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El libro esencial para madres lactantes

hcpadmin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:46:17 +0000

Announcing the first-ever Spanish language version of The Nursing Mother’s Companion, in its 25th Anniversary Edition!

Esta guía sobre lactancia es una obra accesible y confiable, preferida por los nuevos padres y recomendada por los profesionales del área desde hace más de dos décadas. Kathleen Huggins revisó y actualizó exhaustivamente esta edición para el 25º aniversario con el fin de dotar a las madres lactantes de toda la información necesaria para superar las dificultades y amamantar exitosamente al bebé, empezando desde la primera semana hasta los años de párvulo o en algún punto intermedio. Hoy más que nunca, El libro esencial para madres lactantes es una obra de referencia obligada para todas las madres primerizas.

This title is also available in an English language edition, The Nursing Mother’s Companion, 25th Anniversary Edition.

The Nursing Mother’s Companion, 25th Anniversary Edition

hcpadmin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:04:37 +0000

A quarter century after its first printing, The Nursing Mother’s Companion by Kathleen Huggins remains the most trusted book in its field. More than one million copies have been sold, and countless parents have been comforted and encouraged by its accessible style.

While breastfeeding is natural, it is not entirely instinctive for either mothers or babies. In its sixth edition, this classic handbook is more comprehensive than ever, with “Survival Guides” for problem solving, a new chapter just about breast pumps and pumping, new growth charts specifically for breastfed babies, and an up-to-date appendix on the safety of various drugs during breastfeeding. From preparations during pregnancy through weaning, The Nursing Mother’s Companion will tell you everything you need to know about nursing your baby.

This title is also available in a Spanish language edition, El libro esencial para madres lactantes.

The Nursing Mother’s Companion Breastfeeding Diary

hcpadmin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:03:03 +0000

If you’re like most new mothers, you’ll gain a sense of security in tracking your newborn’s feedings and diapers. The Nursing Mother’s Companion Breastfeeding Diary will help you make sure your baby is getting enough milk, know which breast to start the next feeding on, and record any pumpings or supplemental feedings. For every day of your baby’s first two months, you’ll also find an inspiring quote and timely, practical advice from two long-time lactation specialists. You’ll have space each day, too, for writing down thoughts on motherhood, memories, milestones, or questions and concerns to share with the baby’s doctor. More than a log book, The Nursing Mother’s Companion Breastfeeding Diary can become a keepsake of your first precious weeks with your baby.

Unbuttoned

Howie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:24:53 +0000

Nursing a baby—it’s the most simple, natural thing in the world, right? Then why is it so fraught and freighted for so many women? In Unbuttoned, a collection of essays edited by Dana Sullivan and Maureen Connolly, 25 women share their thoughts and feelings about breastfeeding, all from the standpoint of personal experience. By turns enlightening, entertaining, moving, and thought provoking, their stories are sure to get readers talking.

The essays are as varied as women themselves. Best-selling author Julia Glass describes nursing her two sons after being treated for breast cancer. Rebecca Walker remembers breastfeeding her seriously ill baby in the neonatal intensive care unit. And humorist Suzanne Schlosberg milks the logistics of nursing twins for laughs, while columnist Patricia Berry defends her decision to bottle-feed her three daughters. Linda Murray, editor-in-chief ofBabyCenter.com, contributes a thoughtful foreword.

The essays are organized in a way that echoes the chronology of the nursing experience itself. In Part One, Latching On, women share their stories about starting breastfeeding; by Part Four, Letting Go, they’ve moved on to the sometimes-wistful, sometimes-welcome process of weaning. In these pages are laughter and tears, love and longing, tenderness and temper tantrums—and above all, a multifaceted portrait of what it means to nurture a baby.

Unbuttoned makes a wonderful gift for new or expectant mothers, not to mention their partners. It’s also an intriguing selection for book groups or moms’ groups, who will surely find much to discuss among the essays. Even women whose nursing days are well behind (or ahead) of them will find food for thought in this insightful collection.

