Im barely surviving this toddler era can anyone offer advice to make thing easier?
Hi so to start this off i want to clarify what i mean. I feel like im failing in every aspect to teach my toddler to function as a being,
some examples would be my toddler not wanting to eat really anything but wanting 2-4 bottles of milk every night and to clarify yes i do water down her milk and she only has a bottle a night she uses straws during the day and i have not noticed it affect her teeth. Back to the subject I have tried to offer my toddler NUMEROUS of foods including my cultured mexican dishes and the only thing she will SOMETIMES eat is tenders and fries but even that she will only take two bites of a tender and 3 fries. Im not sure if im overthinking this but seeing how much other toddlers can eat worries me about mine. how can i encourage her to take more bites of or try new food? without spitting out cause she also loves to do that.
2nd example would be tantrums!!!! she has SO many tantrums throughout the day I cant even keep track of how many. I theorize that she has so many of them due to being hangry never eating enough or being tired because she refuses to nap(which is another example ill get into later). some of her tantrums i can shut down quickly once i notice them starting other ones can last up to 30 minutes and what i do when she has long tantrums is i ignore her or close her in the room until shes calm. Is this normal for her age? how can i help her regulate her emotions?
3rd example would be speech. I know she is only two so this might not be so worrying but when i meet kids a little older than her they are speaking full sentences and my toddler only speaks 2-3 word sentences. i only wish to improve this for her sake in being able to talk to other kids and make friends at the playground when we go because she very much seems to want to make friends she approaches other kids but starts speaking in gibberish 💔. i would really appreciate some tips on helping her pick up quicker.
4th example would be SLEEPING. she hates taking her nap or going to bed she regularly throws a tantrum every time every day and when she wakes up she throws ANOTHER tantrum. i dont understand why she just wakes up screaming even after a full 2 hour nap. i am just so tired of constant tantrums i dont know what to do anymore. i have a constant headache and i cant even seem to regulate my own emotions anymore i need some kind of help or advice please🙏