Pregnancy and After
A wide variety of pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting books for people who are expecting their first child or are thinking of becoming a parent.
Andrea Grace's Gentle Sleep Solutions for Toddlers
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Does your todder still have trouble sleeping? You're not alone. Designed specifically for the very many parents encountering the same issues as you, this practical, no-nonsense book gives you the insights, tools and strategies to help your child get the rest they need - however difficult the challenge.
Featuring up-to-date safe sleeping guidance, and drawing on the latest clinical expertise, this book will help you to devise a gentle, sustainable sleep plan which will work for you and your toddler. It is based on Andrea Grace's work with hundreds of families, and her decades of experience as the UK's longest-standing sleep consultant, to successfully formulate a gentle, sustainable approach, that avoids unnecessary distress for you or your child. It includes coverage of a variety of different needs, from dropping naps to coping with separation anxiety and nursery routines, and provides welcome support for other carers and family members, from babysitters and childminders to grandparents and siblings.
WHAT PARENTS SAY:
'We loved Andrea's method because it was gentle, kind and based around the needs of the baby.'
'Andrea has transformed our lives, she is amazing, a sleep guru!'
'I trusted Andrea and the results spoke for themselves from the very start.'
'I can't recommend Andrea Grace highly enough.'
Baby's First Year
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They grow up so quickly! Keep a journal of the first twelve months for you to look back on and to show your little one when they're older.
This book helps you to record and store all those special memories of your baby's first precious year, with ideas and spaces for things like milestones and what the world was like during the beginning of their life.
The front title section can be pulled off to turn it into a lovely journal-type book with adorable elephants on the cover. Inside you can jot down different baby names - it's always fun to know if you might have been called something else! You can fill in your family tree and tell your baby how you felt when they arrived.
When they're older, your child can learn what the world was during their first year. Don't forget to write down who is currently the president, your favorite contemporary music artist, and the prices of stamps and milk.
There's plenty of space to let them know all the details of their first year that were special and memorable. You can include what your baby learns, their new experiences and favorite toy! There will be lots of firsts for your baby, and you will want to recall them all, like the first time they smiled, learned to kiss or call you mama or dada. There are pockets for photos, so you can capture their first steps and remember them forever.
The bestselling baby and kids cookbook author Annabel Karmel provides information on your baby's development, and helpful advice to encourage new achievements. She has included five recipes to inspire delicious, healthy food for various stages, and for that special milestone - a birthday cake!
A Keepsake Journal Of Milestone Moments
A lovely book to give as a baby gift that will become a wonderful memento that families and loved ones can look back on, and spend time together sharing your baby's first year.
Inside this baby journal you can fill in and use:
o Month-by-month sections to record new achievements.
o Five delicious recipes for baby food.
o Pockets for keepsakes and photographs.
Baby's 1st Years
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Charming keepsake boxed set for your baby's moments and milestones includes a baby book for photos and journaling, stickers for scrapbooking, 13 monthly photo markers, and storage box for mementos. Personalize the cover with a photo of your baby, and use helpful prompts to write about birthdays, firsts, family, feelings, and more. Monthly entries for the first year, then pages for the years two and three. Sweet woodland animals are perfect for boys and girls and are non gender specific. Wonderful shower or pregnancy gift and a baby registry must.Box set includes: Concealed spiral 64-page keepsake book with die-cut cover, storage pocket, and two glassine envelopes for storing mementos, 1 foil sticker sheet you can write on, 2 paper sticker sheets you can write on (350 stickers total), 13 die-cut milestone photo cards, and storage box
Beautifully crafted keepsake box makes for a great way to store all your special mementos from photos to footprints.Pages include helpful prompts for writing about your baby's trip home from the hospital, their first steps, first birthday, baby gifts and more.This neutral-themed baby book is perfect for a boy or a girl. A must have for any expecting parents. It's a perfect gift for a pregnancy announcement or baby shower.
Baby's Record Bk
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Interactive pages, 6 pockets and 4 envelopes allow you to record all those special moments and memories in a baby's first five years. Classic design will stand the test of time and become a wonderful keepsake - a great baby gift for expectant parents. Includes nursery rhymes and lullabies.
Chronicle your baby's life up to age five - a ripe time of growth and discovery - in this well-organized keepsake. Classic lullabies and nursery rhymes are placed throughout the book for you to entertain your growing child. Baby Record Book pairs charming illustrations with prompts that help parents to record their child's measurements, milestones and memorable events. Spacious pages allow plenty of room for photographs, and storage envelopes and pockets are perfect for preserving locks of hair and other mementos. Baby's Record Book will become the keepsake that parent and child can have forever to capture the magic of childhood.
Before You
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Create a time capsule of your life!
More than 200 fun, inspiring prompts help you record who you are right now, so you can share that person with your future child.
As a parent-to-be, you're facing a lot of adjustments: new interests, new anxieties, new habits and routines, even a new name--all of them related to your kid. But you're more than just Mom or Dad! You're a unique, vibrant, complete individual--and that won't change, even when the rest of your life does.
