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Oct 2019
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#160: Attention-Seeking, 1 year old Cryi...

Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist
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In this 3 Q&A episode: what do you do when your 2 year old makes annoying sounds and behaviors to get attention/get her way with other children? How do you get your 1 year old to stop crying in the middle of the night when only breastfeeding seems to calm him back to sleep? Then what do you do when you have a toddler you want to wean from the pacifier during the day but new baby sibling has one?

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