The Best Friends' Guide to Toddlers: A Survival Manual to the 'Terrible Twos' (and Ones and Threes) from the First Step, the First Potty and the First Word ('No') to the Last Blanket

Publisher and industry reviews

Jacket review

'The first author to write a truly funny, practical guide to parenthood... wittily written and refreshingly free of political correctness' Daily Mail 'Iovine tells parents what they need to know with a sense of humour. This guide tells it like it is and gives frazzled parents a much-needed laugh as well' Baby & You Magazine

UK Kirkus review

This is a definite improvement on the Best Friends' guides to earlier stages of motherhood, partly because the focus has turned more to traditional advice on maternal strategies and partly because the book reads more as if it were written for a British audience. This is a humorous look at the trials and tribulations of living with a one to three-year-old, with much practical advice thrown in. For all those mothers who have 'about as much backbone as an earthworm' when toddlers are difficult about eating, there's sound advice on dealing with food as a 'total body experience'; the emotional havoc wreaked by vegetables; and sugar pushers (often grandparents). There are also suggestions on handling tantrums, vital advice on safety, tips for organizing toddlers' social lives, selecting clothing, comfort items (dummies etc), potty training, sleep, how to help a toddler negotiate her emotions when another baby is on the way, and much more. Throughout there is a reassurance that despite inevitable slips you'll probably do OK as a mum. (Kirkus UK)