More than 200 entertaining writing prompts will inspire you to create a perfect gift for a curious kid and teach them that parents are people too. Fill them in on details like:
The coolest place you ever traveledSomething that makes you madYour best hidden talentYour secret hideout as a kidThe greatest costume you ever woreAnd more questions they might never think to ask!
With prompts about your memories, your feelings and values, your goals and dreams, and everything that makes you a special person, Before You is a gift for every type of family--one that will only become more treasured as your child grows.
Big Jnl For Pregnant People
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This hilarious, relatable, interactive journal is the perfect companion for those nine (or ten!?) months of excitement, milestones, hormone swings, and baby/fruit size comparisons.
Right this very moment, you're growing a tiny life in your body, and with that life-growing comes a lot of feelings--some beautiful, some exhilarating, and some straight-up ridiculous. You have a lot on your mind, and with The Big Journal for Pregnant People you can record all the ups, downs, and in-betweens. With playful prompts, brilliant quotes, pregnancy facts, straight-talking advice, and plenty of space to draw, The Big Journal for Pregnant People is a must-have for anyone who wants to take some time for themselves before that precious arrival changes, well, everything.
Most baby books are about the baby. This one is for you. Now go grab a pencil; you've got memories to make.
The Breastfeeding Family's Guide to Nonprescription Drugs and Everyday Products
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A must-have reference guide for all breastfeeding parents, lactation consultants, and healthcare providers who work with parents
Nonprescription medications and products are used by breastfeeding parents more often than prescription drugs, but not all over-the-counter (OTC) products state whether they are safe to use while breastfeeding. The truth is that everyday products commonly recommended and used can be harmful for an infant when passed through breastmilk. Whether curing a headache, taming allergies, or taking an herbal supplement, navigating the packed shelves of everyday products can be difficult.
In this reference guide, pharmacist Dr. Frank J. Nice provides simple guidelines for making safe decisions about a variety of products. Multiple easy-to-read tables contain clear answers to the question: "Is this safe to use while breastfeeding a baby?" Each table contains a clear "OK" or "UNSAFE" designation for every product or ingredient, as well as a rating following Dr. Thomas Hale's Lactation Risk Categories.
This book will replace Dr. Nice's original reference book, Nonprescription Drugs for the Breastfeeding Mother, as the gold standard reference guide for lactation consultants, pharmacists, and parents.From acne medications to zinc tablets to energy drinks, this comprehensive book covers over 1700 different products. A table of active ingredients covers nearly every other available product, and a list of products most commonly recommended by pharmacists will help families make a quick selection for their health needs. For the first time ever, Dr. Nice also includes safety information for the use of alcohol, marijuana, and CBD, as well as cosmetic, herbal, and dietary products. Other useful information can be found throughout the book, such as a guide to understanding OTC drug labels and a list of websites for further reading. The Breastfeeding Family's Guide to Nonprescription Drugs and Everyday Products is the only book a breastfeeding parent needs to keep their baby safe while looking after their own health.
In this book:OTC medications for aches and pains, cold and flu symptoms, and other common ailmentsHerbals, galactagogues, dietary supplements, and artificial sweetenersCaffeinated drinks, alcoholic beverages, nicotine, marijuana, and CBDCosmetic products including medicated face cleansers, acne products, sunscreens, and mouthwashes
The Bump Plan
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A practical, expert-led, straight-talking guide to exercising during pregnancy and post-birth. Staying active during pregnancy and the postpartum period has vast physical and mental health benefits, but it's also a subject that's fraught with fear, myths, and misinformation. We're told by doctors to exercise, but we're not given the tools with which to do so. Enter: The Bump Plan, by personal trainer, pre-and-postnatal exercise specialist and mother of two, Hollie Grant. With illustrated trimester-by-trimester plans on what you can safely do at each stage, guidance about the physical shifts you can expect, information on how to move and get back to doing the things you love after your baby has arrived, and nutrition and pelvic health advice, there is no better companion to see you through this exciting but daunting time.
Carry Strong
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A groundbreaking approach to successfully navigating your pregnancy at work
Pregnancy is a profound journey. Navigating it while working--from figuring out how to tell your boss you're pregnant to squeezing in doctors' appointments between meetings, all while working even harder to prove yourself--can be a push and pull between a desire for privacy and the need for support. The good news is, it's possible to thrive in both spaces. Carry Strong offers a new approach that will transform your pregnancy years at work from something to "get through" into a career opportunity to embrace with confidence.
Employing original research, expert advice, and real-life stories from Olympic athletes, CEOs, and hundreds of amazing working mothers across the country, executive and professor Stephanie Kramer outlines essential principles for navigating pregnancy and work simultaneously. She shows you how to embrace a different perspective, find your balance, cultivate community, communicate your needs, and navigate the shift in identity from working woman to working mother. Along the way, you'll identify career considerations to make at each phase of pregnancy, starting with the moment you decide you want to become a working mom-to-be.
In Carry Strong, Kramer flips the script: This isn't about powering through pregnancy at work. It's about being powerful and pregnant at work.
