Ready or Not? The Big Toddler Transitions Parents Stress About Most

Potty training. Dropping the nap. Moving out of the crib. Starting preschool. Saying goodbye to the pacifier. Toddlerhood can feel like one big series of transitions—and every one seems to come with the same question: How do I know when my child is actually ready?

Ready or Not? The Big Toddler Transitions Parents Stress About Most brings together experts in potty training, sleep, and child development to help parents navigate some of toddlerhood’s biggest milestones without turning every change into a battle.

Featuring Suzie Foger of PopCo Parenting, pediatric sleep consultant Erin Junker, and Stacy McCann of Present Moment Counseling/Coaching Services, this conversation will explore readiness, timing, resistance, regressions, and the big feelings that often accompany growing independence. We’ll talk about what to do when your toddler seems ready one day and absolutely not the next, how different transitions can affect one another, and when it might actually be better to wait.

Together, we’ll discuss:

• How to recognize genuine readiness versus feeling pressure to hit a milestone
• Potty training signs, setbacks, and resistance
• Moving from a crib to a toddler or big-kid bed
• Dropping naps and navigating changing sleep needs
• Starting preschool, separation, and new routines
• Why toddlers often resist changes they’re developmentally ready to make
• Whether to tackle multiple transitions at once
• What regressions really mean
• Avoiding power struggles around sleep, potty training, and independence
• How to prepare toddlers for a change before it happens
• What to do when a transition clearly isn’t working
• How parents can stay consistent without becoming rigid

Parents will leave with a clearer understanding of when to make a change, when to hold off, and how to help their toddler move through big transitions with more confidence—and fewer battles.

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