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Why toddlers struggle with transitions (and how small rituals can help)
A silly bedtime song fixed a nightly meltdown. Here's why toddlers struggle with transitions and how small rituals make change easier
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Yvo
Founder, Parents4Parents · Apr 18, 2026 · 4 min read
When our daughter was about one and a half years old, bedtime was… hard. Very hard.
Toddlers crave predictability. The world does not yet make sense, and adult lives are exactly what toddlers find hard to process: unpredictable and varied.
This taxes them mentally.