Toddler Tactics

Sensible, realistic advice from baby-parent expert to turn the toddler years from despair into delight. Do you automatically cut toast into fingers? Appreciate finger painting as much as fine art? Hear "no" a million times a day? If the answer is yes, then Toddler Tactics is for you. Being the parent of a toddler can be exciting, inspiring, and exhausting—all at once! Your adorable little baby has now become a moving, grooving tot with attitude, and it will take all your patience and skill to deal with these changes. Parenting expert Pinky McKay explains what to do at each stage of development and offers fuss-free advice on communicating with your toddler discipline and good manners, good eating habits, routines for play and sleep, toilet training, and family dynamics. Toddler Tactics is bursting with practical strategies for making the toddler years the exhilarating experience they should be.

Pinky McKay is the author of Toddler Tactics and Sleeping Like a Baby. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, certified infant massage instructor, and sought-after keynote speaker at conferences for parents and health professionals internationally. She writes and blogs for Practical Parenting magazine and contributes to Attachment Parenting International, Littlies magazine, Opposing Views, and Pathways to Family Wellness.