The Toddler Years: From 1 to 3

Steps & Stages blends expert advice and parental experience to tackle the typical -- but by no means simple -- challenges and milestones you and your child are bound to face at each stage of his or her development. The Toddler Years focuses on daily life with the walking, talking, emerging little individual your baby has become.

Acknowledgments

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First Words

ix

Torn in Two Directions: Dependence and Independence

1

(26)

Life Is a Roller Coaster: Toddler growing pains

3

(4)

``I Do It'': The quest for independence

7

(3)

``No! No! No!'': The toddler's magic word

10

(3)

Little Klingons: Separation anxiety returns

13

(5)

Me and My Blanky: Security blankets and other ``loveys''

18

(4)

``Too Scary!'': Fears and phobias

22

(5)

The Basics: Sleeping, Eating, Toilet Training

27

(24)

Bedtime Is Beautiful: Changing bedtime routines

29

(5)

The Night Shift: Coping with night waking...still

34

(4)

``I'm Hungry!'': Eating habits and food choices

38

(5)

The Breastfed Toddler: Nursing past the first year

43

(4)

Toilet Time?: When and how to introduce the potty

47

(4)

At Home with Your Toddler: Living with Toddler Traits

51

(36)

Loving Limits: Positive discipline, toddler-style

53

(5)

``Don't Touch!'': The need to explore

58

(5)

Home from Daycare: The rocky reunion

63

(4)

A New Baby!: Helping your toddler make room for number two

67

(4)

``Let's Do It Again, and Again, and Again...'': Repetition and perseverance

71

(4)

Out and About: Heading into the world with your toddler

75

(8)

A Toddler-Friendly Holiday: Tips for a safe and happy season

83

(4)

Toddler Pleasures: The Joy of Play

87

(28)

Roll, Cuddle, Stack, Dump: Best toddler toys

89

(5)

``Read Me a Story'': Learning to love books

94

(4)

But Is It Art?: Toddler crafts that work

98

(5)

Those Wide Open Spaces: The benefits of outdoor play

103

(4)

A Song and a Tickle: Fingerplay fun

107

(4)

Side by Side: The beginning of social play

111

(4)

People, Big and Small: Becoming Social

115

(22)

``Cookah, Peese!'': Learning to talk

117

(4)

Too Close for Comfort: The shy toddler

121

(4)

Little Roughnecks: Taming aggressive behavior

125

(4)

``Mine!'': The possessive toddler

129

(4)

``I Kiss It Better'': Toddlers can be kind

133

(4)

Last Words: A Fond Farewell to Toddlerhood

137

(4)

Resources

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