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Title: The Girlfriends' Guide to Toddlers by Vicki Iovine ISBN: 0-399-52438-X Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (50 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A loving and humourous approach
Comment: Thank you Vicki! It was so refreshing to read this guide which contains NO clinical "milestone X at age Y" tables but instead provides some practical insights into the mysterious thoughts of our cherisehed small people. I almost cheered to read her asking parents to seriously weigh the cost to the child (and the parent's sanity) of trying to meet public expectations about trifles - whether weaning from bottles, losing the dummy, stopping nose picking, toilet training by 2 or getting your toddler to wear clothes that match. Iovine does actually reveal lots of information on how she or her friends have achieved these things, but I liked her "live and let live" reminder a lot. It matched my philisophy to see someone looking at these issues from the toddler's perspective and encouraging parent's to be more sensitive to their toddler's need to do/not do something and less sensitive to other people's possible rating on their parenting skills.
You read her guide and are left feeling pretty certain that by the fourth trip down the toddler taming trail, Iovine has learned which stuff is worth sweating about and which is not. Despite the humourous format, I found a lot of practical information in this book. Her format is to share the (sometimes bitter, sometimes joyful) experiences of her and her Girlfriends and much of the resulting advice is so sensible and appealing e.g. her tips for playdate success are just excellent. I really enjoyed this book, loved the intimate chatty style and got almost teary with heartfelt recognition at her "Top 10 things we'll miss most about toddlers". She may be criticised for being so obviously white and affluent, and will this can influence your feeling of "sameness" with the author, it doesn;t reduce the sense and practicality of the tips offered in the guide. Toddlers who won't give up their binkies, eat vegetables or potty by 2 appear across all social, racial and financial boundaries, and the suggestions for dealing with this do too. Give this book a try for a more intimate and less rigid insight into the joys and trials of toddlers.
Rating: 5
Summary: A "sanity bible" for us first-time toddler moms
Comment: I greatly enjoyed the other two Girlfriends' books, but the Toddler one is the best yet. Most of all, it has helped me retain some perspective on these crazy toddler years, so that I haven't had to undergo premature dementia over eating struggles, sleeping (or not), tantrums, etc. This book was never intended by the author to be a comprehensive guide to every single physical and psychological aspect of early childhood! For that, I have the AAP Birth-5 Years book and the What to Expect series. The Girlfriends' Guide is more of a day-to-day survival manual, and it refreshes and reassures like a chat with your best mommy Girlfriend. If you actually READ the book carefully, you'll see that Iovine herself repeatedly advises the reader that she is NOT a pediatrician, nutritionist, psychologist or educator, and suggests many times that you use every resource at your disposal to get specific information. This is a very responsible approach, in my opinion.
As for the tone of the book being described as "put-upon" and exhausted, well, four toddlers will do that to you!
I am now eagerly awaiting the Girlfriends' Guides for the school-age and teen years. Keep up the good work, Vicki!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great!
Comment: This book is a must read for every parent. The information is written in a breezy style that busy parents will enjoy.
Vickie dishes out her no nonsense advice like a true girlfriend.
By: Debbie Farmer, parenting author of 'Don't Put Lipstick on the Cat!'
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