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What to Expect When You're Expecting

by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff

Introducing a completely Revised & Updated Third Edition of America's bestselling pregnancy book, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING. Two years in the making, it's a total revision and update. Responding to the many queries and letters received from readers, WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING, 3rd EDITION address health and medical questions as well as lifestyle concerns. Incorporating the most... (more)

What to Expect

What to Expect the First Year

by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff

(Workman Publishing) Consumer text provides virtually everything new parents need to know about the care and feeding of an infant. Covers monthly growth and development, feeding for every age and stage, and sleep strategies. Offers practical tips and the most current medical advice. Previous edition: c1989. Softcover, hardcover not yet available.

The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior--Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood

The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems: Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior--Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood

by Tracy Hogg

The third book in the bestselling Baby Whisperer series -- the most comprehensive, up-close, and personal to date! Thousands of parents have asked the Baby Whisperer to help them solve their problems. With this book you too can take advantage of the advice, insights, and parenting techniques from beloved child expert Tracy Hogg. "A problem is nothing more than a situation calling for a creative solution," she... (more)

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby

by Tracy Hogg

“TRACY HOGG HAS GIVEN PARENTS A GREAT GIFT–the ability to develop early insight into their child’s temperament.” –Los Angeles Family When Tracy Hogg’s Secrets of the Baby Whisperer was first published, it soared onto bestseller lists across the country. Parents everywhere became “whisperers” to their newborns, amazed that they could actually communicate with their baby within weeks of their child’s birth.... (more)

The Baby Book

Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two

by Martha Sears, William Sears M. D.

Brought thoroughly up-to-date-with the latest information on everything from diapering to daycare, from midwifery to hospital "birthing rooms," from postpartum nutrition to infant development-THE BABY BOOK remains the one must-have resource for today's new parents. In this perennially bestselling and encyclopedic guide, Dr. Bill and Martha Sears draw from their vast experience both as medical professionals and as... (more)

On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (On Becoming. . .)

On Becoming Baby Wise: Parenting Your Pre Toddler 5-15 Months (On Becoming. . .)

by Robert Bucknam, Gary Ezzo

The infant management concepts presented in this book have found favor with over two million parents and twice as many contented babies. On Becoming Babywise brings hope to the tired and bewildered parents looking for an alternative to sleepless nights and fussy babies. The Babywise Parent Directed Feeding concept has enough structure to bring security and order to your baby's world, yet enough flexibility to give... (more)

The Girlfriends Guide to Surviving the 1st Year of Motherhood

The Girlfriends Guide to Surviving the 1st Year of Motherhood

by Vicki Iovine

The author of the enormously successful Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy brings a mother's wisdom and a girlfriend's candor to the first book in a fresh new series of guides to motherhood. Readers will learn about baby euphoria, postpartum mood swings, salvaging one's sex life, and fitting into that favorite pair of jeans.

Primelife Pregnancy: All You Need to Know About Pregnancy After 35Clark, M.D. Gillespie

Primelife Pregnancy: All You Need to Know About Pregnancy After 35

by Clark Gillespie

Baby Sign Language

by Alison MacKonochie

On Becoming Baby Wise: Book II (Parenting Your Pretoddler Five to Fifteen Months)

On Becoming Baby Wise: Book II (Parenting Your Pretoddler Five to Fifteen Months)

by Robert Bucknam, Gary Ezzo

It's reality-check time! You are at least five months into your tour of parenting duty by now. The complexity of child-training has begun to come into focus. You have learned that as your baby matures both constant and variable factors continually influence his or her development. What behaviors can and should you expect from your pretoddler? Feeding time for your pretoddler, for example, is now more than a... (more)

Baby Laughs

The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood

by Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy’s hilarious, no-holds-barred personality has made her an instantly recognizable TV personality and a bestselling author. In Baby Laughs she examines the full range of challenges that new mothers face, including: • The humiliations of postnatal "numbing spray," Tucks medicated pads, and adult diapers; jelly belly, balding, and gum disease; and becoming a "five-foot puke rag" for the baby ... (more)

