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Tried and tested sleep-training methods for twins(24/08/2010)
Establishing a successful sleep schedule is not easy, and training twins and multiples offers an even greater challenge for parents. Good sleep is essential for your children's health, growth and development. Dr Marc Weissbluth combines specialised advice for parents of twins with his tried-and-tested sleep-training methods to show exhausted parents how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stay asleep and sleep regularly. This practical, step-by-step guide: - Explains how fraterna... [more]
Glorious Grandparenting offers practical advice and guidance(20/08/2010)
For some modern-day grandparents, life isn’t always easy. Many find they must tread carefully through a minefield of issues such as divorce and limited access to their grandchildren, feeling ‘taken for granted’ as a childminder, and having to balance views on manners, discipline, food and other aspects of childrearing. Gloria Hunniford is the proud, keen and enthusiastic grandmother to nine wonderful grandchildren (5 of them step-grandchildren). Over the years they have brought joy and, fran... [more]
Everything you need to know about your pregnancy, week by week(03/08/2010)
The wonderful news of a new addition to the family will leave you and your loved ones eager to prepare for their arrival. However, it is you, with the support of your partner, who will experience your child’s first nine months of development during pregnancy. Your Pregnancy Week by Week tells you everything you need to know about your pregnancy. On a week-by-week basis, you can learn how your baby is developing, how and why your body is changing and what you can do to ensure a smooth and comf... [more]
Help your child with homework and general numeracy questions(02/08/2010)
Maths can often leave children – and parents – perplexed. Does the sight of your child’s maths homework fill you with dread? Do you look for any excuse when they ask you to explain fractions or multiplication? How to do Maths so Your Children Can Too works through maths topics with a simple step-by-step approach, explaining the new ways of teaching maths that confuse so many parents. Bridging the gap between primary and secondary school – when children often struggle – and packed full of... [more]
Simple effective techniques for improving your teenager's behaviour(02/07/2010)
Untidy. Monosyllabic. Endless arguments. Communicates by grunt. Seismic sulking. Lives ruled by FOMO (fear of missing out). Sounds like your teenager? Behavioural expert Charlie Taylor has the answers in this practical handbook which is full of simple, effective techniques for improving your teenager’s behaviour. In "Divas and Door Slammers", Charlie Taylor gives parents easy-to-follow steps to having a much better behaved teenager. Charlie Taylor’s straight-talking, no-nonsense approach... [more]
New book shows how we can provide the happy and stable environment that all babies and toddlers need(28/04/2010)
We all know that the first years of a child’s life are formative. In the bestselling They F*** You Up, leading clinical child psychologist Oliver James showed that it is the way we were cared for in the early years of life that has a crucial effect on who we are and how we behave. Now, James offers practical strategies and techniques to ensure, as parents, we don’t f*** up our children. Working on the premise that the emotional needs of small children must be met if they are to grow up mental... [more]
Help your baby sleep through the night from birth to two years(18/01/2010)
Save Our Sleep will help parents understand and avoid sleep problems in their offspring. Providing step-by-step advice on establishing routines for parents to take control of their babies’ behavioural patterns, it includes: - When and how to establish a sleep routine - Teaching your baby to settle and resettle themselves - Feeding for breast– and bottle–fed babies and introducing solids - How to overcome any problems affecting sleeping, including reflux, constipation and... [more]
The Childcare Bible offers comprehensive guidance on childcare, nannies, nurseries and childminders(14/07/2009)
For single parent families as well as for those with two working parents, organising formal childcare can seem complicated and daunting. How are you to navigate your way through all the options available, work out what you can afford and plan all this around you or your partner returning to work? In The Childcare Bible Lucy Martin offers clear, comprehensive guidance on the world of nannies, nurseries, childminders and much more. As an ex-solicitor, working mother of three children and owner ... [more]
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