What's happening in that brain is that they have a lot of synapses, more synapses than adults,

twice as many synapses. And that synapses, as you know, are connections in the brain, right?

So synapses are how we learn. The more synapses that we have, the more we're going to absorb and

using that terminology of their brains are like a sponge, right? Yes. The toddler brain is like a

sponge. They are absorbing everything because they have twice as many synapses as adults. So they

learn faster than any other time in their life. Welcome back to the Pete Stockton podcast. I am

so grateful that you join me every week to learn about parenting tips, health and development for

your child, and also just parental mindset. It is just such an honor to be able to give this

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Make sure that I know so that I can either invite more guests like that or do more episodes,

like the ones that you're asking for. On this episode of Monday Mornings with Dr. Mona,

I welcome Hillary. And she doesn't have a particular issue or concern. She just wants to talk about

child development. And I love talking about child development. We go over the terrible twos and the

three-nager terminology. And what actually is happening in the toddler brain during these years?

Hey, Hillary. Thank you so much for joining me on the podcast. So tell me, what is on your mind

today as a mom? Hi, Dr. Mona. I'm so excited to be here. And what's on my mind today? So I have a

daughter, Ben Lee, who's two, about to be two and a half. And I've just been thinking a lot about

child development. And you hear these buzzwords of the terrible twos and three majors. And I really

just wanted to kind of pick your brain and have a conversation about what's actually happening

in the toddler brain, in a child's brain during this time, and how that may be impacting their

behavior, emotions, all of those sorts of things. Oh, I love this. I love talking about this stuff.

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