Product Description
Birth - 18 months. A straight-forward and light-hearted approach to teaching infants how to communicate using simple American Sign Language (ASL) signs.
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Sign with Your Baby Complete Learning Kit will enable you to communicate at new levels with your baby long before she can speak. This comprehensive package of book, video, and reference guide shows how simple gestures can communicate ideas like "I'm hungry" or "help me." Caregivers grasp baby's needs immediately rather than learn through trial and error. Dr. Joseph Garcia has designed the system so it's not necessary to learn an entire new language, although it also provides a terrific start in American Sign Language for a hearing-impaired child. A fascinating introduction delves into the development of language in children and uses informative line drawings to demonstrate over 150 hand signs for all kinds of actions and nouns. The accompanying video provides practical tips for getting started, some insight into the hows and whys of this method from Dr. Burton White (director of the Center for Parent Education), and inspiring sights of young babies signing effectively with their caregivers. The laminated quick-reference guide lists some of the most common words in any parent's day: cookie, no, and up are but a few. Garcia's clear, concise methods make learning a breeze, and caregivers gain outstanding new abilities to give the best possible care for the babies entrusted to them. --Jill Lightner
Customer Reviews:
Easy to understand / user-friendly.......2007-10-11
This set has many forms of materials included - the quick-view card helpful for babysitters and grandparents, the DVD to fully explain the theory behind sign-language as well as properly demonstrate the motions of sign-language, and a book which covers many of the same points on theory of sign-language as the DVD. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed watching it and after only 1 showing we both picked up many signs to be able to use with our little one.
Signing with babies works.......2007-09-10
We bought Garcia's DVD for our grandson at about 4 months of age. Signs helped him express his needs and even feelings with a minimum of fussing. He is now almost 3 and very verbal & advanced. It may be that he's just a great kid, but we believe signing with babies really works.
Signing is cool -- don't need the video though.......2007-07-08
I like the sign language. It was pretty great when our 9 month old told me he wanted milk the first time! I don't think you need the video though. You can just start repeating certain signs on your own. Just repeat them a lot and be consistent.
The problem we had is that we couldn't get our daycare providers to use the signs. So it seemed like any progress we made got undone by them. He would use the signs with them but they wouldn't recognize it. I can only imagine how that must have been frustrating and confusing for him. So make sure everyone around him is going to use the signs before you start teaching them.
Too much marketing, Not enough vocab........2007-05-26
I started at 7 months, he picked up the first sign at about 10 months, and the rest came around 1 yr. The video/book combination is good because the video shows you the signs and the book is handy for a quick reference.
Drawbacks:
1. I felt like much of the video was still trying to sell me on the idea of doing sign with my baby. It could focus less on marketing and present the information more efficiently.
2. The sign vocabulary is limited to the first stage of sign language learning only. It could be improved by including more vocabulary.
Best Baby Sign Language program.......2007-05-14
I have compared this program with other sign language programs, and it seems to be the best one I have come across so far. At one point, I taught another baby sign language course, whose name I will not mention. The program's signs did not always come close to actual sign language, which I found was offensive to the deaf community. Joseph Garcia's program follows actual signs from ASL, and the program is easy enough to learn if you are willing to put the time and effort into it. I would definitely recommend this baby sign language program for other mothers - the resources are varied - book, DVD, quick reference guide - it's the best out there!!
Book Description
A perennial bestseller, now revised and updated for a new generation of fathers, this readable, inspiring guide to the world of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers is an indispensable treasury of advice, ideas, and suggestions.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book.......2007-09-10
This book has helped me understand babies and become more of a father figure. I recomend this to anyone who is to soon become a father.
Must read for expecting dads.......2006-11-05
This book targets guys and their way of thinking really well as it gets to the point and includes a lot of practical pointers for everything from pregnancy to all the changes that occur after the baby is born. My husband has volunteered information he has learned from this book and is reading it of his own volition.
