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Helping Toddlers with Big Emotions in Public: The Power of Modeling
Does your toddler get easily frustrated? When we are in public places where we feel like all eyes are on us, and our toddlers are having a hard time emotionally, it can be tough for us to keep calm and know how to help. This situation happened to Heather and one of her boys recently.…
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Two Secrets to Enjoying the Toddler Years
It’s no secret that the toddler years are full of challenges that test us and our toddlers, but there are two things that might be stealing our joy and keeping us from enjoying these years, challenges and all: shame and perfectionism. These two factors can weigh us down, impacting how we see ourselves and our…
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Water Safety and Toddler Tantrums
Navigating Pools and Beach Days With summer around the corner, it’s the perfect time to get out on the water with our toddlers. While pool and beach days can be lots of fun, they also can be meltdown triggers, whether our toddlers are unsure of the water or love it and never want to leave.…
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Understanding Toddler Tantrums: Real Life Stories + What Helped
Does your toddler have intense tantrums that leave you perplexed and wondering if there is anything you can do to help? You are not alone. Every toddler parent has tantrum stories. Heather shares some of her own to show us how we can look beneath the behavior to find the root cause and can help…
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The Power of Positive Language: How Our Words Shape Our Toddlers’ Behavior and Self Esteem
If your toddler screams “no,” is mischievous, and gets creative in ways that get them into trouble, you are not alone. Many toddlers seem to be wired in these ways, whether it stems from their unique combination of personality traits or their developmental stage. But just as important as understanding why our toddlers act in…
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Easy Summer Learning Activities For Toddlers
In the summertime it’s easy for us to get caught up in booking vacations and planning trips to the pool and other fun activities for our toddlers, but in all the busyness we don’t want to forget to fill our toddler’s three important buckets, especially the learning bucket. Thankfully, this is easier to do than…
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The Toddler Discipline Script That Backfires and What to Do Instead
There is a common parenting script going around online that can actually backfire on parents more than it helps them. Though this advice is well-intentioned, Heather feels that it lacks understanding of attention seeking behavior and can actually reinforce the very behaviors parents are trying to help their toddlers stop. Heather calls this advice the…
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Finding a Good Fit Babysitter for Your Toddler
When we need to be away from our toddlers, whether to get work done or go out for an evening, we want to leave our child in good hands. If grandparents or other family or close friends are not available, we might need to find a babysitter who is both experienced and is a good…
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Separation Anxiety in Toddlers
What To Do When Mom Leaves Separation anxiety can be so hard on both toddlers and parents, and especially moms when their babies and toddlers are still so dependent on them. But when mom has to go out, whether for fifteen minutes or a few hours, and our toddler is wailing like it’s the end…
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My Toddler Pushes ALL MY BUTTONS
Do you have a toddler who is pushing all your buttons and you just don’t know what to do? When our toddlers know exactly what to do to get a reaction out of us, we can feel frustrated and perplexed. Heather has experienced this frustration and has learned some important lessons. First, we need to…
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