Every day many children lose someone close to them - a parent or grandparent, brother or sister. Nothing can take away the pain of loss, but there is a great deal that an adult can do to avoid the long-term distress which can be caused by hidden fears and anxieties. This book is suitable for those who want to help a child who is coping with grief.
Children need healthy immune systems, to fight off viruses and other infections. The most effective way to strengthen your child's immune system is through a healthy diet. With suggestions to suit children from birth to 18, top nutritionist Lucy Burney provides menu plans and recipes.
Helps parents teach their kids about money. This book details incremental lessons and skills needed to turn your kids into mini money managers. It informs parents about programs and financial products available to children. It offers the tools needed to lay the foundation for the financial health and well-being of your child.
Containing the pregnancy information, this book introduces ideas and research - from prenatal testing to the long-term effects of prenatal nutrition. It provides advice to mothers at high risk or with pregnancy complications and those with dietary limitations. It is suitable for busy mothers-to-be.
A guide to the essentials during those precious few days after baby comes home: bonding, breast- and bottle-feeding, weaning, teething and early foods. It helps you learn how to make your home more green, ranging from your nursery and natural baby equipment, clothing and cosmetic product choices to green housekeeping and the pollutants to avoid.
An estimated eight to 10 million American children are latchkey kids who after the school day return to an empty house or apartment and take care of themselves until their parents get home from work. This helpful book is written for members of such families to read together.
Illustrated in two-color, this book is based on a normal, 40-week, 280-day pregnancy for overdue moms. It offers tips from doctors and midwives, anecdotes and"es, and more. It gives practical advice in easy-to-read format to pregnancy and childcare sections. It is a useful gift for mums-to-be and keen dads-to-be.
What actually matters most when it comes to raising happy, healthy, well-balanced children? What could you teach them to have the biggest possible positive impact on their life? This book reveals the 10 most important things you can do to positively impact the future happiness and success of your children.
All children want the reassurance that their parents' love runs deep and wide. Through blinking lights, a 'music box' song, enchanting illustrations and rhyming descriptions, this book captures various fun ways in which parents can describe their love and implant it into their children's heart.
As a parent, there are certain things that are guaranteed to push your buttons. You behave in ways you later regret, and your child learns to manipulate you. Rather than focusing on how you can change your child's behaviour, this deeply insightful and wonderfully wise book focuses on you, the parent.
Research has shown that kids who don't get enough sleep are far more likely to have behavior problems, be overweight, and have learning problems. This book provides parents with solutions to various sleep-related problems of children ages 2 through 6.
Offers a collection of techniques that you can custom-tailor to your child's personality. This book allows you to: achieve the big Cs of parental discipline - cooperation, communication and consistency; defuse or prevent tantrums; eliminate whining; manage your own anger; and, build a foundation of love, trust and respect.
Looks at the Internet, classroom culture, school violence, movies, television and a growing societal incivility to show parents and teachers where hurrying occurs and why. This book offers parents and teachers alike insight, advice and hope for encouraging healthy development while protecting the joy and freedom of childhood.
Addresses the questions and concerns of parents, covering the earliest stages of a multiple-birth pregnancy and the first year of life. This book provides information on pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum experience, from adequate nutrition levels when eating for three and pre-term delivery to feeding schedules and raising babies as individuals.
How we speak to each other is at the very heart of human relationships. This book tells how to communicate better with children. It covers different aspects of talking to and, importantly, listening to children, including communication with children of different ages and understanding the wider situation in which the conversation is taking place.
Suitable for women, this book presents a step-by-step plan that lays the groundwork not just for an easy pregnancy and a healthy baby, but for the child's health throughout his/her entire life. It shows us how we can help prevent life-threatening conditions like pregnancy-related high blood pressure (preeclampsia) and gestational diabetes.
By the age of nine months, many babies want to start feeding themselves but can't yet handle a spoon, which is when finger foods come into their own. They're also great to offer to toddlers who are prone to go into 'meltdown' just before dinner. This collection features 100 nutritious finger foods recipes, including fresh fruit ice lollies.
