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WHAT TO EXPECT THE TODDLER YEARS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A Million Thanks
Contents
FOREWORD A Pediatrician’s Prescription
INTRODUCTION A Tale of “Two” Toddlers
Before You Begin
How to Use WHAT TO EXPECT THE TODDLER YEARS
What Your Toddler May Be Doing Now
A Note to Nontraditional Families
PART ONE The Second and Third Years
CHAPTER ONE The Thirteenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE ONE-YEAR CHECKUP
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
FREQUENT FALLS
BUMPING INTO THINGS
SLOW GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
SLOWPOKE WALKER
ENSURING A GOOD FIT
REPLACING SHOES
TOEING-IN (PIGEON-TOES)
THE INTO-EVERYTHING SYNDROME
BANGING ON EVERYTHING
DIAPERING DIFFICULTIES
APPETITE SLUMP
MILK ALLERGY
FOOD THROWING
FOOD BLOWING
MESSY SELF-FEEDING
CLINGING/DEPENDENCE
SEPARATION ANXIETY
THE FIRST SEPARATION
YOUR SEPARATION ANXIETY
RESISTANCE TO THE CUP
WEANING FROM THE BOTTLE
WHEN TO WEAN FROM BREASTFEEDING
PLAYYARD REJECTION
CAT NAPPING
LANGUAGE LAG
CONVERSATION FRUSTRATION
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Getting Your Toddler Talking
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Other People Have Rights
CHAPTER TWO The Fourteenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
NEGATIVISM
SETTING LIMITS
NOT TAKING “NO” FOR AN ANSWER
FOOD STRIKE
EMPTYING THINGS
THE DROPSIES
A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN
BOWLEGS
TOEING-OUT
FLAT FEET
TOE WALKING
POST CRYING-IT-OUT TRAUMA
A START IN ART
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Play Is the Toddler’s Work
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: All About Grandparents
CHAPTER THREE The Fifteenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE FIFTEEN-MONTH CHECKUP
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
DIRTY DOINGS
NIGHT WAKING
NIGHTTIME FEEDINGS
ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR
EARLY HITTING
ACQUIRING A PET
CRAWLING RELAPSE
LOSS OF VOCABULARY
CAVEPERSON LANGUAGE
BIRTHMARKS
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Accentuating the Senses
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Nobody’s Perfect
CHAPTER FOUR The Sixteenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
FEAR OF DOGS
NO FEAR OF DOGS
POOR EATING HABITS
ERRATIC EATING
A CHANGE IN EATING HABITS
SWITCHING SEATS
A TOWERING TODDLER
STRANGER SUSPICION
NO FEAR OF STRANGERS
A PREFERENCE FOR MOMMY
LEAVING A SLEEPING TODDLER WITH A SITTER
CONTINUED MOUTHING OF OBJECTS
BATH REJECTION
READINESS FOR POTTY LEARNING
BOOK CONSUMPTION
CLIMBING CAPERS
CROOKED TEETH
CRANKINESS FROM TEETHING
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: How to Encourage Learning, Thinking, and New Experiences
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Reading Is Fundamental
CHAPTER FIVE The Seventeenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
STRANGE STOOLS
FRIDGE OPENING
THROWING HABIT
CLINGINESS DURING PLAY GROUP
ANNOYING HABITS PICKED UP AT PLAY GROUP
SCREECHING AND SCREAMING
DIAPER STRIPTEASE
CONTINUED USE OF A COMFORT OBJECT
THUMB SUCKING
CONTINUED PACIFIER USE
COMFORT ACTIVITIES
DISINTEREST IN COMFORT HABITS
WHETHER TO TETHER
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Disciplining Your Toddler
DISCIPLINING TECHNIQUES THAT WORK
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOU R TODDLER TO KNOW: The ABC’s of P’s and Q’s—Introducing Manners
CHAPTER SIX The Eighteenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE EIGHTEEN-MONTH CHECKUP
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
ANOTHER BABY—WHEN?
IMPATIENCE (NOW!)
