Baby Development

There are plenty of books and resources about how to properly care for your new baby, but what about caring for yourself? Maria Lianos-Carbone, founder of AMotherWorld.com, outlines the proper care and feeding of mothers during their baby's first year. From the physical and emotional changes a new mom will undergo to rekindling intimacy with her partner, Oh Baby! A Mom's Self-Care Survival Guide for the First Year keeps the focus on moms.

In Parenting by Heart, Pinky McKay encourages parents to trust their own instincts, and connections with their children. Practical advice is offered with Pinky's trademark humour and covers birth choices, breast-feeding, postnatal depression, sleep, crying, gentle discipline, and building self-esteem (yours and your child's!). Along the way Pinky gives excellent advice for dealing with unwanted inquiries from family and friends.

The New Mom's Guide to Your Body After Baby helps you navigate the bewildering world of breastfeeding, resuming sexual activity, and finding something - anything - in your closet that will fit. It also shows you how to weather the emotional storms that inevitably follow having a baby. With the insights in this audiobook you will be on your way to celebrating the new you in no time. You can do this! The New Mom's Guides are here to help.

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.

The Sleep Guide for Babies: 3-18 Months Old audiobook, written by award winning holistic sleep consultant Iva Faulknerova, it offers a gentle, holistic approach to baby sleep that helps parents nurture healthy sleep habits in their little ones. Created by an expert in gentle sleep training, this guide focuses on promoting self-soothing techniques and establishing consistent daytime and bedtime routines without using CIO (cry-it-out) or controlled crying methods.

Bist du es leid, Nacht für Nacht wach zu bleiben, weil dein Baby nicht einschlafen kann? Wünschst du dir auch nur eine Nacht, in der dein Kind durchschläft, damit du endlich wieder erholter und entspannter bist? Sehnst du dich zurück nach mehr Me-Time oder Paarzeit am Abend? Die renommierte Autorin und Schlafexpertin Stefanie Baum bietet dir in ihrem neuesten Werk „Happy Baby - Einschlafen, durchschlafen, glücklich sein“ eine Fülle von wertvollen Einschlafhilfen und Techniken, die auf jahrelanger Erfahrung und tiefgreifendem Wissen basieren.

When you find out you will be a parent, you realize you have no idea what you have gotten yourself into. You sway between the confidence of being the best parent to your baby and self-doubt of failing your little one. It only becomes more daunting as you learn so many things no one ever talked to you about.

This guide, written and narrated by developmental psychologist Dr Suzanne Zeedyk, introduces listeners to attachment - babies' innate need to know that someone will share their fears and joys. It uses the analogy of "Sabre Tooth Tigers and Teddy Bears" to make attachment theory understandable for everyone. As one of the quotes from the audiobook puts it: "People frequently ask how come no one tells them about this stuff? This is an attempt to do just that". The guide is written in a style suited to both personal and professional interests.

Expecting a baby is a miraculous yet chaotic time. You hope to live the fairy tale with a chubby, smiling, curly-haired baby out of a diaper commercial. You dream about its beautiful eyes, and how you and your partner will become even closer when that little bundle of joy arrives. A million thoughts swirl in your head: How will I do this? Can I be a good parent? What if this happens, what if that occurs? You name it. Emily Jeffers’ book will help prepare you for newborn parenting and enable you to be confident, relaxed parents who know what they’re doing.

Unfortunately, babies do not come with instructions. They often cry, and you don’t know why. They like being cuddled one minute, and they hate it the next. They’re cute, but they’re also little tyrants who will occupy all of your partner’s attention in the very beginning. Today, millions of men are putting off fatherhood because they’re afraid. Are you one of these men?

After Rachel and Matthew had their first child, they had a couple of fights. Well, okay, more than a couple - they fought for over three years. They fought about schedules. They fought about bad habits. They even fought about the lawn mower. And besides actually having their child, it was the best thing that could've happened. Chronicling their greatest hits, from the great birth control debate to the divorce joke showdown, Fights You'll Have After Having a Baby is a postpartum story with hope.

Seien Sie bestens vorbereitet auf Schwangerschaft, Geburt & Wochenbett. Dies ist der ideale Begleiter für Ihre Schwangerschaft, die Geburt und die erste Zeit mit Ihrem Baby. Möchten Sie sich optimal auf die Schwangerschaft vorbereiten, damit es Ihnen und Ihrem Baby an nichts fehlt? Anhand der großen Auswahl an Fakten zum Thema „Geburt und Schwangerschaft“ in diesem liebevoll gesprochenen Hörbuch werden Sie in der Lage sein, sich eine eigene Meinung zu bilden.

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.

If your deepest desire is to become a mother, or become a mother again, join family and child therapist Shannon Rios Paulsen, MS LMFT and all the other mothers and their babies on this 30-day journey. Shannon is here to tell you the perfect time has come for you to prepare to welcome a new soul into your life. In Manifesting Baby, Shannon shares her own fertility and adoption journey while helping to open the aspiring mother’s mind, spirit, and body to a baby. Daily exercises and reflections allow you to bring mindfulness, love, and peace to the fertility process.

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.

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes...Yikes! Thicke, the unforgettable dad on Growing Pains and an honorary Father of the Year in real life, provides a guideline for pregnanthood from a man's perspective in this 2000 Audie Award-winning presentation.

You have spent hours reviewing websites, seeking advice from your friends and family, and looking over lists to assist you in choosing your baby’s name. Yet, you have not been able to find the perfect name for your baby. You are frustrated, maybe even confused. Unisex name? Traditional name? Unique name? There are so many choices. You are not alone. Don't panic! This book is just what you need to assist you in making your decision.

Esta es una guía que explica cómo es el desarrollo motriz de un bebé durante sus primeros 24 meses de vida, con el fin de que los padres puedan acompañarlo de la mejor manera posible: no solo activamente, es decir, estimulando un desarrollo adecuado, sino también teniendo presente qué no hacer para no distorsionar el desarrollo natural del bebé. Además, el libro servirá como guía a la hora de comprar “las cosas para el bebé”, ya que la industria de la puericultura ofrece un sinfín de artilugios que muchas veces son perjudiciales.

When choosing a name for a baby, it takes time and thought, and it is one of the most important identifiers a child will carry with them for all of their years. As a parent, getting the name right is important, and it can shape who they become. In this book, The Top 1000 Baby Boy Names in the US, you will find the top names given to baby boys in the United States and the meanings associated with them. We hope this will shed some light on the many popular names and hope this helps guide you on your journey to picking the correct name for your baby boy.

The first three months of a newborn baby’s life offer new parents a unique opportunity to lay a solid and loving foundation that will last a lifetime. It is also when parents - whether first-time or not - need unfailing support to help them deal with the countless decisions they face every day.