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Raising Boys

Kate — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:14:48 +0000

In this expanded and updated edition, Steve Biddulph shares and gives practical and honest advice to parents so they can recognise the different stages of boyhood and learn how to raise happy, confident and kind young men. Boys need to be parented in a different way from girls with their own very special psychological and physical make-up.

The Yummy Mummy Pregnancy Cookbook: Healthy Food for You and Your Baby

Kate — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:37:34 +0000

Eating the right foods in pregnancy means better health for you and your baby. This book provides trimester-by-trimester nutritional guidance on the best foods for your baby’s development. It also gives 60 no-fuss delicious dishes for optimum nutrition, with daily menu plans, and yummy ideas for snacks, breakfasts, and lunches on the go

The 30-Minute Pregnancy Workout Book

Kate — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:48:18 +0000

Pregnancy is not a time to let yourself go. Divided into three ‘sets’ for each trimester of pregnancy, this title helps to tone various mothers and keeps active exercisers in peak condition throughout their pregnancies. It focuses on abs, arms, thighs, butts and shoulders.

Sister Lilian’s pregnancy and birth companion

Kate — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:52:45 +0000

Sister Lilian has been South African’s trusted pregnancy expert for over a decade. Her popular, comprehensive guide to pregnancy and labour is now available in a new edition, with updates and a beautiful new cover. As experienced midwife and owner of the Sister Lilian Centres, she is well placed to guide South African parents through every stage of pregnancy and labour. She dispatches sensible advice covering the initial stages right through to dealing with the new-born baby. The book contains everything you might want to know, from exercise and nutrition to emotions, debunking popular myths, etc.

Eating Well When You’re Expecting

Kate — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:51:05 +0000

Provides mums-to-be with a realistic approach to navigating healthily and deliciously through the nine months of pregnancy – at home, in the office, at Christmas, in restaurants. This book includes chapters, which are devoted to nutrition, weight gain, food safety, the postpartum diet, and how to eat when trying to conceive again.

The Everything Baby Sign Language Book

Kate — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:22:38 +0000

Frustrated communication in babies and toddlers is caused by the lag between a child’s desire to be understood and their ability to form words. Sign language bridges this gap. This book teaches parent and children to use a combination of sign language and homemade gestures to communicate needs, wants and feelings

My First Five Years: A Journal of Early Childhood

Elzet — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:43:05 +0000

My First Five Years is graced throughout with Anne Geddes’ unique and breathtaking baby imagery. It is the perfect place to record all the precious moments in a child’s first five years.
From ‘Before I Arrived’, through ‘The World When I Arrived’, ‘My First Birthday’ all the way to ‘School’ this journal has ample space and prompts to document the all too fleeting first five years of life. It contains extras such as space for ultrasound scan and other special photos, an envelope for mementos, and, the addition of a colorful pull out height chart.

Feeding sense

Elzet — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:24:01 +0000

Uncertain of what to eat in pregnancy or while breast-feeding? Challenges with breast or bottle feeding? Or just looking for practical guidelines on introducing solids? Whether you have a fussy eater or an allergic baby, Feeding Sense prepares you for the road ahead and guides you through all your baby’s feeding milestones.

Meg Faure, bestselling co-author of books in the ‘sense series’ looks at your baby’s sensory and emotional relationships with food and the developmental journey you embark on when feeding your baby.

Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Editor — Mon, 09 May 2011 09:52:46 +0000

With step-by-step photos of classic yoga postures especially adapted for each trimester, this book demonstrates how the regular practice of yoga provides many physical and emotional benefits that can enhance the whole experience of parenting. Featuring a unique section of special yoga and relaxation exercises to do with or without the baby up to 16 weeks after birth, Yoga for Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond is the only book that identifies the real benefits of yoga for both mother and baby throughout pregnancy and beyond.

Pregnancy and Child Care for Healthy Living

Editor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 09:33:04 +0000

The focus is on pregnancy and child care the natural way, that is, turning away from antibiotics and chemicals to natural medicines and herbs. Remedies safe to use for the expecting mother as well as practical tips to treat childhood illnesses. By Margaret Roberts.