Pregnancy & Parenthood

This Element explores multi-faceted linkages between feeding and relationship formation based on ethnographic case studies in Morocco, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Costa Rica. Research demonstrates that there are many culturally valued ways of feeding children, contradicting the idea of a single universally optimal feeding standard. It demonstrates further that in many parts of the world, feeding plays a central role in bonding and relationship formation, something largely overlooked in current developmental theories. Analysis shows that feeding contributes to relationship formation through what we call proximal, transactional, and distal dimensions. This Element argues that feeding practices can lead to qualitatively distinct forms of relationships. It has important theoretical and practical implications, calling for the expansion of attachment theory to include feeding and body-centered caregiving and significant changes to global interventions currently based on 'responsive feeding.' This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Who are the best informants for your family investigations? Older relatives, such as your grandparents, great-aunts or -uncles, or your parents' older siblings. They can tell you their memories of your family from before you were born.Here is a workbook full of those questions and family tree diagrams so you can learn everything you want to know.

Soothe your child and soothe yourself, with the loving language of lullabies, viewed through the lens of modern neuroscience. This family-friendly collection of pictures, stories, and songs gathered across four continents and five generations helps establish the bonds of a lifetime while transforming a crying and fussy child into a slumbering lamb. Proven personalized nap & bedtime routines and calming techniques update the ancient wisdom of over 20 cultures with current brain and relationship knowledge.The singer's personal tale reads in a couple of minutes. Beautiful watercolors envision the story-tellers or their songs. The science sections have icons to indicate whose brain is changing. The neuroscience facts are fully end-noted with references and links. The glossary of terms is written from the viewpoint of the baby or toddler.Lullaby Wisdom can be read in any order. Opening it to any song gives an experience of personal history, sleep routines, and beauty. The lullaby pages are laid out with the story above/science below, on one page, and watercolor above/music staff below, on the opposite page. Each song includes a web link to download and hear the easy-to-learn lullabies sung, usually in the voices of the care-givers who use them. There is also a section of Simple Soothers for times when words are just too stimulating.The book was based on 10-year process of interviewing people to collect their oral histories of soothing music. In keeping with her long-held interest in how music can help heal and connect us, the author researched the relevant neuroscience to support the narratives. Lullaby Wisdom emphasizes the importance of positive social interactions during the first 3 years for developing happiness, joy, purpose, exploration, and a zest for life. These interactions of touch, holding, sound, singing, humming, and eye contact in this critical phase of development actually wire the brain to access its compassion, kindness, problem solving, and ethical responsibility. A comforting book to immerse in or just relax with, Lullaby Wisdom is also a perfect gift for baby showers, new baby, new grandparents, expectant or new mothers, and anyone who wants to soothe another of any age with touch, image, and/or sound.

As a parent, it's easy to feel like your dreams and aspirations have to take a backseat to your responsibilities. But what if you could pursue your passions while still being an incredible parent? This question has been pondered by some of the most brilliant minds throughout history, and it's one that parents continue to grapple with today.At a young age, we all want to understand our place in the world and how we can make a meaningful contribution. However, as we mature and become parents, our focus can shift entirely to our children, leaving us feeling like we have to abandon our personal goals and dreams.Balancing the demands of parenting with the pursuit of our own passions can be an overwhelming challenge. In this book, the author takes us on a journey of self-discovery, sharing their experiences of navigating this critical role while pursuing their own aspirations.Through relatable anecdotes and practical advice, this book empowers parents to rediscover their passions and connect them to their purpose. Whether you're a new parent or an experienced one, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to thrive in their role as a parent while also pursuing their dreams. So take that first step towards a fulfilling life, and discover the power of pursuing your passions as a parent.

