Hello friends and welcome back to part two of talking toddlers. I have gotten so much great feedback from part one saying that you feel less alone in the world.

And now we're going to talk about some practical application of what it looks like to connect

with our little ones and to actually reach the heart of the matter as well as help

them to make right choices. I hope you enjoy part two and that you're blessed by

it. Have a great day. So back to kind of some of those practical tips. Getting down on your child's level and looking

them in the eyes and being both firm and kind are so important. I think in our busyness, in the ability that we have to have our phones in our hands all the time and have our attention splintered and be so distracted, especially if we have multiple children and our physical presence is being

needed by so many people at the same time that it can feel like it's impossible to

truly take a moment and engage with that

the toddler when they are on the precipice of the meltdown or maybe in full-fledged

atomic mode already.

But I guarantee you that if you will carve out that moment,

say, hey, I'm going to help you with your math problem in just a minute, but I need to go talk to so and so I need to get down there in front of him and take care of this.

That your future self will thank your past self for taking that moment so that you didn't feel like you had.

And you will find that you are able to diffuse a lot of those situations before they escalate into crazy if you are willing to at the front end,

make it clear what your expectations are

and make it clear what the consequences will be.

Make it clear that you love them and then go ahead and follow through if they do not respond as so often happens like they're supposed to.

Now I will give you like I said the one that we are really working on right now is not technically a toddler, but he just turned for.

And so I will give you an example from today.

So he's been really struggling for the last several weeks with that tendency to kind of say no as

soon as he is told something to do even if it's something as simple as go sit in your

seat or I need you to go potty for me please and I realize that these last

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