Hello and I'm Gwenelayland.

Hello and welcome to Child Proof.

I am your host Torrey Phantom and I'm Gwenelaitland.

Today is an episode you, our listeners made.

Today we are going into our email inbox, childproof at betches.com

to read your comments, stories, and maybe answer some of your questions.

These are honestly my favorite types of episodes because it feels like I'm taking my friends

out for coffee and just chatting about parenting things, little venting, little advice, little story.

Like I love these.

Agreed and in good news since this is an email roundup we are going timer list today.

You are welcome. So our first email comes from

Jackie thank you for making this podcast and talking about all things parenting in a

way that is so relatable and non-judgmental.

You're welcome, Jackie.

I always say that I had a bachelor's degree in early childhood education before I had my first

child and I still Google questions or ask others for advice all the time.

That being said, the best advice I've gotten is for an infant, be flexible and give myself

grace. As soon as I had a flow to my day that worked, my child

dropped a nap or started table foods or learned how to crawl and everything was

thrown off again. And now, only a few years later, I couldn't even tell you my schedules that I tried to stay on at each age.

Toddler, regulate myself first. Toddlers are energetic, curious, emotional, and sometimes overwhelming. I needed to calm

myself so I could respond in a positive way and I found a ton of new skills that I used for myself, singing or talking in a silly voice,

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