Toddler Development

While preparing to give birth to her first daughter, actress Jenna von Oy, well-known for her roles as Six on Blossom and Stevie on The Parkers, discovered that the market was filled with clinical guides to pregnancy and beyond. Though they had their merits, she craved a best friends' guide...one that didn't sugarcoat reality but still offered relatable and heartfelt reassurance.

Parents these days are under a great deal of pressure to be "perfect". From psychologists to social scientists, journalists to weekend bloggers, everyone has an opinion about the do's and don'ts for raising healthy, well-adjusted - and let's not forget polite - children in today's fast-paced world. Where does this leave parents? Too often lacking in confidence, ill equipped, and overwhelmed. Parenting expert Vicki Hoefle makes the bold claim that it's time for parents to get off the perfection path and get back to the real job of parenting: to grow a grown-up.

Die Psychologen Hetty van de Rijt und Dr. Frans Plooij erläutern die acht Entwicklungssprünge in der geistigen und körperlichen Entwicklung eines Babys. Sie zeigen, wie Eltern sich und ihren Kindern helfen können, die herausfordernde Zeit der ersten 14 Lebensmonate gut zu überstehen. In Oje, ich wachse! erfahren Sie, dass Kinder mental und körperlich nicht gleichmäßig, sondern in Schüben wachsen. Die acht großen Entwicklungssprünge eines Babys gehen mit viel Unruhe und Geschrei einher und bringen Eltern zuweilen an den Rand der Verzweiflung.

In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future-learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud has a far-reaching impact that few of us fully understand and that the importance of that act has recently been further occluded by our nearly universal saturation in technology.

You don’t have to sacrifice all your time for your toddler and give up the things you enjoy. Of course, you still have to find a balance–your toddler needs a present and involved dad. But if you have a practical guide that offers realistic parenting tools and strategies, you can make your toddler, your partner, and yourself calmer and happier with enough quality time for all.

Nurture a happy, confident, and well-adjusted toddler with the Raising Joyful Toddlers Bundle, a must-have audiobook collection for parents and caregivers. This bundle offers expert guidance and practical strategies to help you navigate the joys and challenges of raising a toddler, ensuring that your little one grows up in a loving and positive environment.

Dieses Hörbuch ist das Vermächtnis des berühmten Familientherapeuten zur Frage, was in der Erziehung wirklich zählt. Jesper Juul verdeutlicht es an vielen Beispielen: Trotzphasen, Schulstress, Pubertät: Alle Klippen im Leben mit Kindern lassen sich leichter bewältigen, wenn Respekt, Vertrauen und Liebe im Zentrum stehen. Jesper Juul schafft den Perspektivenwechsel und zeigt: Nicht unseren Kindern mangelt es an Respekt, sondern uns Erwachsenen fehlt es, meist unbewusst und unbeabsichtigt, an Respekt für unsere Kinder.

Dr. Cook weaves together personal and professional stories with proven science through the lens of a “woke” woman. She takes the listener on a multidimensional deep-dive into parenting which is both educational and interesting to the sleep-deprived and marginalized parent. This book is laced with many laugh-out-loud moments which are, in and of themselves, therapeutic and cathartic to all parents everywhere.

Schon wieder ausgerastet, weil dein Kind rumtrödelt? Ein blödes Gefühl im Bauch, weil du eigentlich anders reagieren möchtest? Hier hilft die Schimpf-Diät. In 7 Schritten bieten Linda Syllaba und Daniela Gaigg einen erprobten Weg, wie du auch in Stresssituationen wertschätzend und auf Augenhöhe mit deinem Kind umgehen kannst. Nachhaltig, ganz ohne Jo-Jo-Effekt. Du erfährst, welche Ursachen in Körper, Geist und Psyche hinter deinem Verhalten stecken können. Du wirst deinen Ohnmachtsgefühlen gelassener begegnen.

Motherhood is full of little highs: the smell of a newborn baby's head, the feeling of a small hand holding yours, the infectious sound of laughter, first words, first steps, the first day at school, endless tiny but significant hints of the person your child is to become. But motherhood is not without its lows either: tears and tantrums (your child's and your own), fears, self-doubt, sleepless nights, and that's not to mention the mum fails.

