Baby Health

Eating is an innate skill that has been overcomplicated by marketing schemes and a dieting culture. It’s time to leave the dieting culture behind for the whole family. It starts with the baby’s first bite! When babies show signs of readiness for solid foods, they can eat almost everything the family eats and become healthy, happy eaters in the process. By honoring self-regulation (also an innate skill) and focusing on a whole-food foundation, we can foster healthier children, parents, and families.

Spirited infants are the outliers—the exceptions to the “rules,” the extraordinary ones. They arrive in this world genetically wired to be alert and intense. Spirited babies put parents to the test and raising them takes special skills and patient perseverance. In this groundbreaking new book, beloved parenting expert Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, Ed.D., offers her findings in the fields of neuroscience, sleep, temperament, self-regulation, attachment, and parent-child interactions, and shares what she has learned from hands-on experiences with families.

No longer do women have to suffer in silence, question their symptoms, or try to hide their feelings. Here, listeners will see themselves in the narrative and understand that the devastating effects of prenatal and postpartum depression can be confirmed, treated, and managed, giving them hope for a brighter future.

Unlock the Secrets to NCLEX Success in Maternity & Women’s Health and Elevate Your Nursing Career Are you preparing for the NCLEX and feeling overwhelmed by the vast amount of material in maternity and women’s health? Do you want to ensure that you’re fully equipped to provide the best care possible to mothers and newborns, both in your exams and in your nursing practice? Introducing "Mastering Maternity & Women’s Health for NCLEX: Your Ultimate Guide to Exam Success," a comprehensive resource designed specifically to help you conquer the maternity and women’s health sections of ...

The Gentle Sleep Book offers gentle, no-tears sleep solutions for exhausted parents of newborns to five-year-olds. A large percentage of parents find their young children's sleep - or lack of - challenging. This new audiobook from Sarah Ockwell-Smith, founder of BabyCalm, will be an indispensable guide for parents, whatever challenges they are facing with their child's sleep - from the day they bring their newborn home until their child is settled in at school.

This second edition of Breastfeeding Made Simple is an essential guide to breastfeeding that every new and expectant mom should own - a comprehensive resource that takes the mystery out of basic breastfeeding dynamics. Understanding the seven natural laws of breastfeeding will help you avoid and overcome challenges such as low milk production, breast refusal, weaning difficulties, and every other obstacle that can keep you from enjoying breastfeeding your baby.

My First Year as a Mom Manual By Nati Carrillo No one hands you a map when you become a mom. But this book comes pretty close. In My First Year as a Mom Manual, new mothers (and the grandmas who’ve got their back) will find a warm, clear, and heartfelt guide through baby’s first twelve months. Written with simplicity, courage, and a wink of humor, it’s more than a baby book—it’s a steady hand and a quiet cheer in the middle of the night. Inside, you’ll find: What to expect at every doctor visit, from newborn to twelve months Vaccine breakdowns without the jargon Milestone ...

When the empirical meets the adorable. Babies can be a joy - and hard work. Now they can also be a 50-in-1 science project kit! This fascinating and hands-on guide shows you how to re-create landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, language, and behavioral development using your own bundle of joy as the research subject. Simple, engaging, and fun for both baby and parent, each project sheds light on how your baby is acquiring new skills - everything from recognizing faces, voices, and shapes to understanding new words and learning to walk.

Affirmations are known to have a beneficial effect on many different aspects of life. During pregnancy, they are so important and allow you to rewire your brain and train your mindset for positivity which is essential for enjoying your pregnancy and achieving the relaxed and calm birth experience you have been dreaming of.

Is your partner really on the same page about this baby? When you are struggling to get pregnant and your partner is dragging their feet to do their part or bitterly complains about the process, this question haunts you. You worry they might change their mind about having a baby. You wonder if the stress in your relationship is the reason you aren’t getting pregnant. You even fear you might end up alone! What if you could learn the secret to trading those fears for the unshakable confidence that your relationship is 100 percent ready for this baby - with zero regret?

