Some problems are both personal and societal.Some issues need solutions that are out-of-the-box. Many ideas, both good and bad, had been tried to deal with violence, anti-social behaviour, but without success. And then there were people whose place in the world was akin to the round peg in the square hole. They just didn’t quite fit the boxes they were meant to be. Some were girls with a penis. Some were boys with a vagina. And some were adults there were still children inside and for some, they were still babies. Who would have guessed that the solution to so much personal pain and public strife could start with that most elemental of objects. The diaper. The staple of babies and now, part of…. The Solution to Everything: Babying

The first twelve months of your child's life can be as challenging as they are rewarding. From birth through baby's first birthday, this revised edition guides you through all the critical milestones, focusing on such topics as: Breastfeeding and bottle-feeding Preparing food, including organic options and food allergies Tracking baby's development Traveling with baby Choosing safe toys and games This edition includes completely new material on: Baby sign language Juggling parenting and a career Bottle safety Making your own baby food Playgroups The latest research on vaccines This guide also includes updated medical information, a detailed explanation of baby gear (what parents really need, and what they don't), and a new chapter on returning to work. You will reach for this valuable resource time and again as you make your way through these exciting months with your beautiful new baby!

The first twelve months of your child's life can be as challenging as they are rewarding. From birth through baby's first birthday, this revised edition guides you through all the critical milestones, focusing on such topics as: Breastfeeding and bottle-feeding Preparing food, including organic options and food allergies Tracking baby's development Traveling with baby Choosing safe toys and games This edition includes completely new material on: Baby sign language Juggling parenting and a career Bottle safety Making your own baby food Playgroups The latest research on vaccines This guide also includes updated medical information, a detailed explanation of baby gear (what parents really need, and what they don't), and a new chapter on returning to work. You will reach for this valuable resource time and again as you make your way through these exciting months with your beautiful new baby!

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Suzy Giordano, affectionately known as "The Baby Coach," shares her highly effective sleep-training method in this step-by-step guide to let both baby and parent enjoy long, peaceful nights. Full of common sense and specific tips, the Baby Coach's plan offers time- and family-tested techniques to help any baby up to the age of 18 months who has trouble sleeping through the night. Originally developed for newborn multiples, this sleep-training method worked so well with twins and triplets that families with singletons and older babies began asking Suzy to share her recipe for success, resulting in: regular feeding times; 12 hours' sleep at night; three hours' sleep during the day; peace of mind for parent and baby; and less strain on parents - and their marriage. This edition includes a new chapter on implementing the program with babies up to 18 months.

Forget showers filled with boring and embarrassing games, today’s baby showers are all about fun for the mommy-to-be and her guests! From invitations and games to menus and favors, The Everything Baby Shower Book, 2nd Edition helps you organize an entertaining and low-fuss party that everyone will enjoy. With dozens of party theme ideas, you’ll find a party to suit any personality, including: -A piano bar sing-along for a Broadway Baby Event -A retro slumber party for the Girlfriends Go Wild Bash -Henna tattooing at the Belly Bump Revelry -Fortune-telling with tea leaves at the Tranquili-Tea Gathering -A cooking competition at the Red Wagon Food Challenge Shower Tailgating and grilling fun at a Shower for Dads The Everything Baby Shower Book, 2nd Edition helps you throw a shower that will be the envy of every mommy-to-be!

Makeup artist Emma Hamilton is thirty-three when she and her husband James decide it's time to start a family. She has it all mapped out: Go off the pill in December, have sex, get pregnant by January, have the baby in September. With the help of a personal trainer, she figures she'll be back to her fighting weight in time for Christmas. But when three months of candle-scented sex fails to produce the desired result, Emma decides that maybe Mother Nature needs a helping hand. Soon her life is a roller coaster of post-coital handstands (you can't argue with gravity), hormone-inducing (sanity-reducing!) drugs, and a veritable army of probing specialists (torturers, more like). It's out with alcohol and spontaneous sex, in with green tea and ovulation kits. Emma and James try everything from fertility drugs to in vitro, but all their carefully laid plans seem to go south -- along with Emma's rapidly plummeting self-esteem. The members of her support team are unquestionably loyal, but distracted by their own personal dramas. There's Babs, her younger sister, who prescribes Emma half an Ecstasy pill to treat her depression. Her friend Jess is pregnant with her second child and gives Emma an earful about the downside of motherhood. The glamorous Lucy, Emma's closest pal, fears she might be stuck in her "single rut" forever -- that is, until she meets Donal, a rough-around-the-edges rugby player who passes out on their first date but quickly proves that he is worth a second chance. And last, but certainly not least, is James, Emma's rugby coach husband, who quite unhelpfully manages to give himself a groin injury just when she is ovulating. But just when Emma feels as if her obsession may have alienated all of her loved ones, including James, events take a ninety-degree turn that will have unforeseen consequences for everyone. Sinead Moriarty brings a wicked sense of humor to a subject of feverish concern for women worried by the loud ticking of their biological clocks in this sizzlingly funny, yet deeply moving novel.