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| Foreword | xv | |
| Introduction | xvii | |
| Part I | The Way We Play | 1 |
| 1 | Why do toddlers insist on wearing the same clothes every day? | 3 |
| 2 | Why do toddlers love to dress up? | 7 |
| 3 | Why do toddlers love to play outside? | 11 |
| 4 | Why do toddlers love to play hide-and-seek? | 15 |
| 5 | Why do toddlers like to read the same books over and over again? | 19 |
| 6 | Why do toddlers play next to, but not with, one another? | 23 |
| 7 | Why do toddlers always want what the next child has? | 27 |
| 8 | Why do toddlers always repeat the worst things you say? | 31 |
| 9 | Why do toddlers play with the box and not the gift? | 35 |
| 10 | Why do toddlers love to ride, bounce, spin, and swing? | 39 |
| 11 | Why do toddlers endlessly arrange and rearrange their toys? | 42 |
| 12 | Why do toddlers put things in the VCR, DVD, toilet, and heat vents? | 45 |
| 13 | Why are toddlers so fascinated with babies? | 49 |
| 14 | Why do toddlers have imaginary friends? | 52 |
| Part II | Mealtime Mayhem | 57 |
| 15 | Why do toddlers refuse to eat one day and eat everything in sight the next? | 59 |
| 16 | Why do toddlers insist on eating only one (or two) foods day after day? | 63 |
| 17 | Why do toddlers swallow without chewing? | 67 |
| 18 | Why do toddlers smear, stack, juggle, and throw their food? | 71 |
| 19 | Why do toddlers try to eat plastic grapes and mud pies? | 74 |
| 20 | Why do toddlers have a love/hate relationship with their utensils? | 77 |
| 21 | Why do toddlers eat before the blessing? | 81 |
| 22 | Why do toddlers spit out food? | 84 |
| 23 | Why do toddlers fall asleep while they're still eating? | 87 |
| Part III | So Little Sleep | 91 |
| 24 | Why do toddlers wake up so darned early? | 93 |
| 25 | Why do toddlers stop taking naps when they still need them? | 96 |
| 26 | Why do toddlers get hyper when they're tired? | 99 |
| 27 | Why do toddlers bang their heads? | 103 |
| 28 | Why won't toddlers sleep alone? | 106 |
| 29 | Why do toddlers still wake up at night? | 109 |
| 30 | Why do toddlers wiggle endlessly in their sleep? | 113 |
| 31 | Why do toddlers wake up terrified? | 116 |
| Part IV | This Little Body of Mine | 121 |
| 32 | Why do toddlers bite? | 123 |
| 33 | Why do toddlers climb? | 127 |
| 34 | Why do toddlers love to be naked? | 130 |
| 35 | Why do toddlers pick their noses? | 134 |
| 36 | Why do toddlers hold their breath? | 137 |
| 37 | Why do toddlers pee in the tub? | 141 |
| 38 | Why don't toddlers seem to smell their own stinky diapers? | 145 |
| 39 | Why do toddlers poop in the corner? | 149 |
| Part V | In the Mood | 153 |
| 40 | Why do toddlers throw temper tantrums? | 155 |
| 41 | Why do toddlers worship the ground their older siblings walk on? | 160 |
| 42 | Why do toddlers tell lies? | 165 |
| 43 | Why do toddlers cooperate in slow motion? | 169 |
| 44 | Why do toddlers favor one parent (and then the other)? | 173 |
| 45 | Why do toddlers suffer from separation anxiety? | 177 |
| 46 | Why do toddlers whine? | 181 |
| 47 | Why do toddlers cling to pacifiers and thumbs? | 185 |
| 48 | Why do toddlers drag around a favorite blanket? | 189 |
| 49 | Why do toddlers say "No, no, no"? | 193 |
| 50 | Why do toddlers think everything is "Mine, mine, mine"? | 197 |
| 51 | Why do some toddlers fear everything? | 201 |
| 52 | Why do some toddlers fear nothing at all? | 205 |
| Conclusion | 209 | |
| Appendix A | Time-outs for Toddlers | 213 |
| Appendix B | Resources | 216 |
| Index | 221 | |
| About the Author | 231 |
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thomas garrera
reviewed The Secret Lives of Toddlers: A Parent's Guide to the Wonderful, Terrible, Fascinating Behavior of Children Ages 1 to 3 on September 24, 2010
The Secret Lives of Toddlers
Why toddlers do the things they do... and what you do about it.
I liked that each question is addressed and answered in a couple of pages. Because, let's face it, at the end of the day, a couple pages is all i have left in me.
Q:Why do toddlers put things in the VCR/DVD/Toliet?
A: Intense interest in cause and effect
WYD: Feed curiosity by teaching how to use things, supervised
Q:Why to toddlers always want what what the other kids have?
A: Raw social skills.
WYD: Play dates of no more than 2 kids. Put away favorite toys ahead of time. Introduce "turn taking" with a timer (easier to understand.)
Q: Why do toddlers repeat the worst things you say?
A: Curse words are often said loudly and at a different pitch. Their isolation in our language makes them easier to mimic. Also, they illicit a powerful reaction.
WYD: backtrack by following an accidental offending word by something equally interesting like "sugar-booger" or "scooby doo!". Rhyming takes the offending word out of context and makes it sound silly.
Also: why do kids play with the box instead of the gift? Why do they love to play outside? Why do they say "mine, mine"? Why to they love to be naked?
Author:Jana Murphy
Publisher: Pergee
Copyright: 2004
Genre: Parenting
Pages: 215
Date Read- 11/10-12/3/10
NOTES:
Toddlers discover they do have a choice and the experience of expressing their preferences can help them to feel more independent.
Best advice:
1. Follow through and keep your word.
2. Teach courtesy, respect and manners by modeling them at home every day.
3. Control your temper. Show that everyone gets angry,by telling them you are mad, why and WHAT you are going to do to make yourself feel better about it.
4.If your child is doing something you do not like, do not laugh, cry or talk about it in front of them. they watch and listen to everything that you say.
5. Your child was BORN with a personality and you have to respect that part of your toddlers character is wired in. Work with those early indications of personality to make life easier for everyone.
6. Let your toddler try. Unless they are in imminent danger, let them discover their own limitations, strengths and abilities to make things happen on their own.
7. No parent is perfect. When you make a mistake, apologize.
8. You have 2 windows of opportunity to really play: when you ARE a child and when you HAVE one. Do not get so busy in grown up life that you miss this time with your child.
9. Take a time out. Setting aside time for yourself is just as important as making time for those things with your child.
10. Watch them sleep. After a long day of busy toddler life, it is a great reminder of how vunerable, special and dependent on us they are.
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