Has anyone read/tried the strategies in Karp's Happiest Toddler? Do you recommend? We used Happiest Baby stuff when she was an infant and had success. At 15 mo, she's started with mini-tantrums and hitting, so we're trying to figure out how to deal with them.
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We use this book. I'm still reading through it. The "Fast Food Rule" is really good. It helps to understand that toddlers are little cavemen. They're learning to communicate in the world. Karp gives some good strategies on how to talk to a toddler and have wins with both parents. Learning that toddlers need some small wins is super helpful too.
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The toddlerease (I think that is what it was called) felt soooo awkward doing it but it works!!!!!
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I'm hoping to get this from the library!
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I really want to read this. Hope it's available on the kindle app for ebooks.
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Yes, i consulted it a lot during the earlier toddler months (18ish months) and found it helped me be a lot more patient and use tactics to handle tantrums before it escalated.
I totally agree that kids need small wins. Sometimes just by changing up the phrase, "Can you help me by putting on your shirt" is received better compared to "Can you please put on this shirt." So weird.
I also really like How to talk so kids will listen.
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I've started reading it and I like it so far but find myself getting flustered in the heat of a tantrum and not successfully implementing the strategies in the book.
Toddler-ese is so awkward and I never feel like I'm hitting the sweet spot of conveying empathy without being too fake about it.
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