Your Pregnancy™ for the Father-to-Be by Glade B. Curtis, M.D., M.P.H. and Judith Schuler, M.S. From the trusted authors of our best-selling book, Your Pregnancy™ Week by Week, this essential guide covers everything dads-to-be need to know about pregnancy, childbirth, and getting ready for a new baby.

Written with the expectant dad’s needs and concerns in mind, this new edition includes:

• Up-to-date medical information and a comprehensive glossary of terms

• The latest information about tests and procedures your partner may undergo

• Information on how pregnancy may affect your couple relationship and ways to handle it

• Ways to evaluate the financial impact of having a baby

• Guidance on how to be a great labor coach

• Tips for supporting your partner during pregnancy and the birth of your new baby

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You may have walked into a book store and seen a book and wished you knew more about the content. Or probably you read the blurb on the back of a parenting book and wished it said just a little bit more. Well, with parentsdigest.com your wish has come true. This site provides well written, professional summaries of the top parenting and family health books available. Purchasing a summary of a book that you like is surprisingly simple. The instructions are clear and you just complete the form with the required information and in a few clicks you are done.

In fact, the site offers subscribers two summaries per month of the best books dealing with parenting and family life. These summaries help readers decide on which books to buy. The ‘bite-sized’ summaries as ParentsDigest calls them, are easy to read and do not just skim the surface of the content. They provide great information and valuable insight into what is offered in the books being summarized.

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In a nutshell, ParentsDigest is CliffNotes (Cheatsheets) for parents. The idea is the inspiration of a couple who found themselves in a non-stop world with three kids under the age of three. Needless to say, there was no time to scour through books to learn about topics ranging from two year old meltdowns to bringing up children in a green, healthy environment. But, as their children grew and life became a bit more manageable they had time to give birth to a great idea.

Why not summarize top-notch parenting books and share the best bite sized nuggets with over-tired parents? That idea is the inspiration of ParentsDigest.com. An experienced editorial team (often stay at home moms) writes concise eight page snapshots of parenting books so parents don’t have to try to comb through them. Imagine getting the nuts and bolts of these books over a quick cup of coffee. Even a busy parent has time to sit with a cup of joe once in awhile.

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From Pregnancy Through the First Year – Double the joy, double the challenges.

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Although everyone experiences unexpected challenges with the arrival of a new baby, the parents of twins face their own unique sets of joys and frustrations.

As the parent of three children under the age of six, including three-year-old fraternal twins, Dagmara Scalise knows firsthand just how daunting that all-important first year can be. ?Ignore that old saying about parenting twins being twice as hard. Those who have been there know the truth: Parenting twins is exponentially harder.

Twin babies demand more love, more care, and more resourcefulness,? she explains and now, in Twin Sense, she offers real-world advice on dealing with the many issues that arise when caring for newborn twins. From breast-feeding two babies at once to snappy comebacks to rude questions, Scalise gives new parents a true insider?s guide that will make raising twins a pleasure.

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The New Mom’s Survival Guide Answers These And Many Other Questions:

• Why can’t I loose weight?
• I’m just too tired to have sex-and it hurts. What should I do?
• Can I catch croup from my child?

At last your baby has arrived, and you’re experiencing all the joys that come with being a new mom. But you may not have bargained on acne and varicos veins, not to mention constipation, vaginal pains, and mood swings, or perhaps one of the more serious conditions that pregnancy can trigger. In this compassionate, comprehensive guide, Dr. Jennifer Wider, a physician as well as a mother of two small children, delivers up-to-date medical information, candid answers to a host of questions, and expert advice on a range of postpartum issues, including:

• When the baby blues are more than just a phase
• Feelings of isolation for the stay-at-home mom
• Feelings of guilt for the back-to-work mom
• Cracked nipples and other breast-feeding concerns
• Thyroid problems, anemia, diabetes, urinary incontinence, and other conditions that can show up during or after pregnancy.

From redefining yourself to taking care of yourself while caring for your baby, The New Mom’s Survival Guide contains such a wealth of practical help that new moms will turn to it again and again.