TELEPHONE INTERFERENCE
INTERFERING WITH VISITORS
NAPPING PROBLEMS
EARLY RISING
BEDTIME REBELLION
DAY-CARE SEPARATION PROBLEMS
MEALTIME RESTLESSNESS
MEALTIME ENTERTAINMENT
MUTINY ON THE HIGHWAY
STROLLER STRUGGLES
SHAMPOO STRUGGLES
RESISTANCE TO HAND WASHING
JEALOUSY
EARLY TANTRUMS
DELAYED WALKING
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: All About TV and Toddlers
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF WISE TV VIEWING
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: The Values You Value
CHAPTER SEVEN The Nineteenth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
NIGHT WANDERING
ESCAPE FROM THE CRIB
NIGHT WAKING DUE TO TEETHING
SNORING
A CHRONICALLY RUNNY NOSE
HYPERACTIVITY
Indoors
Outdoors
UNDERACTIVITY
UNCLEAR SPEECH
DELAYED LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
MEEKNESS
THE PHYSICAL TODDLER
WANDERING OFF
RESISTANCE TO NAIL TRIMMING
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: How Toddlers Make Friends
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Kindness Toward Animals
CHAPTER EIGHT The Twentieth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
HAIR PULLING
BITING
HITTING BACK
AGGRESSIVENESS WITH TOYS
AGGRESSIVE FRIENDS
BREATH HOLDING
WHAT’S THIS?-ITIS
SHIFT FROM DIFFICULT BABY TO DIFFICULT TODDLER
WALL ART AND OTHER DESTRUCTIVE DRAWING
AVERSION TO CLEANLINESS
PLAYGROUND TIMIDITY
OVERSENSITIVITY
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Dealing with Toddler Fears and Phobias
THE WHY OF TODDLER FEARS
COPING WITH TODDLER FEARS
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: The Joy of Giving
CHAPTER NINE The Twenty-First Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
THE OBSERVER
SWALLOWED OBJECTS
POKING OBJECTS IN ORIFICES
PENIS WORRIES
PENIS ENVY AND CURIOSITY
KISSING ON THE LIPS
SHOWING AFFECTION
DIFFICULTY LOVING A TODDLER
SEXUAL IDENTITY
STIFLING A SON’S EMOTIONS
CHALLENGING A DAUGHTER
GUNS AND OTHER WAR TOYS
UNREASONABLENESS
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: The Art of Comforting (Kissing and Making Better)
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: All About Right and Wrong
CHAPTER TEN The Twenty-Second Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
TROUBLE WITH TAKING TURNS
PROTECTING YOUR VALUABLES
FASCINATION WITH THE MECHANICAL
GETTING CAUGHT IN THE ACT
EXPLORATION OF THE GENITALS
POSTURE PROBLEMS
FOR-PARENTS-ONLY TEMPER TANTRUMS
RITUALISTIC BEHAVIOR
FOOD FETISHES
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
READING REPETITION
MUSICAL MONOTONY
READINESS FOR POTTY LEARNING NOW
TOILET LEARNING AND A NEW BABY
GENEROSITY TURNED SELFISH
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Traveling With Your Toddler
WHEREVER YOU GO
TRAVELING BY PLANE
TRAVELING BY TRAIN
TRAVELING BY CAR
BEDDING DOWN: SELECTING A PLACE TO STAY
CURBING THE QUEASIES
PACKING FOR THE ROAD
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: All About Sharing
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Twenty-Third Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
FIVE O’CLOCK FRAZZLES
HANDEDNESS
PACK-RAT SYNDROME
TOOTHBRUSHING TANTRUMS
TOOTHPASTE CONSUMPTION
TOOTHPASTE REJECTION
HAIRBRUSHING HIJINKS
SHOE STRUGGLES
SOCK PROBLEMS
DRESSING DILEMMAS
COAT COMBAT
HAT AND MITTENS BATTLES
SELF-DRESSING FRUSTRATIONS
ROUGHHOUSING
“PLAY-WITH-ME” DEMANDS
CONTINUED CLUMSINESS
REPEATED “NO’S”
NOISINESS IN PUBLIC PLACES
GRAMMATICAL ERRORS
PRONOUN MIX-UPS
ABC’S AND 1, 2, 3’S
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Building Self-Esteem
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: The Importance of Fitness
CHAPTER TWELVE The Twenty-Fourth Month
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE TWO-YEAR CHECKUP
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
THE SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY
WHY? WHY? WHY?
