Toddlers are constantly on the move, and who can blame them?! They have an excess of energy that needs to be released and all the curiosity in the world. This energy can be release through physical or mental activities so check these fun Valentine’s Day inspired toddler activities you can do with your toddler.
Now, the month of February brings the celebration of LOVE and friendship so try to incorporate tons of hearts, some red, pink, white, and even purple in these activities so your toddler can learn to recognize and name these colors while they’re having fun.
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What should I expect from my toddler?
While a child is considered a toddler between the ages of one and three, there is a significant difference between a one year old and a two year old which is the increased mobility, independence, and a better understanding of instructions a 2 year old will have.
Keep in mind that every child develops at their own pace so it’s hard to put an exact age to these toddler activities.
Here is what you should expect from your one year old:
- Can stand on his own.
- Is toddling or walking with little assistance.
- Able to pick up small objects with index finger and thumb.
- Finds hidden objects.
- Can follow simple instructions, specially after observing first.
With this in mind, these group of toddlers will probably play with these activities for 5-10 minutes depending on their personality. They will also put anything and everything they touch in their mouth still so it’s important to use constant supervision with any activities.
Here is what you should expect from your 2 & 3 year olds:
- Walk, run, and jump
- Can turn doorknobs and lids
- Has good thumb and index finger control
- Starts to draw lines and may draw circles
- Can concentrate on a task for about 10 minutes.
- Can remember simple rhymes or lyrics
- Can recognize and name colors and shapes
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Fine Motor Skills/ Arts & Crafts
Fine motor skills are crucial to laying the foundation for their hand-eye coordination and future dexterity to carry out everyday task suck as writing, getting dressed, and feeding themselves so encourage fine motor skills with these fun activities.
Pom Pom Drop
Pom pom drop was a hit with my son when he was 14 months and it still is now that he’s 2.5 years old!
I used one of his snack bottles and just cut a hole on the lid. When he was 14 months he wasn’t able to open the container so I would leave the different size pom poms on the side and he would just get so concentrated trying to pick them up, make sure they don’t fall during the transfer to the hole and pushing them inside.
When he got older, he started to get faster but would fiddle with the lid more until he gained the muscle strength in his fingers to open the lid. He dumps out all the pom poms once he has them all inside and repeats until he’s had enough.
FOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT:
- Go over the colors with your toddler as he picks up the colored pom poms. When they are younger, say the color and wait to see if your little one can say it too.
I had plenty of mornings where I was able to drink my coffee warm with this activity!
Turn the knobs
Another great fine motor skill activity is this DIY snack cap board where they get to turn the the cap.
When my son was 15 months old he would get frustrated trying to turn the cap if the cap was tighten all the way so to make him feel successful in this activity, I would start him off with “semi” unscrewed caps and until he would get used to the twisting movement and was able to unscrew every single one.
FOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT:
- As he got older he started mastering the board and would unscrew them very quickly so I started changing the colors on one side and would ask him to match the colors. I would also ask him to count the caps with me, or name the color of the cap I was pointing at.
NOTE: Please make sure to monitor this activity at all times! The pouch caps are the perfect size for your toddler’s hand to be able to grasp it and manipulate its movement BUT is also small enough to cause a blockage if your toddler decided to stick it in their mouth.
Sort the item
Just like the pom pom drop, I made a slit big enough for Popsicle sticks to fit and another one with a small hole for colorful straws to fit in and my toddler would spend at least 15 minutes sorting them out and even laying them on the floor.
You can also use colorful pipe cleaners instead of straws for a more sensory input.
FOR COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT:
- When my toddler was 14+ months I would point at the shape of the hole and tell him the name of the shape and wait to see of he could imitate the word. As he grew older I would ask him to tell me the shape of the hole that was on the lid or the color of the straw he’d pick up.
If your toddler is a little older, challenge his brain a little more and have him follow a pattern with the sticks or the straws. Place a few sticks in a pattern, give him a stick and ask him where he thinks it goes.
At first he might not know what to do so give him options and say; “Do you think this stick goes perpendicular or parallel to this stick” and show him what perpendicular/parallel looks like.
The first few times we tried this my toddler didn’t quite know how to place the sticks but you could see his little brain gears turning and attempting to place the stick somewhere around. Eventually he was able to follow simple patterns.
