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Wonderplay : Interactive & Developmental Games, Crafts, & Creative Activities for Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

For children, anytime is playtime. "Wonderplay" is a parent's guide to active child's play. With more than 200 activities--games, craft projects, cooking, music, dancing, and more--this wonderful book offers many ways to have fun with children and encourage them to learn and grow.

Your Baby and Child : From Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach

Penelope Leach's Your Baby & Child has been a beloved favorite for years. With this new, revised edition, Leach has updated her information and approach to reflect new findings in the field of child development, and to respond to the changing needs of today's families. Leach has utter respect for children and their parents; she explains development, child care, and parenting concerns clearly and without condescension.

The Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by William Sears, Martha Sears

William Sears and Martha Sears have provided new parents with their approach to every aspect of baby care basics, from newborns to toddlers. Attachment parenting is a gentle, reasonable approach to parenting that stresses bonding with your baby, responding to her cues, breastfeeding, "wearing" your baby, and sharing sleep with your child. For those parents who worry about negative effects of this attention, the Sears say, "Spoiling is what happens when you leave something (or some person) alone on the shelf--it spoils."

Your Child's Development from Birth to Adolescence by Richard Lansdown and Marjorie Walker

Growing with Your Child : PreBirth to Age 5 by Christine Langlois (Editor)

Offers parents straightforward solutions to the most often asked questions about issues such as feeding, sleeping, behaviour changes and health concerns. This comprehensive childcare guide answers parental concerns with information based on the work of experts from every Canadian province including paediatricians, family physicians, dieticians, psychologists, safety experts and early childhood educators, and also highlights the wide range of Canadian resources available to help parents.

Complete Book of Mother & Baby Care by Canadian Medical Association

It has a picture of every childhood disease that you can imagine from diaper rash to chicken pox to the mumps. It's all in here and the book covers pregnancy to about age 5. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and when dealing with your own kids' sickness, this book is very helpful

Kids Are Worth It! : Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline by Barbara Coloroso

Coloroso says that there are three types of parents--Jellyfish, Brickwall, and Backbone. The first two muck it up royally by being too wishy-washy or too firm. The parent with a backbone, however, can be stern when necessary and provide structure yet have the flexibility that children and families need. Coloroso applies these models to a variety of parenting situations, from toilet training to curfew setting. Like the Cosby show, it looks and sounds so easy when the script is already written, but there are plenty of good ideas here for keeping parents' sanity intact. Portions of the book are taken directly from the author's excellent video Winning at Parenting as well as from her popular lecture series. Denise Perry Donavin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

A Pocket Guide to Kids Are Worth It!

A Pocket Guide to Kids are Worth It!" is a very small book with generally only a couple sentenses or a short list on each page.

The Baby Games : The Joyful Guide to Child's Play from Birth to Three Years

Topics in each chapter include MOVEMENT, MUSIC, WORD PLAY, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, QUIET TIMES AND INDOOR GAMES. There are also chapters on various entertainment media, toys and parties. This book is full of FUN things you can do with your baby.

Secrets of the Baby Whisperer

Tracy Hogg, a neonatal nurse, teacher, and mother of two, uses these techniques to good effect in Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Focusing on newborns and their parents, her simple programs are a blend of intelligent intuition and methods based on years of experience. The first half of the book is devoted to E.A.S.Y--her name for creating a structured daily routine for you and your baby that makes the most of your baby's awake times and also leaves time just for you. While most of the book relies on anecdotes to get the points across, Hogg does find room to back up some of her statements with quotes from various researchers and institutions. Included at the end of the book are assurances that E.A.S.Y. can be followed even with a colicky baby or one who's been ruling the roost for the first few months.

On Becoming Baby Wise: Learn How over 500000 Babies Were Trained to Sleep Through the Night the Natural Way

Theologian Gary Ezzo and pediatrician Dr. Robert Bucknam set off cries of alarm in their highly controversial 1995 publication On Becoming Baby Wise by arguing that some crying is natural and healthy for babies. In this updated edition, Ezzo and Bucknam present a comprehensive method to encourage a full night's sleep for the seven- to nine-week-old baby. It's easy to read, easy to follow, supported by research and by testimonials from parents and pediatricians, and includes suggestions for making the process fit into the reader's lifestyle. The authors believe a consistent sleep routine leads to happier, more responsible, and better-adjusted children. But a full night's sleep is just the short-term goal. The long-term goal is training parents to bring order and stability to their families through nurturing the marriage, providing a loving structure for one's children, and allowing flexibility in the process. Twelve chapters cover feeding philosophies, monitoring baby's growth, establishing baby's routine, handling multiple births, and the ever-controversial chapter on when baby cries.

Your Amazing Newborn (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)

In Your Amazing Newborn, authors Marshall and Phyllis Klaus, renowned experts and authors in the field of newborns (Bonding and Mothering the Mother), combine information gained from decades of research with clear explanations geared toward new parents. The authors begin with the fetus. Through descriptions and ultrasound photography, they discuss the dialogue between mother and fetus and demonstrate the development of touch and hearing. Klaus and Klaus then explore the first minutes of life (the quiet, alert state immediately after birth) and the first few days, including descriptions of the newborn's innate senses and the ability to imitate, reach towards a parent, and enjoy sound and smell. Later chapters focus on adoption, fathering, grandparenting, and sibling responses to a new baby. Enhanced by black-and-white photographs capturing a newborn's remarkable abilities, this beautiful book is for anyone enchanted by babies.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk

an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish (coauthors of Siblings Without Rivalry) provide a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The "Reminder" pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided are appropriate for kids of all ages. Baby Einstein Collection

Baby Einstein Library
It's called "the Mozart Effect," the notion that exposing youngsters to the melodies of the maestro can improve verbal ability, spatial intelligence, creativity, and memory. It's a pretty big leap of faith to understand that effect unless you personally see a toddler react to the stimulation. The series is based on studies at the University of California. This gift pack features the first three videos from Baby Einstein (Baby Einstein, Baby Mozart, Baby Bach) and a special CD, Bedtime Classics, containing musical selections from the video collection.
Baby Mozart VHS Video - DVD
Baby Mozart-Music to Stimulate Your Baby's Brain - (Audio CD)
Baby Van Gogh (2000) Video and Book - (Video Only) - (DVD)
Baby Einstein (2000) (VHS Video), (DVD)
Baby Shakespeare (2000) Video & Book - (Video Only) - (DVD)
Baby Bach (2000) VHS Video - (DVD)
Baby Bach-Music to Stimulate Your Baby's Brain - (Audio CD)
Baby Beethoven - (Audio CD)

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