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One morning you’re walking around the house stepping on cookie crisp, then you’re chasing your toddler in each room to try and clean his snotty nose! This doesn’t sound like the ‘joys’ of parenting a toddler but I promise, it is, with more to come in this post if you read on.

Chaotic mornings

Yes, it’s chaos but I wouldn’t have it any other way and here’s way. One morning, Freddy might not need me/his dad to help brush his teeth, ask for that cup of “teeeeeea” or cuddle us so close that we don’t want to move for the rest of the day. Toddlers wake up with a burst of energy in the mornings and just when you think you’re safe, the toddler tornado hits. Take this morning for example, it’s the weekend so we’re not in a rush to be anywhere but Freddy made his his mission to empty his crayons and pencils over the floor, dance in the kitchen, clap and happily say “Yay!” because he got his colours right. Our mornings wouldn’t be the same without his cheeky, happy, beautiful smile. Also, you’ve kinda done a workout at home already, so it’s a bonus!

Toddler ways

Freddy loves to get his coat (it has to be the green dinosaur one at the minute), grab his “shoooooes” for me or his daddy to put on him, and now lifts his bag like he’s a big boy going to school. He absolutely melts our hearts. Honestly, sometimes, you can’t get mad when you’re losing your patience at trying to get the other foot in his trainer and he’s giddy moving around because his happiness lights up your day… but we do have to get a move on, kid!

Cute habits

Freddy knows that he can go into the kitchen, take one of his bowls from the cupboard and place it on the worktop for me or his daddy to give him either: an apple, banana, cereal, crackers, a yoghurt, OR some mini white chocolate buttons, because there’s nothing like hyping a toddler up eh?! When he chooses a yoghurt, he will grab a spoon from the drawer, place the yoghurt pot and spoon onto his table or wait to be placed into his high chair. Watching him be content during these moments is everything.

Pronouncing words

I have quotes a few of the words above but I’m going to share some more. Let’s take colours as one example: “Ed, oranjjjjjj, bluuuuue, greeeeen, yellohhh, ink etc.” they are all longer or shorter in some cases of the actual word. Can you gather which colours they are? He is so proud that he runs over to us with a colour or pointing at a book or toy and tells us the colour. Another round of my favourites are his number pronunciations: “On, twooo, feeee, urgh, ive, shicks, evern, aaaate, niiiine, ten, eyevon etc.” What will me and his dad do once he eventually says them the right way? I’ll be sad to be honest but right now we can embrace the Freddy way.

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Parenting a toddler doesn’t come without tantrums and meltdowns but those are tiny when you have a greater perspective for the love and laughter your child brings into your life.