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Your child will grow and change so much over the years, it can be hard to keep up. Find out more about the physical, social and emotional, and language development milestones to expect, and get great ideas for taming tantrums, handling potty training and bedtime battles, feeding picky eaters, choosing a preschool, starting elementary school, and more.

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    By preschoolprep
    I have a 2.5 year old, and started looking at preschools recently. My daughter is very shy and has some separation anxiety - I'm sure COVID didn't help the socialization factor. I've been thinking about how great it would be to have a "preschool prep" option, where she and I could go to school/cla
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    By CutePomelo
    Hi. Any Mom here can share your experience in looking for great preschool (not IEP program) for (low level) autistic child with speech delay too. The child is 40 month olds) and is very difficult to separate from the parents. I wonder whether Montessori preschool will work better than typical or nor
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    Hi. Any Mom here can share your experience in looking for great preschool (not IEP program) for (low level) autistic child with speech delay too. The child is 40 month olds) and is very difficult to separate from the parents. I wonder whether Montessori preschool will work better than typical or nor
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