Greetings from Amazon.com Delivers Parenting and Families Editor, Erica Jorgensen FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL: * "Becoming Parents: How to Strengthen Your Marriage as Your Family Grows" by Pamela L. Jordan, Howard Markman, and Scott Stanley * "The Family Nutrition Book" By William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N. * "What's Going on in There?" by Lise Eliot, Ph.D. * "It Worked for Me!" by Sally Lee and the editors of Parents Magazine * Coming Soon: "The Savvy Mom's Guide to Medical Care" by Pamela F. Gallin, M.D., and Kathy Matthews "Becoming Parents: How to Strengthen Your Marriage as Your Family Grows" by Pamela L. Jordan, Howard Markman, and Scott Stanley http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787947679/entertainmentsit The minds of parents-to-be are occupied by many topics: labor and childbirth, infant care, nursery colors. Few anticipate the pressure parenthood can put on their marriage and how they'll feel uncertain, exhausted, overwhelmed, and downright afraid. Now, from the authors of "Fighting for Your Marriage," comes a book designed specifically to help couples improve their relationships in preparation for parenthood. "Becoming Parents" offers essential advice to new parents on surviving this potentially trying time. It will help you communicate more clearly, better manage conflict, create lasting solutions to problems, identify underlying issues and expectations, and understand how morals and beliefs impact everyday communication. "Becoming Parents" also delves into the larger issues of commitment, forgiveness, and intimacy, and explores the role of fun and friendship in happy relationships. It even tackles very touchy subjects: who gets up when the baby cries at night, the division of household tasks, and sex--all the stuff of everyday arguments. Through real-life examples and useful exercises in each chapter, the authors help you to better understand yourself and your partner. These are tools to use in your daily conversations, so you can build a happy, loving home for your baby. "The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children from Birth Through Adolescence" by William Sears, M.D., and Martha Sears, R.N. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316777153/entertainmentsit Organic or regular baby food? White or wheat bread? Yogurt or ice cream? Parents often wonder how best to feed their families, but the wondering is over with "The Family Nutrition Book: Everything You Need to Know About Feeding Your Children--From Birth Through Adolescence." The beloved William Sears and his wife, Martha (a nurse), teach you how to become your own family nutritionist. Parents of eight children and well-known authors of more than a dozen childcare books, the Searses offer the solid advice on breastfeeding, beginning solids, and feeding picky eaters you'd expect. But more than that, they provide a crash course in overall nutrition. You'll learn how the body works, how to read food labels, what ingredients to look for (and which to avoid), how to trim fat from your diet, what makes up a balanced diet (not just the "food pyramid"), which foods are thought to prevent cancer, and more. The Searses also offer helpful food lists: good fats, best proteins, top 10 complex carbohydrates, and top 12 family foods, to name a few. You'll even get favorite Sears family recipes to help you get started on the road to healthy eating. It's all here, and it's all mixed with a healthy dose of passion for eating well. So you can show your children--by example--how to stay healthy and feel great. "What's Going On in There? A Baby's Brain and Emerging Mind" by Lise Eliot, Ph.D. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553102745/entertainmentsit Though not for the impatient, "What's Going On in There? How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life" will undoubtedly make you a better parent. It is thick, detailed, and scientific. But it is also accessible to parents who have the time and patience to immerse themselves in the latest research on brain development. And for those who do, the rewards can be great. You'll understand the inner-workings of the brain like never before. You'll learn the latest thinking on the nature vs. nurture question. You'll gain invaluable insights into the evolution of the senses, motor skills, social and emotional growth, memory, language, and intelligence. But most importantly, you'll understand--maybe for the first time--exactly how great your contribution as a parent can be to the development of your young child's brain. Written by Lise Eliot, Ph.D., a neurobiologist and mother of three, "What's Going On in There?" is an immensely intelligent labor of love. It is based on the author's own "odyssey of discovery" as she sought answers to questions about her own role in carrying, delivering, and parenting her children. "It Worked for Me!: From Thumb Sucking to Schoolyard Fights, Parents Reveal Their Secrets to Solving the Everyday Problems of Raising Kids" by Sally Lee and the editors of Parents Magazine http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582380155/entertainmentsit Imagine being part of a parents' group with hundreds of other moms and dads, a group of parents with children of all ages and temperaments that offer their advice directly to you--in their own words--and a group that spans the United States, yet is as near as your bookshelf. That's exactly what you'll find in "It Worked for Me!," the eminently useful collection of parenting secrets from the editors of Parents Magazine. Based on the magazine's popular column, this book connects you to a vast network of mothers and fathers who are out there every day solving parenting quandaries with flair. With 437 pages packed with creative ideas and helpful hints on everything from feeding schedules and making boo-boos better to avoiding bedtime battles and cures for "school-itis," you're sure to find answers to any child-care conundrum. Here's a sampling of what you'll find: --"At the end of each school year, the kids and I decide which 10 drawings to save. We use the rest for wrapping paper." --Anna Weintraub, Colorado Springs, Colorado --"Whenever my daughter starts to whine, I say 'There must be a squeaky mouse here somewhere,' and I ask her to help me find it. She usually starts laughing..." --Rita Johnson, Elmira, New York --"My daughter discovered the best place to learn to ride (a bike)--on a flat grassy area near our home." -- Marilee Stodhouser, Hannibal, Missouri All these tried-and-true ideas are organized logically by subject for easy reference when you're in a child-rearing bind. And there's expert advice mixed throughout, so "It Worked for Me!" can be your one-stop solution to parenting with wisdom and compassion. COMING SOON *********** The Savvy Mom's Guide to Medical Care: Everything You Need to Know to Get Top Quality Care for Your Child--From One of the Nation's Leading Physicians by Pamela F. Gallin, M.D., and Kathy Matthews http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/158238049X/entertainmentsit You've read up on pregnancy and made educated choices about the delivery of your baby. Now comes the first test of parenthood: dealing with your pediatrician and the inevitable world of childhood illnesses. This straightforward guide takes it for granted that its readers are novices and picks up where most baby books leave off. This is no simple guide to treating colds and bee stings. Pediatrician Pamela F. Gallin, along with health writer Kathy Matthews, provides a broad spectrum of advice, from the basic--tricks for getting yucky medicine down and when it's OK for a sick child to return to school--to the somber, such as when and how to seek a second opinion in the case of serious disease. In today's world of managed care, Gallin advises, parents don't need to be health experts, but they should learn how to be adept medical consumers and use the system to their benefit. In a light, coffee-chat tone, she arms parents with the right questions to ask doctors and highlights important advice (such as when a fever should trigger a call to your doctor) in quick, easy-to-read boxes. Gallin, the director of pediatric ophthalmology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, has twice been named by New York Magazine as "one of the best doctors" in the city. This guide shows why. ****** You'll find more great books, articles, excerpts, and interviews in Amazon.com's Parenting & Families section at Parenting & Families
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