The Essential Parents' Guide to the Best Conventionaland Natural Medicines for Your Child From feedingto healing, clothing to washing, raising children naturally can bea daunting task--unless you know how. Natural Baby andChildcare shows you how to complement conventional therapy withnatural treatments such as homeopathic and herbal medicine; how tobathe your child without using damaging chemicals; and how to findhealthy, organic food for your baby. As a physician and a mom, Dr.Lauren Feder skillfully bridges the divide between medicine andmotherhood, empowering parents to personalize tradtionalchild-rearing practices to their own child. Natural Baby and Childcare answers common questions suchas: * Do homeopathic medicines have any side effects? * What alternatives are there to wasteful or harmful babyproducts, such as plastic diapers and chemical-laden diapercreams? * Can vaccines cause autism or Sudden Infant DeathSyndrome? In addition to shedding light
You may have waited a long time. You may have tried and tried.Now your chances of having a baby are better than ever! For ten years, Making a Baby has been the definitive source forcouples who want to get pregnant, offering vital information onfertility technology, advances in baby-boosting medications, andcutting-edge medical techniques. Written with compassion andclarity, and now with even more tips on the best ways to preparethe body to get pregnant, this invaluable book, in a newly revisedand updated edition, reveals how to protect, increase, and extendyour fertility. Inside you’ll find · the four basic requirements for reproduction · findings from the Harvard Nurses’ Health Study that explaindietary ways to boost fertility · breakthrough information connecting insulin levels withovulation · updates on the importance of marine omega-3 fatty acids in yourbaby’s development · groundbreaking pregnancy advice for women over 35 · news about polycysti
Your guide to the stresses, fears, and anxieties NORMAL toparenting. Am I a Normal Parent? features a powerful self-assessment quiz thatwill quickly help you understand what is wrong (and right) in yourparenting style. Just by answering 50 easy-to-complete, highlyrevealing questions, you will know if what you are thinking, doing,and feeling as a parent is normal...or not. And what can be doneabout it. Children, while often angelic and sweet, can be challenging aswell. You can feel overwhelmed by your children’s behavior, and askyourself: Are my responses and actions correct? Do other parents feel unsure of how to handle certain situationswith their children as well? Is it normal to be so uncertain that what I am doing iscorrect?
After an angry confrontation with his son on a hiking tripintended to restore their relationship, Scott Sanders realizes thathis own despair has darkened his son's world. In Hunting forHope he sets out to gather his own reasons for facing thefuture with hope, finding powers of healing in nature, in culture,in community, in spirit, and within each of us.
“I wonder sometimes if there’s something to the oldsuperstition about the number thirteen. Maybe that superstition wasoriginally created by the mothers in some tribe who noticed that intheir children’s thirteenth year, they suddenly became possessed byevil spirits. Because it did seem that whenever Taz was around,things spilled and shattered, calm turned into chaos, and temperswere lost.” So laments the mother of one thirteen-year-old boy, Taz, a teenwho, overnight it seemed, went from a small, sweet, loving boy to ahulking, potty-mouthed, Facebook/MySpace–addicted C student whodidn’t even bother to hide his scorn for being anywhere in theproximity of his parents. As this startling transformation floors journalist Beth Harpazand her husband, Elon, Harpaz tries to make sense of a bizarreteenage wilderness of $100 sneakers, clouds of Axe body spray (tohide the scent of pot?!), and cell phone bills so big they requirenine-by-twelve envelopes. In the process, she begins chroniclingh
A good night's sleep is crucial both for a child's well-beingand a parent's peace of mind. This positive, practical guideteaches parents to establish good sleeping habits in their kids andcope with the problems that cause sleepless nights, from colic tobed-wetting to nightmares.