Active Birth

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:47:48 +0000

In London in the 1970s, Janet Balaskas led a movement of women who refused to give birth lying down. She has been teaching women about “active birth” ever since. In this updated and Americanized guide, Balaskas explains how to prepare for and experience a truly natural birth. She leads the pregnant woman through yoga-based stretching exercises and massage practice, and describes the stages of labor and comfortable positions for each, at home or in a hospital. Balaskas has also included a chapter on water birth as well as postpartum exercises.

Adopting the Older Child

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:32:08 +0000

Hundreds of thousands of children in this country are without permanent homes, waiting in foster homes and institutions for families to adopt them. In “a book that social workers and parents have been waiting for” (Child Welfare), Claudia Jewett explains just what is in store for those who decide to open their hearts to a waiting child.

Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:17:20 +0000

When a baby won’t stop crying, despite rocking, bouncing, feeding, and burping, parents feel helpless and frustrated – and, sometimes, angry and depressed. Writing with empathy for parents and infants alike, Sandy Jones helps parents identify the source of their baby’s distress. She covers basic soothing techniques, infants’ sleep-wake patterns, feeding problems, the colic-allergy connection, and colic drugs. She tells how to diagnose the source of a baby’s pain, and how to enlist a doctor’s help in diagnosis. Two chapters advise overwrought parents about how to take care of themselves and deal with depression. This thoroughly updated edition includes easy-to-use charts and checklists to help parents quickly identify problems and find solutions. Comprehensive and reassuring, Crying Baby, Sleepless Nights will help parents keep their babies – and themselves – calm and contented.

Easing Labor Pain

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:11:19 +0000

Although labor is never entirely painless, there are many ways to make it more comfortable. Adrienne B. Lieberman covers all of these ways, from ancient to modern, from simple to high-tech. She describes childbirth classes and the theories on which they’re based; relaxation, breathing, and visualization exercises; what to eat and drink before and during labor; and the use of activity, massage, music, and water in birth, and ways to avoid hospital routines that make labor more stressful. She covers atypical pain-relief methods, such as hypnosis, acupressure, and electrical stimulation, as well as anesthesia and painkilling drugs.

Balanced, comprehensive, and authoritative, Easing Labor Pain is an indispensable handbook for expectant parents, childbirth educators, midwives, and other partners in the childbirth experience.

Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:04:02 +0000

Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors includes more than 100 pages of exercises, divided into four levels of difficulty and illustrated with more than 140 photographs. This book tells you how to asses your readiness for exercise, set personal goals, and advance through the program at a safe and effective pace.

The Expectant Parents’ Companion

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:52:35 +0000

The number of “must-have” baby products has exploded in recent years, spawning a whole category of baby-gear guides targeting new parents. The Expectant Parents’ Companion goes beyond these product guides and helps moms- and dads-to-be prioritize all of the practical things they need to do to prepare for baby’s arrival and decide for themselves which baby products will help make their first year with a new baby easier and simpler. In her trademark reassuring tone that emphasizes simplicity and practicality, Kathleen Huggins offers advice on which items to buy, which to borrow, and which are not worth getting, plus guidance on what parents can do to create a safe and comfortable environment for baby. There are chapters on preparing for the baby’s birth (including choosing a childbirth class, creating a birth plan, preparing for labor, and choosing a pediatrician), feeding, nurseries and sleeping arrangements, clothing, diapering, daytime gear, traveling with baby, babyproofing the home, and other safety measures. The book also provides guidance on choosing a day care provider, plus checklists for pregnancy and the early months with baby, a recommended reading list for new parents, and more.

With 25 years of experience working with pregnant women, new moms, and newborns, Huggins is uniquely qualified to guide expectant parents through these often confusing and sometimes overwhelming decisions.The Expectant Parents’ Companion will affirm many parents’ instincts that they do not need as many baby products as marketers (or even well-meaning friends and relatives) suggest. It’s the only book parents-to-be will need to navigate the dizzying array of products and choices available!

