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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Way We Play | |
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| Why do toddlers insist on wearing the same clothes every day? | |
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| Why do toddlers love to dress up? | |
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| Why do toddlers love to play outside? | |
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| Why do toddlers love to play hide-and-seek? | |
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| Why do toddlers like to read the same books over and over again? | |
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| Why do toddlers play next to, but not with, one another? | |
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| Why do toddlers always want what the next child has? | |
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| Why do toddlers always repeat the worst things you say? | |
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| Why do toddlers play with the box and not the gift? | |
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| Why do toddlers love to ride, bounce, spin, and swing? | |
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| Why do toddlers endlessly arrange and rearrange their toys? | |
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| Why do toddlers put things in the VCR, DVD, toilet, and heat vents? | |
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| Why are toddlers so fascinated with babies? | |
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| Why do toddlers have imaginary friends? | |
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| Mealtime Mayhem | |
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| Why do toddlers refuse to eat one day and eat everything in sight the next? | |
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| Why do toddlers insist on eating only one (or two) foods day after day? | |
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| Why do toddlers swallow without chewing? | |
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| Why do toddlers smear, stack, juggle, and throw their food? | |
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| Why do toddlers try to eat plastic grapes and mud pies? | |
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| Why do toddlers have a love/hate relationship with their utensils? | |
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| Why do toddlers eat before the blessing? | |
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| Why do toddlers spit out food? | |
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| Why do toddlers fall asleep while they're still eating? | |
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| So Little Sleep | |
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| Why do toddlers wake up so darned early? | |
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| Why do toddlers stop taking naps when they still need them? | |
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| Why do toddlers get hyper when they're tired? | |
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| Why do toddlers bang their heads? | |
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| Why won't toddlers sleep alone? | |
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| Why do toddlers still wake up at night? | |
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| Why do toddlers wiggle endlessly in their sleep? | |
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| Why do toddlers wake up terrified? | |
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| This Little Body of Mine | |
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| Why do toddlers bite? | |
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| Why do toddlers climb? | |
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| Why do toddlers love to be naked? | |
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| Why do toddlers pick their noses? | |
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| Why do toddlers hold their breath? | |
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| Why do toddlers pee in the tub? | |
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| Why don't toddlers seem to smell their own stinky diapers? | |
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| Why do toddlers poop in the corner? | |
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| In the Mood | |
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| Why do toddlers throw temper tantrums? | |
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| Why do toddlers worship the ground their older siblings walk on? | |
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| Why do toddlers tell lies? | |
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| Why do toddlers cooperate in slow motion? | |
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| Why do toddlers favor one parent (and then the other)? | |
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| Why do toddlers suffer from separation anxiety? | |
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| Why do toddlers whine? | |
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| Why do toddlers cling to pacifiers and thumbs? | |
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| Why do toddlers drag around a favorite blanket? | |
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| Why do toddlers say "No, no, no"? | |
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| Why do toddlers think everything is "Mine, mine, mine"? | |
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| Why do some toddlers fear everything? | |
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| Why do some toddlers fear nothing at all? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Time-outs for Toddlers | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |