Toddler Talk Thursday

How do you handle toddler temper tantrums??

I was always worried about the "terrible twos". When Gracie was 2 she was an angel...a saint. I had no problems with tantrums or fits or anything like that.

Then she turned 3.

Holy crap on a cracker~~!!

This has definetly been the most challenging year so far. She definetly has a mind of her own and knows what she wants and when she wants it and if you don't do it to her liking BAM!!!! total meltdown. Yes. Gracie is the only child so she does get alot of attention from me and Shane, and when she doesn't get our undivided attention...the screaming begins. Everyone keeps telling me that when she turns 4 it will get much better. i hope their right.

:Punishment:

We are definetly not against spanking. And if she gets totally out of control a spanking is definetly in order. Now most of the time we stand her in the corner for being bad and when that doesn't work I start taking away her favorite toys or taking away watching a favorite movie. I hate punishing Gracie but it is necessary. i usually have Shane do alot of the punishment because..well..lets face it...daughters listen to their fathers (I always did)

If we did not punish Gracie she would be a Grade A Spoiled Rotten Brat!



Toddler Talk Thursday

Playground Etiquette

How do you deal with other kids on the playground bullying/hitting/pushing your child?

Wow...this topic totally hits home for me. I am very very protective of Gracie. When she is sad, I am sad. When another child isn't be fair/nice to her it really bothers me. We went to the playground alot this summer and I only ran into one situation that I wasn't happy with.

There was a couple girls at the playground that were maybe a couple yrs older than Gracie there one night. Gracie is such a happy child and she is friendly with everyone. She was trying to play with them and they were running from her and then she finally caught up with them and the one girl turned around and yelled "We don't wanna play with you, get away from us." ....o.m.g.

I saw red.

Gracie's face just broke my heart :(

I'm not even gonna say what I wanted to say to this girl. lol

I know things like this are gonna happen but it still hurts. Nobody wants to see their child get their feelings hurt...its awful.

Anywho....ending on a good note. Here are some pics from this summers playground adventures!!