Informative and helpful for first time dads.......2006-05-08
My partner is a savvy, well informed kind of guy. I had some fear that he would think this book was lame or at least unhelpful when I gave it to him when we were a couple months pregnant. He read the book and sang its praises for the practical ideas and advice it gave for dads to help mom in pregnancy and things to do with the baby when he/she arrives. It's not just pregnancy or baby focused, but includes ideas and activities for dad throughout baby and childhood.
accessible guide to responsible fatherhood.......2004-11-21
The author is a father of two sons and a child-center volunteer, but this book is not just one random guy's ruminations on how to be a better father. The author is also an experienced book editor, and he uses those skills to blend the experiences of nearly 50 other fathers of various backgrounds as he compiles this almanac of observations and seasoned advice.
The style is matter-of-fact yet sympathetic; pragmatic, down-to-earth, and engaging. The content is fair and balanced, offering varying points of view on many details of child-rearing, and does not preach. And while fairly nuanced in this way, on the other hand, it's not wishy-washy and "anything goes" about things -- it's also crisply authoritative in areas where there is just one no-nonsense way to go. E.g., the dangers of older cribs and the maximum recommended gaps between slats, or other safety issues not really open to much experimentation.
Overall though, the book is refreshingly descriptive rather than prescriptive. It's a nice mix of specific, often creative suggestions along with a general philosophy of caring, healthy, and personally appropriate/satisfying fatherhood.
The Almanac will make an excellent gift for fathers of newborns or young children -- up to approximately kindergarten, I'd say, although some of the material is appropriate for even slightly older children too.
Note: although even the more recent edition feels slightly dated simply because the pictures are old, the material itself is all still relevant as far as I could tell.
ONLY THE BEST ON THE MARKET.......2000-08-27
I raised my daughter by this book, and then gave it away to a young father who has raised his son on it. I am an Infant/Toddler teacher and am familiar with very very many many books for parents ... and as far as I am concerned this is only the best book of its kind on the market for fathers.
Book Description
The Baby Signs Complete Starter Kit has everything parents and their babies need for a successful start to signing fun.Kit contains: Parent Guides to the Baby Signs Programan illustrated step-by-step guide for parents and caregivers. This 80-page, 5.5 x 8.5 guide is perfect bound with a soft cover Parents DVD with an introduction to the Baby Signs Program, including a video dictionary with real-life demonstrations of the one hundred signs that are most useful to babies My Favorite Signs DVD for babies introduces six fun signs through animation, puppets, and delightful signing babies Signs at a Glance Flipper that features 86 signs in a unique flip-card reference with magnetic backing Each Baby Signs Board Book shows six signs and has a review page that encourages more interaction. The titles of these 14-page, 4 x 4 books are My Mealtime Signs, My Bedtime Signs, My Bath Time Signs, and My Pets Signs
Customer Reviews:
Great DVD.......2007-05-03
For unknown reason my baby loved this DVD but paid no attention to Baby Einsteins DVDs. Now she is 18 months old and moved on to Little Einsteins which is a lot better than Baby Einsteins(At least I enjoy viewing it with my baby!)
Very disappointed.......2007-03-08
I was very disappointed in this item and ultimately returned it. The little books are cute, the flip chart looks very useful and the kids DVD is really cute. The adult DVD is almost laughable - about 20 years old - literally and i found there was no literature that gave you tips and guidance on how to actually teach your child sign language. the workbook that came with the package just speaks about how great and useful signing is but provides to guidance. as i said the books are cute, but are you really going to teach your baby to sign with a book - probably not, you are going to teach to sign when you in the moment. for $40, this item is not worth it. i returned it and paid $35 to take a 2-hour class instead.
babies can talk using thier hands.......2007-02-16
The Baby Signs kit contained everything that I needed in order to learn the simple hand signs that will allow me to "talk" with my very young grandchildren. I have been working with children for over 30 years and I wish this program would have been available then.
