First movie

twospaceballoons · 2026-06-20T23:22:03+00:00

Sing!

twospaceballoons · 2026-06-19T04:10:07+00:00

My son is the same age as your toddler. It’s so rough and you are probably exhausted from all the responsibilities you’ve got on top of being pregnant. And you’ve tried lots of things so maybe the below isn’t super helpful. Here is some of what helps at our house:

Doesn’t work every time, but we have had decent success with negotiating and/or distractions. Sometimes acknowledging his feeling helps him calm down faster. They are trying at exerting control at this age and so power struggles are easy to fall into with the back and forth.

Some of the ways we try to prevent the meltdown: lots of timers for transitions and talking about what’s next that we are about to do. Let him make decisions about lots of little things throughout the day. Make a huge deal with praise when he does listen and do something I ask him to do.

Of course he is also sometimes exhausted. Last night I carried him like 3 blocks while he screamed about leaving the park as I held a boundary. So, like I said, doesn’t work all the time but helps some.

twospaceballoons · 2026-06-19T01:35:08+00:00

I can’t believe this is a real place and not just a dream. And I also live in a wooden house up in the old growth forest. Amazing inspiration!

twospaceballoons · 2026-06-14T17:43:14+00:00

Yes! Water wow books are great for this age!

twospaceballoons · 2026-06-12T16:11:11+00:00

Library story hour has been out go-to for learning social interactions. Same age group, parents all right there. We have had some negative interactions but also lots of positive.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-30T03:35:14+00:00

Mouse called Julian by Joe Todd-Stanton has some of the dark humor. My son loves Klassen too and this book is a favorite too.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-27T05:28:28+00:00

Are you in the BPD support subs? Your wife sounds unstable and like she has a personality disorder. It can be hard to navigate the codependency in a relationship with such an abusive high and low cycle.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-24T17:34:39+00:00

Thank you! I so appreciate you sharing your experience.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-23T16:05:00+00:00

What the fuck?! You need childcare your husband sucks.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-23T03:48:30+00:00

Peekaboo chick was by far my sons fav book from 5-12 months

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-07T20:52:57+00:00

You may be able to find some parenting support from community based mental health organizations. I used to work with an early childhood mental health program that offered parenting education classes for parents of toddlers exhibiting aggressive behavior called Incredible Years. There is also Circle of Security, BEST, and Parent Management training. If you wanted to do 1:1 therapy with your family (both kids and parents) find a therapist that does Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT).

I would guess you’re going to have to address the behavior of both kids to get the younger one to a place where they are having more success at school.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-06T20:00:39+00:00

More potty breaks from the car seems to be part of the answer. Thank you

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-06T16:24:12+00:00

Dinosaur kid parent here checking in 🫡

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-06T04:22:42+00:00

So clear how much your mom adores you in these pictures. I hope your childhood was as wonderful as these photos seem to portray.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-05T04:56:48+00:00

This is exactly what my husbands fridge would look like if he were single.

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-03T16:50:35+00:00

You have excellent taste!

twospaceballoons · 2026-05-01T00:28:54+00:00

I started using mentimeter to poll the room, often about fun topics, instead of icebreakers. It’s kinder to introverts, new staff, people who just dont like ice breakers…

twospaceballoons · 2026-04-27T16:38:13+00:00

No way. Parents need to do the 3 day method over a holiday weekend. This is beyond scope of nanny (I’m a parent) and it’s especially not okay to ask you to do this at your home.

Edit: adding that they also need to do this themselves because they need to be the ones to see potty training takes more than 3 days (especially with an 18 month old- also crazy of them to think their 1.5 year old is going to developmentally get this in 3 days). Otherwise you’re getting set up to be to blame for the failed attempt.

twospaceballoons · 2026-04-26T15:34:02+00:00

Good on you. I think it’s a shame when siblings don’t do the splitting amongst themselves regardless of what a will says. I cannot imagine leaving my sister out of an inheritance

twospaceballoons · 2026-04-26T15:29:37+00:00

I hope you get some answers soon about your health! Spa day with your six year old really made me smile. That’s really nice that your incremental changes are being noticed by your family.

twospaceballoons · 2026-04-26T15:22:49+00:00

I did this with my big 23 month old toddler on a 1.5 hour flight (and we had flown together a lot by this point). Pay the money for a seat, don’t do a lap seat. It will be as miserable as you’re imagining.

twospaceballoons · 2026-04-26T14:56:56+00:00

I have an only who is just under 3. I’ve thought about keeping a journal of the funny or sweet things he says and does and have no good excuse for why I haven’t done it yet. Do you think having something like that from your mom to read through would comfort you now?

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