Dot the heart
Encourage concentration and hand-eye coordination by giving your toddler dot markers and instruct them to dot the heart.
There are so many ways you can do this activity but here are two simple ones you can do:
- You can draw a heart with circles in it and have your toddler make a dot in every circle.
- You can cut out a heart and instruct your toddler to dot only on the inside of the heart.
You can focus on encouraging creativity and hand-eye coordination by using some painter’s tape to make the shape of a heart and giving your toddler two different color dot markers and let him dot the the paper however he sees fit.
Younger toddlers might be more interested in figuring out how the marker makes the dot or where the color comes from but hang in there and keep exposing your toddler to dot markers! They will eventually concentrate in dotting an image rather than the marker itself.
TIP: If you’re going to take the painter’s tape to reveal a white outline of the heart, be extra careful taking it off the paper. The tape was coming off with some of the paper so I had to go slow .
I Love You To Pieces
This activity is all about letting creativity soar free with your toddler.
- Recycle that cardboard box you have laying around from your last purchase and cut out a big heart or just a regular piece of paper with a clipboard.
- Get some contact paper and attach it to the back of cardboard.
- Cut out some tissue paper and have some square shaped tissue paper and some balled up paper.
Without saying a word start by placing a piece of tissue on the contact paper and then let your toddler join in and take over.
If your toddler is a little older have him work on his gluing and scissor skills!
I cut out a big heart and had my toddler apply glue on the heart and then glue it onto the craft paper. He kept saying “sticky!” in the cutest toddler voice. We used this heart on the Dot the Heart activity!
You could also have your toddler help you cut out little squares of craft paper with these cute animal toddler scissors and have him use the stick glue to glue the paper pieces onto the heart.
- Cut long strips of craft paper and have your toddler make the single cuts to make the squares or the little pieces just so he can practice holding the scissors and the action of actually cutting which can be difficult to some toddlers.
Cupid fills up the heart
Have your toddler refine those fine motor skills and practice patience with this cupid activity.
I love to recycle the empty diaper boxes I usually have laying around to make little DIY activities for my son so he can practice his skills and I can drink my coffee warm.
Draw a big heart in the middle of the box and make small holes inside so your little one can insert pipe cleaner straws through the heart. Make sure to cut the pipe cleaner straw in half so it doesn’t bend too easily and create a little circle on one side of the pipe cleaner so your toddler can practice pinching that side and insert it in the holes.
My son spent quite some time playing and concentrating on this activity. He would have a hard time inserting the pipe cleaner without bending it at first but once he got it, he was filling up the heart and pulling all of the pipe cleaners to do it again.
While i was making this activity I introduced him to the these heart felt stickers that came in multiple sizes and as I was sticking them to the sides I would ask him which heart was smaller and which one was bigger to work on differentiating sizes.
After a while I would also ask him to place a pipe cleaner on top of the heart he though was bigger or smaller, or to match the color of the pipe cleaner to the red hearts.
4-in-1 golf tee activity
This 4-in-1 golf tee activity is great for toddlers and they have a blast hammering down that golf tee until it almost disappears.
Anytime I buy something that comes with styrofoam, I save a piece if it’s thick enough to do this activity since my toddler always has a blast hammering down those golf tees but if you don’t have one you can get an 8 x 4 x 2 inch styrofoam block or even a sphere and cut it in half. I don’t recommend the floral foam because it’s too soft and gets destroyed before they can finish their activity.
You will also need a hammer so if you don’t have a hammer that comes in one of those pegs/drop the ball games you can always order these lightweight toy hammers, just don’t leave them around if you have pets, my dog ended up chewing up the handle of all three!
With young toddlers start out by giving a blank side so they can get the hang of hammering down the golf tee. Have holes pre-made and encourage your younger toddler to push the golf tee and pull it out.
Older toddlers can follow instructions a little better so write the word “LOVE” in dots and ask your toddler to place a golf tee in each black dot.
For the third activity I drew different color dots and asked my son to match the color of the dot with the golf tee.
This golf tee pack comes with so many different colors!
For the last activity, I wanted him to work more on his listening skills and so I drew a zig-zag line and asked my toddler to hammer down the golf tees by following the black line and I left to make dinner while he worked on that and I noticed he took his time making sure the golf tees were on the line before bringing me the block to show me his work.