Young children become so frustrated when they know what they want and cannot "tell" someone. Baby Signs allows the child and the adult to"talk".
looks great.......2007-01-19
I ordered this kit because i am 6 months pregnant with my second child. When the kit came I opened everything up and let my 3 y/o play with the board books. I told her that when the new baby comes she can help me teach her the signs. My 3 y/o is very excited about this and I have began teaching her the signs already. I can't wait to teach the new baby as well!
baby signs.......2007-01-12
Bought for my daughter. She is very excited after reading the information
Customer Reviews:
Feed me good healthy food!.......2007-04-22
3 children all started eating these recipes as babies... now they are all big kids! We loved this book! It will be packed away with the "babys firsts". This is the best way to feed your child. Real food, with real taste, right from the start. The only problem was potential allergy issues.
great for beginners.......2006-08-16
This book would have been so great to have from the beginning, but my son is a bit old for the recipes in it. I would highly recommend it for someone just starting solids. There are so many tasty varieties to try.
Its a life saver..........2006-07-02
I bought this book along with Lorraine Kellys paperback as I hadn't a clue what to feed our baby let alone how! I really wanted our baby to eat fresh healthy foods so that when she could eat the same as her parents we wouldn't have a battle on our hands. Between the two books this one is my favourite.
The book is well laid out with clear and easy to follow guidelines and recipes. Yes, it takes a while to get the cooking done but it saves alot of money and time in the end(compared to processed foods). The recipes are tasty and surprisingly different - apple in mini burgers (which I thought she'd hate - but loved) and clever presentations that make meal times less of a battle. The end of the book includes recipes that all the family can eat.
Annabel doesn't promise your baby will always eat but she does guide you along with her years of experience as a Mother and a cook.
A real life saver for us. You won't be disappointed.
Great book!.......2005-09-01
This book provides great guidelines for preparing and storing baby food. I also like photos in my cookbooks and this book has plenty of them. I can't wait until my daughter gets old enough so that we can try the toddler recipes. Just take note that Karmel is a British author so some of the foods she suggests for babies may differ from what American pediatricians recommend.
For the whole family.......2005-04-01
I saw this book at a friend's house, who just moved back from the U.K. and bought this book there. We both have daughters who are the same age, and spend a lot of time at each others house. After eating several meals together with the kids, I deceided that their food tasted much better than the things I cooked. The first time I made a receipe from the book, my husband came home and was all excited, smelling the flavours before he even entered the house, hoping this would be our dinner. Sadly, not only I had to tell him that I was cooking for our 1 year old daughter, but in addition fight him off tasting the food.
My daughter is now 2 years 3 month old and I am still using receipes on a regualr basis from this book to cook dinner for the whole family.
I highly recommened, especially for first time moms, who wonder what to make for thir child besides steamed carrots and broccoli. Very healthy receipes that taste AWESOME!!!!
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The 9 months preceding and the 12 months following child birth are exciting, trying, confusing times; they are the months of many questions. You wonder about your itchy palms, morning sickness, fetus development, home midwife or hospital doctor choices, what to eat, amniocentesis, miscarriages, labor painkillers, maintaining your physical and emotional health after childbirth, and, not least, how to care for your growing, developing baby. A live-in pediatrician would be nice; a 750-page comprehensive reference guide is the next best solution. It won't eliminate anxiety, but it's a reassuring presence, and a soothing source of answers and explanations.
Book Description
MAYO CLINIC COMPLETE BOOK OF PREGNANCY & BABY`S FIRST YEAR
For more than a century, the health care professionals at Mayo Clinic have dedicated themselves to the well-being of the family. And in the life of the family, what more significant event can there be than the birth of a baby?
Beginning with the decision to start a family, this comprehensive book guides parents through each phase of pregnancy, birth, and baby's all-important first year. Every page offers compassionate, clear answers to the many questions and decisions that accompany conceiving, giving birth, and caring for a treasured new life.
Part One0--Pregnancy
Expectant parents learn how to choose a medical caregiver; what prenatal tests are done and why; what you can do about some of the common discomforts of pregnancy; sensible nutrition and safe exercise routines during pregnancy; balancing work and pregnancy; plus an easy-to-understand, trimester-by-trimester breakdown of what to expect as your pregnancy progresses. A special eight-page section features color photographs of how the baby develops during pregnancy.
Part Two--Childbirth
Today's many birthing options are explained in full, and a detailed description of labor and birth helps parents anticipate this powerful experience. A thorough discussion of baby's first hours addresses every parent's question: "Is my baby OK?" Premature birth, cesarean birth, complications, and adoption are discussed, and an important chapter focuses on the new mother's health after childbirth.
