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@lostandafraid Here’s some free ones online (and you can internet search things like “DBT infographics” - many are for sale but you can grab a screenshot): https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheets/dbt/none...

@laurie4321 You are in good company 🥰 when I started viewing my toddler through that lens, I became much more empathetic to her insecurities and emotional triggers. Now I try very hard to behave with her the way I wish people would treat me when I’m having a hard time. Plus the memes are great 🤣.

@laurie4321 Nope, I’m sorry to tell you but… you do not get any of those luxuries, hire the babysitter 🫠🤣 three is THE WORST. Everything you say is what I’m going through right now too. I have a 3.5yo and a newborn. Everyone asks me about how hard it must be to deal with the new baby not...

@christbrah Not too late and you might want to preemptively put one up too haha

@laurie4321 My toddler broke her door off at the hinges, you are in good company 😂 luckily we have a very tall gate installed and sit on the other side of it while she rides the wave of her oftentimes violent tantrums. It’s fun 🙃.

@laurie4321 Oh gosh you have a baby too. That adds more layers of complexity. If you don’t want to close his door, put a baby gate up in there and close it after you walk out. He may tantrum (which is NOT the same as infant CIO), but if the room is set up for him, he will eventually figure out...

@sabrina_ I totally understand and think it’s best to never leave distressed children. You are 🙌!

@laurie4321 Sorry I am responding to you in like 3 different places. We changed our daughter’s room (with the gate) into more of a safe space for her to get out energy and emotions, so it’s pretty sparse to avoid destruction. She cosleeps with us. We rotate toys and keep them in the living room...

@sabrina_ Awesome suggestions. One thing to remember about quiet time tantrums is that with CIO, an infant thinks they are being abandoned + they struggle with object permanence and truly think they are alone, Toddlers are screaming not because they believe they are dying but because you are not...