New Toddler Taming: A parents’ guide to the first four years

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Whether they’re just being a bit hyper or downright devilish, a calm and soothing hug will help. You may not feel like hugging them if they have just torn the house down or broken a precious belonging, but sometimes toddlers get frightened by their own feelings. A hug won’t fix your favourite vase, but it can fix a frazzled toddler in about five seconds flat. Change their environment After watching childcare theories come and go, Dr Green has found that the crucial elements of raising happy toddlers don’t change in line with the latest fad, but his focus has now widened to prevention as well as cure. After all, once you know how to anticipate a toddler’s reaction, you are better prepared to steer your child towards a peaceful solution – and peace is often the most valued commodity in any house! I would highly recommend Toddler Taming, which gives a lot of insight into why children behave and react as they do.' -- The Times Many parents wonder how the sweet, chubby baby which gurgles happily at them for the first twelve months changes so suddenly into a bellowing, tantrum prone, heel drumming, carpet biting toddler. What's gone wrong? Whose fault is it? What can be done about it? I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and looking at life with a toddler in the way mostly described in this book. I've calmed down a lot as a mother since I started it, I no longer feel embarrassed when my child screams or refuses to go near someone, I don't feel the need to tell her off for touching things or ruining the organized clothes.

So this one depends on what you think about screen time for children. If you don’t mind your children watching some ABC4Kids or a bit of Kids YouTube, now is the time to do it! Get that remote or iPad and let them be entranced for a few minutes (or an hour) so you can get some peace! Turn on some soothing music One of our favourite toddler taming tips, reading does nothing but amazing things for your children. When they are worked up, bring out their favourite book, sit them down on your knee or cuddle up on the couch and read to them. They will become lost in the world of the story with its pictures. Plan forward… hide old toys! Get down on your knees to their level, gently place your hands on their shoulders and talk calmly to the little out-of-control one. Passing on calm energy can help return them to the little angel that you know and love. Which brings us to our next important point… Important: Stay calm yourself

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First there was the Toddler Taming phenomenon - now this is the sequel every parent has been waiting for...

If your little one is reacting in a less than desirable way, it’s time for them to stop. So if they’re playing in the kitchen cupboard with the pots and pans and it’s starting to sound like a heavy metal band, get them to play with their toys in their bedroom instead. Crayon drawing moving from the paper to the walls? Ditto again. Distraction not only shifts their attention, but hopefully also changes their mood. Food glorious food! Keep in mind that I've read the 2016 updated version so my review will be based on that one specifically not his previous editions. If you don't have a 'problem child', beware of reading this book - generally patrionising, sometimes just rude (on nutrition: if the parents are fat lazy slobs who never leave the couch, what hope is there for the children?) and full of comments that 'parents whose kids don't to xyz particularly difficult behaviour in a given area are living the dream, they have a golden child and have no right to complain, ever'. I think the intention of such comments are meant to encourage the parents of the difficult child that yes, you have it harder than average in this particular area. But if you're on the other side of the fence you are likely to come out of it feeling completely invalidated. Other than that HUGE mistake the book so far is pretty sensible... but not anything particularly revelationary and I've heard the advice more or less before from my own mum; "ignore the tantrum and then when they realise they are only wasting their own time and could be doing something better instead they will stop."Dr Christopher Green has written Beyond Toddlerdom for all those parents in need of calm and wise advice on parenting the 5-12 year age group. The 5-12s have to face a number of developmental hurdles. They become aware of the world outside the home. They will start school, make friends, take up hobbies and develop personal interests. They may move house, may live through a parental divorce, and will develop personality patterns that will stay with them for life. It is an important time. Writing with his usual humourous, practical and down-to earth style, Chris Green draws on his many years of expertise as a paediatrician, father and grandfather to enable parents to understand their child's needs and development during their pre-teen years. He takes full account of all the physical, psychological and sociological influences that are of importance during this time - and helps parents to make appropriate decisions about everything from friends to homework, sibling rivalry to positive discipline. The thing I liked best about Dr Christopher Green's 'Toddler Taming' was the constant reminders to be realistic about what to expect from toddlers and to enjoy this stage of our children, there is, after all, so much wonder and magic in even the most difficult toddler.