Pregnancy is a journey that is unique for every mum-to-be. However all expectant mothers have questions and anxieties. This book aims to answer these, covering the a range of different experiences and concerns from trying to conceive to the first few days
Suitable for women who are expecting, this title includes fold-out wall chart to help you manage your life and pregnancy each week from before conception to after delivery. It features a comprehensive list of websites and other resources for those experiencing pregnancy.
Suitable for new recruits to fatherhood, this title teaches you how to: survive the first 24 hours; prepare and plan to Prevent Poor Parental Performance; maintain morale in the ranks; feed, clothe, transport and entertain your troops; transport the troop
An action-handbook for building children's self-esteem and self-confidence This treasury of easy original games turns up the joy level in children's lives - a wonderful key to their emotional health. Like the author's highly successful Self-Esteem Games, this entertaining book promotes self-expression, self-acceptance, and imagination.
Pregnancy is an exciting but scary time, and this book provides essential information to help you make informed decisions. Covering every stage of pregnancy, from when to share the good news to when to paint the nursery, the book aims to reassure prospective parents.
EATING WELL WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING provides mums-to-be with a realistic approach to navigating healthily and deliciously through the nine months of pregnancy - at home, in the office, at Christmas, in restaurants. Thorough chapters are devoted to nutrition, weight gain, food safety, the postpartum diet, and how to eat when trying to conceive again. And the book comes with 150 contemporary, tasty, and healthy recipes that feed mum and baby well, take little time to prepare, and are gentle on queasy tummies. At the heart of the book are hundreds of pressing questions every mother-to-be has: Is it true I shouldn't eat any food cooked with alcohol? Will the caffeine in coffee cross into my baby's bloodstream? I'm entering my second trimester, and I'm losing weight, not gaining - help! Is all sushi off limits? How do I get enough calcium if I'm lactose intolerant? I keep dreaming about a hot fudge sundae - can I indulge? The answer is yes!
By moving personally between the worlds of stay-at-home and working motherhood, interviewing numerous women and reading what our popular culture and politicians had to offer on the subject of motherhood in our time, the author comes to a stark conclusion: that what is happening in the culture of motherhood is nothing less than perfect madness.
Don't panic! Armed with this incredibly handy book, you will see at a glance how to successfully manage all aspects of your baby's care. And what's more, it's stand-up format enables you to keep your hands on your baby where they are needed. Here you will discover how to put on fabric or disposable nappies; change, dress and bath your baby; hold and handle him or her and manage all aspects of feeding. The specially shot step-by-step photographs take the guesswork out of even difficult tasks - like cleaning around the umbilical stump - so that you become a more effective and calmer parent, which will benefit both you and your baby.
Cots and car seats, nappies and nurseries, babygros and booties; as any new parent will tell you, having a baby can be a costly business. This book provides advice on what to buy and what not to buy, when it's worth splashing out on a cherished item and where you can cut corners and make savings - from pregnancy, through to birth and the newborn.
Parenting does not have to be a stressful experience. Parents who 'lighten up' and laugh with their families can be more productive by using humour to ease conflict, deflect hostility, and create a feeling of well-being in the household. This title provid
Offering coverage ranging from how to change a nappy, bonding with your baby and registering for nursery, this book presents the information a dad might need to know. It guides the reader from the very first stages of planning a family, through the nine m
All your pregnancy and birth questions answered by experienced midwives. What's best to eat during pregnancy? How many minutes apart should my contractions be? What's a great tip for a good night's sleep? When it comes to dispensing care, advice and friendly reassurance during pregnancy and labour, midwives are the health professionals mothers want to turn to. You can find 1, 000 real-life questions to midwives, answered with up-to-date information you can trust. It covers everything you need to know from conception to the first weeks of life with a new baby. It draws on the experience of long-term midwife Catherine Parker-Littler. Ask A Midwife is like having your own a midwife on call, 24 hours a day. This book has 320 pages and is 18.4 x 1.6 x 23.6 cm
Coping with the terrible twos is hard work. This book can help you to understand the terrible twos and why they happen, your child's emotions, behaviour and needs during this time, the importance of balancing freedom and limits and other strategies to help your child learn and grow. It is part of the Need2Know range.
