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Two Toddlers

I know that I am at the tail end of the 'two toddlers' phase, and will soon enter the 'one toddler and one young child' phase.

But...we're going out with a bang.

Seriously, I really thought my complaining about being exhausted ALL the time days were over, but then they came back with a vengeance! (And a pandemic).


Having two toddlers is like this (and I'm not shaming my kids at all, they are behaving appropriately for their ages and development levels...it's just mostly totally insane, that's all):

*Both kids will strip off their outfits (including diapers, clean or not) and run around the house naked. Getting them back into their clothes and diapers is really tough, cause they just think it's a funny game. This happens about 3-4 times a day these days. 
My Cub Pack

SOLUTION: Just let them roam in the nude at home. Saves me struggling to get them back in clothes.

*Toddler fights. The boys will go from getting along super well, to freaking out because one has an extra slice of banana in a red bowl, and that's not OK. This literally happened yesterday morning. Theo started screaming and pointing at Jake's remaining bananas in his yogourt bowl. So I asked Jake to 'donate' a banana to Theo, which he did. Not good enough. Turns out Theo wanted the banana slice to be fed to him by his brother, and nothing else was acceptable. By the time I actually figured this out, there was yogourt everywhere, Jake was also very upset, and everyone was crying.

SOLUTION: Stay calm, explain in words what is and is not acceptable ('You are frustrated, but I can't let you hit your little brother'). Praise them when they share/play well together/do nice things for each other. 

*They still have complicated bedtime routines. OK, so Jake's is 'easier' cause he generally has his bottle and then falls asleep. Sometimes he needs to have me lie with him for 15-30 minutes, but it's extremely rare that I am in his room for longer than 45 minutes.

Theo doesn't nap anymore in the day, and STILL has a hard time falling asleep at night. Thomas takes care of his bedtime, but often has to go in and out of his room 3-4 times before he fully falls asleep. Most nights we can expect everyone to be in bed and asleep by 830-9, but then they get up 1-2 times a night, and wake up around 6AM. Can't win.

SOLUTION: We decided we are going to try putting Theo for a nap a bit later in the day, but only let him sleep for an hour or so. This might help with the over-exhausted challenging behaviour.

IT'S TOUGH BUT OMG THEY ARE SOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUTE.

The Cutest Toddlers I Ever Did See


Soon they will be bigger.
Soon they will be easier to 'manage'.
But right now, I'm gonna try to stay with the magic of the toddler zone, even if it's super challenging. 

I love these monkeys so much <3


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