Part Three--Living with and Understanding Your Baby
The first months of parenthood can be a jumble ofjoy and worry. Here you'll find clear explanationsof baby-care essentials, including feeding, soothing and playing with your baby, and how to handle common illnesses and emergencies. Text and photographs detail baby's development during the crucial first year.
Part Four--From Partners to Parents: A Family Is Born
A new baby profoundly changes family roles and relationships. This section helps mothers, fathers, grandparents, and siblings strengthen their bonds asthey welcome a tiny new member into their home.
With more than 130 contributors from Mayo's distinguished staff of obstetricians, family physicians, pediatricians, parent educators, nurses, dietitians, social workers, and other medical specialists-plus contributions from dozens of parents-this extraordinary book is a valuable resource for all expectant parents and young families.
Widely regarded as one of the world's foremost medical centers, Mayo evolved from the nation's first group medical practice, established by Drs. William and Charles Mayo more than 100 years ago. Mayo provides family-oriented health care to pregnant women and their babies for both normal and high-risk pregnancies and births. Nearly 2,000 babies are born at Mayo each year. Consistently rated one of the best providers of health care in the world, Mayo is also the world's largest medical center--a full-service diagnostic and treatment institution embracing state-of-the-art medical care. There are Mayo Clinics in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Scottsdale, Arizona, as well as a broad system of affiliate practices and managed-care networks in other regions.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic Book.......2007-09-05
This book answers every question you can think of during your pregnancy. It covers all physical expectations and surprises, as well as what to expect emotionally from the day you find out you're pregnant, to the day after delivery. It even tells you what kind of pain to expect during labor and delivery. It describes in laymen's terms what is going on inside your body and all the medical jargon and testing.
Mayo Clinic is a world-renowned hospital with wonderful doctors who collaborated on this book. And the best thing is, it's far from being preachy and paranoid. The Mayo Clinic Guide to Pregnancy is based on the truth that women have been successfully getting pregnant and having babies for THOUSANDS OF YEARS and all those strict rules and myths about what you can and can't do are not necessarily true. My interpretation is that this book encourages a healthy lifestyle without alchohol, drugs or smoking... other than that, the average pregnant woman has very few limitations.
Good book, but appears out dated...........2006-04-28
I was very excited to receive this book, and started reading it immediately. It is a large hard-cover edition, certainly making it feel as though it has all the information you'll ever need. I'm sure this book has tons of good information, but when I got to the nutrition section, I knew that the food pyramid they showed was out of date. I hadn't checked the copyright when I ordered the book and was disappointed to see that it was published in 1994! 12 years old is pretty old when it comes to any medical/health information, and so I'm returning it for the more updated "Mayo Clinic Guide to a healthy Pregnancy". I would have liked the new version to also cover the first year of life like this book, but I need up-to-date information, or I won't trust it.
The Best.......2005-06-13
This is absolutely the best resource for anyone trying to conceive, pregnant, with an infant or just curious about the entire process.
My husband and I used this exculisevly with our first child. Now that we are ready to have a second, I've tried other books (What to Expect, Girlfriend's Guide, etc) and have been dissapointed by all. This is truly the only book you need for pre-conception through your child's first birthday.
I love that this book take a serious tone and a more professional viewpoint. It doesn't joke or make fun of any part of the pregnancy process. One of my favorite parts was its breakdown of labour and delivery. I read this section many times and made notecards to take to the hospital with us.
Everytime our daughter sneezed, spit-up or had a fever we ran for this book. (hey we were first time parents!) I was living very far from my own family in a country were I didn't speak the language. This book was my bible and comfort. I never thought to look anywhere else for answers.
Get This Book FREE!.......2005-06-06
This is a wonderful book to have throughout your pregnancy and your child's first year. It has been a great help to me and my family. Yes, it is a thick book, but it has lots of great information.
