Jo Frost's Confident Toddler Care: The Ultimate Guide to the Toddler Years

I guess, I shouldn't be surprised, but this is a really great book! I was skeptical because Jo Frost is a television personality. However, the solutions in the book are very helpful and easy to follow. Confident Toddler Care reads like a textbook. It's a quick, easy and realistic.My husband and I have no clue what we are doing, Confident Toddler Care has given us direction. Frankly, it's so good that I bought, and have given, the baby book when my son was at 13 months old. I wish I had received/seen this book sooner! I highly recommend both books!

These books have turned my family completely right side up. Thrilled with the Jo Frost book series. This book as well as Jo Frost's Toddler Rules should be essential books for new moms! The focus is on well rounded care as a way to prevent bad behavior. Therefore, you use less discipline. When you do need it, you can be stern without yelling or anger and then reinforce with love. My toddler turned into a different child within 2 days of trying her methods. I will be giving this as a gift to friends and new moms! Great ideas for busy families, working families, different aged toddlers, and lots of different behavioral issues and some development issues too.

I was having a really hard time with my two year old!! Not listening, Not potty training, not eating all around very trying!!This book helped me with everything! I read the book for potty training and I followed her advice and stuck to the plan and within a week my boy was potty trained!! I keep the book close and have read it over and over again when I start to doubt myself! It really does help!

I love this book as it has curtailed a lot of my anxieties and reinforced our instincts that we were already implementing. I really bought it to see her advice on discipline and potty training, but what I find very helpful above this is that Jo Frost can explain the mind of a toddler and calms down the parents while doing so. She reiterates points throughout the book and makes a lot of sense...maybe it is because I am British and think the same as her but my husband has also read some of the book and he likes it too (he is fom Wisconsin). I highly recommend this book to anyone who has or is about to have a toddler.

One of the best toddler manual I have had to my hands. It is fast to read, points out all the major problems that we are facing and the best of all, tells you how to deal with challenges in prctise. Hard core medical and psychology books haven't give me this much answers. And the book has very positive mood on its pages. I'm glad I bought it, will read partly again.

Jo Front writes such great books and her advice is so good. I bought them for dealing with my one and two year old grandchildren who are basically very good kids. I just want to be prepared for the future with them and funny that her ideas are so much like I raised my two sons who are now 39 and 36 and always well behaved with me being a single parent for most of their life.

I was looking forward to reading this book when my DD was about to turn 1 year old, and now she is 14 months. I have not found anything helpful from this book for the particular stage she is at, and it is hard to find information from books in general. In the end, "What to Expect the Second Year" had more information I can use as she develops, before the actual "toddler" stage, but already outgrown the "baby" stage - she does not yet comprehend explanations or instructions as Jo Frost bases most of her techniques on, and because she is not a small baby anymore, I can't just "shush" her quiet by holding her or nursing when she throws her tantrums. It is too soon for the time-outs, she has no idea of what is going on and it only makes her more anxious, and "talking" to her only amuses her because mommy is looking at her and giving her attention - I could be saying the lyrics of a song in Greek and she would react the same as if I am explaining that she should not be upset. It is pointless. It is really more of a "nanny manual" (I believe the author does not have any children of her own), so it is not a bad book at all, but as a parent, I don't find it very resourceful for my daily challenges. I have been reading it, though, and I think it has good advice for situations regarding day care and stimulation games. There is a big lack of information available for the 1 year olds, and this book does not fill the gap at all. Stick with Heidi Murkoff.

Anyone can pretty much get any information they need off the Internet, and I do, but this book is such a thorough reference guide for the information you need at hand. I wish I bought it when my kiddos were born. Its easy to read and get the information quickly if needed. It will help make you and your toddler more confident.