"From hormones to stretch marks, labor pains to diaper changes, motherhood is an adventure like none other. The rapid changes in your body, your lifestyle, and your very identity call for a certain mental agility. Mindfulness can help you meet the challenge and approach every experience with your new baby with open eyes and an open heart. Easy ten-minute meditation exercises and yoga poses throughout this book will help you cultivate greater flexibility...

"Becoming a parent is a wonderful feeling, but many parents struggle to find a routine that works for them and their newborn. Now, after years of working closely with literally thousands of families, early childhood expert Sheyne Rowley has developed a practical and sensible approach to caring and interacting with your baby aged 0-2 years. Focusing on the key areas of sleep, play, communication, and routine-with solutions that can be tailored to suit...

"Waterbirth is an all-natural, gentle, pain-reducing, fulfilling, and empowering birthing method, in which mother and infant start their new life together in a relaxing and deeply familiar environment: warm water. But is it safe? How does water reduce the pain? And is it really more beneficial to your baby? In this complete guide to waterbirth, a yoga instructor and mother of five "water babies" relates her own experiences in the tub while providing...

"Pre-partum Depression Rule #1: Never Wear an Empire-Waisted Dress to a Baby Shower If you've been asked the question "When are you going to have a baby?" so many times that you feel as though your uterus is starring in a new reality TV show, this hilarious, insightful book is for you. Carrie Friedman shares her daily struggles with what she calls her "pre-partum depression"-from baby lust to panic, and everything in between. Fending off the "dreaded...

"Written by family therapist and bestselling author Judy Ford and her nineteen-year-old daughter Amanda, Between Mother & Daughter is geared toward both mothers and teenage girls who want to maintain or create healthy relationships during the tumultuous teen years. This book is proof of the benefit of positive parenting to empower mothers and daughters."--

Fiction author Stephanie Haddad steps out of her comfort zone to talk openly and honestly about herself, her life, and her view on some regular old "life stuff." This collection of 15 brief essays is designed for reflection and thought, but also just for fun. There's also a bonus short story at the end-one a lot of parents should be able to relate to quite easily! Stephanie is not a health expert, life coach, or great thinker of her time-although...

"Warm and fuzzy, anchored in values, and filled with simple words of wisdom, this beloved, bestselling book for parents speaks to the important business of raising sons, and distills their timeless lessons into one nugget of wisdom per page-some lighthearted, some serious, some practical, and some intangible, and all supported by a strong moral backbone. Freshly updated, the book begins with the Five Keys of Parenting, a guide to navigating the extraordinary,...

"Mothers ... care for, cultivate, attend to, watch over, look after, nurse, hug and kiss, count to ten, irritate us, get all mushy, make us proud, wash behind our ears ..." We don't need a dictionary/ for most of us "mother" is the first word we ever learn. And besides being the name we call out when we're sick, afraid, or proud of our accomplishments, mother is a verb. So here's to mothers and everything they do."--

This guide will prepare you to be a good parent, even if you have some doubts about it right from the beginning. Most women do not feel confident about nurturing and protecting their kids. You have nothing to worry about, especially if you have this guide with you all the time. Babysitters and caregivers are not an option, especially when it comes to your own child - you'll understand why in this book! What you are about to learn will help you to...

"Each month more than half a million readers turn to the mommyblogs featured in this collection for advice and a sense of camaraderie, and this anthology brings together essays ranging in style from snort-Diet-Coke-out-the-nose-funny to poignant and bittersweet. Written to be read in the mind-bogglingly short breaks parents get during their busy days, these moms will find solace in a wide range of viewpoints and issue not often discussed in magazines...