Kaz Cooke – Kid Wrangling

Kiwi Families Review by The Kiwi Families Team:
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Kid wrangling

The Real Guide to Caring for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers

Now you have a baby, what on earth are you going to do with it? Kaz Cooke delivers all the up-to-date, reliable info, with advice from the experts, including real mums and dads.

Kidwrangling is funny, reassuring and practical, with no judgemental guruspeak about the right way to do things – just a range of great solutions for you to choose from.

BABIES: getting through the first weeks/ bosoms/ bottles/ sleeping/ crying / coping / new mum & newborn health / bonding/ the blues / mum’s post-baby body / equipment / first food/ teething/ dummies/ vaccination.

TODDLERS and PRESCHOOLERS: using the loo/ teaching kids how to behave/ dealing with common illnesses / family food / child care/ exercise/ getting ready for school

PLUS: emotional and physical development 0 to 5 / games, toys & activities / safety / what dads need to know/ birthday parties & presents / being at home/ paid work / travel / best-ever lists of where to go for extra help/ & much more

NOT TO MENTION: the hilarious How to Be Perfect Routine (‘Adjust push-up bra, exfoliate feet, clean up sick’).

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  • Magnet0

    If you liked Kaz’s no nonsense, it is ultimately up to you approach in
    “Up the Duff”, then you will love kid wrangling. I love how she lets
    you know what approaches are out there and then lets you decide what
    would work for your style, with lots of references to chase up once you
    decide on the direction you want to go.

  • Bassplayer

    What a great book with lots of practical advice but always an undertone
    of laughter and fun. I loved her humourous character profile and
    accurate description of life being pregnant and once baby has arrived.
    It’s good to know you aren’t the only one going through baby and
    parenting dilemmas.

  • Tonkatoy

    Another great humours book from Kaz Cooke, who could have thought child
    hood illness had a funny side! Lots of good advice and information too.
    Another thumbs up Kaz!

  • Myrrah

    I went out and bought this after reading “up the duff” at my sisters,
    its really informative but not to serious, a no bull approach to kids

  • West

    great humours book from Kaz Cooke with lots of references to chase up
    once you decide on the direction you want to go. It gave me so many
    ideas and different ways of looking at things, while at the same time it
    was so entertaining to read that I read it in one go unable to put it
    down.

  • Avikash

    Well written extremely helpful, funny and thought provoking. If you
    don’t want to be lectured, but want someone on your side, then this is
    the book for you.

  • Lisagordon

    I picked this up at the start of the third trimester and devoured it in
    days – all of a sudden reality and humour replaced dread. I realised I
    was on to something. It is pragmatically divided in to sections like
    Bottoms, Feeding, Sleeping, etc – it’s a kind of a cross between “what
    you really need to know” and a Dummies Guide.

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