Freshly Printed - allow 7 days lead
Couldn't load pickup availability
Toddler Troubles
Coping with Your Under-5s
Jo Douglas (Author), Martin Herbert (Foreword by)
9780470846865, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 13 September 2002
224 pages
21.9 x 13.7 x 1.7 cm, 0.284 kg
"…show you how to be a sensitive and sensible parent…" (Baby & You, January 2003) "…reading it you feel she is at your side guiding you through a tricky situation…" (Parent Wise, January 2003)
As every parent knows, looking after young children is profoundly rewarding, but it can also be extremely exhausting and frustrating. Toddler Troubles covers a wide range of typical toddler behaviour and its associated dilemmas, from, eating, sleeping, potty-training and discipline, to more thought-provoking ideas like being a positive parent. Parent and Clinical Psychologist Jo Douglas has been working with families for over 25 years and understands how hard bringing up toddlers can be. In this wonderful new book, she provides a wealth of tools to help you through the ups and downs of bringing up under-5's, including Frequently Asked Questions, charts, and interviews. Toddler Troubles is the ideal companion for any parent as they negotiate the pleasures and perils of raising children. "...not simply another 'opinionated' child care text, but one that is evidence-led wherever possible.... I heartily recommend it."
—Professor Martin Herbert, Clinical Psychologist
Foreword ix About the author xi Acknowledgements xiii 1 Being a parent 1 Understanding your child 2 Am I a good parent? 5 Doubts and uncertainties 7 Guilt 7 Working together and sharing 9 Negotiating 11 Who am I? 13 Looking after yourself 15 Looking after your relationship 16 Exhaustion 18 Home and work 20 Conclusion 22 2 Being a positive parent 25 Practising positive parenting 25 Learning how to play 27 Supporting growth and exploration 31 Distracting your child 35 Preventing behaviour problems 38 Coping with questions 41 Noticing good behaviour 42 Increasing your child’s self-confidence and self-esteem 43 Stimulating creativity 48 Helping your child to make friends 50 Encouraging sharing and turn-taking 54 Love and time 58 3 Setting limits 61 How to say ‘no’ 62 Why won’t he listen to me? 70 How can I be firm without losing my temper? 72 Should I punish him? 77 How do I manage his temper tantrums? 79 4 Family stress 83 Bringing a second baby home 83 Caring for more than one 85 ‘My children fight all of the time’ 87 Marital unhappiness 93 Separation and divorce 98 Parenting apart 101 5 Is my child overactive? 105 Concentration and attention 106 Frustration and aggression 111 Being active 112 How to cope 113 6 Eating and your child 119 Weaning 119 Giving up breast-feeding 120 Solid foods 121 Self-feeding 122 My child is a fussy eater 124 My child eats so little 129 My child refuses to eat 131 Television, toys and mealtimes 132 Staying at the table 135 My child is too fat 136 7 Sleeping and your child 143 Sleeping and feeding 143 My child won’t go to bed 145 Rewarding good behaviour 151 My child wakes me at night 152 Rewards for not disturbing you at night 155 My child gets up too early 159 Nightmares and night terrors 160 8 Fears and worries 163 My child is a worrier 164 My child is timid and shy 168 Comfort habits 169 Rituals and repetitions 172 Coping with being apart 174 9 Dry at last 179 Teaching toilet training 179 Keeping clean 184 Dry beds 187 References 191 Index 195
Subject Areas: Self-help & personal development [VS]
