Tears.

Yelling.

Arguing.

Throwing things.

This is life with a cranky 2 year old!

Our usually placid, calm, charming daughter, Isabella, has been in the midst of the terrible twos lately and WOW! It’s been tough for everyone involved.

You think she’s OK and then all of a sudden something will tip her over the edge.

And then she turns into a mini-cyclone!

As a parent, it’s so hard to see your little one experiencing so much emotion, and we’ve tried lots of different things to help her to calm down.

So far, only one thing has worked. And it’s something that us adults can also use in times of stress, high emotion or when we’re feeling out of control.