This toddler mom's life is not for the faint at heart. Last week I shared 3 Lessons/Principles from the Montessori Toddler that I wanted to implement for the week and it didn’t take me long to realize that it would better serve our family to work these principles into our day-to-day lives at least two weeks at a time, or three, or four LOL.
Old habits die hard, and it takes repetition and a whole lot of intentionality to build consistency.
Saying “No” Less
My goal of using more positive language has been… alright. I’ve realized that you don’t know how little positive language you neglect to use until you are trying to be more intentional about actually using it. It’s easier to simply say no than it is to take the time to redirect or explain something to your child. It’s easier to simply say stop or any other command than it is to actually converse with your child.
Over the last week, I’ve been trying to implement positive language more. I haven’t always gotten it right but I’m still trying. I’m also trying to figure what to do when I use positive language and Josiah ignores it LOL (consider this a cry for help).
The Grumpy Monkey
Helping Josiah deal with his frustration has been way easier than the positive language goal. I ordered The Grumpy Monkey book, (which we love) and it has helped him to begin to understand that being upset is okay but, being rude because you are upset is not. We are still working on this one, but it’s going well. I find that I get better results when I get down eye level and and Josiah talks through his feelings.
The Schedule
Right now our schedule is not traditional, but it is a schedule/rhythm. As each day passes I can see our rhythm getting better, so I feel that this one has been the easiest to implement so far.
The biggest lesson I’ve learned over the last week of implementing these principles from The Montessori Toddler is that no parenting technique is one size fits all. Parenting takes works, and if you want to parent in a way that’s most beneficial to children it’s takes even more work because you have to be cognizant of what you say and how you say it.
Perfect parents don’t exist, all we can do is try our best and try to get better as we go.
As always, thanks for reading. I’ll see you in the next blog.
This week I’m bringing you a Las Vegas eatery located in Fremont by the name Carson Kitchen…