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The acclaimed humorist explains how to make a tiny person in only nine months—with tools you probably have around the house! For decades, beloved humorist Dave Barry has tackled the major tribulations—not to mention the petty annoyances—of everyday life. In Babies and Other Hazards of Sex...

I'm going to be totally honest. This is not the kind of audiobook that can help you. It's not a "how-to," a "when-to," or a "what-to-expect." It's not even endorsed by anyone remotely connected to the medical profession. (Although a cousin of mine who sells carpeting to doctors'...

If you are caring for a child or young person who needs extra support with toileting, this book has the advice and guidance you need. Toileting differences and withholding are common in young people, but parents and carers of neurodivergent or disabled children often find that the standard...

Bloomsbury presents Growing Up Human by Brenna Hassett, read by Laurel Lefkow. Brings the science of biological anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced – childhood. Tracking deep into our evolutionary history...

There are no perfect parents and no perfect kids - just perfect moments. Mindful Parenting in a Chaotic World features mindfulness strategies and activities that are easy for anyone to do anywhere. It’s a mindful parenting guide for caregivers and children to practice being totally present, so everyone feels noticed, respected, and heard.

Unnerved by the ceaseless demands of your toddler? Concerned that your two-year-old isn’t developing on schedule? You clearly need to spend some time with Tracy Hogg. Nicknamed the “baby whisperer” by grateful parents because of her extraordinary gift for understanding and connecting with...

Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it's easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house - isn't this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn't feel like sharing?). In this inspiring and enlightening book, Heather Shumaker describes her quest to nail down "the rules" to raising smart, sensitive, and self-sufficient kids.

Breastfeeding is natural, but it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. The Nursing Mother's Companion has been among the best-selling books on breastfeeding for over 30 years, with over 1,000,000 copies sold. It is respected and recommended by professionals, including The International Lactation Consultant Association, T. Berry Brazelton, and The American Academy of Pediatrics, and is well loved by new parents for its encouraging and accessible style.

Why do current medical guidelines insist that cosleeping is unsafe? What is the difference between SIDS and SUID, and are they related to cosleeping? What should parents do to make a safe sleep space for their infant? If a family chooses to cosleep, how should they respond to reproach from friends, family, or medical professionals? In Safe Infant Sleep, the world's authority on cosleeping breaks down the complicated political and social aspects of sleep safety, exposes common misconceptions, and compares current recommendations to hard science. 

When children are late in hitting developmental milestones, parents worry. And no delay causes more parental anxiety than late talking, which is associated in many parents' minds with such serious conditions as autism and severe intellectual disability. In fact, as children's speech expert Stephen Camarata points out in this enlightening book, children are late in beginning to talk for a wide variety of reasons.

En følelsesmæssig rutsjebanetur og en krop, der kæmper for at følge med til det hele. Sådan beskriver Kirsten Marie Juel Jensen det at prøve at få børn og være i et langt fertilitetsbehandlingsforløb. Da hun selv stod midt i inseminationer og IVF-forsøg, savnede hun at høre andres...

Till dig som just fått barn Vi talar om graviditetens tre trimestrar men vad händer sen? Fokus riktas mot bebisen, men där finns också en nybliven mamma som försöker navigera i sin återhämtning och en helt ny livssituation. Vad händer efter förlossningen? Vad är normalt? Ska...

In A Woman Is a Woman Until She Is a Mother, Anna Prushinskaya explores the deep life shifts of pregnancy, birth and motherhood in the United States, a world away from the author's Soviet homeland. Drawing from inspirations as various as midwife Ina May Gaskin, writer and activist Alice Walker...

A supportive guide that gives busy moms permission to care for themselves, from a popular parenting blogger with one million Facebook followers "Would you rather have a perfect mom, or a happy one?" This is the question that popular parenting blogger Rebecca Eanes couldn't get out of her head...

Figure out what your baby is thinking from the moment they are born. Your baby has a strong desire to communicate, but it isn’t always easy to work out just what they are trying to tell you. In this fascinating, research-led book, parenting author Tanith Carey and Clinical Psychologist Dr...

Pela primeira vez, Sua Santidade, o Dalai Lama, já premiado com o Nobel da Paz, escreve diretamente às crianças. Um texto simples e poderoso, uma ferramenta para que as famílias transmitam às crianças o valor do amor e da compaixão, cada vez mais necessários no mundo em que vivemos. Da...

Revised and expanded: America's bestselling "baby bible" –– an encyclopedic guide to the first two years of your baby's life. The million-copy bestseller by “the man who remade motherhood” (TIME) has now been revised, expanded, and bought thoroughly up-to-date — with the latest...

Becoming a parent can be daunting . . . terrifying, in fact. This is especially true for dads. Where’s the road map? Well, you’re looking at it. This book from the editors of Fatherly, the largest digital brand for dads, is a one-stop source for fathers-to-be, empowering them to be the best...

Transform exhausting toddler tantrums into peaceful connection using proven emotional regulation and calm parenting. Perfect for the exhausted caregiver needing a compassionate lifeline during the chaotic ages of one to four. Listen during your morning commute to reset your nervous system and...

Transform your family's exhausting nights into peaceful rest with science-backed, gentle sleep training routines. When you are navigating the desperate, sleep-deprived blur of early parenthood, harsh cry-it-out methods can feel incredibly overwhelming. Listen to calm, reassuring guidance...