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Breathing Trick to Help Avoid Meltdowns: Belly Breathing

September 23, 2024 by jennifer 3 Comments

When you see your child ramping up toward a meltdown, there are many tricks you can pull out of your bag. Well, Sesame Street finally made a video with one of the ones I love — breathing.

Yeah, I know. It sounds simple but “belly breathing” can be an effective tool in getting your child to take a moment and be able to communicate what is wrong before it turns into something bigger.

Watch this video on your own, then watch it with your kiddo and talk to them about adding another trick to avoid meltdowns.

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Comments

  1. Kelly Quinn says

    March 30, 2019 at 10:12 am

    Is there any way to buy this song??

    Reply
    • jennifer says

      April 10, 2019 at 2:06 pm

      Oh that would be wonderful! But I’m not aware of where you could buy it.

      Reply

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