The following is an excerpt from a new book by the Busy Toddler blogger, former teacher, and early childhood development expert Susie Allison. Busy Toddler’s Guide to Actual Parenting: From their first “No” to their first day of school (and everything in between) comes out on September 22. Reprinted by permission of The Innovation Press (copyright 2020 Susie Allison). 
Say it out loud. It?ll make you smile. 
Being two is fine. 
It?s fine. 
Sometimes it doesn?t feel so fine, but when you really peel back the onion layers on being two… it?s fine. 
It?s fine if they want to wear the blue jacket, not the pink one.  It?s fine if they want the ruby red slippers, not the sneakers. 
It?s fine if they only eat sandwiches cut into triangles and one day decide to switch to squares, but not tell you until you?ve already made your first slice. It?s fine. 
Friends, if you remember just one thing I say (or write), it?s that being two is fine. 
Two-year-olds are amazing. They are emotional. They are unpredictable. They have less life experience than some of the condiments in my refrigerator?and that perspective is easy to lose when they?re on the floor in a screaming heap. 
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