Please recommend the best toddler guide-book!

[berri]

I've been browsing Amazon but the reviews are so mixed!

Please let me know if you've got one you think has got good advice for 18 months and older....

Thanks in advance!

toddler taming christopher green

I have bought Divas and Dictators, am reading it currently as so far it makes sense, it came recommended? www.amazon.co.uk/Divas-Dictators-Secrets-Having-Behaved/dp/0091923859

what to expect ... toddler years

ummmm the Mumsnet one?!?!

I found Toddler Taming to be quite helpful bit didn't really like his writing style or his opinions on working mums.

The Mumsnet book is funny and gives lots of ideas from real mums on how to deal with issues so you can choose what sounds best for you.

Mumsnet and The Baby Whisperer

I like what to expect the toddler years and the baby whisperer for toddlers

Thanks everyone!

I find What to Expect a bit too full of detail - I can't be bothered reading it. The Mumsnet one is good and easy to read.

If you're on mumsnet, do you still need the book?!

Toddler Taming and What to Expect both work for me....

Isn't toddler taming the one where he recommends tying their bedroom door with a rope?

I like the sound of 'The incredible years' haven't read it though, although being an attachent type parent (much as I hate to label myself) I'd recommend Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn instead

Raising Happy Children (Jan Stimpson?) is great for toddlers and beyond.

He does reccommend tying the door with rope enough so they can see out but not get out. Like a stair gate across the door, I suppose.

I like "How To Talk So Kids Will Listen..." as an all-rounder.

Not a toddler manual as such but using some things from it already (vocalising feelings and helping to express anger/frustration in appropriate ways rather than just punishing/ignoring tantrums) and seems to have some good ideas which will keep going for a while.

Was a bit disappointed with the mumsnet one as I thought it would be funny like the talk roundups, but it wasn't. The writing style is similar to the articles in the sections linked to at the blue bar on the top of the site. Helpful but not as entertaining as I'd hoped. Useful for quickly dipping into, but easy enough to search for some old threads (or start a new one if it isn't that urgent)

Does How to Talk suit young toddlers?

Not all of it, but I've used bits from it - and the principles of it - don't over-rely on punishment, children do annoying things (generally) because they are at a stage of development, not because they are manipulative and want to ruin your life, etc, have sparked further discussion (on here mainly) or reading or web searches for me which all help shape the way I deal with DS day to day. He is 21 months so a pretty young toddler. Not sure whether he's having full scale tantrums yet though at the moment will throw himself screaming on the floor momentarily and throw things (food mainly) and bite and kick etc if he is really tired. Also refuses to walk if I want to hold his hand and he is not in the mood which is fun when he decides he is not in the mood to hold hands in the middle of the road.