Secrets of the Baby Whisperer for Toddlers de Tracy Hogg

Date de parution : 12.2003
Format : Broché
Nombre de pages : 352
Résumé : Unnerved by the ceaseless demands of your toddler? Concerned that your two-year-old isn't developing on schedule? You clearly need to spend some time with Tracy Hogg. Nicknamed the "baby whisperer” by grateful parents because of her extraordinary gift for understanding and connecting with children! Tracy became internationally famous after the smashing success of her New York Times bestseller Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Now Tracy is back with the same winning blend of common sense and uncanny intuition. Starting with the simple but essential premise that there is no such thing as a "typical” child! Tracy guides you through her unique programs! including • H.E.L.P. (Hold back! Explain! Limit! Praise): the mantra that will remind you of the four elements that are critical to fostering your child's growth and independence! while at the same time keeping him safe. • Using T.L.C. (Talk! Listen! Clarify) to communicate with your toddler! to figure out what she is really thinking! and to best help her express herself. • R&R: Routines and Rituals that give structure and predictability to daily life and a sense of continuity to holidays and special occasions. • Rehearsals for Change: ways of preparing your toddler for new experiences by encouraging her to practice her skills in the safe! controlled setting of your family. • Conscious Discipline: a way of teaching your toddler how to behave and manage his emotions! while being mindful of the lessons you teach with your own behavior. Practical! reassuring! and written with wit and energy and boundless enthusiasm for real children and their everyday behavior! this book will be your constant companion during the magical! challenging toddler years. Leseprobe Chapter One Loving the Toddler You Have It is a wise father that knows his own child. —William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Babies Revisited In the course of writing this second book, my coauthor and I held a class reunion for some of the babies who had attended my groups. Infants between one and four months old when we last saw them, the five alumni were now in the thick of toddlerhood. What a difference a year and a half had made. We recognized their slightly more mature faces, but physically the tiny dynamos who poured into my playroom bore scant resemblance to the babies I had known—sweet helpless things who could do little but stare at the wavy lines on the wallpaper. Where once holding up their heads or “swimming” on their tummies was a feat, these children were into everything. When their mums plopped them down, they crawled, tottered, or walked, sometimes holding on, sometimes on their own, desperate to explore. Eyes aglow, babbling sense and nonsense alike, their hands reached here, there, and everywhere. Recovering from the shock of seeing this miracle of instant growth—it was like time-lapse photography without the middle stages—I started to remember the babies I once knew. There was Rachel, sitting in her mum’s lap, cautiously eyeing her playmates, a bit fearful to venture out on her own. It was the same Rachel who cried as a baby when presented with a stranger’s face and w...