Transforming the Toddler Years
The Blog
“Parenting is really one big, beautiful story and
I love telling it.”
Cara Tyrrell, Founder Core4Parenting
You’ve heard this quip, right? It’s along the lines of, put your money where your mouth is and no pain - no gain.
In plain speak, we tend to take action when we feel invested.
For example:
Your friend gives you free access to her newest online course and you never...
In the first article, Welcome to the World Little One, we explored your baby’s basic survival needs during the newborn phase.
In the second, What is Self-Soothing, Really? We explored the process of calming ourselves and how it connects to our sense of self. We learned that...
In the first article of the series, Welcome to the World Little One, we explored your baby’s basic survival needs during the newborn phase.
Today we tackle self-soothing.
Google it and you get a lot about babies, kids, and the ability to fall asleep and calm down by themselves....
We come into the world as brand new, tiny humans with three basic survival needs: food, shelter and sleep. Shelter represents safety. Food represents nourishment and growth. Sleep is the foundation of it all.
Your newly born baby isn’t able to control any of these things.
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Toddlers dump buckets. It’s in their DNA. Well, if not their DNA it is in their healthy development milestone checklist.
Buckets of toys.
Buckets of sand.
Buckets of dad’s nuts and bolt’s stash that he mistakenly left out the night before when fixing … a toy.
It’s a...
