Infant Development

With more than 1 in 10 new parents experiencing postnatal depression and anxiety, and after suffering the traumatic birth of her son and herself being diagnosed with postnatal anxiety and birth trauma, Anna Williamson uncovers the real thoughts, feelings and behaviours that many of us experience in those first few weeks and months after becoming a parent.

From uninitiated parents-to-be to those who know the ropes in families large or small, everyone will find something to relate to in Simon's hilarious and chaotic tales of his own home life. His observations of being a father have delighted his hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram: before now dads are often the forgotten ones who carry the luggage, open stiff jars, take photos on holiday, fix broken bikes, go back to work, do the night feeds and make a mean beans on toast with melted cheese without so much as a pat on the back.

Savvy Stories 2: The Terrible Two's picks up right where Savvy Stories left off. Enjoy more of our favorite little girl as she learns to feed the cat (almost), decides to give herself a haircut, decorates the cabinets using Sharpie Markers, and more. Hilarious and heartwarming stories about the lost, magical moments of childhood, viewed through the heart of a father.

Parents these days are under a great deal of pressure to be "perfect". From psychologists to social scientists, journalists to weekend bloggers, everyone has an opinion about the do's and don'ts for raising healthy, well-adjusted - and let's not forget polite - children in today's fast-paced world. Where does this leave parents? Too often lacking in confidence, ill equipped, and overwhelmed. Parenting expert Vicki Hoefle makes the bold claim that it's time for parents to get off the perfection path and get back to the real job of parenting: to grow a grown-up.

Viel zu viele Kinder sind in ihrem Betreuungsalltag psychischer Gewalt durch Erwachsene ausgesetzt weiß die Pädagogin und Psychologin Dr. Anke Elisabeth Ballmann. Kinder erleben aggressives und respektloses Verhalten von Personen, denen sie vertrauen können sollten wie schmerzhafte, unsichtbare Schläge. Die Autorin weist anhand zahlreicher Beispiele aus ihrer langjährigen beruflichen Praxis auf Missstände in Kitas hin. Sie erläutert die späteren Konsequenzen und fordert zum Umdenken auf.

Die Psychologen Hetty van de Rijt und Dr. Frans Plooij erläutern die acht Entwicklungssprünge in der geistigen und körperlichen Entwicklung eines Babys. Sie zeigen, wie Eltern sich und ihren Kindern helfen können, die herausfordernde Zeit der ersten 14 Lebensmonate gut zu überstehen. In Oje, ich wachse! erfahren Sie, dass Kinder mental und körperlich nicht gleichmäßig, sondern in Schüben wachsen. Die acht großen Entwicklungssprünge eines Babys gehen mit viel Unruhe und Geschrei einher und bringen Eltern zuweilen an den Rand der Verzweiflung.

Do you want to simply integrate unique educational principles at home and raise the world’s happiest child? Do you want to overcome the challenges of raising a toddler without sacrificing your sanity? Finally: an easy-to-follow approach to parenting that really works.

While preparing to give birth to her first daughter, actress Jenna von Oy, well-known for her roles as Six on Blossom and Stevie on The Parkers, discovered that the market was filled with clinical guides to pregnancy and beyond. Though they had their merits, she craved a best friends' guide...one that didn't sugarcoat reality but still offered relatable and heartfelt reassurance.

The mother of two young daughters, journalist Sophie Brickman wondered what living in a tech-saturated world was doing to her and her children. She turned to experts, academics, doctors, and innovators for advice and insight. Baby, Unplugged brings together Brickman’s in-depth research with her own candid (sometimes hilarious) personal experience to help parents sort through the wide and often confusing tech offerings available today and to sort out what’s helpful and what’s not.

Embrace the independent and energetic toddler year with this weekly devotional journal—a keepsake memory book created with your spiritual growth in mind as you watch your child grow day by day. In this beautiful companion to Waiting in Wonder and Watching in Wonder, popular blogger Catherine Claire Larson encourages moms to receive God's peace and grace during the intense and joy-filled toddler year.

Raising a Catholic family is never easy, especially not when it comes to discussing our faith with our children. Despite trying our best, sometimes we all need help addressing issues of faith respectfully, honestly, and accurately.