TOILET LEARNING REVERSALS
FEAR OF THE DOCTOR
FEAR OF THE DENTIST
FEAR OF THE BARBER
FEAR OF FALLING ASLEEP
NIGHT WAKING NOW
STRESS-RELATED WAKING
NIGHTMARES
NIGHT TERRORS
SLEEPWALKING
COLOR-BLINDNESS
REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY
GIFTEDNESS
THE “CARRY ME” SYNDROME
MOVING TO A BED
UNKIND BEHAVIOR
YOUR BOREDOM WITH TODDLER GAMES
KNOCK-KNEES
DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR
GOOD EATING HABITS
BOOSTER SEAT REJECTION
A TODDLER WHO’S A FOLLOWER
SCHOOL-RELATED FATIGUE
BELATED WEANING
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
WHINING
TODDLER ANGER
TANTRUMS IN PUBLIC
LAUGHABLE TANTRUMS
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Taming Tantrums
WHAT’S BEHIND YOUR TODDLER’S TANTRUMS?
HEADING OFF TANTRUMS
DEALING WITH TANTRUMS
AFTER THE STORM
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Everybody’s Different
CHAPTER THIRTEEN The 25th to 27th Months
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
CONSTANT SPILLING
FAT AND CHOLESTEROL INTAKE NOW
STARTING CHEWABLE VITAMINS
RESTLESSNESS AT RELIGIOUS SERVICES
CRANKY DAYS
OVERSTIMULATION
NOSE PICKING
DISTASTE FOR NEW FOODS
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
MILK REJECTION
MILK SAFETY
TOTAL CONCENTRATION ON PLAY
REFUSAL TO TAKE TIME FOR MEALS
THE “GIMMES”
WHIMS
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Encouraging Creativity and Imagination
CREATIVITY
IMAGINATION
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: What’s a Mommy? A Daddy? Sorting Through Gender Roles
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The 28th to 30th Months
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
THE CHILD WHO HAS EVERYTHING
DISCIPLINING OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN
A HOMEBODY
CONTINUOUS MONOLOGUES
RESISTANCE TO KISSING
RESISTANCE TO HUGGING
LOVE PATS
A SECOND LANGUAGE
FAMILY NUDITY
CHILD NUDITY
OVERSCHEDULING
MIDDLE-OF-THE-NIGHT VISITS
THE FAMILY BED
FRUSTRATION WITH DIFFICULT TASKS
FEAR OF TRYING
EXCESSIVE INDEPENDENCE
STUTTERING
INTEREST IN ERECTIONS
DAWDLING IN THE MORNING
DAWDLING WHILE WALKING
PLAYGROUND POKINESS
POKEY EATING
COOKING TO ORDER
CUTTING FOOD
A HUNGRY TODDLER
INABILITY TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
SEPARATION ANXIETY AT PRESCHOOL
A CALM-AT-SCHOOL, WIRED-AT-HOME TODDLER
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Accepting Individual Temperaments
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Living by the Rules
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The 31st to 33rd Months
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
AN IMAGINARY PLAYMATE
SHYNESS
UNRESPONSIVENESS TOWARD ADULTS
