• Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler

  • Tackling These Crazy Awesome Years - No Time Outs Needed
  • By: Jamie Glowacki
  • Narrated by: Jamie Glowacki
  • Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (232 ratings)

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Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler

By: Jamie Glowacki
Narrated by: Jamie Glowacki
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Real-world, from-the-trenches toddler parenting advice from the author of the best-selling Oh Crap! Potty Training.

Toddlers - commonly defined as children aged between two and five years old - can be a horribly misunderstood bunch. What most parents view as bad behavior is in fact just curious behavior. Toddlerdom is the age of individuation, seeking control, and above all, learning how the world works. But this misunderstanding between parents and child can lead to power struggles, tantrums, and even diminished growth and creativity.

The recent push of early intellectualism coupled with a desire to “make childhood magical” has created a strange paradox - we have three-year-olds with math and Mandarin tutors who don’t know how to dress themselves and are sitting in their own poop. We are pushing the toddler mind beyond its limit but simultaneously keeping them far below their own natural capabilities.

In the frank, funny, and totally authentic Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler, social worker Jamie Glowacki helps parents work through what she considers the five essential components of raising toddlers:

  • Engaging the toddler mind
  • Working with the toddler body
  • Understanding and dealing with the toddler behavior
  • Creating a good toddler environment
  • You, the parent

Oh Crap! I Have a Toddler is about doing more with less - and bringing real childhood back from the brink of overscheduled, overstimulated helicopter parenting. With her signature down-and-dirty friend-to-friend advice, Jamie is here to help you experience the joy of parenting again and giving your child - and yourself - the freedom to let them grow at their own pace and become who they are.

©2019 Jamie Glowacki (P)2019 Simon & Schuster

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So good

Excellent book. One of the best, if not THE best parenting book I have read. Practical, makes you think instead of regurgitating a bunch of garbage we already know. There is an abundance of great pregnancy books, baby books and older children books, but for the toddler years, a serious scarcity. This one is it. Thank you Jamie.

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You got this!

WOW! This book hit my parenting sweet spot - conscious, funny, actionable, REAL! I loved the organization of the book into two parts - addressing the parent side first before the kid side, adjusting our own "stuff" where we really have the power to change. So validating to have a book acknowledge that parents and kids both need their needs met. Excellent author narration - finishing the book I felt like after having coffee with an awesome friend - inspired and empowered.

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This audio book had a soul - the author 😀

I could tell the author poured her soul into this book. I appreciated that she read her own book because it felt conversational instead of the usual monotonous dictation I encounter with audio books. Also, I appreciate the book is LABELED for future reference. Overall amazing experience and excellent tools & information!

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Excellent

It felt like a conversation with that wise aunt who always knows just what to say. If I could meet this author in real life, I would give her a big hug and thank her for putting my stresses at ease.

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One of my favorite toddler books

I have read a few and found this to be the most reasonable and practical.

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Most Comprehensive Parenting Book 3-5yrs

I really really loved this parenting book. It’s set for 3-5year olds; I have a 4, 3 and 1 year old so it was fitting. There are other popular best sellers that will lament further on certain chapters of this book. However, Jamie’s book cuts right to the chase and tells you what need to know and give actual tools for HOW to do it. Too often parents are told what to NOT do but never told what TO do, or are never given actual tools to help toddlers work through emotions and situations. Jamie has ALL of this in her book. I loved the format - parents first, kids second: she goes into how we as parents can improve and help make our lives easier, then goes into kids and how to help understand and navigate their issues. I will absolutely be recommending this book to my friends with toddlers too!

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Looooved it!

Great flow, great information, great stories and examples. I feel everyone needs to read this.

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So helpful for me as a grandparent

I love Jamie’s get real approach yet science based. Will help me be a better grandma when I have special time with my grandkids! Very innate and intuitive!

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Great guide

Great guide overall for toddler years, not all applies to my case but worth a read!

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Great Read!

I've read this and her Oh Crap potty training book. Both books have been great, easy reads, and very relatable. There is good insight in both as well as actual tools to help with your day to day. I've come away with things to try and new perspectives to contemplate. Great Read!

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