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 Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler
Since its publication in 1995, Taking Charge of Your Fertility has helped literally hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy, or simply gain better control of their moods, health, and lives. Now it is revised and updated to include a revolutionary fully-intuitive charting system; numerous new master charts, including separate ones for pregnancy achievement, birth control, and menopause; a new celsius chart; a fully-revised chapter on advances in high-tech treatments; a physician's appendix; and a new epilogue that explores the emerging role of fertility awareness in the long and compelling history of the modern women's health movement. |
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 Mayo Clinic Complete Book of Pregnancy and Baby's First Year by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education, Robert V. Johnson (Editor)
Beginning with the decision to start a family, this comprehensive book guides parents through each phase of pregnancy, birth, and baby's all-important first year. Every page offers compassionate, clear answers to the many questions and decisions that accompany conceiving, giving birth, and caring for a treasured new life. With more than 130 contributors from Mayo's distinguished staff of obstetricians, family physicians, pediatricians, parent educators, nurses, dietitians, social workers, and other medical specialists-plus contributions from dozens of parents-this extraordinary book is a valuable resource for all expectant parents and young families. |
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 The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by William Sears, Martha Sears
The Baby Book covers every aspect of infant care - from newborn bonding to toliet training. William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N., pediatric specialists and parents of eight children, write clearly and authoritatively from their vast professional and personal experience. Emphasizing the basic needs of babies - eating, sleeping, development, health, and comfort - they provide specific, up-to-date information on issues of concern to every new parent. Topics covered include: parent-infant attachment, feeding baby right, soothing the fussy baby, getting baby to sleep, reducing the risk of SIDS, Understanding baby's development, common illnesses, dealing with temper tantrums, toliet training, toddler behavior, babyproofing the home, and working and parenting. |
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 Your Baby's First Year Week by Week by Glade B. Curtis, Judith Schuler
This time Curtis and Schuler take new parents past the birth and into the realm of baby care, week by week, for 52 weeks. This upbeat book emphasizes well-baby care and how parents can facilitate their babys social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. Charts, boxes and spot art appear throughout the book. Easy-to-read two-page charts detail your babys development. Contents include: Baby massage, Basic baby care, Bonding with your baby, Baby gear, Common medical problems, Developing cognitive, and social and motor skills through play. |
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 Baby Minds -- Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love, Birth to Age Three by Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn
BABY MINDS translates the most up-to-date scientific knowledge about infant brain development into novel techniques parents can use to nurture their babies' zest for learning. Unlike the old "improve your baby" books that had parents anxiously trying to teach their toddlers to read, this delightful program builds on the things babies do naturally and enables parents to enjoy playtime even more. Psychologists and child development experts Goodwyn and Acredolo show parents how to observe space and respond to their child's growing skills in seven key areas, from problem solving (at three months!) to memory (even before a baby can talk) and social communication. Features include: A family sign language to help babies express themselves and learn to talk, the best read-aloud techniques and word games to foster later reading readiness, counting games and other ways to build on early number awareness, and ways to use humor to foster creative thinking. |
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 The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood: Wise and Witty Advice on Everything from Coping with Postpartum Mood Swings to Salvaging Your Sex Life to Fitting into That Favorite Pair of Jeans by Vicki Iovine
The author of the enormously successful Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy brings a mother's wisdom and a girlfriend's candor to the first book in a fresh new series of guides to motherhood. Readers will learn about baby euphoria, postpartum mood swings, salvaging one's sex life, and fitting into that favorite pair of jeans. |
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 Baby Gear: Everything You Need to Clothe, Feed, Transport, Protect, Entertain, and Care for Your Baby by Sally Lee, Parents Magazine
While you do need all manner of safe and cozy furniture, equipment, and clothing for your child to sit, eat, sleep, ride, venture out, and play in, there's also plenty of stuff that you don't need. This incredibly useful, fully illustrated guide simplifies the process of outfitting your home by explaining: what you must own at each stage of your child's development; which safety and practical features you should look for; and when hand-me-downs will work-and when newer is better. Whether you're outfitting a nursery or choosing a stroller, shopping for a layette or childproofing your home, Baby Gear will make the job easier, faster, and worry-free. |
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 Super Baby Food: Absolutely everything you should know about feeding your baby and toddler from starting solid foods to age three years. by Ruth Yaron
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING you should know about feeding your baby and toddler from beginning solid foods through age three years. The Super Baby Food Diet is a super healthy lacto-ovo vegetarian diet composed only of the most wholesome foods, including whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, vegetables, fruits, and yogurt. It is the most complete baby food reference book on the market today. |
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 First Meals: Fast, Healthy, and Fun Foods to Tempt Infants and Toddlers from Baby's First Foods to Favorite Family Feasts by Annabel Karmel, Ian O'Leary (Photographer)
Make mealtime magic for the whole family! First Meals is a lively, easy-to-use cookbook that takes the worry out of introducing good food to the youngest members of the family. With 150 imaginative and healthy recipes, this cookbook serves up nutritional information and common-sense advice to help turn kids into happy, healthy eaters from baby's first purees to delicious snacks for toddlers, and finally to tasty, nutritious meals the entire family can enjoy. Every page is packed with reliable, practical advice and labor-saving tips Features a full nutritional breakdown for every recipe. Annabel Karmel's experience with her own children inspired her to research the interaction of food, diet, and young children. A trained Cordon Bleu chef, she is the author of several books, contributes regularly to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and has hosted a television series on cooking for children. |
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 Parents in Charge: Setting Healthy, Loving Boundaries for You and Your Child by Dana Chidekel
How many times have you said, "How many times do I have to tell you ...?" Why do the terrible twos exist and what makes them so terrible -- and for whom? In Parents in Charge, Dr. Dana Chidekel answers these questions while providing a road map to raising children who will become competent, responsible, thoughtful, and successful adults. Full of uncommon wisdom and common sense, based solidly in developmental theory and the most recent brain research, this empowering guide offers practical solutions to everyday parenting dilemmas: What is effective discipline, and when and how do you use it? How do you promote real self-esteem in kids? How can you stop saying no all the time? With honesty and simplicity, Dr. Chidekel also tackles hot-button topics of current parenting practice, including children's calling adults by their first names, out-of-control birthday parties, and the limits parents must put on their own behavior. Enlivened with stories, anecdotes, and a healthy dose of humor, Parents in Charge gives you the tools you need to raise children that you -- and other people -- will love and enjoy. |
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