Schedule / Routine
2 year old sleep regression is basically like a mean trick. You seem to finally get your toddler sleeping (at least a little bit, right?!) and then they regress like they are a newborn baby who won't sleep. Each night you pray your toddler will fall asleep fast. You try all the all the different things -- co-sleeping, cry it out, [...]
toddler discipline
Raising KidsHow to Communicate With a Toddler (And Get Your Message Heard)
Inside: If you're a parent with a toddler not listening, you'll LOVE these simple communication strategies that can change everything. Help your child listen better, get the cooperation you want and start enjoying parenting again. My kids and I were browsing through the toy section for a birthday gift last week, when I heard a [...]
Why Kids Engage in Power Struggles (And How to Fix It)
Inside: Learn the biggest reason why kids engage in power struggles. Plus, get 3 simple strategies to fix them. In our house, I often joke that someone is always crying. And of course, it’s a bit of an exaggeration, but some days it feels like it! The past few weeks, my son wakes up in the morning and immediately bursts into [...]
Frustrated with Disciplining Your 2 Year-Old? Try These Ideas!
Inside this post: How to discipline a 2 year-old using seven key principles. Easy-to-implement, these positive discipline tips can transform your house from chaos to peace. It took less than 60 seconds for my son to go from calm and happy to full-blown tears. I picked him up from daycare and I thought, “Wow. He’s so relaxed. This is [...]
10 Best Books on Positive Toddler Discipline
It's no secret around here that I am a consumer of books on toddler discipline. While I don't implement every strategy that various books have suggested, they have--by far--made parenting easier for me. These books gave me the tools I needed to develop my own thoughts, ideas and strategies on positive toddler discipline. As [...]
Top 7 Challenges and Solutions for Parenting a Toddler and Newborn
In a way, I felt like I was dying a slow death. This was supposed to be a joyful and harmonious time in our lives. Yet, caring for a toddler and newborn challenged me in ways I never expected. I used to get my toddler fixed up with an activity and then sit down to nurse the baby. I’d finally have her settled and drifting off to [...]
7 Genius Ways to Diffuse a Toddler Tantrum
Toddler tantrums are a part of every child’s life. Why? Because the logical part (aka the frontal cortex) of a human’s brain doesn’t fully develop until age 25. Yep. Age 25. Woah, right? It makes total sense that toddler tantrums occur over completely illogical things and ideas. That part of their brain doesn’t actually work yet! [...]
