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What to Expect the Toddler Years

What to Expect the Toddler Years

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Great information but the format is not as effective...
Review: as in Eisenberg's earlier books, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and "What to Expect The First Year."

Like those two volumes, "What to Expect Toddler Years" is arranged month-by-month. This doesn't work as well since toddler development is much less predictable and more individualistic than infants development; hence, the issue in question might be found in "The Twentieth Month" even though your toddler is only, say, 15 months old. Also, the monthly "milestone" lists for toddlers are guaranteed to make you neurotic, as toddler development is much more individual than infant development.

However, the book contains a lot of great information and advice. I think it would have been better to organize it into sections such as "Feeding," "Discipline," "Sleeping," "Playtime," etc., rather than trying to break it down month-by-month, but taken as a whole it is a valuable reference. Just don't panic if your 13-month-old is already throwing tantrums and they aren't addressed til Month 24, and if your 18-month-old still hasn't mastered a spoon even though the list says she "should" be able to do it by now.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Toddler "Bible"
Review: This book is the Toddler "Bible". Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about what your toddler is or may be experiencing is right here in this book. You come off looking like a pro when you need to explain to your significant other why you child is acting the way he/she is or feeling the way he/she is feeling. Love the book..can't put it down, can't say enough good things about it. I always have it with me.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What to expect the Toddler years
Review: This has been the best & most helpful book to me during my sons toddler years! It is packed with helpful tips & advice without being over the top.
Any question you can think of is covered in this book! From sharing to toilet training & even lying, it has been invaluable to me & my friends who are constantly borrowing it.
Whether for a gift or for yourself you won't be disappointed.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Well Intentioned Compendium of Useful Information
Review: I agree that there are areas of this volume that show a particular bias, as with the notion of breastfeeding after the age of one year. As a Mom whose child nursed well after his first birthday, I can still say that there were many, many times I reached for this book. Being a first time parent, I often find it comforting to know that this sequal to 'What to Expect the First Year' is only as far as my book case. -- In my experience, the developmental milestones have often provided the reassurance I was looking for, and if (like me) you've never shared your daily existence with a toddler before, you might be surprised by some of the behaviors/situations that arise. No book will ever be written that will be the 'perfectly adequate and correct path to raising the child of your dreams'. -- Happily, we're all far too unique for such a 'one size fits all' approach. This little volume simply offers a perspective of what some other parents have encountered along with a possible response. -- After all, it is only one resource. It offers a starting point, opens the dialogue. That's all that a book should reasonably be expected to do. I am grateful for, not resentful of, this book's intentions. I always read or discuss issues pertaining to parenting with the notion that it is up to me as a parent to do the research, evaluate the knowledge I get and frame my own point of view of what is relevant for my particular child and family.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Book
Review: I think this is an excellent book. My son will be one on Dec.1st and I have already had to look up information. I enjoyed What to Excpect when your Excepting and What to Expect the First Year. There has been some comments made that the book does not support extended breastfeeding, I would think by now they would have bought books that deal with just extended breastfeeding. I know I have have. The book does not discourage extended breastfeeding, but it does help start the weanig pocesses.

If you have enjoyed the first two book this is aonther one to add to your list.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Good for a guilt trip
Review: While I did appriciate the medical reference guide. I thought that the authors were quite biased. The overall attitude of this book is 'if you don't do it the way we do it then you're doing it wrong'
The book gives reasons that have no medical basis as to why a mother must wean by 1 year. Anything other than letting your baby cry it out is seen as 'cowardly' and co-sleeping is completely looked down upon and discouraged.
I found this book to be insulting, as if by following my insincts I was actually harming my child.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terrific for the "Terrible Twos"
Review: This book is great for anyone whose child has hit the "terrible twos" (even if he's only 1)! There are a lot of helpful chapters including tips for disciplining, potty training (and, boy, did I need help), eating habits, and toddler napping! This book, like the other 2, are must-buys!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: You can't trust information in this book!
Review: The books' information on breastfeeding after 1 year stunned and outraged me! If from the beginning they make such outrageously false statements as "nursing beyond one year does not have any nutritional benefits", etc., how can you trust the rest of the book? There is tons of research that proves beyond any doubt that extended breastfeeding is good both for the baby and for the mother, but somehow they bluntly ignore it and tell you that it's actually bad! What they basically say is OK, you can go on nursing if you want to, but here are 10 reasons why it's bad for your child and why you shouldn't do it. This just left me speechless! It's OK for me though, because I read other sources and did my own research on breastfeeding long before I bought this book, but what about other mothers who rely on this well-known and supposedly trustworthy series of "what to expect"? I urge every mother who thinks about continuing nursing after first birthday to ignore this book and read other literature, like "The Baby Book" by Dr. Sears or Mothering Your Nursing Toddler by Norma J. Bumgarner.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: There are better resources out there
Review: This book is probably helpful for basic first-aid and illness care. But the negative stance on breastfeeding past age 1 irritated me. If I weren't so comfortable that I am doing the right thing by continuing to nurse my 14-month-old, this book would have made me guilt-ridden. For a series that tries to extoll the virtues of raising a healthy child through the right diet, this forced weaning attitude is a serious contradiction. American women need to be educated about the value of prolonged breastfeeding for their health and their babies' health. This book does the opposite.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Informative and Reassuring
Review: This is a very good book for any parent of a toddler. I have enjoyed all of the "What to Expect" books because they answer just about any question you can think of. I did feel that this one was a little opinionated, though on a couple of issues, such as extended breastfeeding and "crying it out". Overall I give it a very good rating.


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