Our littlest love has been unwell on and off for the past couple of weeks.
Trying, exhausting, relentless nights.
Breastfeeding like a newborn baby.
Up and down all night, soothing and cuddling, feeding and loving.
Gentle Parenting
“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a nation.” Nelson Mandela
Guiding your Children’s behaviour when they’re overstimulated
Guiding your children’s behaviour; In our home we use the ‘time in’ approach for our girls ‘red light behavior’ ie. Hurting each other. We have always felt that a ‘time out’ approach does not validate our daughters’ feelings, it shuns them from their family for experiencing ‘big’ feelings that they are struggling to control and it only teaches them that its ‘not ok’ to be upset.
Discipline is not a dirty word.
Discipline – one word that makes most gentle parents cringe. Discipline is not a dirty word. In fact the very definition of discipline in the old English language referred to a branch of knowledge and in Latin “Disciplina” means to teach.
Anxiety in children
Anxiety is part of our survival instinct. When faced with a threatening situation, our brains and bodies respond by kicking into safety mode. Our adrenalin starts pumping, which helps us get ready to escape the danger.
Fearful and anxious behaviour can be common in children – especially as they come across a new situation and/or experience. Most children will learn to cope with their different fears and worries.
However, they may need a little extra support when:
tantrums, an attempt to communicate.
A two year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it! -Jerry Seinfeld –
Toddlers don’t need ‘Taming”
Toddlers don’t need ‘taming’, or ‘correcting’ – they need our empathy and respect – Robin Grille –
Numerous reasons for “misbehaviour” in toddlers
We all know that there are numerous reasons for “misbehaviour” in toddlers, yet a lot of the time for us as parents it is surprisingly easy to only see the behaviour without regard for what brought it about. – Jan Hunt, ‘the natural child’ –