Ever felt like you're banging your head against a brick wall? Do you sometimes wish your children would take you more seriously and that you had more time, patience and energy to be the mother you want to be? This book is packed of jargon-free, common-sense techniques, tools and ideas that turns you from manic to magnificent in just 7 weeks.
Shiatsu is a traditional method of treating illness through stimulating points and meridians with the fingers, thumbs and palms. This book is an instructive manual for pregnant women, practitioners, partners and birthing partners. The author provides practical solutions to a host of problems associated with pregnancy.
Parenting can be a tricky business. This book can help parents understand the strengths and vulnerabilities of their child - with a little help from the stars. It covers a whole range of parenting issues from toilet training to fun activities aimed at stimulating creativity and intelligence, and from breast feeding to sleeping routines.
Bringing up children is one of the most difficult tasks in the world - and potentially one of the most rewarding. Loving and conveying love may seem to be instinctive skills, but they can also be worked on and improved, and it is now established that parenting is not necessarily an inherent talent, but is something that can be learned. Parents need no longer feel guilty, incompetent or useless when family relationships aren't what they should be - nor do children have to feel unloved, ignored or misunderstood. Good parenting skills, learned now, will be absorbed by the next generation, thus breaking the vicious cycle that can degenerate from toddler tantrums via teenage delinquency to adult crime and yet more unhappy families. In her work as a clinical psychologist with families from many cultures, Sue Jenner has experienced great success with the technique known to psychologists as the 'Parent/Child Game'. This is the first book to present this technique to a non-academic readership. The simple but incredibly effective principles of the 'Parent/Child Game' form the backbone of this guide, which is written with honesty, compassion and humour. Drawing on many years of professional practice, as well as 'hands on' experience as a mother, stepmother and grandmother, Sue points the way to a happier life for both parents and children. This book has 278 pages and is 24cm x 16cm x 2.2cm
Good sleep is essential for your children's health, growth and development. But establishing a successful sleep schedule is not easy, and training twins and multiples offers an even greater challenge for parents. This guide explains how fraternal and identical twins may sleep train differently and what to do about it.
Offering guidance for mothers and mothers-to-be whose reading skills are limited and who may have limited access to adequate health care, this guide focuses on basics like prenatal care, lifestyle choices, nutritional advice, and a baby's first few months. It features text in Spanish.
The initial excitement of pregnancy is followed by the child's birth and subsequent development, but many parents feel in need of significant support and information regarding the more mundane areas of daily life, such as nutrition. This practical guide takes an approach to the growth and development of a baby.
Offers advice on topics such as equipment, hygiene, when to begin weaning, batch cooking, nutrition, fussy eating, and going vegetarian. This book covers the critical areas of weaning, first tastes and feeding babies from the age of four months up to six, nine and twelve months.
A guide to communicating with your child's doctor, paediatrician that shows parents how to talk more effectively to their doctors about their children's health. It demonstrates how doctors evaluate symptoms, interpret answers to their questions, and decide on a course of treatment.
Features 'mommyblogs' which brings together their best essays, ranging in style from snortDietCokeoutthenose funny to bittersweet. This title helps moms find solace through a range of viewpoints and issues from dealing with rage to negotiating sleeping arrangements to experiencing the frustrations and joys of parenting a specialneeds child.
For many parents, the first few months after a baby's birth can be a time of shock and adjustment as well as personal joy. This is a guide for new parents, which focuses on how to care for yourselves, as well as for your baby. It is drawn on the experienc
Every year, millions of women have their lives turned inside out by the experience of pregnancy. This book takes a critical look at the powerful vested interests in the pregnancy business and at the social message coming at women: an amalgam of sentimentality, psychologically dangerous half-truths and conflicting ideologies.