NOTE: Younger toddlers might want to take a bite out of the styrofoam block so please never leave your toddler unattended. You know your toddler better than anyone so if you think he might take a bite even as an older toddler don’t leave them unattended.
Beading Heart
A great fine motor skills activity for older toddlers is threading pipe cleaners though little beads. The way they concentrate to thread that pipe cleaner through the bead and then pull the bead to the top takes a lot of effort in that toddler brain.
They get to practice hand-eye coordination and get to strengthen those little hand muscles.
Start out by cutting a heart out of cardboard and make one hole in the top middle part of the heart. Thread two pipe cleaners through and wrap them together so they don’t come off when your toddler tries pulling them while they push the bead upwards.
Give him a set of colorful Valentine beads of different shapes and colors and demonstrate how to thread the pipe cleaner through the bead if they haven’t done a similar activity with beads.
make 2 holes on each side of the heart so you can instruct your toddler to thread the pipe cleaner through the cardboard and make it come back to the front to continue with threading the beads.
Do as I say, not as I do: Before you make a final hole at the bottom of the heart, paint your toddler’s hand with non-toxic paint and have them place it in the middle so they leave a hand-print. I made the mistake of doing the hand-print after my toddler was done with the beads and it was challenging.
Ask your toddler to thread the pipe cleaners through so you can secure them and make a heart with the beads.
You can outline the hand-print to make it stand out a little more and write a little message for a loved one so they can give it to them for Valentine’s Day.
I ended up asking my toddler what he wanted to say to his Dad and I wrote it on the heart.
TIP: Have wet wipes available so you can wipe your toddlers hand and they can finish threading the pipe cleaners through the beads without smearing paint all over the beads.
Sensory Play
Sensory play is one of the most effective ways you toddler can learn! It’s not only fun but they get to experience something by using all their senses AND it helps your toddler regulate their sensory input by exposing him to different textures, tastes, sounds, and sights.
Here are some fun Valentine’s Day inspired toddler sensory activities you can do with your toddler.
Painting
Let your toddler explore how paint feels on their body by using these non-toxic washable paint.
If you have a cardboard box laying around place them in there with a few dollops of paint and a brush and let his creativity go wild.
Chances are he will paint the box for a little but will have way more fun exploring the texture of the paint with his hand or painting himself with the brush.
My Little Love Bug Sensory Bin
Sensory bins are a great way to stimulate multiple senses while also promoting a calming effect BUT I have a love and hate relationship with sensory bins. I love them because my toddler spends a good amount of time playing with them in different ways but I hate the mess they create. If you’re in the same boat, don’t take this activity out just because is too messy, I found out that your toddler will be happy to help you clean up if you do it with a handheld mini vacuum. My toddler always runs to get this vacuum when he makes a mess and I just pick up the rest which is not much after he’s done.
This sensory bin involves dyed rice, pom poms, a few containers and a bunch of little plastic bugs hidden in the rice.
Provide your toddler with at least 3 tools they can use to either scoop or pinch the items.
Your younger toddler might go straight to using his hands or the scoop to transfer the rice to the smaller containers but your older toddler might start using the tongs a little more.
Pom Pom Sensory Bin
I love to use pom poms when I can, they are so versatile! You can throw them in the bin to enhance your toddler’s ability to endure the different textures or you can use it as a counting tool for your older toddler.
For this activity, I provided him with his favorite mini construction trucks but this time I wrapped the bin in tissue paper.
The minute I came out with the wrapped bin he thought it was a present and started jumping up and down with excitement. He immediately got to poking the tissue paper and laughing every time he made a hole.
I paired the mini construction trucks with a pair of tongs and a squeeze scooper from this fine motor sensory tool set, a red paint container from this paint set of cups with screw tops , a sensory chew toy.
I highly recommend having a sensory chew toy in your bins if your toddler loves to put stuff in their mouth. When my son was younger, I gave him the toy every time he would try to put a pom pom in his mouth or anything else he wasn’t supposed to put in his mouth. It worked like a charm for us and he learned what was ok to put in his mouth and what wasn’t.
After my toddler had some free play and I was able to curl my hair without a single interruption, I asked my toddler to separate the red pom poms only and place them in the paint container to work on listening skills and fine motor skills.
