How do you stay calm?

Question

My 14 month old is just absolutely trying every single last nerve I have. I know that there isn’t intent behind his bad/normal behavior at this age but it honestly doesn’t make it any less frustrating. I am also 5 months pregnant so I think my nerves are just shot anyways ... please, any advice is appreciated. I hate feeling any sort of way towards my sweet baby..

Answer

When my LO is being uncontrollable and "no" or ignoring the behaviour doesn't work, I've developed a 'calm down spot'. I use one spot in my house that we both go and sit down together. I either hum a tune or encourage deep breathing (more for myself and eventually my LO will copy). Once we are both calm and because I'm already at his level we have a chat about the behaviour. Once the chat is over he gives me a kiss and is on his way back to whatever we were doing. This has worked wonders for us. My LO is now 19 months and when he gets to 'growling' and feeling frustrated he has put himself in his calm down spot and then ran back to play with a better attitude. It's not traditional time out because my LO knows he can control how much time he spends there.

How do you stay calm?

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