Two and a half.

Oh god this age. When they start talking to express what they want or don’t want. In the best case. In the worst case they just get upset and cry. This phase honestly requires so much calmness from me that I sometimes question whether I can survive all this. I think everybody who has a toddler at home can somehow relate to me. My only advise is, whatever you do, don’t scream at them and don’t hit them. Because from a biological and psychological aspect, toddlers are supposed to be like that. They are perfectly normal behaving that way. So don’t try to change them kids, try to connect with them instead. It’s way easier than getting annoyed and upset every time a tantrum appears out of nowhere.

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I know. When they are sweet, they are SO sweet. But when they are upset, they are SO upset.
So, what I will do is giving you book recommendations.
Trust me, reading will hopefully help you to stay sane through this phase.
A lot of the books I read are in German and not available in English for whatever reason, so I will share the ones in English that I found helpful and keep re-reading:

The tantrum phase & book recommendations.

Recommended books:

The Montessori Toddler / The Whole-Brain Child / No-Drama Discipline / Artgerecht - das andere Kleinkindbuch (German) / Kinder Verstehen - Born to be wild (German)