Incorporating the latest medical information on pregnancy and childbirth, this illustrated guide covers everything from prenatal care and prepared childbirth techniques to the first days after delivery.

Authoritative but easily accessible, Complete Baby and Childcare is an invaluable source of information for all parents of infants, toddlers, and preschool kids. Dr. Miriam Stoppard takes the mystery out of child-rearing in this guideto the first five years of a child’s life. The book provides information on topics as diverse as potty training and sleeping patterns to childhood phobias and developmental issues. This new edition has not only been given a completelynew look with stunning new photography, but it has also been updated and rewritten with 20–25 percent new material. New information will cover the latest developments in baby and childcare, such as using sign language to communicate with your baby and progressive child-centered parenting tactics.

Bonding Before Birth combines up-to-the-minute research with enlightened and compassionate wisdom. This book explores what science knows about babies in the womb and explains why mother-baby bonding is so vital for the future well-being of mother, father, and baby. Dr. Miriam Stoppard writes about the feelings that expectant parents experience during the first, second and third trimesters and promotes the significance of rites of passage through pregnancy, from adjusting to the changes that parenthood brings to celebrating your future as a family. The emotional and psychological elements of pregnancy are often overlooked in favor of hard facts and scientific evidence. This book redresses the balance and turns its attention to the conflicting feelings of exhilaration and anxiety, dreams and fears that so often characterize the nine months of pregnancy and gives parents-to-be inspiring guidance through these uncharted waters.

Where did I come from? What happens when you die? What's divorce? From the moment children can formulate questions they begin to bombard their parents with "Why?" "What?" "Where" and "How?" Naturally curious they often catch us off guard leaving us unsure of how to answer their questions with an appropriate response. Fully revised and updated for the digital age, this new edition of Dr Miriam Stoppard’s essential parenting manual provides age-appropriate answers to a huge range of challenging questions. Drawing from extensive research in child development and specifically on what children can handle at each age, Stoppard offers parents a foundation on which they can build their own answers as their child's understanding expands.

It's a step by step, stage-by-stage compendium of facts, figures charts, drawings, diagrams, lists, and photographs on every single aspect of pregnancy and childbirth and beyond.

Perfect for busy parents or caregivers, this revised edition of Baby''s First Skills provides the necessary tools to help babies, through the age of 12 months, develop a wide range of early learning skills. Creative play and activities such as building and clapping games, sand play, matching and sorting, lullabies, puppet play and bath-time fun, help ensure healthy mental development and speech, coordination, movement, and social skills.

Advice and guidance on how to fall in love with your baby before birth, from parenting guru, Dr Miriam Stoppard Building that special relationship with your baby starts before birth. Forming a close, early bond can make a real difference to your baby�s wellbeing, your feelings as a parent and in creating a loving environment for when baby arrives. Parenting expert Dr Miriam Stoppard combines up-to-the-minute research with enlightened and compassionate wisdom to explain why mother-baby bonding is so vital. Let her help you get to know, understand and cherish your unborn baby and guide you through this extraordinary time: from hearing your baby�s heartbeat for the first time, to the first magical days post birth.

A guide to growing up, relationships, and sex, discussing such topics as male and female anatomy, petting, intercourse, different kinds of sexual activities, contraception, and safe sex.

A fully illustrated handbook to help new parents cope with every aspect of child care. DAY-BY-DAY BABY CARE features hundreds of marvelous two-color diagrams, and black-and-white photos illustrating every daily routine--from holding to feeding to bathing to diapering to dressing your new baby. Turn to this book for help in solving problems on the spot. You'll pick it up almost as often as you pick up your baby.

Why parenting is important - Pregnancy and birth - Living with a toddler - Discipline - Role of the father - Pre-school years - Helping a child to change habits - Preparing for school - Motherhood.