So for everything bedtime and life really we recommend the parent is in charge of the big stuff what time we go to bed when we go to bed and what is happening in the routine.

We are deciding how many books even, right?

Because if we let our toddler choose how many books,

they're picking 35.

And then in that, we are letting our toddler feel like they're super involved and in

control with those little things.

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Every woman listening gets the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself. Kristen and Dina of big little feelings are here today and we couldn't be more excited.

First of all, we're dealing with a lot of toddlers between the two of us and then secondly this is one of the

names that comes up over and over and over again when we ask our community who

they want on the podcast. Kristen is a mama of two toddlers and

Dina is a child therapist, a parent coach, and a mom to be.

I'd love to get started by hearing about how big little feelings came to be,

including where the idea came from and how the two of you know each other.

Okay, cool. Well, I'm Dina. I'll kick it off for us. So I'm a child therapist or really a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses specifically on parenting and working with really young kids zero to five.

And for me as a child therapist, I just really wanted to make the best and

most effective tips and tricks available for parents to use at home because toddlerhood can be

can be a really kind of like tough phase and there are so many things we can do at home to, one, help us as parents get through these times,

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