As if parenting wasn't difficult enough, exhausted, poo-covered mum or dad feels duty bound to prop their eyes open with matchsticks and wade through endless parenting manuals instructing them how to be the perfect parent. This title intends to uncover the truth about life with children.
This title draws on the experience and skills of Britain's top three teachers to provide practical tools that all parents can use immediately. The guide explains why your child behaves as he/she does and offers sensible strategies for ensuring a happy home-life and well-balanced children.
In her first book, Sue Jenner wrote that it is never too late to make positive progress with toddlers. In this new, comprehensive but easy-to-follow book, she explains why it is never too early to establish that all-important emotional bond between you and your baby. Sue shows new parents how to understand an infant's need for warmth, approval, security, and stimulation, and she describes how to translate love for your baby into a language he or she can recognise. The Parent/Baby Game uses the latest psychological theory and current research into children's neurological development. But Sue is more than aware, as a mother, stepmother and grandmother, that what we really need to know in moments of crisis is not a series of complex formulas, but simply what to do. So every chapter in this book gives practical solutions to all kinds of challenging situations - everything from birth fears, post-natal depression, strains on your relationship and coping with fatigue, to problems with sleeping, tantrums, crying, playing, feeding and disobedience. The Parent/Baby Game offers an endlessly useful combination of sense, sensitivity and reassurance, with a healthy touch of humour to help new parents along - just the elements needed for successful parenting in this most crucial phase of your child's life. This book has 368 pages and is 24cm x 16cm x 3cm
Raising your baby and child the way nature intended from birth to age 5; an essential practical modern resource for every parent and carer, with over 650 photographs. How to care for your baby and growing toddler in natural gentle ways. Looks at every aspect of your child; physical, developmental, emotional and behavioural. Offers sensitive advice on learning to be a new parent. This book has 256 pages and is 30.5cm x 23.7cm x 2.4cm
Part of the Great Expectations series, this book tackles the various aspects of a topic new mums and dads are eager to master: getting baby to sleep. It unravels the mysteries of how, when and under what circumstances babies sleep. It includes a review of effective sleep-related products, and a dictionary of medical and sleep terms.
Fully revised to take account of the latest developments in the treatment and diagnosis of ADHD, this text covers topics such as: the causes; how to help improve behaviour at home and at school; making the diagnosis; medication and alternative therapies; and boosting self esteem.
This is a practical recipe book to help parents get their kids to eat more fruit and vegetables. It contains recipes children will love, many of which include well-hidden vegetables, as well as meal planners, snack ideas and packed lunch options. This book offers quick and easy solutions for struggling parents.
Supplies the answers to feeding your baby and toddler, from birth to age three. This title includes more than 400 Q&As that guide you through the many issues you may encounter, with tips on when to wean, advice on allergies and suggestions for introducing exciting new foods.
A multimedia guide for parents on childcare and development from newborn through one year of age. Written and produced by a pediatrician, the book offers parents the basic information that they need in a well-organized format. Each book comes with a DVD that complements the book's chapters on infant
Contains the information on breast-feeding your baby successfully, including: how to prepare for breast-feeding; what to expect in the early stages; how to overcome common problems; and if you can't, you shouldn't feel a failure. This guide recognises the
Achieving a good night's sleep is every parent's dream, but it's not just those with newborns who long for unbroken rest - babies and children of all ages may experience disrupted sleep patterns, making them fractious and lethargic during the day. This bo
Abandoning nappies is a major developmental milestone but toilet training cannot be forced or hurried, especially if a child is not ready. This book helps you decide the right time to begin and offers tried-and-tested practical suggestions for potty train
Full of advice from top parenting experts, with brilliant tips and shared experiences from other mums whoï ½ve been there, this book offers advice, support, and routines to get you and your baby sleeping soundly through the night ï ½ fast!
ï ½ Understand your babyï ½s sleeping needs
ï ½ Find the best sleeping pattern to suit both you and your baby
ï ½ Troubleshooting: night feeds, co-sleeping and crying
ï ½ Top Tips and insights from other mums whoï ½ve been there, done that, and banished those under-eye bags forever.
