Toddler Parent Life
Toddler parenting can be some of the most trying times for most parents. More often than not, we tend to label toddlerhood and teenage life as the two most challenging seasons in parenthood. But for me, despite the challenges that come with this season, I can't help but adore and marvel at the toddlerhood stage. They're showing off their little personalities, so small yet wishes to be so big. So smart yet also so irrational. So helpful yet so impatient. So independent yet so clingy. So many things to love despite them being so 'unlovable' when it comes to their big feelings. But all of their feelings, characteristics, and temperaments should all be welcomed. And tiny as they are, they all deserve the same amount of respect that any human being deserves. And with that, here are some of my toddler parenting tips and learnings I'd like to share with you from one learning parent to another. These tips are a mixture of respectful parenting, positive discipline, and the Montessori way of life for you and your little one. Hope you get to enjoy learning as much as I did from these blog posts!
5 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays with Your Toddler
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Supposedly. But why is it that there are more meltdowns than we care to count? Holiday seasons can be rough for families, especially with younger kids in the mix,…
How To Get Your Child To Clean Up
Clean-up? Ah yes, the dreaded ‘C-word right before bedtime (or maybe every single time a new toy is pulled off the toy shelf). Or basically, when you know, you’ve had enough of the mess already. And some…
How to Stay Calm as a Parent
If you’re a toddler parent, the words “stay calm” sometimes ceases to exist from our parenting language. Throw in the irrational and inconvenient tantrum times (but really though, when has it ever been convenient?), their food throwing…
Five Simple Ways To Connect With Your Child Today
Tantrums overkill for the day and it isn’t even 10 am in the morning? Maybe we just need some simple ways to connect with our child again. Remember that tantrums are one of the most common behaviors…
Holiday Toddler Tantrums Survival Guide
It’s now the most wonderful time of the year! But wait, why does it seem that holiday toddler tantrums seem to be more than the usual? There’s all this delicious food, loved ones coming over for visits,…
How To Create ‘Yes Spaces’ (Safe Spaces for Your Toddler)
Struggling to create ‘yes spaces’ for your child? Are you tired of saying ‘no’ all day long to your toddler? If you think about it, how many times have you said ‘yes’ to your toddler today? Toddlerhood…
How To Prevent My Toddler From Biting
Toddler biting can be one of the most frustrating and painful things we need to deal with as parents. The hitting, kicking, and tantrums, I can still manage, but it’s the biting that can really test my…
How to Prevent the Toddler Tantrums
When the big feelings of our little ones start, it not only rains, it pours. In dealing with our toddler’s tantrums, we just need to let it run its course while validating their feelings. And although toddlers’…
How To Prevent Toddler Bedtime Pushbacks
As much as we love our kids, I think I’m not alone in wishing that the clock will just strike for the sweet freedom that comes with our toddler’s bedtime. So really, the last thing we need…
Simple Ways To Teach Body Consent to Our Children
Body Consent. It’s one of the most mindful yet almost considered as an afterthought in the unending things that we ought to teach to our kids from a young age. We all want our kids to grow…
