Small children can be demanding and exhausting. Next minute they're all sweet and loveable again. Coping with the ups and downs of looking after the under-5s can often leave you feeling confused and guilty

Jo Douglas understands how hard it is when small children refuse to eat or sleep. A parent and clinical psychologist, she has been working with families for over 25 years. In Toddler Troubles, she provides effective ideas for handling common problems in family life, like temper tantrums, endless questions, eating and sleeping and coping with brothers and sisters.

Toddler Troubles shows you how to be a sensitive and sensible parent, how best to look after your child, and how best to look after yourself.

• Keep your relationship revved up
• Positive parenting
• Stop problem behaviour before it starts
• Increasing your child's self-confidence and self-esteem
• How can I be firm without losing my temper?
• Caring for more than one
• Nightmares and night terrors
• My child is a worrier

Excerpted with permission of the publisher John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. fromToddler Troubles by Jo Douglas. Copyright © 2002 by John Wiley & Sons,Ltd. This book is also available at Wiley Europe, or by calling 44-1243 779-777.