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Do you take your young son to the ladies’ room when he has to tinkle? Does your husband take your young daughter to the men’s room when she has to go “NOW! Daddy!”

It’s a common problem among parents: knowing when a child is old enough to use gender-appropriate public restrooms.

The family bathroom, which offers extra unisexual space for parents and their children, is not found in every store and restaurant. Meaning, at some point, moms and dads have to decide if it is wiser to bring their son into the ladies’ room or their daughter into a men’s restroom, if they are solo with an opposite gender child.

Donovan O’Neil chose to do the latter, and it landed him in the headlines.

According to reports, the Maryland father claims a security guard accosted him after he took his 3-year-old and 1-year-old daughters to the men’s restroom at the Frederick County Department of Social Services.

“He banged on the (stall) door like he was a cop,” O’Neil told reporters. “He was just really inappropriate about it.”

What’s more, O’Neil says that when he and his daughters exited the bathroom stall the guard reprimanded him in front of a crowd.

As for the guard, he says he was just doing his job. The security worker maintains that he was responding to a complaint made by someone who had used the restroom while O’Neil was in the stall with his daughters.

Long story short, O’Neil wants an apology from the security guard, but the worker says he doesn’t plan to issue one.

Meanwhile, the father of two says his 3-year-old daughter has been so traumatized by the restroom incident that she now refuses to step foot in public bathrooms.

Frankly, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. After all, O’Neil had both children tucked away in a stall while his older daughter did her business. It isn’t as though he lined her up with the rest of the men at the urinals to pee. Furthermore, she THREE! As a mother of a daughter not much older than O’Neil’s I can safely say that the girl was probably more concerned about getting on a potty before she wet herself than she was in what other male patrons were doing in the restroom.

What do you make of the security guard’s reaction? What would you do if a child had to go to the bathroom, and the only one to take him/her was an opposite-gender parent?

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In the past two days, I have witnessed two “sippy cup incidents” and I thought this might be a good place to discuss them. The first one, I was taking a cross-town bus and there was a two-year-old (or so) sitting in front of me(or standing, actually) alternating licking the condensed and foggy bus window and pouring juice from his sippy cup into the ridges around the window and down the wall. The second was last night at a fairly swanky art gallery show opening for three local artists. I quickly assessed that one of the artists was a twenty-something mother since there were several young families wandering about with strollers (yes, in an art gallery) and there were a couple well-dressed toddlers bounding about swinging leaking sippy cups amidst the walls of art. Needless to say, the curator looked much more anxious than normal.

Now, before someone accuses me of being one of those cranky old people who thinks children should be seen and not heard, I hope you’ll remember that is not me at all–my issue is not with children being at art openings (I think that is fabulous) and I do realize that we have become an incredibly mobile society–water bottles and portable EVERYTHING taken into account–my issue is that I don’t think anyone ought to be dribbling juice down a bus wall or on the carpet and furniture in a public space. If truth be told, I didn’t even let my kids walk around the house with their sippy cups when they were toddlers–there was a place at the counter where they could have them and come for drinks and when we were out in public, it was a sit down and have a drink situation.

I get that life is messy and that parents want convenience and I really am not stodgy (at least I don’t think so) but I do think there needs to be some manners and protocol–even for the young set (and their parents). I am all for breastfeeding in public and I don’t even have a problem with children USING sippy cups when they are out and about, I just think, for the good of the order and the consideration of other people and possessions, that it ought to be a contained activity. I think we’re asking a lot from a two-year-old when we expect that a toddler unsupervised with a tippy cup will not use it as paint, science experiment or simply leave it toppled on its side drizzling liquid…

What do you think?

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While all parents worry about whether their child will have vision problems, there are a few simple things you can watch for if you are concerned that your child has vision problems.

The first step is to understand what the normal stage of vision are beginning at a baby and moving up to a toddler.

Consider the following things you can watch for and things you can do if you believe that something is wrong.
The First Stages of Sight

As soon as a baby is born they should be able to see shapes, light, and dark. In fact a newborn baby actually has the ability to bring objects or people in to focus for short periods of time. Within the first week your baby should start to focus on your face more often and respond to facial changes you make.

For example, the baby should respond to you when you are talking to them by looking at your face and possibly making faces of their own. You may even see the beginning of a smile.

By the time your baby is a month old he or she should turn their head to find you at the sound of your voice. They will also start to follow objects as they are moved in front of them. At the age of six months your child should be aware of their own hands and toys[baby toys] that are given to them.

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