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'Weaning' guides you through every aspect of weaning your baby, with advice on when to start weaning, which foods to introduce first, how to prepare foods safely, and how to spoon feed purees and solid foods. With up-to-date information on allergies and intolerances, advice on how to encourage baby-led weaning, and tips on combining foods to build up flavours and textures, you can be sure your baby is getting exactly what his or her growing body needs....
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Precious Stones volume 3
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Amber Ainsley works for the wealthy Greenwoods. But when Amber falls pregnant with Mr Barnaby Greenwood's illegitimate child, he casts her out, leaving her homeless and without an income. Amber flees to Whitby where she stays with her uncle until her child is born. Upon discovering this, Barnaby offers to find a family to raise Amber's daughter, to save her going to the workhouse. Broken-hearted but wanting the best for her child, Amber hands her...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022
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Dr Maggie Blott, a senior consultant in obstetrics and maternal medicine with over 30 years experience in antenatal care, explores the physiological and emotional changes that take place over the nine months. Information has been gathered and included from a wide body of healthcare professionals, including midwives, doctors, obstetricians, and paediatricians, offering balanced and evidence-based advice so that parents can make the right decisions...
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Orion Spring
Pub. Date
2023
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An evidence-based guide to feeding your baby from Victoria Facelli, the certified lactation consultant, who struggled to feed her child post-partum. With kindness and compassion, Facelli explains the science of infant anatomy and breastmilk, celebrates the medical marvels of formula and feeding tubes, and helps parents of any gender use every tool in the modern parent's arsenal to make their own feeding choices. Her mission is to help parents feel...
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022
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Raise young children with their wellbeing in mind, gaining the confidence to trust your instincts and live by the baby - not by the book. In this new edition of a best-selling guide to childcare, Penelope Leach combines her warmth, wisdom and child psychology expertise with new scientific research on the way that infants react to the world around them. Find guidance on sleeping, feeds, washing and playtime, as well as advice on your baby's physical,...
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2022
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Marley Hall is a midwife and mum of five - in other words, she's seen it all. In her 'Guide for Everyone', you'll find answers to questions you never knew you wanted to ask. Like, what do these clinical terms mean? What are my choices? And is there a 'right' way to give birth or take care of my baby? Birth is a unique experience for every person, and the book contains the latest guidance that will help you to understand the full picture all the way...
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Saraband
Pub. Date
2024
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When Chita Ramaswamy discovered she was pregnant, she longed for a book that went above and beyond a manual; a book that did more than describe what was happening in her growing body. In 'Expecting', Chita takes the reader on a physical, emotional, philosophical and artistic odyssey through pregnancy.
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Sheldon Press
Pub. Date
2023
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Does your todder still have trouble sleeping? You're not alone. Designed specifically for the very many parents encountering the same issues as you, this practical, no-nonsense book gives you the insights, tools and strategies to help your child get the rest they need - however difficult the challenge.
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022
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Explore the science behind your nutritional needs and the impact that your diet can have on pregnancy. With practical advice from a leading nutritionist, 'Deliciously Healthy Pregnancy' helps you prepare for each stage. Split into two sections, the book starts by breaking down the science behind the advice, exploring the stages of pregnancy and being a new mum, with infographics illustrating the changes to the body, your lifestyle, and diet for mother...
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Vermilion
Pub. Date
2024
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Midwife Pip is on a mission to help every parent-to-be to feel informed and prepared for birth. With the right education and support, she firmly believes that all births - whether planned or unplanned, assisted, caesarean, waterbirth or hypnobirth - can be positive. Packed with evidence-based information and insider tips and tricks from a practising midwife, this book is your personal antenatal class.
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Bantam Press
Pub. Date
2021
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From the author of 'The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan' comes the follow-up guide, helping parents to deal with sleep issues in children aged 12 months and over. Baby care expert Alison Scott-Wright will help you manage the transition from baby to toddler and ensure the whole family gets the sleep they need.
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Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2023
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This comprehensive book covers every moment of the first twelve months of your baby's life - from their first moments at home, feeding, and sleeping arrangements, to travelling, building their body strength, and starting to eat solids. A team of expert paediatricians, midwives, psychologists, and nutritionists provide unrivalled detail on everything new parents can expect. This new edition has been updated with the latest medical advice for a new...
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Green Tree
Pub. Date
2021
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Pregnancy and birth can stretch our bodies to their limit and beyond. Incontinence, birth injuries and birth traumas have been a taboo topic for far too long, and, until now, this has prevented women from fully regaining their strength. 'Stronger' is a guide to the bodily changes encountered by all women following pregnancy, with explanations, exercises and friendly, accessible advice to protect, stabilise and rehabilitate. It's time to treat what...
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Vermilion
Pub. Date
2021
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Whether you are trying for a baby now or preparing for a family in future, 'The Fertility Book' is the no-nonsense guide you need to help you to optimize your chances of a healthy pregnancy. Leading NHS consultant and fertility expert Adam Balen dispels the myths in this comprehensive guide to reproductive health, explaining in easy-to-understand terms the genetic and lifestyle factors at play. He takes an honest look at the evidence for both conventional...
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Yellow Kite
Pub. Date
2024
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Start the first few months of your baby's life with confidence and learn how to encourage your baby to get good sleep with baby sleep expert Heidi Skudder. With 19 years of hands-on experience working with and empowering families, combined with a coaching and psychology background, alongside her own journey as a mother of two sons and a recently born daughter, she has helped thousands of babies get a good night's sleep.
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Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2023
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When Helen Ledwick discovered she had a prolapse after the birth of her second child, she was devastated, not just by the constant discomfort but also by the pervasive shame she felt and the lack of available information and support. When she learned that one in three women have pelvic floor disorders, she was horrified - and determined to do something about it. In this warm, factual and anecdote-rich look at a taboo subject, Helen shares her story...
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Vie
Pub. Date
2024
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A modern-day parenting guide for dads-to-be, packed with insider tips, practical advice and honest accounts of dad life. Split into digestible chapters for readers who are short on time and need a helping hand, this book covers all the stages of pregnancy, birth and the early years of parenthood.
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Orion Spring
Pub. Date
2021
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Calm & Bright Sleep Support was founded in 2009 with a mission; to help exhausted parents enable solid sleep in a brand-new way. Headed up by Devon sisters Eve, founder and Mum-of-four & paediatric nurse of 18 years Gem, they have supported thousands of families around the world to get the sleep they need. Now it's your turn! In their ground-breaking book, 'Love to Sleep', Eve and Gem reveal the pivotal role of the parent in their child's sleep. Using...
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Hamlyn
Pub. Date
2024
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Learn how to soothe your baby with this essential guide to baby massage. Touch is the newborn baby's first form of communication and a crucial part of their development. Regular massages are proven to have a number of physiological benefits. You will find that massaging your baby will help relax your infant when stressed and relieve wind and constipation. This book is designed to help you perfect this essential parenting skill.