Wie lange darf Kacka in der Windel bleiben? Warum wacht mein Kind nachts ständig auf? Warum hat es ständig Blasenentzündung? Und: Was bedeutet es, wenn mein Kind beim Schlafen den Kopf hin und her wirft? Der Kinderarzt Vitor Gatinho, auf Instagram besser bekannt als KidsDoc, weiß Rat! Und beantwortet seiner stetig wachsenden Fangemeinde die häufigsten medizinischen Fragen in den ersten drei Jahren mit Kind - sympathisch, kompetent und ohne ärztlichen Zeigefinger.

Positive parenting takes a different approach. By positive reframing and allowing them to express their emotions without giving in, you can create a stronger parent-child relationship, resulting in clear communication and improved self-esteem for your child. You might think this is too much positivity when what your child needs is discipline. But the reality is: This is discipline. This is positive discipline that really works.

Have you recently got a child? Are you still adapting to the parenthood? Do you want to give your child the best care in the world? With this audiobook, learn how to raise a responsible, mature, and emotionally intelligent child. Every child has certain needs, and parents are there to fulfill them. The most basic things that children need are love and care.

Dieses Hörbuch ist das Vermächtnis des berühmten Familientherapeuten zur Frage, was in der Erziehung wirklich zählt. Jesper Juul verdeutlicht es an vielen Beispielen: Trotzphasen, Schulstress, Pubertät: Alle Klippen im Leben mit Kindern lassen sich leichter bewältigen, wenn Respekt, Vertrauen und Liebe im Zentrum stehen. Jesper Juul schafft den Perspektivenwechsel und zeigt: Nicht unseren Kindern mangelt es an Respekt, sondern uns Erwachsenen fehlt es, meist unbewusst und unbeabsichtigt, an Respekt für unsere Kinder.

Dr. Cook weaves together personal and professional stories with proven science through the lens of a “woke” woman. She takes the listener on a multidimensional deep-dive into parenting which is both educational and interesting to the sleep-deprived and marginalized parent. This book is laced with many laugh-out-loud moments which are, in and of themselves, therapeutic and cathartic to all parents everywhere.

Schon wieder ausgerastet, weil dein Kind rumtrödelt? Ein blödes Gefühl im Bauch, weil du eigentlich anders reagieren möchtest? Hier hilft die Schimpf-Diät. In 7 Schritten bieten Linda Syllaba und Daniela Gaigg einen erprobten Weg, wie du auch in Stresssituationen wertschätzend und auf Augenhöhe mit deinem Kind umgehen kannst. Nachhaltig, ganz ohne Jo-Jo-Effekt. Du erfährst, welche Ursachen in Körper, Geist und Psyche hinter deinem Verhalten stecken können. Du wirst deinen Ohnmachtsgefühlen gelassener begegnen.

Toddlers are messy. Toddlers are moody. Toddlers have opinions and demands and emotions that flip from happy to hysterical in an instant. Essentially...toddlers are cats. And parenting them? Well, parenting toddlers is nonstop cat herding. Herding Cats is an up-close, real-life look at the world of a toddler parent. A world of tantrums and potty training. A world of never-ending snot. A world of hilariously inappropriate comments, limitless growth, and perfectly timed "I love you"s.

Motherhood is full of little highs: the smell of a newborn baby's head, the feeling of a small hand holding yours, the infectious sound of laughter, first words, first steps, the first day at school, endless tiny but significant hints of the person your child is to become. But motherhood is not without its lows either: tears and tantrums (your child's and your own), fears, self-doubt, sleepless nights, and that's not to mention the mum fails.

Hedvig Montgomery begleitet uns in diesem Hörbuch bei den ersten Schritten unseres Babys und führt uns durch die verschiedenen Entwicklungsphasen: Wie erschaffen wir einen geschützten Raum für uns und unser Kind? Was ist wirklich unsere wichtigste Aufgabe als Eltern während der ersten zwei Jahre? Die erfolgreiche Familientherapeutin gibt uns die Werkzeuge und das Wissen an die Hand, die wir benötigen, um uns sicher und kompetent in diesen innigen und turbulenten ersten 24 Lebensmonaten unseres Kindes zu fühlen.