This was definitely a win with my toddler. He kept asking for his pom pom activity and he even introduced his dinosaurs into the bin and played independently for at least 15 minutes.
Hand-print Heart
This is one of the easiest AND messiest activities but the toddlers love it!
When my toddler was younger he loved finger painting so I would just put in in a box and give him a brush in case he wanted to use. He would squeeze the paint and even try to eat it so I highly recommend making edible paint for the younger toddlers that still love to explore everything they touch with their mouth.
The best way to make edible paint for the little ones is with yogurt and food coloring!
Now that my toddler is almost 3, he has gotten better at following directions so I just told him where he should place his hands to make a heart but he got to paint his hands and chose what color would go on each hand.
Before starting the activity I gave him a blank sheet of paper and had him go crazy at it and be creative with the amount of hand-prints he wanted to place on the paper and whether or not he wanted to paint with the paint brush.
After he was done, I asked him if he wanted to make a heart for his Dad and he immediately started to listen to the directions.
To be honest, I was amazed at how well he was listening!
TIP: Don’t forget to have wet wipes available so they can wipe their hands on the wipe and not their shirt.
Paint the cupcake
My son loves stickers and painting so any time he asks for activity I grab the paint or watercolor paint set and have him go outside and get as creative as he wants with his painting. I get bonus points when I pull out the dot stickers (or any type of stickers) so I did it with this activity.
I printed a cupcake with dots as sprinkles and I gave him the dot stickers first. once he placed his stickers, I gave him his non-toxic watercolor paint set and he took his sweet time painting the cupcake.
Gross Motor Activities
This is one of the easiest activities you can do this February with your toddler! All you have to do is focus of moving those bigger muscles by having your toddler balance, jumping, catching, throwing, running, climbing, you name it.
Here are some activities that require gross motor skills:
Go to a museum
Children museums are the perfect places to let your child explore and run wild. Your little one will have a blast exploring or just observing how other kids play.
They have multiple hands-on activities and they even have restricted places just for toddlers and preschoolers since it can get a little hectic with the older kids.
Check out your local children’s museum and spend the day there.
Museums might require a small admission fee but you get to expose your child to so many interactions with different textures, colors, other kids, and they get to practice those gross motor skills without even realizing it.
Plus, you get to get out of the house which means you’re not constantly cleaning after your toddler.
Go on a playdate or just to the playground
Since February is all about celebrating love and friendship so why not go on a play-date!
You can discuss the meaning of friendship and how friends are always gentle with each other with your older toddler before going on the play-date.
Younger toddlers usually parallel play so if you can, go on a play date with an older child that is doing more pretend play so your child can either observe the behavior or join-in in their own way. Plus, following an older toddler around gets those big muscles going.
Go to your local amusement park
If you can, take them to your local amusement park like the zoo where they have a petting zoo or anywhere they can have some hands-on activities, a toddler/ preschool playground are, or even educational shows.
I’ve noticed my son paid more attention to bigger animals like the giraffes, elephants, dolphins, seals, and orcas when it came to observing the animal but had a blast at the petting zoo with the smaller animals because it was more of a hands-on activity.
Language & Literacy Activities
Toddlers are little sponges at this stage so any activity you do with your child has a language and literacy component as long as you’re talking to your talking to your toddler and asking questions, but here are some Valentine’s Day inspired toddler activities you can do with your toddler that focus more towards enhancing those skills.
Reading
We all know how important reading to our little ones is at any stage so if you haven’t already done so, head over to your local library and get them their own library card! You not only can rent the books but they also have toddler activities and you get so many perks like discounts to museums and even free passes to local attractions.
I like to rotate the books he has in his room every week according to season, holiday, or for a big event we need to introduce him to like the arrival of a new baby or potty training.
My toddler usually wants me to read three to four books before bed so renting books from the library allows me to introduce him to multiple books without having a pile of books at home. We do have a little library at home with books we were gifted and a few I had to get when I saw them at the store that my toddler fell in love with but I try to go to the library more.
