1. They're only little once. Rock them a little longer, soak up every cuddle, and kiss them all you can. Someday they won't want their mommy to hold them anymore.
2. Laugh at the hard times. You know, when your toddler throws her plate of spaghetti across the room... Laugh!
3. Make an effort to spend your time with them unplugged. Put down that iPhone, turn off that movie and just play.
4. Have patiences. Our toddlers test them, because they are making sure we will be able to handle their teenage years.
5. Don't compare your child to others. Every child is very different and you will have to treat them that way.
6. Don't compare yourself to other parents; simply be the best that you can be. Just like every child is different, every parent is different. What's important to me, may not be important to another mom or dad.
7. Having the latest toy or the newest clothes does not measure how much you love your babies
8. Tell your children how much you love them, every chance you get.
9. Let your children teach you a thing or two. You'd be surprised the things you could learn from an 18 month old.
10. Take way too many pictures.
11. Yelling gets you no where. Speak to your children the way you'd want them to speak to you. One day those cute little munchkins will be big bad teenagers. Respect them to expect to be respected.
12. Make building self-esteem a priority in your parenting.
13. Teach them how to lose. Now-a-days kids don't know what it's like to lose. Losing helps build coping skills.
14. Let them make mistakes... And learn from the consequences.
15. Simply love them. Being loved is a powerful thing.
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