A LACK OF FRIENDS
A CRYBABY
BOSSINESS
TEASING
REFUSAL TO LISTEN
TODDLER DECISION MAKING
CHORES
ROOM CARE
THE FACTS OF LIFE
PARENTAL DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION
BRIBES AND REWARDS
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Communicating With Your Child
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: Caring About the Earth—Teaching Environmental Concern
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The 34th to 36th Months
WHAT YOUR TODDLER MAY BE DOING NOW
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE THREE-YEAR CHECKUP
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
SLEEP REQUIREMENTS
FEAR OF THE DARK
TOILETING SETBACKS
URINE ACCIDENTS
DISINTEREST IN POTTY LEARNING
BED-WETTING
GROWING PAINS
NAME CALLING
MEAN-SPIRITED COMMENTS
SILLY BEHAVIOR
MAKING LETTERS
SLEEP TALKING
FRIENDS WHO DON’T SHARE
PLAYING DOCTOR
SHOPLIFTING
QUALITY TIME
TERRIBLE TWOS AD INFINITUM
ICE CHEWING
QUESTIONABLE PLAYMATES
FORGETFULNESS
MUSIC LESSONS
SPEECH THAT’S STILL UNCLEAR
FRIGHTENING FAIRY TALES
THE THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW: The Superchild Syndrome
WHAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR TODDLER TO KNOW: The Importance of Being Honest
PART TWO Toddler Care, Health, and Safety
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Toddler Care Primer
FROM SKIN CARE TO DRESSING TIPS
CARING FOR YOUR TODDLER’S SKIN
Defeating Dry Skin
Smoothing Chapped Cheeks
Screening Out the Sun
THE MOST COMMON TODDLER SKIN PROBLEMS
CARING FOR YOUR TODDLER’S HAIR
MOST COMMON TODDLER HAIR/SCALP PROBLEMS
CARING FOR YOUR TODDLER’S NAILS
CARING FOR YOUR TODDLER’S EYES
MOST COMMON VISION PROBLEMS IN TODDLERS
IF YOUR TODDLER NEEDS GLASSES
CARING FOR YOUR TODDLER’S EARS AND HEARING
CARING FOR YOUR TODDLER’S TEETH
MOST COMMON TEETH AND MOUTH PROBLEMS
CARING FOR YOUR LITTLE GIRL’S GENITALS
MOST COMMON GENITAL PROBLEMS IN LITTLE GIRLS
CARING FOR YOUR LITTLE BOY’S GENITALS
MOST COMMON GENITAL PROBLEMS IN LITTLE BOYS
DRESSING YOUR TODDLER
TRICKS OF THE DRESSING TRADE
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Feeding Your Toddler
THE TODDLER DIET
THE TODDLER DIET NINE BASIC PRINCIPLES
INTRODUCING THE TODDLER DIET DAILY DOZEN
WEIGHTY CONCERNS: YOUR TODDLER’S GROWTH
THE TUBBY TODDLER
THE THIN TODDLER
SLOW GROWTH
TACTICS FOR THE TABLE
FINESSING THE FINICKY EATER
A LIMITED DIETARY REPERTOIRE
REJECTION OF A FAVORITE FOOD
A VEGETARIAN DIET
SAFE FOOD, SAFE WATER
MONITORING FOOD SAFETY—AT HOME AND AWAY
MONITORING CHEMICAL CONSUMPTION
MONITORING COOKING, SERVING, AND STORAGE UTENSILS
MONITORING WATER SAFETY
CHAPTER NINETEEN All About Toilet Learning
READY?
GET SET . . .
GO . . .
