10 Things That Are Beautiful About The Toddler Years

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The toddler years can be rough. Today I’m calling out all the sweet, beautiful things that I will mourn the loss of when these years are over.

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The Toddler Years

Oh the toddler years. They sure are fun, huh? I thought that I had my hands full whenever I had Branden and when I started to figure things out, I felt so confident that I even wrote a guide to getting through the “terrible twos.”Then I think there’s gotta be something that happens to our brain chemistry that blocks out just how hard these years are whenever these little people that we birthed are trying to figure the world out (I get it: I’m still trying to figure things out), because no one would ever do this again willingly. We then had Blake and she put everything I felt I had a firm grasp on about the toddler years to shame. She. Is. A. Handful.

Busy doesn’t even begin to describe our sweet Blake. I wake her up in the morning on days she doesn’t get to me first and she leaps out of bed immediately, I have to beg her for a good morning hug, and then she’s out the door running to find Branden. If I ran as fast as her first thing in the morning, I would be a marathon running champ. But here we are, at the point where the days are more difficult (for me) than they were during the newborn years when I at least had long stretches of nap time during the day. At this point in the game, I know it’s trite to say “embrace the chaos,” but that’s all the wisdom that this mama has got for you. Oh! And if you want to read something that will make you giggle, check out my post about the phases parents go through during a toddler meltdown.

So today, I’m switching things up and focusing on only the positive. The giggles. The memories. The things that we try to remember whenever a toddler tantrum strikes that is so fierce that we just might let ourselves have 2 glasses of wine that night. (Read: My Defense Against My Glass of Wine At the End of The Night)

10 Things That Are Beautiful About The Toddler Years

I know that you will all be able to relate to these wonderfully, sweet, innocent and memorable toddler moments. They truly are beautiful.

1. When they first start stringing words together to make sentences.

The first words are great. However, whenever they first starting trying to merge the words they do know into sentences and start to talk are pure magic. Yes, they sometimes bring on much laughter, but oh boy, I will miss these days.

2. The cuddling.

I don’t get it in the morning (re: my opening paragraphs), but there’s always a point in the day when cuddling takes center stage and it is everything.

3. The need they have for us.

It’s a beautiful thing to still be needed and there’s no shortage of that in toddlerhood.

4. All the “I do it myself” moments.

As frustrating as it can be, there is something so satisfying watching them figure things out for themselves and whenever they finally get it right – so much pride!

5. The look in their eye when they learn something new.

Pure. Magic.