There are a lot of guides on the market, but all are the thoughts and opinions of a single, usually "expert" person. But how do you choose between the often contradictory advice of the many experts in the field? This guide presents the collected wisdom of real parents who have been through it all and survived to pass on their experience to others. Each chapter contains a distillation of the best postings submitted to the "Mumsnet" website, punctuated by fact boxes, tips and summaries of what experts have to say.

There are a lot of guides on the market, but all are the thoughts and opinions of a single, usually "expert" person. But how do you choose between the often contradictory advice of the many experts in the field? This guide presents the collected wisdom of real parents who have been through it all and survived to pass on their experience to others. Each chapter contains a distillation of the best postings submitted to the "Mumsnet" website, punctuated by fact boxes, tips and summaries of what experts have to say.