À la carte wisdom from the international bestseller Bringing up Bébé Bringing Up Bébé started an international conversation about the wisdom of French parenting by offering an inside look at a society where children are typically good sleepers, gourmet eaters, and generally well behaved. Journalist and mother Pamela Druckerman set out to understand how French parents achieve such results -- while staying so calm. Meanwhile, Druckerman shared the story of her own young family's life in France. Bébé Day by Day is a primer on the wisdom of French parenting reported on in Bringing Up Bébé. Its lessons for caregivers are distilled into simple and elegant maxims to remember, including: Instead of just two magic words, teach children four: hello, goodbye, please, and thank you. Practice "the Pause," a time honored French practice that helps babies sleep through the night and helps toddlers learn to wait Follow the French food rules: Kids eat only at mealtimes or the once-a-day snack. Vegetables come first. Picky eating is not an option - kids have to taste everything.

Give children as much freedom as possible--and free yourself by not scheduling lots of activities. Don't be afraid to say a firm "no," but say "yes" as often as you can. Divided into ten sections, including sleeping, eating, and motherhood, Bébé Day by Day offers the time-tested lessons of French parenting followed by a brief discussion of each. Alongside are recipes from a typical French daycare menu for toddlers--complete with cheese course. The book will feature line drawings by noted French illustrator Margaux Motin, who illustrated the jacket of Bringing Up Bébé . This little book of lessons will help American parents reclaim a common-sense era of family life that is still the norm in France. Its timeless advice, written in pithy, practical prose, will be appreciated by parents and grandparents alike.