The Christian Mama's Guide to Parenting a Toddler

Everything You Need to Know to Survive (and Love) Your Child's Terrible Twos

Erin MacPherson

• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9780849964336
• Print ISBN:
  9780849964756

What's a mom to do when her sweet baby's smiles and snuggles turn to tears and tantrums?

This take on everything toddler—from throwing food to potty training to massive toddler fits—is filled with sanity-saving advice every mom wants to hear. Helpful tips include how to:

• stop a tantrum in its tracks (or at least survive the tantrum without breaking into tears of your own)
• discipline your child in a way that demonstrates Christ's redeeming love
• make your marriage a priority when your kid is a squeaky wheel that always seems to need your time and attention
• introduce your child to Jesus in a way that leads to authentic faith
• convince a one-and-a-half year old that broccoli really is better than cookies—even if you don't believe it yourself

Moms will be entertained and encouraged by the amusing anecdotes and godly advice of this comprehensive, topical approach to parenting one and two year olds.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: What Happened to My Sweet Baby?
• One: Getting into the Toddler Mama Groove: Surviving and Thriving in the Toddler Years
• Two: Heart, Mind, and Soul: Getting a Handle on Toddler Discipline
• Three: Tantrums 401: A Requisite Course on How to Handle Toddler Tantrums
• Four: The Food Fight: Getting Your Kid to Eat
• Five: Living a Healthy Lifestyle: Teaching Your Toddler How to Live Healthy from an Early Age
• Six: Bedtime Battles: Helping Your Toddler Become a Great Sleeper
• Seven: Brainiacs on (Hot) Wheels: Learning and Growing with Your Toddler
• Eight: Your Guide to Starting Preschool: Sending Your Toddler to School for the First Time
• Nine: “I’ve Never Seen This before”: And Other Things You’d Prefer Not to Hear from Your Pediatrician
• Ten: Potty Talk: A Potty Training How-To from Someone Who (Sort of) Knows What to Do
• Eleven: The Christian Daddy’s Guide to Parenting a Toddler: What Dads Need to Know about Toddlers
• Twelve: Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Mom: How to Manage the Hardest Easy Job Ever
• Thirteen: Confessions of a Working Mom: Ten Rules to Help You Find Balance between Work and Life
• Fourteen: Get a Life: Finding Time for You in a World of Me, Me, Me!
• Fifteen: Reinventing Date Night: Date Night Makes a Bold Return
• Sixteen: Doing It All over Again: Getting Prepped and Ready for round 2 (or 3 or 4)
• Epilogue: Treasuring Two
• About the Author
• Index