Author:Amber Hatch
This unique book shows parents how to break free from nappies and tricky toilet training. By recognising and responding to their baby's natural reflexes, parents can help them to stay clean and dry from birth, while reducing the cost to the family budget and the environment. Baby-led potty training can help to:
- avoid nappy rash
- prevent constipation
- calm fussy babies
- reduce landfill
- save time and money
Families have been using baby-led potty training all over the world and now the approach is growing in the UK. In this book, Amber Hatch guides parents through the method, explaining the practical things you need to know from getting started to completion. You'll also discover how to adapt the approach to your own family's needs and routines, how to overcome common problems and how to encourage confidence and independence in your child.
The Nappy Free Baby is a flexible, no-pressure approach to potty training that will benefit any family and strengthen the bonds between parents and child.
I am definitely going to use this with my next baby
—— Dr Alice Roberts, Presenter, Costing the Earth, BBC Radio 4Nappy Free Baby is positive, easy to read, and makes freedom from nappies obvious, simple and doable.
—— Gill Rapley, author of Baby-led WeaningPoignant
—— The IndependentHumorous, illustrated compilation of parenting wisdom from the Bard… I love it
—— Booksellerthe bard has the right epithet for most situations, so why not parenting?
—— Families South EastThe perfect gift for any long-suffering parent
—— SchoolrunThis witty and erudeite guide is a handy collection of wisdom, cunningly extracted from Shakespeare’s best-loved plays
—— Gransneta delightful little book which will entertain and resonate whether you are a fan of the Bard or not! [...] A must-have for all parents/parents-to-be
—— mojomums.comthis short book is a great way to wind down, reflect, and chuckle. [Will] make you smile, and perhaps provide some reassurance for those days when you say to yourself in your head the line from The Tempest: “Good wombs have borne bad sons.”
—— Brainchildmag.comWhat a relief to find a book that takes a stand against the practice of “helicopter parenting” so prevalent today . . . [The Gardener and the Carpenter] not only dispels the myth of a single best model for good parenting but also backs up its proposals with real-life examples and research studies . . . This book will provide helpful inspiration for parents and may prompt some to rethink their strategies.
—— Publishers Weekly (starred review)Immensely though-provoking account.
—— Caroline Sanderson , BooksellerIt’s hard to think of a book that has more to say to our society… Read it. It will change your life.
—— WI LifeGopnik shows a particularly sensitive grasp of the unique dynamics of the intergenerational relationship of care between parents and children.
—— Jan Macvarish , SpikedThe blondies recipe alone is worth the price of this incredible cookbook.
—— RED, Book of the YearIt's about the emotion of cooking, and cooking to make you feel a certain way. I think it was sensitively done and made you think and that's really really nice
—— Irish Times , Jamie Oliver