Here’s a list of books you can read your toddler this February:
- Little Love
- Happy Valentine’s Day Curious George
- I Love You to the Moon and Back
- Tiny T-Rex and the Perfect Valentine
- Love You Forever
- Guess How Much I Love You
- Daddy Loves Me 1,2,3
- I Love You Brighter Than the Stars
- Curious George I Love You
- Huggy Kissy
- You’re My Little Cuddle Bug
- Cuanto Mama Te Quiere (Mama Loves You So)
Roll the die and match the Letter
This was a fun letter recognition game for my toddler since he loves to to throw and catch the ball.
I used a foam die with dry erase pads to write the letters we needed to find in the Valentine print out sheet and I asked him to roll the die to see what letter we needed to find.
He immediately loved the idea of throwing that die in the air. Once the die landed, we looked at the letter and I would say “Look! we have to look for the letter ‘A’- ‘A’ says ‘AH AH AH.'” My son eventually started to repeat after me.
We placed a wooden heart on the letter we needed to find and we took turns rolling the die and finding the letters.
S.T.E.M Activities
Introduce S.T.E.M activities to your toddler! S.T.E.M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math and is the perfect way for your toddler to see how things work, explore cause and effect a little more, and enhance their thinking skills and logic while working on their fine and gross motor skills.
As your toddler is observing and analyzing what he sees, ask open ended questions like “Why do you think this is happening?” or “What do you think is happening?” to encourage curiosity.
For younger toddlers, don’t expect them to answer any questions. Ask and explain in the most simplest terms what or why something in the activity is happening. Older toddlers might blurt our what’s happening like “Look Mama it’s bubbling” even before you begin to ask any questions. I like to let my toddler lead the activities and I jump in once I see he’s confused or is asking me for help.
Here are some Valentine’s Day inspired S.T.E.M toddler activities you can do with your toddler:
Fizzy Hearts
Start easy with a little science experiment where your toddler will explore cause and effect.
- Add water to baking soda in a conversation heart-shaped silicone mold until you have a paste consistency and add food coloring so you can also work on naming colors.
- Freeze the mixture so it holds together a little better while you’re taking it out of the mold.
- Fill up a cup with white vinegar and make sure to include some dropper pipettes so your toddler can pour the vinegar slowly on the hearts, a scooper, and some tongs to work on that hand-eye coordination.
Before you start the activity ask your toddler what he thinks will happen when he pours the vinegar on the heart. Give him two options if he doesn’t respond:
- “Do you think it will make bubbles or do nothing?”
TIPS:
- I recommend doing this activity outside since it can get messy, however, you can always lay a waterproof mat out in the kitchen.
- Once you take out the baking soda hearts out from the freezer, let them sit for at least 10 mins so they are not completely frozen and the vinegar can be more effective and you can see more bubbles.
Encourage some sensory engagement and let your toddler to smell the vinegar and describe the smell, “Vinegar smells very sour/pungent.”
As your toddler is observing the fizzing process, introduce him to the words “bubbling” or “Fizzing” if he hasn’t already been introduced to them.
Have him listen to the hissing sound of the solution fizzing and look for the hidden gems!
This specific activity is geared more for the older toddlers since they have to use the pipettes multiple times not just to create the chemical reaction but to get the hidden gems out and usually the younger toddlers will try to grab the heart and put it in their mouth.
For younger toddlers I recommend doing more of a “Love Potion” activity where you can place a little bit of the baking soda + water + food coloring paste in a couple heart slots in the heart-shaped silicone mold, just make sure its more of a dry paste so a small amount of vinegar can quickly activate the reaction.
Have heart confetti or heart gems on the side so your little one can add it to the potion, and instead of having the vinegar in the cup, have multiple pipettes pre-filled with vinegar so your toddler can just squeeze and see the magic happen.
Viscosity Experiment
Teach your toddler about the viscosity of liquids with this fun interactive activity you can do with household items. Make sure you use simple language like “thick” or “thin.”
For this activity, have a range of fluids you have in the house in different jars to show your toddler how an object will sink if the liquid is too fluid or will float if the liquid is too thick.
I used the following liquids:
- Water
- White vinegar
- Lemon-Lime Soda (I didn’t have lemon juice or honey)
- Cooking oil
You can always use honey, clear shampoo, and even dish soap.
I recommend having honey instead of the lemon juice for this experiment so your toddler can see how slow the gem/marble goes down.
Drop a marble or a gem in each fluid and observe how quickly the gem falls to through the liquid to the bottom of the glass.
