u/heyitscallie

Hi! I am looking for your favorite resources on patenting advice to toddlers but in small bites. I have personally followed some accounts on instagram and TikTok that I enjoy that talk about gentle parenting, tantrums, etc., but I am hoping to find some additional resources to share with my husband.

Our daughter is now entering the threenager phase and tantrums are fully ramping up. I feel like I’ve learned a lot about early childhood development over the years as a teacher and just following some of the research based accounts (they’re OTs, PTs, psychs etc) but it’s would like to be able to share some specific readable content with my husband that isn’t just a book. We are both trying to get fully on the same team with how we handle tantrums and general toddlerhood, but a book isn’t necessarily a feasible format for either of us at the moment (although I am hoping we can both listen to a couple so if you have any reccs, send them my way)

I’m losing my mind with my daughter’s constant morning struggle. Every morning I open her door she says “no school today!” And has a fit when I tell her “yes, honey, today is Monday/tuesday/etc so you have school today”

It’s been like this for nearly a year now. I’m at my wits end. For a few weeks letting her pick out an outfit or dress made getting dressed easier and she didn’t have a meltdown but it’s not working anymore. She will be 3 in August and absolutely loves her school - she can tell me who her friends are and what they play together at school. She’s always in such a good mood when we finally get to school and when I pick her up. But getting her dressed and ready to go in the mornings is always a fight and I’m so sick of it.

Yesterday she was afraid to go to the doctor and she was able to tell me it was because she was scared of getting a shot, I explained we were just going to try to make her feel better and wouldn’t be getting any shots and she was fine. But she can’t seem to tell me why she doesn’t want to go to school, just that “I don’t want to see my preschool friends.” It was like this in her toddler classroom too a few months ago.

Please share any advice you might have 🥲