Baby Development

Licensed marriage and family therapist Catherine O’Brien and her husband lay out the communication skills and relationship strategies that new moms and dads need during baby’s first year and beyond. Navigate through difficult circumstances like overcoming a hard pregnancy with step-by-step help. With this uplifting guide of advice, you’ll transform into a couple who works together to be the best caregivers for your baby.

50 Things to Know About Having a Premature Baby by Lydia Richards, author of young adult novel Black Winged Angel, offers an approach to understanding what it means to care for a premature baby. Most books on premature babies tell you the ups and downs of it all. Although there's nothing wrong with that, giving an insight into the hospital realm and knowledge of how to care for such a small human post-hospital visit is top priority on a parent's mind, especially when it is based on knowledge from the world's leading experts and mothers of premature babies.

You’re expecting your bundle of joy, and you want to make sure you’re giving your baby the best possible start, and there is so much information out there. Where do you begin?In this bundle, a modern guide to a healthy pregnancy, the author shares heartfelt advice and encouraging words, busts the many myths of pregnancy, gives you an in-depth nutrition plan, and helps you ensure a healthy pregnancy for you and your baby.

Are you exhausted from hearing your baby crying for what seems like forever? Were you taken off guard by your baby’s illness or teething, not knowing how to help them and make them feel better? You need Nonna’s parenting strategies. This is not another theoretical lecture. It is a practical guide for parents to help them work out what is going on with their baby and ease their anxieties. Your baby’s first year doesn’t have to be difficult. With this guide, you’ll be able to tackle the concerns you have as a new parent, and enjoy more of those happy moments with your baby.

Since having her first child nine years ago, Sarah Ockwell-Smith has worked tirelessly to prepare parents for the birth of their child. An antenatal teacher and a doula, with a background in psychology, she founded an award-winning company Babycalm ™ with one aim in mind—to turn stressed-out new parents and crying babies into happier parents and calmer babies. BabyCalm will help you understand your baby and yourself as a new parent.

A child that puts themselves to sleep and sleeps through the night: Welcome to your new normal.

Wer gebärt, muss leiden.Die frischgebackene Mutter Ana Wetherall-Grujić hat die Faxen dicke: Sie zeigt auf, wie unsere Gesellschaft Gebärende im Regen stehen lässt – und ihnen dann noch ans Knie pisst.Vaginale Geburt oder Kaiserschnitt, Fläschchen oder Brust, Stoff- oder Wegwerfwindeln: Der Druck auf Mütter, alles richtig zu machen, ist enorm. Du willst doch das Beste für dein Baby!?, schalmeit es aus allen Ecken. Dabei heißt das Beste fürs Kind meist: das Umständlichste, Zeitintensivste und oft auch Schmerzhafteste für die Mutter.

Welcome to "How Not to Make an Ugly Baby: A Light-hearted Guide to Having a Good-Looking Baby". This book isn't about setting impossible beauty standards for infants; it's about embracing the journey of parenthood with humor, love, and a sprinkle of vanity, because, let's be honest, we all want our kids to be as adorable on the outside as they are on the inside.

In Always Loved: Grieving the Loss of a Baby, you'll hear intimate and heartfelt testimonies of real people as they express a profound, yet simple truth. Love is eternal.

Everywhere you look, parents and children are busy with their smartphones and their laptops. The children are playing video games or using apps on their iPod. We are glued to the television set, We sleep with our phone on the nightstand. There is hardly a moment where some parents opt to put down our electronics or delay our chores with the intent to properly engage our kids.

Part memoir, part popular science, and part social commentary, Bottled Up probes breastfeeding politics through the lens of Barston’s own experiences as well as those of the women she has met through her popular blog, The Fearless Formula Feeder. Incorporating expert opinions, medical literature, and popular media into a pithy, often wry narrative, Barston offers a corrective to our infatuation with the breast. Impassioned, well-reasoned, and thoroughly researched, Bottled Up asks us to think with more nuance and compassion about whether breastfeeding should remain the holy grail of good parenthood.

This audio is to help women and their partners feel more relaxed about welcoming their new baby into the world. The audio includes guidance on creating a special place of relaxation, establishing some tools to help you cope with discomfort and worry and explains about the different stages of birth. It taps into your inner resources to help you feel calmer, more relaxed and confident about the birth of your baby, the birth itself and your life as a parent.Three of the tracks will be of benefit to both the mum-to-be and the birth partner.

Keeping a simple topic-by-topic description of every question a would-be parent would have, this guide allows you to take the first potentially overwhelming step to deciding whether you want to have a baby, holds your hand in a fast and flip-through friendly version of every tip out there about preparing for one, offering realistic advice, practical tips, and information that is accessible to equip you to be the parent of your dreams. At last! A new parent’s guide to handling a new born that does not ignore all the questions you have but are afraid to ask.

This is the book I wish I had for me to use before I gave birth. Since it didn’t exist, I thought I’d write it for you! Follow me as I prepare my body through food to build the best baby I could while pregnant. How I battled morning sickness, and what in the world to do with those cravings.

What a great moment it is to finally hold your precious baby in your arms after 9 months. "Your Infant’s Weekly Journey" is an essential handbook for new mothers navigating the incredible journey of their baby's early growth and development. This comprehensive guide offers practical advice, expert insights, and emotional support to help mothers understand and nurture their babies from birth to six months.

When I first set out to research market competitors on the subject of helping new moms transition back to work, I was disappointed (but not surprised) to find so few resources–especially when you consider what a large percentage of the population goes through this experience.

Prenatal nutrition can be confusing, stressful, and time-consuming. The Food for Pregnancy guide will help you discover how easy it can be to make good food choices for your body, while growing a healthy, happy baby. We look at the science of what foods are required for optimal health in pregnancy, get clear answers on what to eat, and what you shouldn’t eat for your baby's development.

Getting a baby to sleep when they ought to be one of the toughest parts of being a parent. In this guide, Laura Sonnelyn shows you tested and proven effective methods with step-by-step instructions to help you overcome naptime challenges and help both you and your baby sleep through the night.

En este libro, con un lenguaje cercano, me dirijo a las madres futuras y recientes para guiarlas en una reflexión sobre los cambios que vienen, sobre todo a nivel de afrontamiento materno, basándome en estudios neurocientíficos y formaciones psicológicas sólidas de crianza y apego. En Mamá contenta, bebé feliz encontrarás un mensaje de autocuidado, una llamada al abrazo de nosotras mismas con nuestras fortalezas y nuestras debilidades.

En Cuidando a tu bebé. Un camino de amor y aprendizaje, te sumergirás en un viaje lleno de conocimientos y cariño, diseñado para guiar a padres y cuidadores en el cuidado infantil. Con un enfoque informativo y atractivo, esta guía te acompañará desde el primer llanto hasta los primeros pasos de tu bebé, brindándote las herramientas necesarias para criar y nutrir a tu pequeño ser con confianza y comprensión.