Author Bio – Jennifer Wider, MD, is a doctor, author, and radio personality who specializes in women’s health issues. She is the medical adviser to the Society for Women’s Health Research in Washington, D.C. Dr. Wider is a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan magazine and hosts a weekly segment on Cosmo Radio for Sirius Satellite. She has appeared as a health expert on The Today Show, CBS News, Good Day NY, Fox News, and a variety of cable channels. She lives with her physician husband, and their daughter and son, in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Visit the author at www.drwider.com

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The Colic Chronicles
How One Mom Maintained Her Sanity & Sense of Humor through Sleepless Nights & Baby’s Cryfests–and You Can, Too

by Tara Kompare

Roughly one out of five babies in the U.S. suffers from colic, and a mom can feel desperate for answers when her infant wails nonstop. The Colic Chronicles offers sweet comfort that she?s not alone, not losing her mind, and not a bad mother-on the contrary, she should win an award! As a mom who survived the colic wars, author Tara Kompare dishes out tried-and-true tips, from how to quell the desire to tackle mommy ?know-it-alls? in the checkout line; to mom self-care (e.g. showering and eating in peace); to trying a host of colic-calming strategies. With short, breezy chapters-easy to read during baby?s blessed, rare snoozes-this book brims with humor and vital information, sure to be a lifesaver for countless mothers.

Paperback
US $14.95 – CAN $16.00 – UK ?8.99
On Sale now at Amazon.com ($11.21 USD)
ISBN: 9780738211695 – ISBN-10: 0738211699
Published by Da Capo Press

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Rethinking the Classic One Bag at a Time

Today?s parents are balancing parenthood and careers more than ever and looking for the gear that takes them from the playground to the office. Bumkins Finer Baby Products? has rethought the once dreaded diaper bag and made it its very own with new features and a sharp sense of style. The redesigned and re-priced Grande Diaper Bag answers every parent?s need of function and fashion.

Together with a low retail price, the Grande Diaper Bag keeps going as a gym or laptop bag after its days of toting diapers are over. A multi-functional twist on the classic design, this bag easily becomes two by reversing it inside out offering the pick of simple solid or perfect print. A smooth chocolate brown comes into sight that no dad would be ashamed of carrying. A favorite for any new mom to shop for, diaper bags have to look great and function even better.

Constructed out of light-weight and water resistant fabric, these bags make light work of braving the elements of modern motherhood. More well-thought-out features include reinforced straps, water resistant fabric and matching changing pad. With a total of eight pockets and a multi-purpose, metal ring for keeping cell phones and keys handy, even the most organize-challenged parent will find themselves answering after only one ring.

From Bumkins

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If you?ve been looking for a fun and loving way to help your children learn and improve their development, look no further than Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers. New studies show that young kids learn best through play and need at least 30 minutes of structured physical activity each day. There?s no better way to engage your child than through the simple practice of yoga. Yoga can help your 18-month to five-year-old child have:

• Fewer tantrums
• Better and longer sleep
• Increased motor coordination
• Improved listening and ability to follow directions
• Better self-expression
• Higher self-esteem
• Easier relaxation

A healthy and physically fit lifestyle Named the ?Baby Yoga Expert? by Newsweek, Helen Garabedian, a certified yoga instructor, created her program with 8-minute sequences easy to fit into a young child?s day. Fully illustrated with beautiful photos, Itsy Bitsy Yoga for Toddlers and Preschoolers features more than 50 simple poses and games kids love, offering creative ways to get active. Yoga can even help your child throughout the day-from taming tantrums to teaching cooperation-On the Go advice and Super Duper Poses show you how. Enjoy the fun of yoga with your child today!

By Helen Garabedian

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Everything a Mom Needs to Know for a Happy Nursing Experience

For the new mom and her baby, breastfeeding provides countless physical and emotional benefits. Breast milk provides proper nourishment, helps strengthen a baby?s immune system, and deepens the mother-child bond. However, breastfeeding doesn?t always happen as naturally as one might expect. As a Neonatal Practitioner and Board Certified Lactation Consultant (and mother of two), Stacey H. Rubin knows the difficulties new moms can experience. Now, in The ABCs of Breastfeeding, she offers a practical and reader-friendly guide that will help every new mother feel comfortable and confident about feeding her baby. From pregnancy to weaning, this helpful book will show nursing mothers how to:

• find a doctor who is breastfeeding-friendly
• hold their baby comfortably after birth
• recognize the signs that a baby wants to be fed
• take necessary steps that will prevent breastfeeding difficulties
• build a healthy milk supply
• manage the right diet
• continue breastfeeding immediately after returning to work ? know when to stop breastfeeding

Illustrated with real-life stories from the author?s own private practice of women who have overcome common and not-so-common breastfeeding difficulties, The ABCs of Breastfeeding will help expectant and new mothers turn their nursing experiences into a joyful one?for themselves and their new babies.

By Stacey H. Rubin, M.N., APRN, IBCLC

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