Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids [Paperback]

Kaz Cooke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

The eagerly awaited sequel to A BUN IN THE OVENNow you have a baby, what on earth are you going to do with it? In KIDWRANGLING, author Kaz Cooke delivers up-to-date, reliable child-rearing information in her trademark hilarious style. Featuring solid advice from experts, including real moms and dads, KIDWRANGLING is funny, reassuring, practical, and completely devoid of judgmental guruspeak about the right way to do things. The range of great solutions for new parents includes:Babies *getting through the first weeks * boobs * bottles * sleeping *crying * coping * new mom and newborn health * bonding * the blues * mom'¬?s post-baby body * equipment * first food * teething * pacifiersToddlers and Little Kids (Ages 3 to 5) * using the toilet * family food * teaching kids how to behave * child care * dealing with common illnesses * exercise * getting ready for schoolPlus * emotional and physical development 0 to 5 * immunization * safety * what dads need to know * birthday parties and presents * being at home * paid work * travel * best-ever lists of where to go for extra help * games, toys, and activities * and much moreNot to mention the hilarious How to Be Perfect Routine ("Adjust push-up bras, exfoliate feet, clean up vomit")

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From the Publisher

* Pull-no-punches child-rearing guide from wildly popular Australian author and cartoonist Kaz Cooke.
* Features sections on emotional and physical development, immunization, safety, what dads need to know, birthday parties and presents, travel, games and activities, food and exercise, behavior, toilet training, and much more.

About the Author

KAZ COOKE is the author and illustrator of many books for adults and children. She is a mummy from Melbourne, Australia, who has completely let herself go.

Product Details

• Paperback: 784 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580085571
• ISBN-13: 978-1580085571
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 2.3 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #634,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but not Fantastic, April 29, 2005

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Jenna H. Ryan (Avon, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids (Paperback)

This is the sequel to a Bun in the Oven. But...this is a pretty good book. It has up to date info on all sorts of stuff and covers newborns to little kids. Some of the sections could use less info, while the development portions could use a bit more. There are also chapters on good toys to buy and ideas for games to play when it is raining. A majority of the info was gathered from real moms who took Cooke's Kid Wrangling survey...so it is useful. I just wish there was more on development.

This book is not as an amusing read as a Bun in the Oven, either. While there are bits of humor in there, the laugh out loud funny parts just aren't there. That disappointed me a little.

All in all, this is a good book, though.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, July 17, 2005

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Cristian Torres Torija (Melbourne Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids (Paperback)

I picked up a baby book when my wife first got pregnant and as at the time it all seemed along way off, I couldn't stick with any - frankly it all seemed a bit too much.

I picked this up at the start of the third trimester and devoured it in days - all of a sudden reality and humour replaced dread. I realised I was on to something. It is pragmatically divided in to sections like Bottoms, Feeding, Sleeping, etc - its a kind of a cross between "what you really need to know" and a Dummies Guide.

Buy it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Humorously Helpful, December 7, 2010

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This review is from: Kid Wrangling: Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers, and Little Kids (Paperback)

This is my favorite parenting book. Sensible guidelines, useful ideas laced with humor that shows the author understands what her readers are experiencing and looking for in a book on parenting.