My little man can at times be a challenge. And so I have been doing some reading on ideas of things to try. Different things. Changing how I react. Much easier said than done. But I think as time goes on it will get easier. Sometimes the different thing is quiet.
What I have noticed is that it works. Patience. And lots of it. His meltdowns are reactions to his really big emotions. And it is better to learn how to get through them than to stuff them down inside. So he is learning new skills and I am learning new skills. As we are putting our skills into practice the meltdowns are getting shorter.
Each child has always given me something different to learn about. Not a single one ever prepared me for any of the others. And of course the little man has unique challenges that the older ones didn't have. We just take it all one day at a time.
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