Toddlers Made Easy
Become the Parent Every Child Wants
by Dr. Cathryn Tobin
HOW TO TRANSFORM EVERYDAY LIFE WITH A TODDLER
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From Dr. Cathryn Tobin, experienced pediatrician and host of the @healthiest_baby Instagram, comes a straightforward and helpful guide for parents and carers of toddlers.
Packed with friendly and helpful advice to support parents and toddlers during their trickiest moments, Dr. Tobin helps parents see matters from your toddler's point of view, with lively illustrations showing their thought patterns. Parent quizzes throughout the book help parents think about how to best handle a scenario, reflect on their own parenting background, and communicate effectively and calmly to support their child through this key developmental stage.
PRAISE FOR THE LULL-A-BABY SLEEP PLAN
“Dr Tobin's breakthrough discovery will revolutionize how new parents put their babies to bed! Read this book and sleep better tonight.” — MICHELE BORBA, Ed.D., author of 12 Simple Secrets Real Moms Know and Parents DO Make a Difference
“Finally, a research-based solution to the age-old problem of getting Baby to sleep! Drawing on her extensive knowledge of infant neurological development as well as her years of experience as a practicing pediatrician, Dr. Tobin has created an approach that is simple, effective---and compassionate. Lull-a-Baby is not about letting babies cry; it’s about understanding the sometimes counterintuitive conditions that help babies fall asleep on their own. This book should be required reading for all new parents!” — LINDA ACREDOLO, Ph.D., co-author of the bestsellers Baby Signs, Baby Minds and Baby Hearts
“Parenting is a 24/7 job, and it can get pretty lonely at 3 a.m., especially if you’re the kind of parent who can’t bear to let your child cry himself to sleep. That’s why The Lull-a-Baby Sleep Plan is so wonderful. Dr. Cathryn Tobin not only has a gentle, caring approach to your baby but also has great empathy for what you’re going through. New parents can help their infant learn healthy sleep habits from the get-go, and those who’ve missed the early window of opportunity can backtrack and solve bedtime battles with an older child. Drawing on her years of experience as a midwife, a pediatrician and a mom, Dr. Tobin illustrates her techniques with a wide variety of sleep problems. This is one book that should be in every parent’s library.” — MARY MOHLER, Editor-at-Large, Parents magazine
“Dr. Tobin's important and highly readable book offers parents medically sound and scientifically based sleep strategies that are attuned to the needs of both babies and parents. By teaching parents how to activate their baby's relaxation response, Dr. Tobin's book offers a humane alternative to the ‘letting them cry’ method. Her light-hearted approach and easy to follow recommendations will foster confidence and competence for any new (and exhausted!) parent. The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan gives parents the greatest gift of early childhood - SLEEP!” — DEBRA PHILLIPS HAUSER, Ph.D., Lecturer, Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
“Welcome to the Land of Nod: Dr. Tobin teaches us how to recognize and read our kids' cues so we can help them - and us! - get a better nights' sleep. Her down-to-earth approach is also refreshing. A great read for parents, new and old.” — KATHRYN DORRELL, Life editor, Canadian Living magazine
“Perfect for bleary-eyed, exhausted parents who are in desperate need of solutions on how they can help their infant (and themselves) get some much-needed sleep. Keep this insightful reference handy, you'll refer to it again and again.” — SAM HORN, author of Tongue Fu! and What's Holding You Back?
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World English: Dorling Kindersley, October 2024
ABOUT DR. CATHRYN TOBIN
Dr. Cathryn Tobin is a distinguished pediatrician, trained midwife, author, and mother of four, based in Markham, Ontario. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in the field, and carries out more than 14,000 office consultations each year in her private practice — and loves every minute of it. Dr. Tobin trained at the largest children's hospital in the world, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She is the author of The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan (Rodale, 2006), and has been cited in, amongst others, the New York Times, Washington Post, Family Circle, Parents, Parenting, Child, and Today's Parent Magazine.