With incredible potential for growth and extraordinary powers of development, babies are amazing. Desmond Morris's visually stunning and thought-provoking book sets out the astonishing facts to make you realise the complexity of the human body and a baby's ability to achieve so much in so little time. With retrospective glimpses of a life in the womb, this book covers a babies first two years as it develops learning, physical and emotional progress, aided by captivating photographs and outstanding artwork that truly reveals details of what lies beneath.
Tells you what developments to expect month-by-month. This book offers guidance, and with photography shows you how to care for your new baby, taking you through the basics, from handling and dressing to bathing and breastfeeding. It includes questions an
The first year of baby's life brings extraordinary changes. During this time, they'll grow from a helpless infant to an inquisitive toddler. This book presents you with the skills that both parents need to care for baby in a way that supports and encourages his growth.
Research has shown that short, simple routines of massage practiced on children can help reduce stress and tiredness, increase alertness and concentration, and help combat a wide range of ailments, including breathing problems, coughs and colds, and myria
Contains topics that include defining birth trauma and postnatal depression. This book also covers topics such as: when bonding doesn't happen - learning to love your baby; family relationships and how they may change; you and your partner - how your relationship changes once you have a baby; and body image - how a baby changes your body.
Until recently a woman could not have had a baby without releasing a complex cocktail of 'love hormones'. Most women give birth without relying on the release of such a flow of hormones. Some give birth via caesarean section, while others use drugs. Humanity, the author argues stands at crossroads in the history of childbirth.
Why do we spend so much time teaching children how to speak, read and write, but not pay attention to their body language? This title shows how, by observing behaviour closely and reading between the lines of what is said, we can gain insight into the development of a child's thinking, emotions and personality.
A parenting book that argues what really matters is helping children to grow up feeling secure and good about themselves, enabling them to gain positive self-esteem. Using key words such as 'praise', 'play', 'time', 'touch' and 'talk', it speaks to new and experienced parents alike about what helps children to develop and what blocks progress.
Containing calming daily reflections, this self-affirming guide is written by a parent for parents of teenagers. Each reflection is only one page long, and subjects cover everyday topics like family humour and musical tastes to larger contemplations including loss, teen sexuality, and drug abuse.
With warnings about rising infertility rates and the dangers of leaving motherhood too late, many women are concerned about when or whether they will manage to have a baby. Written by an international expert on fertility, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO FEMALE FERTILITY deals with the medical facts, the emotional and social aspects of female fertility, and includes the real-life experiences and insights of dozens of women. It includes information on: * how your repoductive sustem works * when you are at your most fertile * how you age affects your chances of conceiving * how you can boost your fertility naturally * what may stop you getting pregnant * what reproductive technology can do to help. This book has 220 pages and is 21.2 x 13.6 x 2.4 cms
Record and treasure all of the wonderful moments and memories of your new baby's progress with this beautiful gift set. It comes complete with a baby record book, so you can create a pecious memory album, as well as keepsake clay, so you can make permanent moulds of your baby's hand, or footprint, to frame. There are also three keepsake boxes to store precious momentos, such as locks of hair and your baby's name bracelet.
Explores the world of young children aged from 2 to 5 as they emerge from toddlerdom and start out on the long road to independence. This title contains information on various aspects of development. It describes the growth patterns, social and emotional
Indigo children are those who display an unusual set of psychological attributes and show a pattern of behaviour. This book tells you how to identify this behavioural pattern and guides you on how you, as a parent or teacher of these children, can help them realise their potential not forgetting their spiritual needs or specific health issues.
Offering guidance for mothers and mothers-to-be whose reading skills are limited and who may have limited access to adequate health care, this guide focuses on basics like prenatal care, lifestyle choices, nutritional advice, and baby's first few months. It includes chapters on parent-newborn interaction; baby's health and safety; and more.