Trees Make the Best Mobiles: Simple Ways to Raise Your Child in a Complex World

Trees Make the Best Mobiles: Simple Ways to Raise Your Child in a Complex World

by Jessica Teich, Brandel France De Bravo

Books like Simplify Your Life and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff have encouraged millions of readers to slow down and enjoy life more. Now, Jessica Teich and Brandel France de Bravo help new parents- who barely have time to return a phone call or wash a sock- learn to do less, listen more, and spend focused, fruitful time with their children. Practical and fun to read, Trees Make the Best Mobiles urges parents... (more)

Vegetarian Baby: A Sensible Guide for Parents

Vegetarian Baby: A Sensible Guide for Parents

by Sharon Yntema

Current, accurate, and extensive: it will give parents the knowledge and confidence necessary to raise their children on a meatless diet. --Vegetarian Times

Amy Spangler's Breastfeeding : A Parent's Guide

Amy Spangler's Breastfeeding : A Parent's Guide

by Amy Spangler

Friendly,personal,and honest, BREASTFEEDING A Parent's Guide separates the facts from the myths about breastfeeding. It answers the questions most often asked about breastfeeding and deals honestly and directly with the advantages as well as the concerns. Detailed drawings, clear instrustions and helpful advice make this the book breastfeeding parents will refer to over and over again. It is the perfect book... (more)

Exploring Fort Worth With Children

by Michael S. Bumagin

Come to where the west begins! Fort Worth is a big city with a hometown heart and a “Howdy, neighbor” attitude. Visitors from all parts of the world and of all ages can find something here to interest and excite them. Take a look at some of the fun things to see and do in Cowtown USA: The Stockyards Fort Worth Zoo Bass Performance Hall Casa Manana Tarantula Train Water Gardens Kimbell Art... (more)

To Train Up A Child

by Debi Pearl

This book is not about discipline, nor problem children. The emphasis is on the training of a child before the need to discipline arises. It is apparent that most parents never attempt to train a child to obey. They wait until the child becomes unbearable and then explode. With proper training, discipline can be reduced to 5% of what many now practice. As you come to understand the difference between... (more)

The No-Cry Sleep Solution

Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

by Elizabeth Pantley

A breakthrough approach for a good night's sleep--with no tears There are two schools of thought for encouraging babies to sleep through the night: the hotly debated Ferber technique of letting the baby "cry it out," or the grin-and-bear-it solution of getting up from dusk to dawn as often as necessary. If you don't believe in letting your baby cry it out, but desperately want to sleep, there is now a third... (more)

The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance

The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance

by Louis Borgenicht

It’s the answer to every new parent’s first question: Doesn’t this thing come with an owner’s manual? At long last, yes! Through step-by-step instructions and helpful schematic diagrams, The Baby Owner’s Manual explores the common concerns of every first-time parent: What’s the best way to swaddle a baby? How can I make my newborn sleep through the night? When should I bring the baby to a doctor for servicing?... (more)

The Modern Girl's Guide to Motherhood

by Jane Buckingham

From the author of the bestselling The Modern Girl's Guide to Life comes a must-have book for the young mom, including best-kept secrets, practical advice, and multiple solutions for problems from birth to age four Just when you thought you could cook (hey, one meal counts), clean (if the queen was coming), and seduce a man (well, long enough to get married), life throws you a curveball that makes all of... (more)

The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy

by Vicki Iovine

Your Girlfriends, of course -- at least, the ones who've been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine, "the Carrie Bradshaw of pregnancy" ( Wall Street Journal ), talks to you the way only a best friend can -- in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be. Now, in this newly revised and updated edition, get... (more)

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by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff

by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Eisenberg Murkoff

by Tracy Hogg

by Tracy Hogg

Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two

by Martha Sears, William Sears M. D.

by Robert Bucknam, Gary Ezzo

by Vicki Iovine

by Clark Gillespie

by Alison MacKonochie

by Robert Bucknam, Gary Ezzo

The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood

by Jenny McCarthy

by Jessica Teich, Brandel France De Bravo

by Sharon Yntema

by Amy Spangler

by Michael S. Bumagin

by Debi Pearl

Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night

by Elizabeth Pantley

by Louis Borgenicht

by Jane Buckingham

by Vicki Iovine