Raising Kids
I stood in the elevator looking down at my strong-willed toddler on the floor. He sat up, swung his head backwards and let out another ginormous “WAAAAAAAA.” When the elevator stopped on the third floor my heart skipped 3 beats before sinking into the abyss of anxiety in my stomach. The doors opened to another family needing to ride [...]
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The Easiest Way to Deal With a Kid Who Hits, Kicks or Bites
Inside this post: Learn what to do when your child hits you. Effectively stop your child from hurting others without yelling, time out or getting physical. I literally stepped out of the room for 20 seconds. That’s the amount of time it took for my oldest to tackle his little sister while she proceeded to whack him in the head. The [...]
6 Positive Toddler Discipline Tips That Will Keep Your Home Peaceful
Inside this post: Figuring out how to make kids listen can go hand-in-hand with power struggles and tantrums. Learn how to set firm boundaries and still keep a peaceful home using positive toddler discipline tips. “Which one do you want? The truck pants or the navy pants?” As I stretched my arms out holding the pajama [...]
2-Year-Old Not Listening? Try This Remarkable Tip
I’m not going to sugar coat this for you. I struggled horribly with my 2-year-old not listening. As a mom who researches things like how to make kids listen and how to be a positive parent to a strong willed child, the twos about did me in. Yes, really. (That's why I started researching why parents yell...) But here’s the real [...]
The Tantrum Taming Tip Most Parents Don’t Know
My strong willed toddler was enthralled with a simple penguin stairs toy. It probably only cost a few bucks, but to him it was magic. I watched him play as his eyes lit up like a bright star on a clear summer night. The toy reminded me so much of my own childhood. Again and again, he watched the penguins go up the stairs and down [...]
3 Parenting Phrases to Avoid When Teaching Toddlers to Listen
You wake up on a Wednesday morning and wrap your hands around a hot cup of coffee. You think this is the day you will figure out how to get your toddler to listen there will be no yelling at kids today. You look out the window. The sky is powder puff blue and the clouds appear as delicious marshmallows. You think about how to make kids [...]
How to Get Your Toddler to Stop Biting, When Nothing Works!
It’s hard to say when this whole biting thing started to go downhill exactly. It’s been a part of our lives for so long now that it’s become a bit of a blur. I’ve spent hours scouring the internet for how to get your toddler to stop biting. [...]
5 Steps to Stop Toddler Biting in its Tracks
A biting toddler is no joke, friends. A while back I wrote about How to Get a Baby to Stop Biting, and after using the steps I discussed in that post, we effectively managed to stop our son from biting. Funny enough at the end of that post I wrote, “I am vigorously reinforcing ‘No biting’ and keeping a very watchful eye, as biting will [...]
