Revised and updated in this new edition, Penelope Leach continues to deliver the guidance, information and advise that has made her a house-hold word in children and all things children. This book encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyles. Common problems such as night waking, comfort habits, tears and tantrums, fears and phobias and more are addressed as well as the mainstream areas of feeding, toilet training settling etc.