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Are you ready to handle the challenges that come with supporting your partner during pregnancy and parenting a newborn? Do you know what to expect?Your partner has announced that she is pregnant! Congratulations dad-to-be! Welcome to fatherhood. Now what? Are you filled with joy and confidence in your ability to handle the pregnancy, childbirth, and dad duties?Are you filled with an overwhelming sense of anxiety?You have so many questions. What is your role during pregnancy? Is there anything you can do to make the process easier and smoother for the mom-to-be? What is your role during childbirth? Can you handle all this financially, emotionally, or physically with all that is already on your plate? Will you be a hands-on or hands-off new father?Do you know what healthcare professionals to consult and what tests are needed when?Will you have time for yourself or your relationship? Will you have a minute to yourself ever again?This book will help you answer many of your burning questions about being a first-time father and point you in the direction where you can get the rest answered. It aims to help new dads get the information they need to gain the confidence to approach parenthood head-on.In this book, you will discover...Pregnancy for men: how to Support your partner during pregnancy, childbirth, and beyondHow to get the support you need to handle these new challengesThree powerful tips to keep your relationship satisfaction from decliningBirthing options and how to create a birth planWeek-by-week guidance on the physiology of pregnancy, labor, and birthHow to recognize the signs and stages of laborOptions for pain management during laborPostpartum care and recoveryFinancial considerations of expanding your family5 Tips for self-care and finding balance between family work10 must-see new dad hacks...and much more.Becoming a new dad is the toughest thing you will ever do. And there is no perfect way to do it.You may feel overwhelmed, unqualified, and confused about what to do. With the right knowledge, you can tackle the challenge head-on... and enjoy the journey as well.We all have doubted ourselves at some point, but millions of men accept the challenge each year with great success and a sense of fulfillment. And so can you!Makes a great gift for the first-time dad and new parents.

Ser mãe é uma das experiências mais transformadoras que uma mulher pode ter em sua vida. A maternidade é um papel complexo e desafiador, que exige muito esforço, dedicação e amor. Uma mãe é responsável por cuidar de seus filhos, desde o momento em que estão no útero até a idade adulta. Ela é uma guia, conselheira, protetora e amiga, sempre presente para apoiar e encorajar seus filhos em todas as fases da vida.Ser mãe envolve muitas responsabilidades e sacrifícios. Durante a gravidez, a mãe precisa cuidar de sua saúde e do desenvolvimento do feto, garantindo que seu bebê nasça saudável e forte. Depois do nascimento, a mãe deve estar sempre atenta às necessidades de seu filho, cuidando de sua alimentação, higiene, saúde e educação. À medida que seus filhos crescem, a mãe desempenha um papel fundamental no desenvolvimento de sua personalidade, habilidades e valores.Ser mãe também é um papel emocionalmente desafiador. As mães experimentam muitas emoções intensas, como amor, alegria, preocupação e medo, enquanto criam seus filhos. Elas precisam lidar com as dificuldades e desafios do dia a dia, como doenças, conflitos e problemas escolares, e estar sempre prontas para apoiar seus filhos emocionalmente.

Thriving As A Mom Without A Mom combines the storytelling magic of a memoir with the healing energy of a personal growth book. Navigating motherhood without the help and guidance of a supportive mom in your life is hard. Whether your loss is because of distance, emotional disconnection, or death, you'll find comfort and support to heal from grief and build a mom community in this gentle and helpful guide.Clinical psychologist and mom without a mom, Melissa Reilly, Psy.D. openly shares her touching story while weaving in the experiences and insights of other women who also parent without a mom. Learn to foster a mom identity that feels wonderful and thrive as the mom you were meant to be.

This book examines Australian parental leave provisions and compares them with their counterpart provisions in Canada, Germany, and Switzerland. Following comparison and analysis, recommended amendments to the Paid Parental Leave Act 2010 (Cth) are provided.

Mothers aren't supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an angry mum: exhausted by the gruelling, thankless work of full-time parenting and feeling her career slip away, she would find herself screaming at her child or exploding at her husband.When Dubin pushed past her shame and talked with other mothers about how she was feeling, she realized that she was far from alone. Mum Rage is Dubin's ground-breaking work of reportage about an unspoken crisis of anger sweeping the country-and the world. She finds that while a specific instance of rage might be triggered by something as simple as a child who won't tie her shoes, the roots of the anger go far deeper, from the unequal burden of childcare shouldered by mums to the flattening of women's identities once they have kids. Drawing on insights from mums across the spectrum of race, sexual orientation, and class, she offers practical tools to help readers disarm their rage in the moment, while never losing sight of the broader social change we need to stop raging for good.