I suggest that everyone own a copy so that's why I'd like everyone to know that you can contact your local State Farm office and they will send you one for free. You don't even have to be a customer and they don't try to get you to switch to their insurance. The phone call was less than 5 minutes which is great when you're a busy mom. No, I don't work for State Farm, I just like to get stuff for free.
Not bad.........2005-02-02
This is a big heavy book, full of lots of information. But as other posters have mentioned, it is a bit outdated. It calls Norplant and Depo "New", when it has been around for awhile now. The pictures are a little outdated. I liked Miriam Stoppards "Conception, Pregnancy and Birth" for its pictures and brief look at topics. I will use this one a reference, but some of the sections need a complete overhaul.
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- How to respond lovingly to your baby and help both of you get some sleep
- So grateful
- A Great Sleeping Tool
- On the Fence...
- Found this book very usefull
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The Baby Sleep Book: The Complete Guide to a Good Night's Rest for the Whole Family (Sears Parenting Library)
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Book Description
Americas favorite pediatric experts turn their attention to the hottest topic in parentingsolving babies sleep problemsin a definitive book that offers immediate results. For every parent whos ever been deprived of sleep by a restless infant or toddler, now theres hope. This much-needed addition to the Sears Parenting Library is the comprehensive, reassuring, solution-filled sleep resource that virtually every American family will want to own. Nighttime separation anxiety, new breastfeeding habits, and an increase in adult sleep problems have made babies sleep habits a growing concern in recent years. The Searses offer solutions. Instead of espousing the kind of one-method-fits-all approach advocated in other parenting books, the Searses teach parents how to match the nighttime temperament of their baby to their own lifestyle. The authors draw on important new infant sleep research from the Mother-Baby Sleep Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame, as well as on their own personal experience as parents of children with a wide range of sleep habits. They also offer a detailed critique of the myriad new devices and ballyhooed techniques that promise to deliver safer and better infant sleep. THE BABY SLEEP BOOK provides parents with the practical tools they need to help the entire family sleep better.
Customer Reviews:
How to respond lovingly to your baby and help both of you get some sleep.......2007-09-27
In a society where new mothers are probably asked more often if their babies are sleeping through the night than anything else, it becomes a mark of pride among some people to boast that they have gotten their 2 week old to sleep, or an issue that creates a lot of stress.
Dr Sears rebuts the arguments in favor of crying it out, presenting compassionate ideas for getting some sleep, and explaining the importance as a human being of responding to the cries of the new little helpless person in your life, instead of conceiving of them as a scheming, manipulative devil in a onesie. He is well-acquainted with the nuances of sleeping (and wide awake) babies and advises accordingly.
If your major concern is sleep, this book (by itself) may help, but probably is more helpful if you are already familiar with Dr Sears.
So grateful.......2007-07-12
I feel fortunate to have found this book. As a mom who is expecting her second child, I had followed my instinct with my first child - who was not the best sleeper. I felt bad hearing and seeing others have such an easy time. At the same time, I second guessed myself thinking maybe I went about things in the wrong way. Reading this gives me more tools, resources and confidence to go with my instincts.
A Great Sleeping Tool.......2007-06-05
Thank you Dr. Sears! My son and I (and husband too) are all sleeping better. I took his advice and started napping with my son (he has plenty of other suggestions, but this was most fitting for us). It took awhile, but he now naps on his own and doesn't wake up at 30 minutes like he used to. I miss my naps a little, so we still co-nap on occassion...but now I can do laundry, dishes, email, etc. while he sleeps if I want to. YAY! My husband read the section on co-sleeping and decided it was something we should do...I didn't need any convincing...we're all sleeping together and waking up well rested!
On the Fence..........2007-05-18
I have very mixed feelings about this book, especially since I have had it for about a year, am 25 weeks pregnant with #2, and have a 19 month old who STILL wakes up multiple times per night.
Since Emma came home from the hospital, she was pretty clear that she was going to be difficult about sleep, so it was easy for me, naive and worried about EVERYTHING, to fall into Dr. Sears AP approach to nighttime parenting. I took on the sole responsiblity of parenting her to sleep b/c I honestly believed I was the only one who could. She was breastfed, and while I think it is impractical to try not to let a breastfeeding baby fall asleep at the breast, I definitely think that we could have modified our methods to allow more Dad interaction. Some of the reviewers have said basically that this is a mom-centered book but that isn't entirely the case. He does have a whole chapter on dads and how they can get involved at night and with sleep. I just didn't want to let her cry at ALL and being with Dad made her cry.
