Product Description

Elaine Addison is a modern-day Mary Poppins. A trained nanny who has worked for many high profile clients, her childcare recipe is discipline plus fun. In this book she shares her successful formula for bringing up children who are well-behaved and, most importantly, happy. Starting at 6 months and going up to 5 years, Elaine covers all the core areas parents have to contend with - establishing sleep routines, weaning and feeding, tantrums etc. Her basic message is routine with plenty of fun - she includes along the way lots of ideas for making mealtimes, for example, less stressful (having the child decorate their place setting themselves), dealing with wobblies (never try to reason with a 2-year old) and organising messy children (make them clear up at the same time each day with a signature piece of music). With her reputation as a trouble-shooter, able to deal with problem behaviour, Elaine offers an approach to childcare that is rooted in today's environment yet also has an appealing element of the old-fashioned nursery about it - an attractive idea to many parents who don't want to buy into the current Gina Ford regime of strict and humourless routine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #477059 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

You Magazine, Mail on Sunday, April 2005
Sparkling with common sense and humour, as well as limericks, recipes and tantrum-mangement techniques.

The Sunday Times, January 2005
The advice inside crackles with common sense.

Sunday Express, April 2005
Addison has advice on everything from pureeing carrots to tantrums and it's easy to see why she is in demand.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful book full of wise and fun tips -- a true classic
Finally a fun, well written book packed with useful, practical, and easy to follow advice. A nice alternative to those cheap and glossy supernanny type books. And despite her celebrity this author keeps focused on advice rather than tales of her past. She knows her stuff, writes well, and is easy to understand. The book is full of fun advice-- a true keeper. I love the design, hard cover, colorful sidebar illustrations and highlighted tips. Beautifully done.