What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook

What to Expect

by Heidi Murkoff

For live-in nannies, Saturday night sitters, and everyone who cares for kids.

Answers to the questions sitters ask Packed with information and insight, the What to Expect Baby-Sitter’s Handbook covers all the basics and so much more. How to keep a child safe and what to do in an emergency. The top five reasons babies cry, and eleven surefire ways to calm them down. Taming temper tantrums and tempting the finicky eater. How to talk to a baby and how to get a toddler talking. Bathing, potty training, sibling disputes, time-outs—and how to make the family-sitter relationship a happy one. Plus, a special fill-in section where parents can write down what they think is important for sitters to know about their kids.
 

Genres: Parenting

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2003

About the author

Heidi Murkoff is the co-author of the What to Expect When You're Expecting series of pregnancy guides. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and founder of the What to Expect Project.

Reviews

[Hitesh Goenka]

A thorough guide for nannies caring for babies: infants up to six years old. Different activities for kids require different ways of handling them. They need our support and guidance all the time except when they are asleep. This makes the job of a nanny extremely difficult. They have to be on their toes. They can't rest as long as the child doesn't sleep. But then, they will have other chores to do that they couldn't do earlier when they were busy babysitting.
In short, this is a decent, all-encompassing guidebook for nannies and babysitters. Who will benefit? A beginner as well as someone who wants more insights.
4/5

[Annie Novacek]

Interesting and easy read. Lots of great notes about childcare. Not quite as in depth as I would like but still very informative. A good place to start.