THE DO’S OF TODDLER TOILET LEARNING
THE DON’TS OF TODDLER TOILET LEARNING
WHEN ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
WHY ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
WHEN AN OLDER CHILD RESISTS
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
SWITCHING TO TRAINING PANTS
DIAPER REJECTION
WIPING WRANGLES
FEAR OF FLUSHING
WHEN TO TAKE A STAND
THE MOVABLE POTTY CHAIR
A GIRL WHO WANTS TO STAND
FASCINATION WITH STOOL
SWITCHING TO THE TOILET
A NEW DIAPER RASH AT NIGHT
A DIAPER FOR BOWEL MOVEMENTS
TOILET LEARNING AND PRESCHOOL
STAYING DRY AT NIGHT
CHAPTER TWENTY Keeping Your Toddler Healthy
IMMUNIZATION: PREVENTING MAJOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
RECOMMENDED IMMUNIZATIONS
IMMUNIZATIONS MYTHS—DISPELLED
GETTING SHOTS: YOUR TODDLER’S TEARS AND FEARS
WHEN YOUR CHILD IS IMMUNIZED
THE DOCTOR AND THE TODDLER
THE PARENT–PHYSICIAN PARTNERSHIP
WHEN TO CALL THE DOCTOR
BEFORE YOU CALL THE DOCTOR
Information on Your Toddler’s Symptoms
The Progress of the Illness So Far
Your Child’s Health History
Your Questions
ALL ABOUT FEVER
TAKING YOUR TODDLER’S TEMPERATURE
READING THE THERMOMETER
EVALUATING A FEVER
TREATING A FEVER
CARING FOR A SICK TODDLER
AT HOME
IN THE HOSPITAL
WHEN MEDICATION IS NEEDED
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
GIVING MEDICINE SAFELY
HELPING THE MEDICINE GO DOWN
THE MOST COMMON TODDLER HEALTH PROBLEMS
COMMON COLD (UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION, OR URI)
CONSTIPATION
CROUP (LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS, OR LTB)
DIARRHEA, WITH OR WITHOUT VOMITING
EAR INFECTION
INFLUENZA (FLU)
OTITIS MEDIA (MIDDLE-EAR INFLAMMATION)
OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION, OR SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA
SINUSITIS
SORE THROAT
URINARY TRACT INFECTION (UTI)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Keeping Your Toddler Safe
CHANGE YOUR WAYS
CHANGE YOUR TODDLER
CHANGE YOUR TODDLER’S SURROUNDINGS
Changes Throughout the Home
Changes in Indoor Air Quality
Fire-Safety Changes
Changes in the Kitchen
Changes in the Bath
Changes in the Laundry
Changes in the Garage
Changes for a Safer Out-of-Doors
Water-Safety Changes
Auto Safety Changes
Pet Safety Changes
Toy-Box Changes
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Treating Toddler Injuries
FIRST AID FOR THE TODDLER
ABDOMINAL INJURIES
BITES
BLEEDING
BLEEDING, INTERNAL
BROKEN BONES OR FRACTURES
BRUISES, SKIN
BURNS AND SCALDS
CAT BITES/SCRATCHES
CHEMICAL BURNS
CHOKING
COLD INJURIES
CONVULSIONS
CUTS
DISLOCATIONS
DOG BITES
DROWNING
EAR INJURIES
ELECTRIC SHOCK
EYE INJURIES
FAINTING
FINGER AND TOE INJURIES
FOREIGN OBJECTS
FRACTURES
FROSTBITE
HEAD INJURIES
HEAT ILLNESS
HYPERTHERMIA
HYPOTHERMIA
INSECT BITES
LIP, SPLIT OR CUT
MOUTH INJURIES
NOSE INJURIES
POISONING
POISON IVY, POISON OAK, POISON SUMAC
PUNCTURE WOUNDS
SCALDS
SCRAPES
SEIZURES
SEVERED LIMB OR DIGIT
SHOCK
SKIN WOUNDS
SNAKE BITES
SPRAINS
SUNBURN
SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODIES
TEETH INJURIES
TOE INJURIES
TONGUE INJURIES
FIRST AID FOR TODDLERS: CHOKING AND BREATHING EMERGENCIES
CHECK, CALL, CARE, AND A-B-C
RESCUE BREATHING FOR TODDLERS
CARDIOPULMONARY RESCUSCITATION (CPR): CHILDREN OVER ONE YEAR
FIRST AID FOR A CHOKING TODDLER
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Your Special-Needs Child
HELPING YOUR SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILD
LIVING WITH AND LOVING YOUR SPECIAL CHILD
SOME CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS
AIDS (ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME) AND HIV INFECTION
ALLERGY
ASTHMA
AUTISM
CANCER
CELIAC DISEASE
CEREBRAL PALSY (CP)
CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF)
DIABETES MELLITUS
DOWN SYNDROME
EPILEPSY
FRAGILE X SYNDROME
HEARING IMPAIRMENT
JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (JRA)
MENTAL RETARDATION
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (DUCHENNE TYPE)
PHENYLKETONURIA (PKU)
SICKLE-CELL DISEASE
THALASSEMIAS
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT—LEGAL BLINDNESS
PART THREE The Toddler in the Family
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Toddler as Sibling
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
SIBLING RIVALRY
EVEN-STEVEN
ADORING TODDLER, INTOLERANT SIBLING
ADORING SIB, INTOLERANT TODDLER
SIBLING SLUGFESTS
TWO CHILDREN—TWO BEDTIMES?
