Your Toddler Month By Month

by Tanya Byron

A thorough guide to child development from age one to four furnishes professional information, advice, and age-appropriate strategies to assist parents in understanding how a child develops physically, emotionally, and socially during their preschool years and in dealing with a variety of toddler issues, from temper tantrums and bedtime routines to mealtime and more. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2008

About the author

TANYA BYRON is a British clinical psychologist, writer, media personality, and a frequent public speaker who has presented countless British TV and radio programs. She writes a weekly column for The Times (UK) and a monthly column for Good Housekeeping (UK). She advises on international policy relating to young people, mental health, and education, and is currently working in China to develop services for children and their families.

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

I quit reading the book after the doctor responded to a woman's question of wanting to stop nursing her 2 year old with the following advice: "Your milk has lost most of its nutritional value anyway". I don't know where this author is getting her medical information from, but it certainly isn't the Journal of Human Lactation, the World Health Organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics, or La Leche League. If she had, she would know that breastmilk becomes more nutrient dense as a child grows older. They take in less volume, but per unit of volume (ounce), the milk is more dense in nutrition (fat, proteins, carbs, immune cells) than 'newborn' or 'infant' milk.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only read the part about 15 month olds. I was interested in a part where it talked about how if kids get too stressed and anxious by parents yelling at them or not responding to them when they are young, it will effect their abilities to cope with life normally when they are older.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's some really good information here.

[Karli · Rating 3 out of 5]

This I have more as a resource than a "parenting book." I just like big books with charts and pictures and such :) to be honest. But I like this book ;) in that way.

[Tahli Meadows · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good to see different parenting experts together in a book. Makes understanding some of our toddlers more challenging behaviour easier.