This is a comprehensive and accessible guide that takes a compassionate, person-centred approach to weaning which accounts for the complex emotional and physical challenges mothers may face during this process. It empowers parents to make informed, confident decisions that keep both parent and child wellbeing at heart.

This is a pioneering and authoritative text for yoga practitioners offering a comprehensive overview of postpartum conditions and how yoga therapy can be best utilised to help the postpartum healing journey. Complete with downloadable classes and worksheets this is a must-have resource for yoga therapists interested in women's health.

This comprehensive guide helps all birthing and healthcare professionals vastly improve their care and knowledge of autistic pregnant women. It takes a distinctly intersectional and accessible approach to a topic often overlooked and includes management approaches and tools for birth professionals, autistic pregnant people, and their families.

An exploration of ten different ways in which parents can learn or re-learn how to connect with God as his child, written by Parenting for Faith's ministry lead Anna Hawken.

For first-time parents, those initial few months of parenthood can seem like your lives have been taken over completely by the tiny human you've brought into your home. Sometimes, it feels like your bundle of joy has crowned themselves as your realm's new ruler, and you're suddenly servants entrenched in a new regime, but you didn't get a copy of the manifesto of nebulous laws and rigorous expectations. Well, the baby probably feels the same way.But not to worry, as you might guess from the surprisingly large number of people on this planet who have been willing to procreate more than once, if both ruler and subject devote themselves to one another, and try to maintain a modicum of patience, empathy and humor, fulfillment, and maybe a little fun, can be had by all. This collection of one such baby's reflections on his first year of rulership may give new parents a comical perspective on what changes they might see within their own realm, as their own new Overlord settles in.

"Don't give birth without reading this first! I have been waiting years for Henci Goer's latest book. As expected, it's well-researched, easy to understand, and jam-packed with information that every birthing person should know. I have been a prenatal yoga teacher, birth educator, and support person for new families for 20 years and I am recommending this book to all of my clients. This is the kind of information birthing people are asking for and rarely getting from their health care providers. Thank you Henci, for helping people to be better consumers in their perinatal care!" -Jeanna, birth educator & childbirth support person"Reading Labor Pain: What's Your Best Strategy? is like having a conversation with a wise, knowledgeable, caring friend. Goer presents pain relief options and then, simply but in great depth, the evidence-based benefits and risks of each option. A must-read for not only childbearing women but for those who care for them!" -Judith Lothian, RN, PhD, LCCE, FAAN; Associate Editor Journal of Perinatal Education; Co-author of Giving Birth with Confidence"This book is not just for expecting moms, it's for the entire birth team. As a doula and childbirth educator, I am constantly in awe of Henci's ability to present evidence in a non-judgmental way. I'll be recommending this book with zero hesitation to all of my clients and students for years to come." -Kyleigh Banks, childbirth educator & doula, Founder of Birthworker.comFor fans of Emily Oster's Expecting Better and Penny Simkin's works:Plenty of pregnancy and birth books tell you what to expect during birth. This guide, though, is one of the few to delve deeply into one topic, delivering up-to-date access to the best medical research. In this data-driven birth book, award-winning childbirth writer and educator Henci Goer brings her thirty-plus years of experience analyzing the obstetric research to the table, delivering the most thorough synthesis on the market. Yet she structures the book thoughtfully so you can take in information however suits you. Dig into every detail or skip to the summaries. Read about every topic or jump to the ones that interest you most. Henci creates a judgment-free zone where you're in the driver's seat.And she won't just provide the information you need to choose among your options, she'll also give you practical strategies for developing your plan and putting it into action. You'll know what you want, why you want it, and how best to get it-how to have the birth that fits best for you.Inside, you'll find:Thorough, up-to-date, researched-based information on every strategy: epidurals, combined spinal-epidurals, opioids, nitrous oxide, and non-drug childbirth pain relief options.Advantages and disadvantages of those strategies-including pros and cons your doctor or midwife may not mention!Practical, actionable advice preparing you to implement your plan once you've made it.A comprehensive table comparing each of your pain relief options side-by-side, letting you see at a glance how the methods stack up against each other in terms of degree of pain relief, cost, side effects, effect on the baby, and more.Info useful to first-time and experienced parents alike.You're the best person to decide what's right for you. Here's your opportunity to get the data. Make a plan. And TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR BIRTH.

