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Toddlers have big feelings and big plans, but limited skills in emotional control and self-expression. In other words, being with your little person at this age can be tough. We’re here to help you navigate the emotional life of toddlerhood, where tantrums are common and direction-following … sometimes not so much. We’ll break down time-out strategies, walk through setting loving but firm limits, and let you in on some outside-the-box tactics for managing toddler behavior.
My good friend and fellow working momma Brandy and I talk toddlers together on a daily basis, whether it’s on a walk or over email or during lunch. It’s wonderful having a friend who knows exactly what I’m going through with my own toddler and we bounce ideas off each other. We’d talk about how MORE »
Toddler-hood is a game-changer. For both the parent and the child. We as mothers, as parents - need to bring in the reserves, the heavy artillery. The research. The science. The best-selling books. It seems to be a time (at least for me), wherein my natural instincts and my personal, 'organic, natural mothering-ways' alone, simply aren't cutting it...
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Babies don't hit, right? So I guess this means I really do have a toddler.
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In the words of the wise and raspy Bob Dylan, now that my baby is becoming a toddler, "the times, they are a changin'" and with the tantrums that have been occurring lately, I know that I need to start gathering some discipline tools for my mama arsenal.
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Last week, parents were outraged when they heard the news story about a store clerk that spanked a customer’s kid. Apparently the kid had beenrunning through the store and after a confrontation with the clerk, he threw a cookie at her. The clerk proceeded to take out a belt and spank the kid. And parents MORE »
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June is in her high 2s, which means shes been on a serious “No” kick lately. It’s become her default answer to every conceivable question. To cope, we’ve started calling her The No-Bot. INT. KITCHEN TABLE – EARLY MORNING Mom: “June, do you want milk?” Toddler: “No.” Mom: “Juice?” Toddler: “No.” Mom: “How about water?” MORE »
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My husband is an officer in the army reserves, so that means I have to deal with a lot of army stuff – long deployments, weekend drills, this haircut, an inscrutable language of acronyms. Recently, military nomenclature has infiltrated our family life in that Jake has taken to persuading our 2-year-old to address him as “sir.” MORE »
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