Practical Parenting Tips For The First Five Years: Revised And Updated Edition [Paperback]

Vicki Lansky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 1992

Here are just a few of the ideas in this book that parents have actually used to make life with young children easier:

Childproofing

Keep a rubber band around the toilet tissue roll to prevent waste and clogged toilets due to "flushing fascination."

Drape a towel over the top of the bathroom door to keep children from shutting it tightly and locking themselves in.

Tantrums

Listen. Acknowledge the source of frustration.

Whisper in your child's ear. The screaming may stop or turn into a giggle.

Disappear into another room. You'll feel better and the tantrum will lose steam.

Hair Care

Sit your child in a high chair to prevent "wandering." Spread a newspaper underneath.

Remove gum from hair with peanut butter. Work it into the hair and then comb out both gum and peanut butter.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Bruce Lansky has edited a number of poetry anthologies (including Rolling in the Aisles, Kids Pick the Funniest Poems, If Kids Ruled the School, A Bad Case of the Giggles, Miles of Smiles, and No More Homework! No More Tests!), and 3 silly songbook anthologies. Lansky created the popular GigglePoetry.com website for children and the PoetryTeachers.com website for teachers. He also created the Girls to the Rescue series, the New Fangled Fairy Tales series, and the Can You Solve the Mysteries series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Meadowbrook; Rev&Updtd edition (October 15, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671792059
• ISBN-13: 978-0671792053
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #622,599 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Feed Me I'm Yours, my first book, began as a local fund raising cookbook in 1974 and turned me into an author. I thought it was the only book I'd ever write and then for a while, I thought that each new book would be my last. Was I wrong!

Along the way I also became a publisher. Feed Me I'm Yours was first published from my husband's and my home on Meadowbrook Lane (i.e., Meadowbrook Press). Our company grew very fast as we learned the publishing business. After our divorce 8 years later, I left Meadowbook Press with no plans of being a publisher again. However, as the books I wrote for others went out of print, I established my own imprint, Book Peddlers, which now publishes over half of my 30 titles...including (naturally) Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents.

When you write parenting books, everyone glances critically at your children. Thank goodness mine had the good grace to turn out well. Despite my mistakes (and they'll be the first to point them out) my thirty-something twosome have survived and thrived in spite of having had a "professional" mother. Lucky me!

I think my mother would be astonished to know that I give out cleaning and household advice to millions of people as a columnist for Family Circle magazine. After all, she 'not I' had made a career of homemaking. In 1988, when Family Circle asked me to be a contributing editor to their "Help" column, I was delighted. This would be a place for me to share "grown-up" tips. I was now moving beyond the days of needing to know that peanut butter removes gum from children's hair!

Writing about household hints has been more of an education than I ever dreamt. I'm often asked what my favorite tip is. Usually it's the one I've not heard before, which is what keeps my work so interesting. My books on Baking Soda tips and Vinegar tips have sold in the hundreds of thousands copies. Amazing. How lucky I am to be able to share so many helpful ideas...and it is good, clean FUN too.

I'm not sure of my next projects as I've decided to cut back a bit on my book life and work a little more on just my life. But I'm never far from my computer and I know there are idea gremlins scrambling around my brain waiting to escape. Stay tuned.....

Customer Reviews

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book For Every Parent!, February 1, 1999

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This review is from: Practical Parenting Tips For The First Five Years: Revised And Updated Edition (Paperback)

If you buy this book your life will be a lot less hectic. The tips are great. They're easy to read, intersting, and easy to use. I found this book very helpful.

5.0 out of 5 stars practical indeed, November 13, 2010

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This review is from: Practical Parenting Tips, Revised and Updated (Paperback)

I had a copy of this book when my kids were young. I got one to send to my new mommy daughter! Read this with humor!And use your own common sense. But there are some great time saving suggestions! Several of my favorites; get rid of the top sheet on your child's bed. Just use a light comforter. Easier to make up the bed, and you can add blankets if necessary. Being a southerner, that was was usually all the cover they needed! And using a low heat hair dryer to dry baby's bottom. Sounds crazy, but it really did reduce the incidences of rash! A fun little book.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth My Time, July 23, 2008

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A. Cordova "Mom of two" (Coatesville, PA) - See all my reviews
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I was very disappointed in this book. I received it for free from my insurance company when I became pregnant with my second child. I found most of the tips to be a bit silly. I had to stop reading when the author recommended using a plastic grocery bag as a bib! I was shocked. If your looking for a good book on baby care, this is not it! I would recommend Baby 411 instead.