It's the last day in the house. It's been a roller coaster of a week and Tanya is immensely proud of everyone's progress. But before they leave, she wants to see Ethan eat a full dinner, Tamara to work out who her best friend is and Nina to go home happy. It's a lot to pull off in just one day.

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Three sets of young couples with babies, toddlers and young children are invited to The House of Tiny Tearaways, a specially modified country residence where they will learn the skills they need to turn their lives around.


House of Tiny Tearaways

Series 1

Series 2

3 sets of couples with young children are invited to The House of Tiny Tearaways

First to arrive are parents Lee and Louise Turner from Rochdale who have come to deal with the tantrums and bad behaviour of their daughters Hannah aged 6 and Jessica aged 3. Second to arrive are the Cooksleys. Mum Nicky and Dad Paul want 2 year old son Lewis to eat solids. With just 6 days to turn these problems around, Tanya is facing the biggest challenge of her career.

Episode 1

Dr Tanya Byron is starting to intervene. She has talked very tough to the Cooksley family, and wants them to get tough today for the first time ever. Tanya bans their hand puppets, and sets up a messy picnic to get them to experiment with food around their son, and understand his food phobia.

Episode 2

The Turner parents have come to confront their children's terrible tantrums and try and save their marriage. There's single mom Nicola Egbon whose child 2 year old Dante has an exhausting sleep problem. And finally the Cooksleys - Mum Nicky and Dad Paul - have been struggling to combat Lewis' food phobia. All 3 families are posing a huge challenge for clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron.

Episode 3

Single Mum Nicola Egbon has been driven to near exhaustion by her son Dante's constant night waking. They've come on leaps and bounds in the last few days, but Nicola's still on her quest for a full nights sleep. Nicky and Paul Cooksley have been struggling to combat 2 and a half year old Lewis' eating problems. Of all the children in the house, Lewis has made the most progress.

Episode 4

Nicola and Louise argue, Tanya calls a house meeting, the Turners go on safari, the Cooksleys say goodbye to Lewis' babyhood by sending his bottle away with the 'bottle fairy', and Lee proposes to Louise.

Episode 5

After a very emotional week, it's the final day of the week. Has Tanya met her targets for the families? There are lots of tears on the final day. And when they go back home, will they manage to build on the progress they've made so far? In all cases - the answer is a resounding yes.

Episode 6

The first day is always Assessment day in the House of Tiny Tearaways. Before Dr Tanya can start treating the problems, she needs to spend this day watching to get a real understanding of where things are going wrong.

Episode 7

Tanya gets all the children crying with her 'tough learning' stance, helps Michelle Wright learn to ignore her sons' tantrums, and gets personal with Alyson Hadley. Mum of 3 year old Lucie, Alyson breaks down in tears and reveals the fact that her own mother abandoned her when she was 7. Dad Richard has got to look after Lucie for the day, but mum keeps intervening and upsetting her.

Episode 8

Single mother Michelle suffers a horrendous night's sleep at the hands of her son Ross who wakes up a staggering 21 times. Michelle bursts into tears. Tanya tries to pull her together. Michelle will be taught how to say no using a strong voice and how to get assertive with her boys.

Episode 9

It's half way through the week, and Tanya has got to grips with many of the families' problems. But there is a long way still to go. Michelle copes brilliantly with aggressive language from her boys, and learns how to do time out, but she's dreading the trip out of the house she's going to have to make tomorrow.

Episode 10

It's the penultimate day in the House of Tiny Tearaways, and while things are progressing well towards the families' final goals, Isaac Murphy has a morning set back with breakfast.

Episode 11

It's the final day in the house of tiny tearaways for this weeks' three families. Have the families' met their targets, or even exceeded them in some cases? Tanya will be testing them in her final day exercises before they go home. Michelle's boys, Ross and Matthew wake up after sleeping all night in their own beds and only waking up once.

Episode 12

Three new families will be coming into the house looking for help with their problems from clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron. The Dixons, Darren, Sara and their 5 year old son Harrison are the first family to enter.

Episode 13

After yesterday's Assessment day, where she was able to diagnose the key issues, Dr Tanya is keen to start working with the families to turn their problems around. But the Field family are presenting her with a dilemma - their son Ryan, who normally throws tantrums all the time, is behaving like an angel. Tanya suspects his behaviour is environment specific and he'll only behave badly at home. 

Episode 14

The Dixons make revelations about their relationship, and are sent by clinical psychologist Dr Tanya on an outing to learn to praise son Harrison. But Dad Darren has to come back half way through the day. Alex Pitt is finding giving up breastfeeding very tough going, and has a major argument with husband Toney.

Episode 15

Day 3, and it starts with Tanya trying to calm down the bad atmosphere still lingering after the Pitts' argument last night. She needs to get them to start working together for anything to change. Sarah McMillan is set the challenge of taking daughter Kelsey out for the day with a brand new kind of incentive to try to put a stop to her tantrums. Can she pull it off?

Episode 16

It's the penultimate day in the house for this week's three families, and how are they coping? The Dixons learn what Harrison's obsession with lining toy cars up in straight lines can tell them, and have a highly emotional and revelatory consultation with Tanya. We catch up with the Field family who have been back at home away from the House for 3 days, and Alex and Toney Pitt make a pot of love.

Episode 17

It's the final day in the House for this weeks' three families. Six days ago they came here with a range of dramatic eating, sleeping and behaviour problems which they were experiencing with their children. Has clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron managed to help them make a transformation? And what will happen when they go back home? 

Episode 18

It's the final week in the house of Tiny Tearaways and clinical psychologist Dr Tanya Byron has only got 5 days this week to turn round the problems of the three families who are coming to live in the house. And they might be the hardest yet to crack!

Episode 19

It's the second day for this week's families in the House of Tiny Tearaways. Having observed them all day yesterday during Assessment day, Dr Tanya Byron can really start working with them to help them with their problems. She thinks this may be her most challenging week yet.

Episode 20

It's the third day of the final week for our three families, the Bullocks, the Sepiks and the Goftons. They've made some progress, but there is a very long way to go. Anita's got to start seeing the positive in Jaden, and the Bullocks have to start letting Ellie have more fun.

Episode 21

It's the final show in the series of the House of Tiny Tearaways. Dr Tanya has invited the three families, the Bullocks, the Sepiks and the Goftons back to the house a month after they left to see how they've got on back home, and try and give them some new strategies to keep things on track.

House of Tiny Tearaways

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