Prevention is better than a cure (Supernanny: How to Get the Best from Your Children - Jo Frost)

Member Name: LittleKim

Product:	Supernanny: How to Get the Best from Your Children - Jo Frost
Date:	08/06/09 (49 review reads)
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Supernanny either love her or hate her, but she does know what she is talking about.

Most people have heard of Supernanny aka (Jo Frost), unless you live in a cave. Jo Frost started off as Supernanny about 8 years ago where she went into peoples house and helped families with children who had various behaviuoral problems e.g. temper tantrums, sleep problems, not eating, running off etc (we have all been there).

Jo has now brought out a few different books offering advice and tips to parents.

I brought this book when I was pregnant, as I had watched Supernanny and was dreading my little boy doing some of the things I had seen children do on her programme, so I brought the book as a prevention rather than a cure, Supernanny, - How to Get the Best from your Children.

I brought the book from mothercare for £9.99 I think it usually retails at £12.99 and on Amazon you can but the book from £3.00 second hand.
The book is a paperback with a picture of Supernanny on the front with her red handbag. On the back is a little telling you about Jo Frost and the Times Review which quoted: Kim and Aggie for Naughty Toddlers.

The book is 223 pages long including the index, and the book is split into sections:-

- Introduction

BASIC TECHNIQUES
- Ages and Stages
- Routines and Rules
- Setting Boundaries
- Dressing

TROUBLE SHOOTING
- Dressing
- Toilet Training
- Eating
- Social Skills
- Bedtime
- Quality Time

USEFUL CONTACTS
INDEX

Each chapter starts off with Supernany writing a little about the subject e.g. what age the child should start doing this and why it is good for them and how we as parents can encourage our children. It then goes into how the day may pan out with another page on helping and encouring our children. Supernanny then sets out the problems and what the cause tends to be with what can be done to resolve the problem.

I have to say I have read this book from cover to cover not because I needed to but just to get general advice, and I really enjoyed looking at alot of problems from a child's perspective (which I think sometimes we as parents tend to do as we are always rushing). This book has helped me avoid many a problem and tantrum, and has also helped my little boy become very independent little man.

One problem I did have which I referred to the Supernanny book was when my little boy was about 18 months he had a chest infection so I used to sit with him in his room and stroke his hand, this carried on for 6 months after the chest infection had cleared up. It was not that I minded sitting there stroking his hand but sometimes it would then take him an hour - hour and half to get to sleep, and I would be sat there thinking I could have done the washing up, laundry, made dinner etc in that time. Then every time I tried to leave the room he would scream continuously (which just broke my heart).

Anyway it came to a head when I realised it was not good for my little boy as well as me to be sat there, so I referred to my supernanny book and she suggested because he had got used to my presence I slowly over a couple of weeks move further out of the room sitting a little further from his cot each night (I could not bear to let him cry it out).
So that night I moved a little bit back from his cot and carried on the rest of the nights moving further and further. Within a week I was sat outside his door in the hallway and no crying to be heard. If he called I would pop my head back in the room and say Bedtime now I am just sat in the hallway, living room etc.
Within two weeks just as Supernanny had said my little boy was going to bed all by himself and seemed alot happier for it. (We as parents all need our own time too).

I would recommend this book to anyone even if your child is the perfect little angel, just to for ideas, advice and reference. I have now lent my book to about 6 friends and they are all big lovers of the book to.

Summary: Use this book as a reference