Guiding Your Toddler's Development: Eating, Sleeping, Toilet Training and More

Guiding Your Toddler's Development:

Eating, Sleeping, Toilet Training and More



By Calvin A. Colarusso, M.D.,

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California at San Diego





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You knew the terrible twos were coming. You were warned. But now they’re here, along with questions you never considered to ask. Why won’t he fall asleep? Where should she sleep? Just how long can you be away without causing permanent trauma? Who should take care of your tot if you can’t be there? Why is there cereal everywhere in your once clean kitchen however in her mouth? Is it possible to win an argument with the little guy? When does toilet training start? Why on earth is she having fun with poop? If you do this wrong, will your son or daughter be damaged forever?!

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Surprisingly, there are answers, and with a little humor, plenty of understanding, and 50 years’ experience, eminent authority in neuro-scientific development, child psychiatrist, and master clinician Cal Colarusso, M.D. will ease your mind, answer your questions and provide step-by-step guides that will not only reassure your frazzled parent mind, but additionally make your most important job - raising your child - a little easier.



Guiding Your Toddler’s Development: Eating, Sleeping, Toilet Training and More gives clear explanations of your toddler’s behavior and practical recommendations, including what to say when the going gets tough.



It includes:

• Developmental concepts

• Examples of the way your tyke deals sees the planet, and what which means for you as a parent

• Separation anxiety (yours too!)

• Choosing the very best caretaker for your toddler

• How to deal with difficult behaviors

• Toilet training guidelines

• And perhaps most importantly, the word every two year old loves: NO!


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How you guide your toddler’s development sets a foundation for the rest of his life. Make use of the strategies in this book to be an effective parent of a happy child.



Dr. Colarusso is a board-certified Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at North park, where he served for 2 decades as Director of the Child Psychiatry Residency Training Program.



He is also a Training and Supervising Analyst in child and adult psychoanalysis at the San Diego Psychoanalytic Institute as well as an internationally known lecturer to students, professionals, and the general public on many facets of normal and pathologic development.



His six books have been published in English, Korean, and Spanish. See http://amzn.to/calcolarusso.

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