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You want(ed) your kids badly.

@thetriggeredmomma

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Why it worked

The video resonates with parents by validating their complex emotions of love and overwhelm, using relatable scenarios of toddler behavior to create a strong emotional connection and encourage engagement.

Summary

This video discusses the challenging physical behaviors of toddlers, such as pinching and biting, explaining that these are normal developmental stages. The creator offers to share strategies for parents who love their children deeply but struggle with the constant physical contact.

Structure

1Acknowledging parental love for children
2Describing difficult toddler behaviors
3Explaining the developmental normalcy of these behaviors
4Highlighting the disconnect between understanding and feeling
5Offering a solution and call to follow

Call to action

follow me. We talk about that here.

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You want(ed) your kids badly. But the unintentional toddler behavior of: Pinching. Hitting. Biting. Scratching. Lack of body awareness as they dig an elbow into your nipple. That is ALL developmentally normal as they learn how to become a human makes your eye twitch, skin crawl and insides want to scream. If you love your kids deeply AND sometimes cannot stand being touched by them... follow me. We talk about that here.

Original caption

You can desperately want your children. Love them more than you knew you could love another human. And still have moments where one more tiny hand grabbing your face, climbing on your body, pinching your skin or accidentally digging an elbow directly into your nipple makes you want to crawl out of your own skin. Both can be true. Because understanding that a behavior is developmentally normal doesn’t magically make your nervous system enjoy experiencing it. Your toddler isn’t trying to overstimulate you. AND your body can still be screaming PLEASE STOP TOUCHING ME. That doesn’t make you a bad mom. The goal isn’t to convince yourself you should enjoy every part of motherhood because you wanted your kids. It’s learning to notice what’s happening inside of you before that internal “GET OFF OF ME” becomes yelling, snapping, shame or resentment. And sometimes? It’s also just giving yourself permission to say: “I love you. And I need some space for my body right now.” You’re allowed to have boundaries with the tiny humans you created. If motherhood has made you realize you can be completely obsessed with your kids and wildly overstimulated by them at the exact same time — follow along. That intersection is kind of my thing. 😂 #TheTriggeredMomma #OverstimulatedMom #ToddlerMom #MotherhoodUnfiltered #ParentingTriggers