TOY SAFETY AMONG SIBLINGS
SHORTCHANGING NUMBER TWO
SHARING A ROOM
A TOO-GOOD-TO-BE-TRUE SIB
A BACKSLIDING SIB
THE EAGER LITTLE HELPER
DIFFERENCES IN SIBLINGS
ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR
DECORATING DILEMMA
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Parenting the Toddler
WHAT YOU MAY BE WONDERING ABOUT
YOUR ANGER
OUT-OF-CONTROL HITTING
YOUR DEPRESSION
CRYING IN FRONT OF YOUR TODDLER
PARENTAL DISAGREEMENT
SHARING THE LOAD
GETTING SICK
DIFFERING VIEWS ON PARENTING
SURVIVING WITH TWO UNDER TWO
TIME FOR YOURSELF
GUILT ABOUT WORKING
HOMESICKNESS
MISGIVINGS ABOUT STAYING HOME
THE FULL-TIME FATHER
NOT FEELING LIKE A PARENT
WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME AND DISCIPLINE
TODDLER-FREE TRAVELS
FREQUENT BUSINESS TRIPS
GRANDPARENTS WHO SMOKE
MOVING
AN ADOPTED CHILD
TWINS—OR MORE
SINGLE PARENTING
SINGLE FATHERHOOD
SEPARATION/DIVORCE
NONCUSTODIAL PARENTHOOD
SAME-SEX PARENTS
A SICK PARENT—COPING WITH SERIOUS ILLNESS
DEALING WITH DEATH
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX When Others Care for Your Child
WHAT ARE THE CHILD-CARE OPTIONS?
MOST COMMON OPTIONS
In-home child care
Family day care (or group home care)
Group day care
Preschool (or nursery school)
OTHER OPTIONS
CHOOSING THE RIGHT CHILD CARE
AN IN-HOME CAREGIVER
FAMILY DAY CARE (OR GROUP HOME CARE)
GROUP DAY-CARE OR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
AN OCCASIONAL SITTER
MAKING CHILD CARE WORK
WORKING WITH AN IN-HOME CAREGIVER
EVALUATING YOUR CURRENT CHILD CARE
DEALING WITH A CHANGE IN CHILD CARE
GETTING READY FOR PRESCHOOL
GETTING INTO THE SWING
SPECIAL CONCERNS
THE SICK CHILD AND CHILD CARE
CONCERN ABOUT ABUSE
CAN CHILD CARE BE TOO GOOD?
PART FOUR Ready Reference
READY REFERENCE What Can I Do Now?
READY REFERENCE The Toddler Diet Recipes
SWEET POTATO FRIES
LITTLE “PUNKINS”
CHOCOLATE MILK CAKE
APPLE BUTTER CAKE
FRUIT COOKIES
PEANUT-BUTTER-AND-JELLY BALLS
FRUIT ICES FOR POPS OR SCOOPING
CHEESECAKE PUDDING
TODDLER SMOOTHIE
FRUIT-JUICE GEL
READY REFERENCE Common Home Remedies
COLD COMPRESSES
COLD SOAKS
COOL COMPRESSES
EYE COMPRESSES
HAND WASHING
HEAD ELEVATION
HEATING PAD
HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE
HOT COMPRESSES
HOT SOAKS
HOT-WATER BOTTLE
HUMIDIFIER
ICE PACK
SALT-WATER NASAL IRRIGATION
STEAM
WARM COMPRESSES
READY REFERENCE Common Toddler Illnesses
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT CHARTS
Health History
ILLNESS RECORD
REGULAR CHECKUPS
Moments to Remember
FIRSTS
THE FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY
THE SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY
THE THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY
FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL OR DAY CARE
MORE MEMORIES
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