child development
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The plastic storage bin is a boat.
It amuses me how everything at this age (almost 3 years) is a firm declaration. Ending with an exclamation point. “You did it! Yay! That was a great song! I’m going to ride in the boat! Oh no, lotsa water! I need a napkin! (wipe-wipe-wipe) I wiped it up!” When did we lose that certainty,… Continue reading
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Holding space
She’s been having more tantrums and showing relatively more aggression since she’s turned two (“relatively” because it’s still pretty rare, as she’s never been a very aggressive person)…When she’s overtired or gets upset for some reason, she’ll scream and cry and sometimes throw a toy or hit something—mostly inanimate objects like the wall or the… Continue reading
Three Dots at the End.... 