Helen Brown 
Parenting For Dummies, UK Edition 

Having a baby is an incredible experience, and the ultimate
responsibility! Parenting is a job that you start with no training
at all – and friends and family always seem to be the first
to tell you how best to bring up your children. But there’s no
sure-fire formula for raising kids. Maybe that’s because every
child, like every parent, is an individual, and no two parent-child
relationships are ever the same. So, you can give up any notions of
being a perfect parent. But, you can learn to keep the big mistakes
to a minimum and make the parenting experience easier and more
rewarding for your children and yourself. Which is where this book
comes in.

Covering information for newborns to pre-teens, Parenting For
Dummies gives you the essentials of parenting basics. From
dealing with a crying baby and potty training, to building
self-esteem and dealing with sibling rivalry, it offers a gold mine
of up-to-date advice.

قائمة المحتويات

Introduction.

Part I: All About You: What Every Parent Should Know.

Chapter 1: Help! Where Do I Start? The Basics.

Chapter 2: You’re in Charge: Setting Boundaries.

Chapter 3: You Are Not Alone: Massing the Troops.

Chapter 4: Other Secrets of Great Parenting.

Chapter 5: Childminders, Nurseries, and Nannies.

Part II: All About Babies.

Chapter 6: Surviving, Thriving, and Diving In: Getting Accustomed to Having a Baby.

Chapter 7: Mmmm, Mmmm, Good: Feeding Baby.

Chapter 8: Moving on to Solids.

Chapter 9: Sweet Dreams: Getting Baby to Sleep.

Chapter 10: Playing, Learning, and Socialising.

Part III: All About Toddlers.

Chapter 11: Keeping Baby Healthy.

Chapter 12: Potty-Training.

Chapter 13: Tantrum Tactics.

Chapter 14: Food and Sleep.

Chapter 15: Keeping Your Toddler Safe.

Chapter 16: Playing, Learning, and Socialising.

Part IV: All About Preschoolers.

Chapter 17: Behaviour and Discipline.

Chapter 18: Food Fights and Sleep Frights.

Chapter 19: Playing, Learning, and Socialising.

Chapter 20: Heading to Preschool.

Part V: All About Schoolies.

Chapter 21: Starting School.

Chapter 22: Eating, Sleeping, and Staying Healthy.

Chapter 23: Behaviour and Responsibility.

Chapter 24: Friends, Self, and the World Beyond.

Part VI: All About Siblings.

Chapter 25: The New Arrival.

Chapter 26: Squabble Solutions.

Chapter 27: Loving Them All the Same.

Part VII: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 28: Ten Ways to Keep Your Cool.

Chapter 29: Ten First-Aid Must-Knows.

Chapter 30: Ten Things You Need For Your Baby (And Ten Things You Don’t).

Index.

عن المؤلف

Helen Brown is a journalist and a mother of three. She is
Senior Editor for Boots Parenting Club magazines, the former
Parenting Editor of She magazine and writes regularly for Mother
and Baby.