Baby Development

A memoir culminating in a manifesto, Holding the Baby sets out to understand why we still treat early parenthood as an individual slog rather than a shared cultural responsibility. Tracing her own journey to the nadir of sleeplessness via social retreat and murderous rage, Frizzell draws on the latest research to explore: What effect does parenting have on your career? How can we make childcare affordable and fit for purpose? If parenting is so hard, why does anyone ever do it more than once?

Feed the Baby: An Inclusive Guide to Nursing, Bottle Feeding and Everything in Between is the first book from Victoria Facelli, the certified lactation consultant, who struggled to feed her child post-partum. With kindness and compassion, Facelli explains the science of infant anatomy and breastmilk, celebrates the medical marvels of formula and feeding tubes, and helps parents of any gender use every tool in the modern parent's arsenal to make their own feeding choices.

In a poll of 300 people that use these basic techniques from birth, 80 percent have their baby sleeping a full 12 hours at night before the age of six months! Join this experienced mom and start organizing your parenting chaos, one baby step at a time. This book is a no-fluff, to-the-point explanation of how this mom had her children sleeping through the night by the age of four months. It is described in six easy steps for you to follow so that you can have your baby sleeping through the night as well.

Getting your baby to sleep is a rite of passage a lot of parents have to go through in the process of bringing up your child. Babies and toddlers may have problems going to sleep or adjusting to new sleep locations, they will sometimes put up an epic battle, and the cries will make you shift your stance. They will refuse to sleep in their cribs or crawl right into your bed in the middle of the night.

Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology - and explores the questions raised by premature birth. The heart of many hospitals is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It is a place where humanity, ethics, and science collide in dramatic and deeply personal ways as parents, doctors and nurses grapple with sometimes unanswerable questions: When does life begin? When and how should life end?

Angelina Moehlmann invites listeners to journey with her on a raw and emotional path to motherhood through adoption. Faced with the challenges of infertility, unexpected setbacks, and the overwhelming uncertainty of the adoption process, Angelina never gave up on her dream of becoming a mother. In this heartwarming memoir, Angelina shares the struggles, tears, and ultimate triumph of her adoption story, capturing the moments that made her stronger along the way.

Eating for Two draws on the latest research and supplies evidence-based information on prenatal nutrition as well as ways a mother can minimize her exposure to harmful toxic substances in our food and water that could harm the baby.

You can start potty training your baby from the day they are born. We successfully did this with our three children from birth and this audiobook shows you how you can do it with yours. The audiobook gives you simple step-by-step instructions and also answers common questions parents have when starting out and progressing.

When Miranda Ward and her husband decided to have a baby, they were young and optimistic. But five years, three miscarriages and one ectopic pregnancy later, she is still dealing with the ongoing aftermath of that decision and the shadow it's cast over her relationship to her partner, her body and her future. In this searing, lyrical and radically honest memoir, Ward charts her journey through the uncertain landscape of almost-motherhood, asking questions of geography on the most intimate scale.

Wenn du das Hörbuch hörst, werden sicher nicht alle Schlafhilfen neu für dich sein. Gängige Hilfen sind nicht unbegründet weit verbreitet. Entscheidend ist jedoch, an die richtige Hilfe zu denken und sie sanft und effektiv anzuwenden. Deshalb möchte ich meine mehrfach bewährten, sanften Schlafhilfen—meine Schlafrezepte—mit allen Mamas und Papas teilen! Wie wertvoll wäre es gewesen, hätte ich dieses Wissen von Anfang an gehabt! Die Hoffnung ist immer groß, dass das eigene Baby gut schläft.

Are you planning for or expecting a newcomer in your family? Are you raising young children and could use every bit of advice you can get? "No one said it would be easy, but it would be worth it." The maxim that applies in many cases is so true here. Here’s a book chock-full of tips and ideas to help you not just understand the process of parenting but enjoy it. Do you want to turn your everyday parenting challenges into a fulfilling experience? This book is for you. While written mainly for parents with young kids, parents of tweens and teens would also benefit from the book.

Do you want the perfect name for your baby? This baby names audiobook could be the answer you're looking for. This audiobook helps you consider many factors in the naming process. It also provides categories of names and a glossary containing thousands of names with their meanings and origins and more.

Would you like to know how to calm your toddler with minimal stress and transform yourself into a happy parent? Unlike other guides on baby care, this step-by-step guide shows you the way to ease your baby's stress and prepare you for motherhood. Ultimately helping you and your baby live in joy, it will help you to strengthen the natural parent-child bond. In just a few minutes from now, you can begin to ease into parenthood and go on a journey with your loved ones to become a smiling happy parent.

Struggling to breastfeed? Discover what the real problem is, and how to overcome it with these nine secrets....

Our goal is to help breastfeeding mothers, or mothers who wish to breastfeed, build their self-confidence and learn to trust their feelings and their baby. That way, they will be able to make informed decisions related to breastfeeding their baby without stress, they won't have regrets, and won't stay with the feeling that they failed.

Een must-read voor iedereen die nieuwsgierig is naar de reis van de ziel. Dit boek gaat over de spirituele reis die jij als ouder met je baby aflegt, vanaf het moment dat je voor het eerst (on)bewust verbinding maakt met de ziel van je kindje tot 42 dagen na de geboorte. Je leert hoe en op welke manier je kunt communiceren met je (ongeboren) baby, hoe je je energiesysteem opent, je krijgt inzicht in jouw familiesysteem en je ontdekt hoe je de geboorte en de periode daarna samen bewust kunt ervaren, inclusief praktische tips.

As your baby develops in your body, you and your husband look forward to the days when you can hold your bundle of joy. You smile as you think about your future, but you never imagine that problems can occur in your relationship after your baby is born. As a new parent, you can easily become overwhelmed. You have a new world of responsibilities, new worries and new stresses, and no matter how strong your relationship is, you may find that you struggle in your new role.

Becoming a dad is like unlocking a new level in the game of life – exciting, challenging, and completely transformative. Every journey starts with a step, and this book is that step towards a more confident, joyful, and balanced fatherhood.

Now in an updated fourth edition Sue Doherty, anthropologist and author of the pioneering, practical book, Kinergetics: Dancing with Your Baby (1994), offers must-have cutting-edge research, advice, and insight. A groundbreaking look into the art and science of song, dance, and melodies - and their profoundly nurturing, therapeutic, and developmental effects for infants and caregivers. It is an unprecedented, eye-opening investigation into our evolutionary instinct to rock a baby in our arms.

Have you spent time thinking about the number of roles you have in this beautiful, messy, complicated life? It’s no wonder we have sleep problems! The research on sleep is pretty clear. For most of us, there are a core set of behaviors that work cohesively to provide our bodies the necessary biological, physiological, and psychological ingredients for sleep. As an individual, it is up to us to know the behaviors and practice them in conjunction with one another to find our personalized sleep recipe. This quick listen is your roadmap to better sleep.