Those of us who have children know how special they are in our lives and how we would not trade them for anything in the world or the world itself. However, sometimes you have certain things you need to do that you cannot take your child with you to do. A perfect example of this would be work or an interview. A simple solution to a problem like that is to enrol your child into some sort of childcare programme.Today, it is important to be extremely cautious when selecting a childcare provider for your children. It can be very difficult to trust people we do not know, especially when it comes to taking care of a member of your family. I'm sure you have seen some of the shocking videos online or heard some of the stories on the news about abuse and neglect taking place in some childcare locations. This is a truly terrifying thought. However, there are steps you can take to help ensure the safety of your child.There are many things you need to consider when choosing a childcare provider. You may not know where to start with this list of questions because it is quite long. That is okay because that is exactly what this book is for. The following six chapters will go over some of the most important questions to ask when choosing a childcare provider. Continue reading and ensure that your child receives the best care possible!

But I made it just the way you like it. If you eat your broccoli, you'll grow up big and strong. No dessert unless you finish your dinner! Written by a dietician and mindful eating expert, End the Mealtime Meltdown serves up the familiar, yet largely unexamined phrases parents say to kids at mealtime, and shows readers that what they say to their kids can actually sabotage their efforts to instill healthy habits. With this practical guide, parents will find the communications skills they need to end conflict at the dinner table-for good.

Parents often wonder what's going on in their child's mind when they throw a temper tantrum, behave badly, or refuse to cooperate. Written by two experts in child development and psychology, The Emotionally Intelligent Child offers a groundbreaking approach for understanding children's behavior in the context of their development, as well as tips for parenting with patience, and actionable strategies for helping kids cultivate emotional intelligence-an essential character trait for succeeding in our highly social world.

In a world steeped in gender inequality and sexual violence, it's become more and more clear that we can't just teach girls to protect themselves. We must also teach boys not to do harm. Written by a clinical psychologist with expertise in modern families, Raising Feminist Boys is a parent's guide to having developmentally appropriate conversations with boys about sexual responsibility, consent, gender, empathy, and identity.

"We are happy to announce Normandy's Bright Ideas has partnered with Baby2Baby. Your Amazon.com purchase helps to support the children Baby2Baby serves living in poverty." "My little peanut does the nuttiest things. After a turn of the page you will see what I mean. I love my little peanut, as you love yours too. But, as a parent you can't help but wonder, why do kids do what they do?" Parenting and toddler hilarity in a nutshell. My Little Peanut Does the Nuttiest Things is a refreshing eye-opener for parents, new and old, grandparents and expectant parents, into the hilarious, puzzling and often maddening world of toddlers. The 34-page book is packed with verses which capture the familiar issues parents often face when dealing with a toddler - asking a repeated question, angel at home/devil in public, tantrums (yours and theirs) - the list goes on. The frustrations quickly become relatable chuckles as parents reflect on their own toddler's nutty behavior with each turn of the page.With illustrations by Elizabeth Marie A., My Little Peanut Does the Nuttiest Things is both adorable and pants-weeing funny.

Little Way of Motherhood is a great book packed full of saints for pregnancy and motherhood along with steps for each trimester of pregnancy. The mother will have fun with the arts and crafts and cooking in St. Anne's corner. Dads will enjoy the dad boot camp tips throughout the book. Doulas will also get some tips if supporting a pregnant mama. We hope all pregnant mothers will read our book! Thank you.