Toddler Owner's Manual: Father's Edition
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This out of warranty period can be difficult and the manual will help fathers navigate such vexing stages as solid food consumption, child self waste disposal training, tentative first steps as well as long term servicing and immunisation issues and maximizing the usefulness of your toddler. This is a must have book for any father facing the challenges of a rapidly developing little human.
Steve Bedwell
Steve Bedwell is a comedy writer, television host, radio personality, author, producer, and a comedian who has toured the Los Angeles comedy circuit. He is the author of the Baby Owner's Manual.
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Toddler Owner's Manual - Steve Bedwell
For my darling Zara and Eloise, one of you has finished toddling and the other is about to start. Thank you for the love and laughter and constant inspiration, and more than anything, thank you to my beautiful wife Elana, whose constant support and encouragement gets me off my behind and writing. I love you all.
A Rockpool book
PO Box 252
Summer Hill
NSW 2130
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First published in 2014
Copyright © Steve Bedwell 2014
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Bedwell, Steve, author.
Toddler owner’s manual / Steve Bedwell.
Father’s edition
9781925017199 (paperback)
Infants--Care.
Fatherhood.
649.122
Edited by Glenda Downing
Cover and internal design by Debaser
Picture research by Emelie Ousback
Typeset by TypeSkill
All images sourced from Shutterstock
This eBook was developed by IntegralDMS
Contents
A word of introduction from Mother Nature Heavy Industries Pty Ltd
Section A: The Road to Toddling
Section B: The Terrible Twos
Section C: Eating, Sleeping and Toilet Training
Section D: Correcting Bad Habits and Unwanted Behaviour
Section E: Entertainment and Beyond the Home
Further reading and resources
Appendix: Service history
A word of introduction from Mother Nature Heavy Industries Pty Ltd
Congratulations, your Mother Nature Heavy Industries (MNHI) baby is no longer a baby, he has entered the second stage of his development and, as a result, the second stage of your ownership. Your baby is now officially a toddler. MNHI officially describes a toddler as being in that stage after infancy and before childhood, predominantly between the ages of 12 to 36 months when the child begins to walk unsteadily or ‘toddle’.
MNHI wishes to remind you that your child is no longer covered by the MNHI 12-month unlimited kilometre crawling warranty and, as such, the father is liable for any servicing or extra attention the toddler may need during this precarious period. Additional warranty protection can be purchased from your local MNHI dealer, the cost of which may vary depending upon the intended usage of the toddler and where the toddler will be housed. Additional warranty protection is advised particularly in the case of more rambunctious and accident-prone boy model toddlers.
This is also a stage of great development in other areas of your child’s life, as he grows into a period known as ‘the terrible twos’. Your toddler will at various times be unpredictable, destructive and above all, demanding. MNHI has designed this manual as a survival guide for fathers as they steer a course through this most testing of times in their child’s growth.
This MNHI manual will cover all aspects of toddler ownership. It is important to note that although your toddler may be out of the official MNHI warranty period, full servicing and maintenance enquiries can be handled at additional cost by any one of the 211 MNHI service centres nation wide. It is strongly recommended that any repairs or maintenance required by your toddler be carried out at one of these authorised service centres to maintain the integrity of your toddler’s operating systems.
As with the Baby Owner’s Manual, the Toddler Owner’s Manual is designed to enable fathers to navigate this most challenging of periods by empowering them with the prerequisite skills and knowledge to match their child’s developmental stage. Toddlers grow and develop at different rates and, accordingly, this manual is purely a guide as to what a father can expect during the 24-month toddler period. Fathers should not be alarmed if their child does not begin walking until 24 months, as every child MNHI produces is individually programmed to meet different performance goals.
The problems faced by the owner of a toddler are many and varied, from tantrums and the eruption of teeth to confronting the use of the toilet for the first time, from eating to sleeping and every developmental stage in between. MNHI trained professionals are here to help at every step of the way.
The toddler stage is full of joy and changes, and although at times these challenges may seem insurmountable, this manual and the advice contained within will steer any father through the turbulent times that lie ahead. As such, MNHI suggests that you take time to fully absorb this manual and follow the recommendations contained within.
MNHI has taken great care and consideration in compiling this manual to ensure your every query is met in a way that will not only provide peace of mind but also simplicity and clarity of purpose for the efficient and trouble-free ownership and operation of your toddler. As a result of years of research and development, this manual has been divided into the following five easy-to-read, understand and implement sections:
Section A: The Road to Toddling This section will deal with the period of ownership up until your toddler’s first steps, including the celebration of the completion of the first year of ownership and suggestions for how to commemorate this event. This event