Tag: toddler
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How To Deal With Toddler Melt Downs (Most of the Time
Before becoming a parent, I thought tantrums happened because children were being difficult. Now I know better. Sometimes my child is tired. Sometimes she’s hungry. Sometimes she’s overwhelmed or overstimulated by big feelings she doesn’t know how to explain. And sometimes if I’m honest, I’m overwhelmed too. Toddler meltdowns can make even the most patient…
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How to get your Toddler to Clean up (Without the Meltdowns)
Usually, those words are met with one of three responses: Immediate tears, and a dramatic loss of the use of their legs, or a tiny person running in the opposite direction. As a default parent, it is incredibly tempting to just wait until they go to sleep and clean it all up yourself. It’s faster,…
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