In the early days, when babies wake up all night, co-sleeping did seem to help with sleep deprivation, but I wish that I had been more adamant about her sleeping by herself sooner. I have a book on breastfeeding by Janet Tamaro, and she makes the point in the section about sleep/nighttime that any habit can be broken, but it will take time.
The naptime strategies help; I do have a very good napper. Her nighttime habits just haven't really matured. And I do respect the fact that children sleep differently, but I need help, not someone to tell me that over and over. The Drs. Sears do say that if something isn't working for you it needs to be fixed, but I wish there were more solutions instead of what seem to be general suggestions.
Okay, I now have Dr. Weissbluth's "Healthy Sleep Habits Healthy Child," and Emma now sleeps through the night (11-12 hours) with not a peep out of her. I totally recommend his book. It took three days and she was sleeping like she NEEDS to. Cheers!!
Found this book very usefull.......2007-05-08
I was very against putting my baby asleep using the 'cry it out' method. This book justified my beliefs and gave very good reasons why that method is not effective. It gives good tips on getting baby to sleep on their own without causing them undo distress. I was able to take what I could use from this book and use if effectively on my son.
Book Description
A new way to talk to baby!
Baby sign language is a way for parents to communicate with their babies before they can speak by teaching them a few basic gestures or signs. ItÂ's a way to bridge the gap between the gurgling stage and the time when babies are actually able to talk. The Complete IdiotÂ's Guide to Baby Signs introduces parents to the 60 to 80 most common signs nonverbal babies are able to understand and can use to communicate with adults, as well as demonstrations and techniques for teaching the signs.
Customer Reviews:
Everything you need to know!.......2007-07-16
My best friend was signing with her son when my daughter was born, so I had already done some research and decided to sign with my daughter, but I just couldn't seem to find the time to read Joseph Garcia's Sign with Your Baby, which from what I can tell is the original & best book about the subject.
So I bought this book when my daughter was about 5 months old. It's wonderful. Short, a quick and easy read, but with all the basic information need about why you want to sign with your baby, how baby signing originated, and how to get started. My husband even read it -- and really, he never manages to read anything.
We started signing with our daughter at about 6 months. The only thing we didn't really do like the book instructed was that we started with 3 signs (more, all done, nurse).
Our daughter was an early talker, and she said her first word at about 8.5 months. She had 5 words before she signed "all done" at 10 months. From there she learned spoken words and signs simultaneously, one after the other.
She became sign a good talker so early we almost gave up on signing, but in hindsight, I'm so glad we didn't. Signing has been a wonderful way for her to express words that were too long or complicated for her to say, and a great to supplement her spoken language. She really got into signing around 13 months. Now, at 18 months, she speaks more than 100 words and still regularly uses about 15 signs. I know she really, really wants something if she's speaking the word and signing it, too. And she loves to sit and look at her signing board books and signing flash cards!
All in all, a big thumbs up for this book. It was the only reference we used to get started. You can always read the Garcia book later (I did).
such great info. .......2007-06-28
This book is great! the info is thourough but not boring to read. it explains what you need to do to help teach your little one to sighn. plus the sighns are ASL. I definantly recommend this book.
Great eye opener.......2007-04-01
I have found out how to make a child smarter using sign language. When you sign for the baby, you need to pronounce the word also, which stumulates left and right part of the brain, which makes baby smarter. I will definately use it when my baby is 6-7 month old to help the development of its brain faster.
From a Grandma.......2007-03-10
I bought this book from Amazon along with a few others and had it shipped to my daughter who is pregnant with her first child. She seems to really be enjoying reading it and says she is learning a lot from it.
