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I recommend this book for moms with toddlers. I am not yet done with it but here are the author's general principles and what she promotes and encourage throughout the chapters of the book:

1. View and respect your toddler as an individual

2. Cheer your toddler on toward independence - without rushing him

3.  Learn how to tune in to your child's verbal and nonverbal language

4. Be realistic - toddlerhood is a time of constant change

5. Promote your child's development and family harmony

6. Help your toddler manage his emotions - particularly his frustrations

7. Develop a strong meaningful bond between Dad and your toddler

8. Facilitate your child's becoming a social being

9. Manage your emotions

10. Nourish your own adult relationships

I can say that it  has helped me already! I am now more patient with Lucas and I try very, very hard not to shout at him even though I am frustrated already. I also try other means aside from force to get him to do stuff, like taking a bath (before, this activity can really be a STRUGGLE) and eating time (I learned to RELAX and not stress too much on his picky-eater nature). Of course, there are still those times when I feel like he just wants to TEST his limits on me and his dad but hey, we have a toddler after all. And what's important is that we are learning more on how to deal with him properly. I'd share more when I finish the book.

I am also done reading Jude Deveraux's latest title. It is another nice read from Deveraux. I finished it in three days (an amazing feat really, given that reading a book -for me- is a luxury these days). Imagine me with a booklight at 1 AM (Fact).

I love love Philippa Gregory! I love how her stories are based on facts, the characters really existed and how events mentioned in the books really happened. From what I know, Gregory usually fills in the gaps whenever her research fails to provide portions of her character's story. The Other Queen is a page-turner and it left me wanting to start on her other books. I first read "The Other Boleyn Girl". After that, I am hooked.

This is the next  book in line. The Queen's Fool. I am hoping it'd be as good as the other Gregory books I read.