JJ

Hang in there – you’re not alone. It will get better! For us, a few things that have been helpful include: ParentData community, Good Inside (book), Hunt Gather Parent (book), and nightly spouse check ins. In the spouse check in’s we check in on how each of us is doing, what did/didn’t work, and try to find some humor. Another thing we do is keep a journal for our son – we started it at birth and write memorable moments (when he started walking, as well as other life moments like throwing an epic tantrum at baggage claim, or biting a friend at school because they wouldn’t let his best friend be a super hero).

Hope this helps!

We struggled through this as well – hang in there! My husband and I have tried a few different methods. As our son aged, or day to day, different things seemed to work. For us, what has been most helpful is the the ParentData community, Good Inside (book), Hunt, Gather, Parent (book), and having nightly spouse check in’s. In our spouse check-in’s we talk about what worked that day & what didn’t, try to find some humor, maybe write in the journal we keep for our son so when he gets to this stage with his own kids he knows how we worked through it. Sometimes we also take a relay approach – if a tantrum starts with one parent, or one of us is sick/stressed already, we tag the other and go take a timeout away while the calmer parent remains in charge.