We’re pretty settled back into our routine now that my wife has been out of her partial hospitalization program. Thankfully the DBT she did there is actually helping and she’s realizing her stress tolerance is lower than other people’s and letting me help more. The almost 3 year old doesn’t listen to her as much as me though and has much more frequent and intense tantrums. I hope that will decrease over time as she learns her mom isn’t as volatile.
We tried to do the zoo yesterday. Overall we had a good time but it was a waste of money, barely saw any animals cause the toddler was lollygagging and ended up melting down from being tired. Had to carry her out of there kicking and screaming for a solid 10 minutes, always fun. Think we’ll wait till they’re both older before we do that again, we’ve been a few times and it usually goes like that. Plus I’m not the biggest fan of zoos anyway, at least ours does a lot of legit conservation work.
Maybe try the zoo during the morning on a weekday in the fall? School makes for less crowds and the animals then to like the mornings more anyway and cooler weather. Just a thought. Hope it goes better next time. Tantrums are hard.
We’re pretty settled back into our routine now that my wife has been out of her partial hospitalization program. Thankfully the DBT she did there is actually helping and she’s realizing her stress tolerance is lower than other people’s and letting me help more. The almost 3 year old doesn’t listen to her as much as me though and has much more frequent and intense tantrums. I hope that will decrease over time as she learns her mom isn’t as volatile.
We tried to do the zoo yesterday. Overall we had a good time but it was a waste of money, barely saw any animals cause the toddler was lollygagging and ended up melting down from being tired. Had to carry her out of there kicking and screaming for a solid 10 minutes, always fun. Think we’ll wait till they’re both older before we do that again, we’ve been a few times and it usually goes like that. Plus I’m not the biggest fan of zoos anyway, at least ours does a lot of legit conservation work.
Maybe try the zoo during the morning on a weekday in the fall? School makes for less crowds and the animals then to like the mornings more anyway and cooler weather. Just a thought. Hope it goes better next time. Tantrums are hard.
Thanks! The one good visit we had was on a weekday when school was in session. I was also thinking to get a used wagon to pull the toddler in.