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What To Expect: The Second Year: For The 13th To 24th Month, This Step-by-Step Guide Explains Everything You Need To Know About Your Toddler (2011)

by Heidi Murkoff(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0761152776 (ISBN13: 9780761152774)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Workman Publishing Company

review 1: Thank goodness we're no longer breaking things down month by month because that was kind of driving me crazy with the What to Expect First Year book ("My baby is...doing that! Whew! Oh crap, but she's not doing that other thing you say she should be doing. Is my baby normal or not? What does next month say??"). Instead we have sections like Feeding, Behavior, Disciplining Your Toddler, etc. Some things still stand out as being overly cautious to me, and I really want to see the studies that back up this: "[A] 2-hour-per-day TV habit translates to a 20 percent greater risk of an attention disorder." Whhhhhaaaat? Way to scare the crap out of me, Heidi Murkoff. But other parts of the book were really helpful and soothing in its common sense. Like how to shop with a toddler! S... moreomething I didn't think I needed to read until the day my toddler was running up and down aisles to get to the giant inflatable Santa at the front of Wal-Mart, ignoring me completely and my pleas that we had to get our shopping done before everything melted. And then we got to the car with our shopping done and she didn't want to get in her car seat for 10 minutes. Ahhhh. My favorite part of the book? Pointing out that the word "discipline" gets its roots from the Latin "to teach". Something simple, but it made me think about my relationship with my 13-year-old stepdaughter, not just my toddler.
review 2: I think children are influenced by our behavior expectations. One annoyance with this book is that is keeps telling you how your child will be incorrigible and cause you trouble. I know it is supposed to give the feeling of a sympathetic and knowing friend's voice, but I just didn't think it added to the book's authority or helpfulness. Also, the question and answer format really doesn't contribute anything especially when some of the questions are of the form, "My child is showing totally appropriate and innocuous toddler behavior. When will it stop?" I ended up skimming the end about health issues since I'll use the AAP reference I have instead. less

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