A great way to also teach your toddler about opposites is to mention to your toddler how the gem is going slow-flowing in the “thick” liquid and how fast-flowing the gem falls through the “thin” liquid.
Use food coloring for younger toddlers and ask what colors they see to work on color recognition.
Solubility of Conversation Hearts
You can start teaching your toddler a little bit about solubility by telling them that something that is solid, like candy, can dissolve in various solvents and carrying out this experiment.
Have your toddler help you out by pouring equal amounts of solvent into each container.
After we did the viscosity experiment, my toddler wanted to do another experiment so we used the solvents which were oil, water, lemon-lime soda, and vinegar to dissolve the conversation heart candy.
Before he dropped the hearts in the solvent I asked him what he think was going to happen and which fluid (solvent) was going to like the sugar from the candy and make it smaller and which one was going to leave it alone.
After discussing he guessed that the oil was going to make the candy smaller because it was a “thick-flowing fluid”
We poured the candy into each container and we started our timer.
We checked the candy every 20 minutes, stirred the solution, and talked about what was happening to the hearts. My boy changed his predictions every time we checked the hearts but it was a great way to see how his thought process worked.
Once the hour was up and the timer went off, my toddler ran to the kitchen to see the final results yelling “Let’s see what we find!” which is what I was saying every time the timer was going off and we went to check on our experiment (Toddlers are little sponges at this age so keep repeating words and talk as much as you can with them to work on those language skills).
We found that the heart from the water and the vinegar solvents were the smallest compared to the rest, and the candy heart from the oil didn’t change.
I told my kid that water loves sugar so when we dropped the sugar candy, the water grabbed the candy and slowly took sugar away from it dissolving the heart candy making it smaller.
I mentioned that vinegar is acidic but also has a little bit of water which loves sugar, so the water in the vinegar grabbed the sugar in the heart candy and made it smaller, while the oil didn’t like the sugar in the candy and acted like a slippery slide so the sugar couldn’t hold on to the oil and it didn’t dissolve so it stayed the same size.
TIP: I noticed that my toddler was a little confused after I told him the oil didn’t like the sugar in the candy heart so I grabbed two magnets and I flipped one so that the magnets would repel each other.
- I told him one magnet was oil and the other magnet was the candy and showed him how the repel each other. He laughed and kept saying “Oil doesn’t like candy” over and over again.
Density of Fluids
Teach your toddler about the density of fluids by mixing different fluids together.
You want to make this experiment pretty colorful so you can play with color recognition and you can grab your toddler’s attention a little more by making each fluid layer very distinguishable.
I used the following liquids:
- Water + blue food coloring
- Vinegar + red food coloring
- Oil
- Honey
- Dish soap
Before you have your toddler pour out the liquids into the jar, make sure you talk about what he thinks will happen. Ask him what fluid he thinks is the “heaviest” and which one is the “lightest.”
Start by pouring the water first and then the honey just in case your toddler wants to eat some of the honey like mine did. Add the vinegar and watch the colors of the water and vinegar mix together. Follow that up with the oil and then the dish soap.
Make sure to talk about what is happening every time your toddler pours a liquid into the jar and ask your toddler if the liquid is “lighter” (less dense) or “heavier” (denser) than water (the middle layer)
TIP: Keep an eye on your local Dollar or craft store for sales on crafting materials for these or any future activities!
I would love to hear which Valentine’s Day inspired toddler activity worked for you and your toddler! and if you have other activities that you would like to share, help a mama out and please list them below!
Happy Valentine's Day to you guys!
Remember that your children need your presence more than they need fancy toys
So have fun with your toddler!
and enjoy these years because they're only this small for a short amount of time!
Sara
My kid was interested in the density experiment because of the colors but had a hard time staying focused and was bouncing all over the place. I know all kids are different but did yours managed to make it through the entire experiment without spilling anything?
apamela1003
SaraThe colors always get my toddler engaged until he’s done pointing out all the colors he sees.
At this age toddlers can barely contain their emotions and excitement is definitely one they seem they have a harder time with and impulse tends to take over.
My toddler was also jumping and wanting to grab everything at the same time. He spilled the oil and a little bit of the honey but that made him slow down a little bit too.
Honestly at this age they’re learning more about cause and effect and working on managing their feelings and listening skills so just try to go with the flow