Enough About the Baby
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An unapologetic guide to the first year of motherhood, Enough About the Baby is a newborn book for women who recognize the necessity of self-care--even if sometimes the rest of the world does not.
Superheroes don't have babies; real and imperfect non-superhumans do. When we come to terms with this, the result is a happier and less traumatizing start to motherhood. Becky Vieira, the mom behind the popular Instagram account @wittyotter, provides actionable advice for new parents on what to expect after pregnancy and how to successfully navigate the frustrations and challenges that come with having a baby. Vieira draws on her own experiences and interviews with moms and experts to get to the bottom of the toughest and most taboo topics--from managing nosey in-laws and an anxious partner to surviving the first postpartum poop and when to seek out treatment for postpartum depression. This book is filled with hacks, tips, and tricks that only the most seasoned--and enlightened--mom knows. (Ever hear of a condsicle, an ergonomic ice pack for a battered nether region?) Vieira reminds readers that motherhood shouldn't be martyrdom, and a new mom who puts her needs first often isn't selfish at all.
With its combination of practical advice and the signature humor that made Vieira a hit on Instagram, Enough About the Baby makes a perfect baby shower gift for first time moms.
Expecting Better
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"Emily Oster is the non-judgmental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way." --Amy Schumer
What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist and author of Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting.
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.
When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy--and the occasional glass of wine.
Expecting Better
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"Emily Oster is the non-judgmental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way." --Amy Schumer
What to Expect When You're Expecting meets Freakonomics: an award-winning economist and author of Cribsheet, The Family Firm, and The Unexpected disproves standard recommendations about pregnancy to empower women while they're expecting.
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. Pregnant women are told to avoid cold cuts, sushi, alcohol, and coffee without ever being told why these are forbidden. Rules for prenatal testing are similarly unexplained. Moms-to-be desperately want a resource that empowers them to make their own right choices.
When award-winning economist Emily Oster was a mom-to-be herself, she evaluated the data behind the accepted rules of pregnancy, and discovered that most are often misguided and some are just flat-out wrong. Debunking myths and explaining everything from the real effects of caffeine to the surprising dangers of gardening, Expecting Better is the book for every pregnant woman who wants to enjoy a healthy and relaxed pregnancy--and the occasional glass of wine.
Feed the Baby
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Getting a baby fed is one of the most important tasks for a new parent. With straightforward advice and evidence-based reasoning, lactation consultant Victoria Facelli introduces her modern approach in Feed the Baby. Both bottle and breast are welcomed as equally valuable tools. Based on her years of experience in the field, Facelli understands what families and babies need to thrive. She explains the science behind the various options, from how milks are made to how a newborn's sucking and swallowing skills develop. Here are dozens of nursing positions and paced bottle-feeding techniques, with suggested systems and methods for parents and partners, from those critical hours after birth through the early weeks and months to the first year. Includes detailed information on hunger cues, sleep, pumping, milk supply, and much-needed support and encouragement for challenging moments. Illustrations and links to video demonstrations make it easy to implement whatever protocol the reader decides will work best for them.
Feed the Baby
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Getting a baby fed is one of the most important tasks for a new parent. With straightforward advice and evidence-based reasoning, lactation consultant Victoria Facelli introduces her modern approach in Feed the Baby. Both bottle and breast are welcomed as equally valuable tools. Based on her years of experience in the field, Facelli understands what families and babies need to thrive. She explains the science behind the various options, from how milks are made to how a newborn's sucking and swallowing skills develop. Here are dozens of nursing positions and paced bottle-feeding techniques, with suggested systems and methods for parents and partners, from those critical hours after birth through the early weeks and months to the first year. Includes detailed information on hunger cues, sleep, pumping, milk supply, and much-needed support and encouragement for challenging moments. Illustrations and links to video demonstrations make it easy to implement whatever protocol the reader decides will work best for them.
Fertility Rules
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The ultimate science-backed approach to understanding fertility.
Bringing a baby into the world isn't always easy, and the challenge often starts with the decision to conceive. Leslie Schrock's Fertility Rules is your practical guide through that process, drawing on cutting-edge science to provide advice every step along the way, from the complexities of pre-conception planning to the nuances of conception itself and what to do if you run into challenges. Fertility Rules is the first preconception guide for both male and female fertility, and includes advice tailored to help protect the mental health of prospective parents from the stress, anxiety, and disappointment that often accompany the journey.
Fertility Rules answers every question you've ever had (and others you didn't know to ask) about fertility, including:
-How to understand your cycle, identify your fertile window with period tracking, and when to stop birth control when you're ready to conceive
-Understanding how to improve sperm count and other key aspects of male fertility
-Fertility diets and the true impact of nutrition and supplements
-How endocrine-disrupting chemicals and climate change influence fertility
-Navigating in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments including egg freezing and sperm cryopreservation
-Finding the right clinic and doctor and questions to ask in appointments
Bringing her trademark humor and candor, Schrock proves once again that she is an invaluable companion for women and men who want a modern approach to understanding their health. Fertility Rules leaves you prepared to face the joys and challenges of making a baby and excited to get started.
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