Hedvig Montgomery begleitet uns in diesem Hörbuch bei den ersten Schritten unseres Babys und führt uns durch die verschiedenen Entwicklungsphasen: Wie erschaffen wir einen geschützten Raum für uns und unser Kind? Was ist wirklich unsere wichtigste Aufgabe als Eltern während der ersten zwei Jahre? Die erfolgreiche Familientherapeutin gibt uns die Werkzeuge und das Wissen an die Hand, die wir benötigen, um uns sicher und kompetent in diesen innigen und turbulenten ersten 24 Lebensmonaten unseres Kindes zu fühlen.

Wie können Eltern in allen Situationen und Phasen der Erziehung ihrer Kinder souverän und entspannt handeln? Das vermittelt die norwegische Familientherapeutin Hedvig Montgomery im ersten Band ihrer Hörbuchreihe 'Die Hedvig-Formel' klar, einfach und klug. Wie kann das Familienleben für alle glücklich und bereichernd gestaltet werden? Was ist unsere wichtigste Aufgabe in den ersten Lebensjahren unserer Kinder? Und wie stärken wir ihr Gefühl von Sicherheit und Vertrauen, das sie ein Leben lang tragen wird?

Suzy and Demi were carefree twenty-somethings. They had fun! They didn’t have responsibilities! And then they decided to have a baby. Goodbye lazy weekends, hello sleepless nights, arguments and an addiction to industrial-strength hot chocolate. Follow Suzy on the ultimate make-over - from nervous-wreck new mother to happy families. In this hilarious and refreshingly honest account for parents who prefer the realistic to the utopian, Suzy debunks the myths and takes us all along for the (bumpy) ride.

Due lineette sul test, e di colpo la nostra vita cambia per sempre. Fino a un momento fa eravamo noi due soli, una coppia, ora saremo in tre (o in quattro, in cinque...). È un'ondata di felicità, stiamo toccando il cielo con un dito, eppure allo stesso tempo non possiamo nascondere mille paure. All'improvviso bisogna ridefinire la vita: le priorità, gli impegni, i ruoli, il rapporto con l'altro. E nella ricerca di un nuovo equilibrio ci appare più che mai netta una non trascurabile evidenza: gli uomini e le donne vengono da pianeti diversi.

500 Things to Know About Parenting includes 10 audiobooks from 50 Things to Know audiobooks. Four mothers have come together to bring you many resources from their own experiences that may be helpful in your journey of parenthood.

Kinder bereichern das Leben, doch in jedem Kapitel der Beziehung zwischen Eltern und Kindern gibt es unterschiedliche Herausforderungen: Wie gehen wir mit dem träumerischen kleinen Sohn um? Wie begleiten wir die große Tochter ins Leben? Und was bedeutet es, wenn die eigenen Eltern älter werden? Jorge Bucay und sein Sohn Demián betrachten diese lebenslange Beziehung von der Geburt des Kindes bis zum Altwerden der Eltern.

El sueño de los niños, y el de sus padres, tienen ritmos distintos. Ante esta realidad, los padres se encuentran a menudo perdidos, sin respuestas o alternativas que les permitan sentirse seguros acerca de cómo pueden actuar.

The best approach to getting yourself a restful night of sleep is to ensure that your baby is also resting peacefully and safely. To do this, you will not only have to ensure that your baby falls asleep safely, but also stays asleep and is safe in his or her environment. I will show you how to make it happen for your little one and yourself. There are literally millions of parents worldwide right now who are beyond tired and at a complete loss on how to get their baby sleeping through the night.

Being a parent is a powerful experience, but often we don't anticipate the many ways it will change us. Expectant and new parents will find this book helpful because it examines the real effects children exert on a parent's sense of self, concept of love, personal and work goals, and your family relationships and friendships, and it explores the basis of the deep satisfaction we derive from being a parent - as well as areas that create stress.

100 Ways to Calm the Crying addresses the reasons babies cry, from the normal developmental changes that may make them more sensitive to painful conditions such as colic and reflux. Along the way, Pinky McKay offers gentle strategies to help you calm and connect with your baby, practical tips to help you cope with crying and sleepless nights, and ways to identify symptoms that may require professional help.