A couple weeks ago, I received this email from a reader: I could use some advice! My two year old has been acting up ridiculously lately and I’m due any day now with our second child and idk if he senses the new baby and has been acting out the past two months or if […]
tantrums
What I learned in therapy this week: I’m still working on that 90%.
I have been working really hard to teach the kids that the only people they can control are themselves. That they cannot make other people do what they want them to do, or what a reasonable person would think someone should do. I have really been trying to teach them that the only thing they can […]
Zero to Sixty in 2.4 seconds. And vice versa.
Number 6 is three years old. He has a bit of a temper. He’s pretty good at throwing a full on, level 10 tantrum when things don’t go his way. Somebody takes his bouncy ball? Code red meltdown He can’t find his blankie? Code red meltdown. Can’t get his shirt on by himself? Code red […]
If You Are Four
If you are four and you can’t find your bunny, that is a good reason to cry. If you are four and you can’t take your shirt off, that is a good reason to cry. If you are four and your brother looks at you, that is a good reason to cry. If you are […]
The terrible twos. They actually start in the ones. And last til the threes.
Yesterday someone messaged me asking for parenting advice. Yeah. Like Dear Abby. I was rather flattered. And then I started panicking. What if I say something, this person takes my advice, and then the problem gets worse? Not Your Average Mom doesn’t know what she’s talking about! So I’ll share what I do. With the […]