If you want a smart, happy, non frustrated baby....teach your baby sign lanugage!!.......2006-11-29
I cannot stress enough how important it is to learn sign language with your child. I have been teaching sign language to my son since he was 10 months. I recieved this book as a gift and it has helped take our sign language even further. My son is a happy little boy, who is not frustrated, and is really smart. I have sign language to help with that!! Don't be worried that if you teach your child sign language that they will never talk. My son is 16 months, he can sign and say partial words to at least 10 different things, not to mention he is starting to combine words. At 15 months he was able to tell me that he needed to go potty, so potty training has begun. I find it all so amazing, and all I can rave about is how sign language has made it all possible!!
Book Description
Feed your children well Â… with more than 200 recipes.
With more than 200 recipes specifically created to wean babies from soft foods onto solid “adult” foods when they reach the toddler stage, this indispensable guide teaches parents what their children should be eating and how these foods should be prepared. Includes advice on health and nutritional considerations, such as how various foods affect brain development, how to ensure babies receive the right amount of food, eating solutions for children who wonÂ't eat vegetables, fruit, meat, or dairy, and much more.
-More than 200 recipes for babies and toddlers
-The latest information on baby and child nutrition
-How to prepare foods with the necessary vitamins and minerals for your baby or toddler
-A special section for parents wanting to raise vegetarians
-There were more than four million babies born in the U.S. in 2004
Customer Reviews:
Helpful manual for picky eaters.......2007-06-12
This book provides actual recipes and tips for getting even finicky eaters to try foods. What I love is that it spells everything out for you in a fun-to-read format. It underscores what vitamins and minerals are essential for your baby's needs and how to get aorund the most picky of eaters, of which my son is one. At least there are many options, so that if one recipe doesn't work, there are dozens more to try. I highly recommend this one.
Great gift idea...........2007-06-10
I recently purchased The Complete Guide to Feeding your Baby and Toddler for a baby shower gift, and I wish it had been available when I was a first time mother. It is simple, well organized, and it is NOT filled with impossible to make baby foods. I especially like the supermarket section. I highly recommend this book to first time moms and for moms who have picky children.
The Best Gift for a New Mom.......2007-05-15
As a non medical professional, this book helps those of us not fluent in the ever changing, sometimes controversial, nutrition spectrum for kids. The author captures the basics, some best practices and some very revealing information on what 'not' to feed your child. It's a great resource for those interested in solid nutrition and a great gift idea for new moms.
Not impressed.......2007-04-11
I'm not impressed with the organization and flow of this book. Perhaps it's just not what I was looking for. It just doesn't seem to flow to me as an "idiot's guide"...and that's exactly what I needed as a first time mom looking for a good, concise source of feeding and nutrition information for introducing solid foods to an infant.
Great Guide for Parents!.......2007-02-08
As a pediatrician, I'm constantly on the lookout for resources for parents. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feeding Your Baby and Toddler is an excellent resource that packs a ton of important information into an easy-to-read reference.
The first part is geared toward starting infants under a year on solids and provides step-by-step instructions for parents just starting to make their own baby food or feed their infant from a jar. The rest of the book focuses mainly on toddlers who eat table foods. Along with important nutrition details about vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats, I found the cooking tips included in the second half of the book to be most useful. The chapter called "Supermarket Savvy" shares great ideas to make store-bought/convenience foods healthier (such as adding apple juice and chopped raisins and celery to stuffing mix or mixing instant oatmeal into refrigerated cookie dough). The recipe section is better than most cookbooks I've seen for kids because it includes healthy recipes for foods that kids will actually eat (such as apple crisp, meatballs, pudding popsicles, blueberry muffins, chips made from pita bread, and macaroni and cheese).
This Complete Idiot's Guide does a wonderful job of making feeding and nutrition easy for parents--without making you *feel* like a complete idiot. I highly recommend it and refer to it often myself when making meals and snacks for my own family!
Book Description
Value priced!
An extensive child-care volume with full-color illustrations, photos, and foreword by Dr. James Dobson. Developed and approved by the Physicians Resource Council, this volume covers everything from preparing for parenthood to your child's adolescent years. It also addresses special topics such as child abuse, discipline, and caregivers. A thorough medical reference section includes information on orthopedics, emergency care, and first aid. From a source they can trust, parents will find sound advice and peace of mind throughout the development of their children.
