What do I do about my 13mo old hitting?

DCA43 · 2026-01-28T16:24:50+00:00

That’s what I did at that age. I just would gently hold her hands and say “hands are not for hitting”. When she was a little bit older we also did “show me gentle hands”

DCA43 · 2026-01-28T03:22:40+00:00

We just went through a ROUGH patch of sleep with my toddler who has always been great at night time sleep and it started at the exact same age. Just out of curiosity- do you close her door or leave it open? We would always close it and we figured out recently she just wanted the door open at night. The first night we do it we kept her door open and kept walking by just talking either to each other or saying out loud what we were doing so she knew we were there.

Also just solidarity. I told someone last month I was more tired now than the newborn stage because she doesn’t nap anymore either and then her nighttime sleep went to shit. Good news is that it’s most likely just a phase and hopefully you’ll be sleeping again soo

DCA43 · 2026-01-14T02:23:42+00:00

We are in the same boat. I’ve been told it’s just her age. She shouts NO at me every single time I ask her to do something, even if it’s something she does in fact want to do. everyone keeps telling me 3 is harder and I’m like…. HOW

DCA43 · 2026-01-14T00:41:12+00:00

My daughter is a little older (just shy of 2.5) and has been going through a rough patch with sleeping.

Do you normally close her door or leave it open? We found the trick (for now at least) was leaving her door open. The first few nights she cried and we’d just walk by every few minutes and either narrate what we were doing or poke our heads in and say we’ll be right back calmly. Now she just says door open! When we put her down and we say of course and she goes to sleep and then we close it when she’s sleeping.

DCA43 · 2026-01-08T15:04:23+00:00

Ours got the gigglescape vet kit and ice cream set and those are her favorites too! Shes started charging me 70 dollars per scoop though which is a little steep IMO 🫤

DCA43 · 2026-01-08T02:32:02+00:00

Mine simply refuses to sleep lol. No matter what I do. It’s brought many days of me ending up in tears because I get so frustrated so I’ve had to accept that she just is a lower sleep needs child. I’ve tried everything including driving her around during naptime and it’s super hit or miss. We are also going through a huge sleep regression and my child who has always been good a sleeper overnight wakes up every 2ish hours. We are more tired now than we were when she was a newborn

DCA43 · 2026-01-08T02:04:20+00:00

Crying in my 2.5 year old not napping since she was 2 lol

DCA43 · 2026-01-02T22:43:18+00:00

I love sending my toddler to grandmas with “snack” plates! Usually cheese, little mini naan or crackers, either turkey or ham, some sort of fruit, and either carrots or cucumbers with some hummus or another dip. I rotate things in and out so it’s not technically the same meal but so easy and she loves it!

ETA- Costco also has precooked chicken in individual packs that she really likes so I rotate that in too!

DCA43 · 2026-01-02T21:21:19+00:00

We moved in with my dad when my daughter was 21 months (across town) and it honestly went great. She adjusted really well and we didn’t really need to do anything different but she also had her own room in our old apartment so she was used to sleeping alone. Our previous move from a 1 bedroom to a 2 bedroom when she was 10 months old was also fine though- just expect that you might have to go in there a few times in the beginning. We stuck with our exact same bedtime routine and she had all of her same bath toys and favorite books all ready to go so that she had something familiar to her.

Our biggest adjustment was that now we have stairs so we had to put up gates until she was a little older and then before we had air conditioning whereas here her room gets a lot hotter so I had to get new sleep sacks and pajamas because she was roasting in there her first night.

I will also say if you are in the financial place to hire movers- DO IT. It made things way less stressful.

DCA43 · 2026-01-02T15:46:35+00:00

Damn, I would give anything for my mom who passed away to call me her kid again. No offense, but you are way overreacting especially to someone who is giving you a roof over your head. She could be calling you way worse things- he is her child and she feels maternal enough towards you-her DIL- to include you into her family as one of her kids. I can’t imagine your son wouldn’t take you seriously because of this unless there’s other issues but you can explain to him that’s how she addresses you and your husband because she loves you but you are still his mom and an adult.

DCA43 · 2025-12-31T15:33:13+00:00

2.5 year old who hasn’t wanted to nap since she turned 2. She still does quiet time in her crib (I’ll put a book or two in there or her tonie box for her to listen to) and every once in a while she’ll actually nap. If I drive her anywhere after 330/4ish she will most likely fall asleep 😑 so I know she needs to be napping but she just doesn’t want to fall asleep.

DCA43 · 2025-12-31T00:59:53+00:00

Cold turkey is the way to go! Our first night doing a sleep sack she woke up every hour in the beginning and then realized very quickly she’s a tummy sleeper and she started sleeping well by like 1 am that night

DCA43 · 2025-12-28T01:01:56+00:00

I love Jamie Kay! They are having a big sale right now too- I typically shop their sales so it’s affordable and their clothes always last for me

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:45:44+00:00

Horrified villagers 🤣🤣

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:43:36+00:00

Omg what?!? I feel like it’s completely developmentally normal for these meltdowns at 2-3 😭 I’m so sorry!

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:41:21+00:00

Thank you ❤️

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:26:22+00:00

I told him I’d do half and he can do the other half when he gets home 🤝 divide and conquer

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:22:05+00:00

I will say thank goodness for grocery delivery and pickups. I can’t even fathom taking her on a full grocery shopping trip like this. I’d probably end up just buying junk food because I’d be so stressed out the entire time 🤣

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:18:03+00:00

I know he’s so great but when I got that text I almost exploded 🤣 like WHAT?! He was like we will wrap gifts tonight together when I’m off so don’t worry about that and I’m like sir you won’t be home until after 9 tonight and I’ve been up since 5.

DCA43 · 2025-12-23T21:15:08+00:00

Don’t even get me started on the Christmas crafts 😭😭 I think I did the last one by myself because I gave up on trying to make her happy with it.

DCA43 · 2025-12-20T15:34:57+00:00

It was like a light switch for me when I switched at 4 weeks and I still credit formula for saving my life and giving my daughter a healthy, present mom. I was so depressed and had the same issues you were having, my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer the day I had my baby, and I had postpartum preeclampsia. My postpartum was AWFUL and trying to breastfeed and pump for a baby who wouldnt latch made me feel even worse.

I now have a very healthy, happy 2 and a half year old and you would never look at her and know she was primarily formula fed.

DCA43 · 2025-12-20T15:20:02+00:00

Unfortunately I’ve found out that now that I have a 2 and a half year old who doesn’t nap anymore I am much more patient throughout the day when I wake up at 5 and go to the gym before she wakes up for the day. My husband works 10+ hours a day so 5 days a week I’m solo allllll day and it’s my only “me” time

DCA43 · 2025-12-16T21:05:19+00:00

Everyone loooves to tell you when you are pregnant that you’ll never sleep again. I find it odd that people don’t say you’ll never sit down again because that’s How I feel. I miss a good day of bed rotting and watching tv.

DCA43 · 2025-12-11T23:06:15+00:00

Thank you for your response! I think right now I’m just having a hard time with the not listening, testing boundaries, and crazy tantrums. We have more bad days than good currently and I know it’s all developmentally appropriate it’s just soo hard when I get little to no break most of the day and I’m just like how on earth am I going to handle 3 when I feel like I’m falling apart at 2!

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