How To Tame Your Toddler... Kind Of

When I first got pregnant I had a lot of people tell me not to read any books or follow any experts. They told me to follow my instincts and trust myself. That’s excellent advice for some people but that did not work for me at all. I’m a researcher. I like to know what options there are, if there’s anything I’m missing and what’s worked for other people. And yeah, there’s no handbook for parenting or a one size fits all method but personally I have benefitted a lot from reading parenting books. 

I needed to know how it all worked. When my kid was a baby I looked up feeding schedules and meal plans because I had no idea how much or what to feed her. I’m now doing the same with the toddler phase. New challenges are popping up all the time and sometimes I have reactions to her behaviour that I don’t like or I try a disciplinary tactic spontaneously and manage to totally cock it up. In those moments I turn to research and the advice of experts so the next time something shocking happens, I know how to respond. 

I’m not a perfect parent my any means and I have 10/10 carried my kid surf board style to the car mid-tantrum on more than one occasion because she didn’t want to get off the swings and get in the car. This episode is a 100% smug free resource that has tips, experts and methods that we’ve found useful so far in our toddler journey. 

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