A new, empowering guide for parents of 1-4 year olds, by bestselling parenting author Sarah Ockwell-Smith.

ToddlerCalm offers a gentle approach to parenting that will help you to enjoy your toddler, to understand the limitations of sticker charts and time out, to have the confidence to ignore the experts and to parent your own child with empathy and trust.

Sarah Ockwell-Smith, parenting coach, mum of four and author of the bestselling The Gentle Parenting Book, shares the empowering strategies she shares with the parents who consult with her and deconstructs commonly held beliefs about toddler behaviour. You will learn:


Why toddlers are not mini-adults
The science of toddler sleep
How to cope with a picky eater
Communication - toddler style
The importance of unconditional love
Why you don't need to be permissive to parent respectfully


This invaluable guide will help you through the challenging toddler years, helping to ensure happier parents and calmer toddlers.

This book works. It shows that that the naughty step, sticker charts and controlled crying are NOT the only solutions. Many parents struggle with getting their toddlers to sleep, picky eaters; respect; tantrums; discipline; throwing; biting; hitting, communication...All this is normal. What is important is that you don't base your whole relationship with your child on rewards and punishment. ToddlerCalm is about gentle parenting. It will give you a proven and successful alternative approach to creating a calm and happy family.