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    5 Steps to Surviving Toddler Tantrums

    My son has some real doozies when it comes to tantrums. I’ve never been around kids much, so dealing with this is WAY out of my comfort zone and I have no idea what I’m doing. Sometimes I get so frustrated I want to have my own tantrum. I recently turned to Google in a desperate attempt to find out if there was anything I could be doing differently. Every article pretty much had the same old crap – distract them, take them outside and away from the situation, get creative with art, hug them or give them your undivided…

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    Angry Mommy – When Mom Needs a Time Out Too

    The other day my toddler son was really pushing it, not listening, throwing things at my head and generally driving me crazy. So, what do I do? Yell “Keelan stop it right now! Mommy’s getting mad! You won’t like me when I’m angry!” And then I realized I was quoting the Incredible Hulk, or technically Bruce Banner before he Hulks out. Mom Hulk Needs a Time Out I was at the point where I felt more like I was turning purple than green, but just the realization that I was turning into Mom Hulk made me stop and laugh at…