While there is perhaps no happier time in a woman's life than the first few months of her pregnancy, it can also be stressful. This book helps expectant moms to discover exactly why their bodies are experiencing certain changes, what else to expect, and how to recognize any rare but real problems should they occur.
Goes to the heart of being a parent - communication. This work shows you how to nurture your children during the precious years from birth to six, helping them become confident individuals. It helps you: to discover your baby's personality; pick up tips on teaching good behaviour; and, learn how to make bath-time, shopping and car journeys fun.
This unique pregnancy diary, in a handy-sized format, has been revised to take account of the latest pregnancy information and been redesigned so that almost half the original photographs have been replaced by newer generation scans andmore modern pictures. enjoying a healthy pr
This brand new approach gives parents a real insight into the economics of having a family. It includes teaching parents how to cut costs, real life money saving tips from parents as well as helpful advice from personal finance experts - all ensuring that families can cut their spending but not their quality of life.
What British parent hasn't noticed, on visiting France, how well-behaved French children are - compared to our own? Why do French children happily eat what is put in front of them? How can French mums chat to their friends while their children play quietly? The author, who lives in Paris, teaches us the basics of parenting a la francaise.
Lead-based products pose a health hazard as lead remains in the environment years after its initial use. This title reveals the danger that lead contamination presents to health - particularly in the earliest stages of life. It documents the deleterious effects of lead on early cognitive development.
Time with your children is precious to every parent, so you don't want to spend hours in the kitchen preparing food. This book includes recipes that require minimal time and effort, but are still delicious and nutritionally balanced. It provides instructions, combined with mouth-watering photography and handy time guides for each recipe.
Making your own baby food is not only more economical than buying commercial brands - you can be sure that your baby has only the best- quality ingredients. This essential collection of Annabel's best ever purees features 60 quick and easy recipes that will make for a healthy and happy baby.
Offers expectant mothers real solutions to all the annoying and awkward situations that can unexpectedly arise during pregnancy. This edition includes information regarding what expectant mothers should - and shouldn't - eat and do while pregnant, and a chapter that covers birth plans and what to pack for the hospital.
Offers fathers-to-be the ugly truth behind the frustrations and difficulties of pregnancy. This edition includes information regarding what men can, and can't - and should and shouldn't - do when their wives are pregnant, and features a chapter about being a birth coach.
While no one would dispute that conceiving, carrying and birthing a baby is a wondrous phenomenon, it encompasses a rage of behaviour that is truly fantastic yet little known. This book aims to open your eyes and mind to the incredible occurrences in con
Using well-known fairy tales, this text is a gentle and fun way of introducing children to the world of meditation and relaxation. It is designed to counteract some of the tensions with which we are all familiar and offers parents and children quality time to relax and share together.
The best way to treat infertility is by a combination of conventional and alternative medical approaches. This title offers practical information and effective strategies for getting pregnant if you have had difficulties conceiving. It shows that Ayurveda and Su Jok acupuncture medicine are especially effective in aiding conception.
Helps panicky parents deal with the disturbing emotions stirred up by our competitive society, and to gives them scientific knowledge of their children's growing years. This book offers an illuminating guide to channelling competitive anxiety into positive parenting. It shows parents how to avoid burn-out, and raise children who thrive and excel.
The Day-by-Day Baby Book is the only book that new parents need for the extraordinary first year of their babys life.
Covering every single day of the first twelve months and all aspects of baby care and development, the book has unrivalled detail on everything from breast feeding to bonding all provided by a team of experts including paediatricians, midwives, psychologists and nutritionists.
Companion to the popular The Day-by-Day Pregnancy Book, youll find unbiased advice on babycare providing you with the pros and cons of various approaches as well as practical "how to" boxes and a comprehensive health section on common childhood ailments.
The Day-by-Day Baby Book is the perfect companion to have with you throughout your babys first year.
Product Information: • ISBN: 9781405375818 • Author: Dr Ilona Bendefy • Publisher: DK • Format: Hardback • Pages: 432 • Dimensions: 26.5 x 22 x 3cm