Toddler Troubles

Coping with Your Under-5s
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-470-84686-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 209 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Douglas, Jo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Herbert, Martin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jo Douglas is a child clinical psychologist and was Head of Psychology at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. She is the author of seven books, including Toddler Troubles published by Wiley in 2002.