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Mind sharing any piece of advice that you felt particularly useful? Thank you in advance. I’m so excited!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you need a minute, put them down somewhere safe, and take that minute. Sometimes the crying gets to you, and that’s OK too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I second this. "Self soothing" is an incredibly important, yet often criminally underrated, skill. It makes me want to crawl out of my skin to hear my kids crying, but if they are in a timeout or it's simply bedtime, I have to hold my ground and let them "cry it out".

I hate it so much.