What to Expect the Second Year: the best-selling parent guide
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
The latest book in the best-selling WHAT TO EXPECT series, this essential guide covers the action-packed and exciting second year of a child's life. WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE SECOND YEAR contains expert advice on everything parents of a toddler need to know, including sleeping, temper tantrums, eating issues, toilet training, nutrition, health and home safety, offering parents invaluable insights, advice and reassurance.
'Written in the same warm, engaging and immensely reassuring style that readers will be familiar with from the other 'What to Expect' books, WHAt tO EXPECt tHE SECOND YEAR is clear and comprehensive, with just the right amount of easy-to-find detail ... parents will find here everything they need to know to safely and confidently navigate the action-packed, incredibly full second year of their toddler's life.' Dr Jonny taitz MBChB, FCP(SA), FRACP, AFCHSM, FAAQHC, Specialist Paediatrician 'this essential guide walks parents through the remarkable second year of a child's life, offering invaluable insight and advice, and generous helpings of empathy and reassurance.' Dr Mark D Widome, Professor of Pediatrics, the Pennsylvania State University Just in time for those first steps, here's the next perfect offering from trusted What to Expect author, Heidi Murkoff. Starting from baby's first birthday, What to Expect the Second Year is the complete why, when, and how-to guide to the 'wonder year' - twelve jam-packed months of amazing milestones, lightning-speed learning and endless discoveries. Filled with must-have information on all things toddler, from feeding (tips to tempt picky palates) to sleep (how to get more of it), talking (decoding those first words) to behaviour (defusing those first tantrums). Plus, how to keep your busy toddler safe and healthy. Answers to All Your Questions: When will our 13-month-old start to walk? How can we get our fussy eater to try something besides pasta? Shouldn't our 14-month-old be talking already? I can ignore a tantrum at home, but what I am supposed to do when we're out shopping? When should we break the bottle habit ... and what about that dummy? How do we get our almost-2-year-old to settle down for bed - and stay asleep all night?
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Popular parenting guru Murkoff offers a sequel to her What to Expect in the First Year in this all-inclusive look at the toddler from 12 to 24 months. In 15 chapters the authors cover feeding, sleeping, learning, playing, health and safety, injuries and developmental disorders, discipline, and other issues with a meaty center section on behavior. The text opens with the stunning array of developmental milestones that characterize this action-packed period in a child's life, beginning at 12 to 13 months, when a toddler says two words and cruises from place to place while holding on to furniture, to 24 months when he or she can run, kick a ball, and use 50 words or more. While noting that there's a "wide range of normal," Murkoff also warns parents to "follow your gut" and check with your pediatrician if anything seems behind schedule. Murkoff covers practical matters like the importance of parents learning CPR, frequently citing professional guidelines (i.e., experts advise no TV for kids under two). She also addresses less critical topics, such as how to get a blob of oatmeal out of a toddler's hair or deal with a youngster's "wardrobe monotony." Just as expected, Murkoff offers sound advice and reassurance that will help parent and toddler stay grounded during this whirlwind period of growth and change.
