when parents and children should stop bathing or showering together.
Naps and Sleep
Review how long your kids should sleep each day and how to encourage them to take naps during the day.
Review how long your kids should sleep each day and how to encourage them to take naps during the day.
Preschool Sleep Disorders
Review what a three year old might have problems sleeping through the night and taking naps.
Review what a three year old might have problems sleeping through the night and taking naps.
Chronic Abdominal Pain
Review what might cause a child to have abdominal pain for over 6 months.
Review what might cause a child to have abdominal pain for over 6 months.
Potty Training Problems - Not Pooping on the Potty
Review what you should do if your child won't poop on the potty, even if she otherwise seems potty trained.
Review what you should do if your child won't poop on the potty, even if she otherwise seems potty trained.
Kids and Bad Breath
Review what might cause a child to have bad breath.
Review what might cause a child to have bad breath.
Fears
Review what do about a preschooler with fears of being along and away from his parents.
Review what do about a preschooler with fears of being along and away from his parents.
Temperament and a Shy Child
Review what to do about a child who is very shy, cautious, apprehensive to try new things, and moves at a very slow pace.
Review what to do about a child who is very shy, cautious, apprehensive to try new things, and moves at a very slow pace.
Potty Training Resistance
Review what you should do when your child is resistant to potty training.
Review what you should do when your child is resistant to potty training.
A Child Refusing To Eat And Drink
Review what might cause a child to refuse to eat and drink and lose weight.
Review what might cause a child to refuse to eat and drink and lose weight.
Constipation and Fear of Using the Potty
Learn what to do about a constipated preschooler who eats a lot of junk food and cheese and is afraid to go to the bathroom.
Learn what to do about a constipated preschooler who eats a lot of junk food and cheese and is afraid to go to the bathroom.
Fruit Juice
Review whether or not your child needs to drink fruit juice.
Review whether or not your child needs to drink fruit juice.
ADHD in Preschool Age Children
Review whether or not a preschool age child who has a short attention span and is hyperactive has ADHD or if these are just normal behaviors at this age.
Review whether or not a preschool age child who has a short attention span and is hyperactive has ADHD or if these are just normal behaviors at this age.
Strabismus and Developmental Delays
Review what could cause developmental delays in a child who also has strabismus.
Review what could cause developmental delays in a child who also has strabismus.
Food Allergies and Fish Sticks
Could vomiting after eating fish sticks be a sign of a food allergy?
Could vomiting after eating fish sticks be a sign of a food allergy?
Lactose Intolerance
Review what might cause a child to have a stomach ache and a poor appetite after being treating for a severe rotavirus infection.
Review what might cause a child to have a stomach ache and a poor appetite after being treating for a severe rotavirus infection.
Potty Training Regression and Problems
Learn what to do when your potty trained child regresses, for example by having accidents or bowel movements on the floor.
Learn what to do when your potty trained child regresses, for example by having accidents or bowel movements on the floor.
Knock Knees
Learn more about knock knees, or genu valgum, which is common in younger children.
Learn more about knock knees, or genu valgum, which is common in younger children.
Symptoms of Growing Pains
Review the symptoms of growing pains and other causes of leg pain in young children.
Review the symptoms of growing pains and other causes of leg pain in young children.
Professional Help for Potty Training Problems
What do you consider to be professional help when it comes to potty training?
What do you consider to be professional help when it comes to potty training?