Reviews for Sara Makes Her Mother Proud...and Learns Good Behavior A Parent's Guide to Positive Proactiv...

The average rating for Sara Makes Her Mother Proud...and Learns Good Behavior A Parent's Guide to Positive Proactiv... based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-09-05 00:00:00 Danny Dabbs I wish I had this book a couple months ago! We are in the latter end of the pre-toddler stage and I could relate to almost everything in this book! I just about read the whole book in one sitting - it was so helpful! Now I can clearly see what I need to be working on with our little man (verbal training, consistent rules, etc), and where I need to back track and "re-train". This book is definitely a helpful framework for parents in the busy pre-toddler stage, I will be going back and reading over my notes!

Review # 2 was written on 2014-02-26 00:00:00 jeff sanford I sought out this book because I was feeling a little lost on dealing with my 14MO's new habit of throwing tantrums. The Babywise book helped me when I was trying to establish his infant sleep patterns. This one goes into toddler naptime and eating habits, and it is helpful to know that it's normal for them to transition from two naps to one and to only eat a few bites of food during this 12-18 month period. And it goes into discipline advice too. Basically they advise parents to be proactive with discipline, meaning start teaching good habits and boundaries now so that as the kids get older and understand more, they are already headed in the right direction behavior-wise. They don't understand right and wrong right now, but if you tell them "no" in a firm tone they will listen. These books sometimes make me feel like I'm doing everything wrong as a parent. According to this one I'm way overdue to get rid of binkie, bottle and to go on our first trip to the dentist. But I'm not a panicked newbie mom anymore, either. I know that we can go at our own pace with some things, and I can take the advice I find helpful and use it and disregard the rest. Parents can drive themselves nuts if they try to follow any baby book to the letter. But all of them have a few helpful tips if you're willing to scan through them. This series is a little bit old-school, in a good way. Example: They say that it's better to teach kids not to touch certain things and to respect other people's belongings instead of "baby-proofing" everything. Again, baby-proofing doesn't teach them anything for the future. You can't rearrange your entire house for these little nuggets. It's impossible, and I have learned that no matter how many things you try to keep out of their reach they will find something else that they're not supposed to play with. Better to teach them what's okay to touch and what's not.