"I'm particularly excited to be able to introduce you to this wonderful new offering. This book is chocked full of practical, specific guidance on every aspect of the child-rearing process. This well-researched volume offers detailed advice from more than 50 of the country's most highly respected physicians and medical authorities. Some have appeared as guests on the Focus on the Family broadcast, and all are members of Focus' prestigious Physicians Resource Council." --From the foreword by Dr. James Dobson.
Customer Reviews:
Couldn't Raise my Child Without It.......2007-05-23
I love this book. I'm a first time mom and I have no idea what I'm doing but this book covers everything. From taking a temperature correctly to CPR. Wonderful!!!
Great Resource.......2007-01-13
Book is full of wonderful information, especially for worried new parents. It covers from health to discipline and difficult subjects. End pages are full of various useful appendixes. Also includes space to write down personal information.
However, two major caveats. While the information is complete enough that most people will find the resources invaluable, it is written from a Christian perspective. If you're in disagreement with "traditional" views on some of the varying hot topics, then some of the advice may be uncomfortable to flip past and thus not useful.
The book also isn't for the "crunchy" people. Aside from the shortage (a very rare thing for this book) of information in this area, there are several places where those seeking more "natural" or "relaxed" parenting methods are discouraged from following through.
Quote:
"Home birth is usually chosen by those with a fervent conviction that this is the most natural and least intrusive way to bring a child into the world. But home birthing compromises safety for the sake of a particular style of birth experience."
Must have resource for parents.......2007-01-09
I own this book and have bought it several times as a baby gift becuase I use it all the time! This book not only contains medical advice, but also behaviorial. I have four children use this often. In fact I used it just this weekend to look up my baby's symptoms. The book contains a lot of information related to babies all the way up to teenagers. It is broken down in to age ranges and then into subcatagories, so that I think even non-readers would not be intimidated.
There is a handbook on children!.......2006-08-05
This book covers everything from attitude to sickness. Anytime I'm not sure what they are sick with or their behavior is out of whack I look it up in the book & it usually has the soulution. I have made this my number one gift to new moms & dads.
Best Book on Childcare I've Read.......2006-06-28
As a mother of four, I've read many, many books on childcare, and this is by far the best that I've read. Many topics are discussed in this book that aren't even mentioned in many others. I give one to every new mom that I know!
Book Description
Welcoming a new baby into the family is one of the biggest blessings in life. The Complete Book of Baby Names helps make this transition fun-and easy-by giving you the most complete and up-to-date book of baby names available.
Whether you're looking to carry on family tradition, stay true to your religion or ethnic background or want to try something new and different, The Complete Book of Baby Names is packed full of more than 100,001 baby names with origins and definitions that make choosing baby's names (almost) painless.
The Complete Book of Baby Names includes:
-100,001-plus names, including origins and definitions
-The most up-to-date list of popular names-including twin names
-276 fun lists to help you choose, including: names that command respect, celebrity names, names from children's literature and names with great expectations
-Modern baby-naming trends
-Attributes of a perfect names
-Adding a middle name-or two
-And lots more!
Everything you need to choose the perfect name!
Customer Reviews:
Everything you need to choose the best name for your baby.......2007-09-16
This is an amazing resource book with lots of lists, the meanings of all the names and really good introductory materials (that were very helpful). 100,001 names is a lot of names, so having some ways to think about them is very helpful. So were the lists of most popular names in categories such as country, ethnicity and religion. And I really liked the attributes of a perfect name (considerations such as sound, family names, nicknames, meaning, stereotypes, putting together first and last names, etc.). A tremendously useful book for naming babies (and even pets or characters in novels.) And fantastic shower gift.
More doesn't mean better.......2007-08-06
Ever thought of naming your baby Oder? What about Pekar? If so, then this book is for you. If not, you will have to wade through tens of thousands of unusable names that are there just as filler.
Fabulous baby naming book!.......2007-07-16
I love this book! Lots of advice on choosing the perfect name for your baby. Great lists not only to choose from, but to spark you own imagination. Highly recommended.
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