Life Admin for Toddler Parents

Set the table

Toddlerdom Starts about the time kid can get on the move and has the option/choices to leave parents and start self-serving desires. Those options come for a being that has few functional internal governors and no toleration for frustration. Hence the mayhem and meltdowns we associate with toddlerdom. 

 

A few life admin facts about toddlerdom

• Schedules and routines are your friends here. 

  • Use them, rarely deviating more than 30 minutes. You will get burned. 

  • The new family normal

• Still need flexibility. For example, meals, because toddlers don’t eat consistently and they do eat in streaks.

• Transportation: car seats and other issues.

• Interior decor. The three foot line

• Garden design

 

A few to dos during toddlerdom

• Start teaching chores

• Set boundaries and let them explore within those boundaries. 

  • baby proofing

  • saying no

  • 2 choices

• Oh, the problems a little bit of food or an hour earlier to bed can solve! 

• Know what the meltdowns are about. Not the subject matter, but the meta: lack of frustration coping mechanisms or insecurity about new independence [discuss the clinging phase]​