La salud preconcepcional ha sido objeto de estudio desde hace décadas; sin embargo, no ha habido una publicación que la describa de manera sencilla hasta hoy. Alejandra Ponce y Gabriela Hernández, dos mamás expertas en nutrición, epigenética y estilo de vida, nos ofrecen una guía integral de salud para pasar a nuestros hijos nuestra mejor versión.

When your baby is unhappy, you're unhappy. Learn the experts' secrets to soothing your fussy little one, for happier days and more restful nights! Whether your baby is colicky, fussy, or just plain cranky, the proven techniques in The CALM Baby Method will help you both feel better.

Taking good care of yourself in the first three months of your new baby’s life—the fourth trimester—brings crucial benefits for you, for your baby, and for your partner and family. With this important book, you now have the resources to have an ideal fourth trimester experience. Cynthia Gabriel, a doula and the author of the best-selling book Natural Hospital Birth, delivers all the information, guidance, and encouragement you need as a new mother to take care of your body, mind, and spirit during the vital months of the fourth trimester.

Feeling good is no longer just a dream, it's within your reach. With Wisdom by Nature, you'll learn a new approach to healing your mind, body, and spirit.Inside you'll find:* Suggestions for using essential oils to support mothers to be with challenges of nausea, stomach upset, sleeplessness and more* Instructions for relaxation techniques to calm your mind and center your thoughts to create a relaxed environment for baby and yourself. * Detailed ideas on nourishing foods and beverages to attempt* Recipes for GP-friendly meals and snacksAuthors Chalyce Macoskey and Stephanie Torres ...

Is their marriage nothing more than a business arrangment? Since their marriage-of-convenience turned sour, Lady Portia Tetherton-Hart and her husband Jack have lived separate lives for over thirty years. She has her English stately home to manage, he has his multi-million dollar American corporation to run. But when a life-threatening diagnosis forces her to re-evaluate her priorities and their son’s wedding brings him back to England, Portia and Jack each have a chance to rediscover the person they married. Can they trust God and each other enough to face the issues that drove them ...

This is the spellbinding tale of a mysterious doctor who revolutionized neonatal care more than 100 years ago and saved some 7,000 babies. Dr. Martin Couney's story is a kaleidoscopic ride through the intersection of ebullient entrepreneurship, enlightened pediatric care, and the wild culture of world's fairs at the beginning of the American Century.

NEWLY UPDATED 2023 EDITION If you’re over 55, you probably know you need an estate plan. What you might not know is how to create one. Questions about cost, confusion about options, and difficulty talking about subjects like disability and death can make the process of preparing for the future seem overwhelming. That’s probably why most people put it off—even though the results of doing nothing can sometimes be devastating. What you need is a guide that explains the process clearly and comprehensively, in terms you can understand and actually use. Get Your Ducks in a Row: The Baby ...

Baby Sleep Accelerator™ is your essential manual for tackling one of the biggest challenges babies (and parents) face—poor sleep. Designed for moms who want to be fully prepared before baby arrives and for those already in the trenches of sleepless nights, this guide walks you step-by-step from newborn days through toddlerhood with a clear, gentle, and effective sleep strategy.

In Better Breastfeeding, Dr. Linda Dahl presents a new paradigm for breastfeeding based on diagnosing and treating mothers and babies using anatomy and physiology, offering a comprehensive overview of how breastfeeding works, why it fails, and what to do about it. Dr. Dahl takes you through the basics of breastfeeding in a week-by-week guide and explores solutions for little-understood difficulties like gape restriction and tongue tie, nipple and breast pain, issues with milk supply, or abnormal nursing behaviors.

Dr Sara Kayat is a GP and mum of two – as a medical professional overwhelmed by the information (and often lack of information!) available to new parents, she wanted to write the book that she wish she’d had when she was starting her family. The chapters cover everything from pre-pregnancy nutrition, early pregnancy symptoms and FAQs, to what all the medical jargon at your scans really means, when to worry and when not to worry, what to expect, what is normal, and when to seek further help – Sara has it all covered.