What's the most romantic thing your two-year-old has ever done?

Mine shared a half-chewed goldfish cracker with me. Unprompted. I've never felt more loved. 🐟💕

Love languages of a two-year-old:

• Words of affirmation: "AGAIN!"
• Acts of service: Bringing you a rock
• Receiving gifts: Accepting the rock back
• Quality time: Sitting on your face at 6 AM
• Physical touch: ALL OF THE ABOVE, ALWAYS

They love so hard. 🥹💕

Valentine's gift guide for toddler parents:

❌ Flowers (they'll eat them)
❌ Chocolate (they'll find it)
❌ A nice dinner (ha)

✅ A book that captures this wild, beautiful year before it's gone

You're Only Two Once 📚💝
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Valentine's gift guide for parents of two-year-olds:

❌ Fancy dinner (you'll leave after 10 minutes)
❌ Flowers (they'll pull every petal off)
❌ Chocolates (toddler WILL find them)
✅ A book that captures this wild, beautiful year

Just saying. 📚💝

Valentine's week hot take:

The best love story isn't you and your partner.

It's a two-year-old running to you screaming "MAMA!" like you've been gone for years.

You were in the bathroom. For 45 seconds. 💕

Two-year-olds want to do everything themselves:
- Put on shoes (wrong feet)
- Pour their own milk (everywhere)
- Close the car door (takes 8 minutes)

The secret? Let them. This is how confidence is built.

(Bring extra paper towels.)

Someday they won't fit in your lap.
Someday they'll read themselves to sleep.
Someday "again, again!" will just be a memory.

Capture this year. You won't regret it. 📚

What book did your two-year-old make you read 100+ times?

Drop it below — I need solidarity. 📚👇

Parents of two-year-olds: What's the weirdest thing your toddler has been absolutely convinced of?

I'll go first: my daughter believed the moon followed our car. FOR MONTHS. 🌙🚗

A two-year-old asked for the same bedtime story 47 nights in a row.

This is not a complaint. This is parenting. 📖

Why do kids' books skip age 2?

There's "baby books" and "preschool books" but nothing for that magical in-between year.

So we made one. 📚

Things I didn't know before having a two-year-old:

• They have STRONG feelings about cup colors
• "No" is a complete sentence (to them)
• Bedtime is a negotiation
• Their hugs fix everything

It's chaos. It's magic. It's only once. 💙

The "terrible twos" aren't terrible. They're just... very two.

📚 You're Only Two Once — our debut book celebrating the beautiful chaos.

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