Father’s First Steps

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:40:09 +0000

The perfect gift for every new or expectant father, this attractive book includes 25 thoughtful, insightful, and helpful tips accompanied by inviting 4-color illustrations.
In Father’s First Steps, pediatricians, fathers, and best-selling authors Robert and James Sears offer reassuring, timeless advice to help dads-to-be prepare for and embrace their new role as fathers. With an encouraging and lighthearted tone, the Searses discuss 25 important aspects of new fatherhood, offering guidance on issues such as supporting the mother during labor and birth, bonding with the baby, taking time off from work after baby’s birth, deciphering a baby’s cries, helping with housework, supporting the mother in breastfeeding, dealing with nighttime feedings and lack of sleep, getting help from other family members, being a good husband in addition to being a great dad, sex after baby, and more. Above all, Father’s First Steps emphasizes the rewards dads will gain by taking an active role in childcare and parenting. Featuring a stylish four-color design, this succinct but inspiring read makes a great gift for dads-to-be in the months before baby is born and for brand-new dads during the nesting time at home right after baby’s birth.

Getting to Dry

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:12:27 +0000

More than four million children over the age of five wet the bed. For most, time will solve the problem—eventually. But how long will “eventually” be, and at what cost to parents’ frayed nerves or to the child’s self-esteem?

Parents can speed up the clock and children can wake up dry. The experts at the country’s leading center for treating childhood enuresis—the Try for Dry program at Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago—offer proven techniques that bring bedwetting to a happy end. They cover the pros and cons of wetting alarms, drug therapies, biofeedback treatment, and changes in diet and sleeping schedules, and they provide friendly advice on how to replace punishment and shame with awards and praise. With diaries, calendars, and other visual aids that help the child share responsibility for a solution, this authoritative book gets parents and children over a most frustrating hurdle.

Hello, My Name Is…

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:53:41 +0000

This charmingly designed and illustrated naming guide contains an A-to-Z listing of more than 25,000 names, listed separately by boys’ and girls’ names, and features two user-friendly ribbon place markers. Hello, My Name Is… is chock full of tips on how to arrive at the perfect name, as well as guidance on choosing names for twins and triplets (or more babies!), naming strategies for those planning to have several children, advice on paying attention to what a child’s initials will spell out or what possible nicknames might be, quirky lists of names from literature and history, and much more. There are also many anecdotes from parents on how they chose their children’s names and from people of all ages on their own names, from the man who legally changed his name to Bubba Bubba Bubba to the real story of the boy named Sue.

Naming a baby is surely one of the most satisfying things a parent does. It can be daunting—after all, the choice of a name will help define that baby, who will eventually be an adult—but with this book in hand, it will be supremely fun and rewarding.

Moving with Kids

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:55:38 +0000

Whether their new home is across town or across the country, kids often have a difficult time moving. Every year, 13 million children leave behind a familiar community, friends, and school to face the unknown. Moving is stressful for parents too, as they not only have to prepare themselves, but must also help their children cope with these changes. Moving with Kids offers 25 practical and inspiring tips to help parents ease their children’s transition and make the move a positive experience. Through her own experiences as a mother of three whose family has moved multiple times, as well as through interviews with other families who have moved frequently, Lori Collins Burgan provides parents with valuable, action-oriented advice. Topics include giving kids a sense of control and involvement in the move, making the physical move less stressful, and creating a sense of belonging in their new home.

Written with busy parents in mind, Moving with Kids consists of 25 concise chapters, allowing readers to quickly and easily find the information they are looking for. This book is a great resource for parents whose careers necessitate frequent moves, military families, or anyone looking to reassure and help children through this period of significant changes.

Nine Months and a Day

Howie — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:45:37 +0000

This concise yet thorough guide to pregnancy and delivery is written by a doctor and a childbirth educator in a straightforward, practical, and informative style. A user-friendly reference, Nine Months and a Day offers checklists of questions for doctors at each stage of pregnancy, dozens of useful illustrations, tips for easing pregnancy’s aches and pains, lists of what to have in the house for baby’s homecoming, and the latest facts about matters such as household and workplace environmental hazards, Cesarean birth, cord blood retrieval, breastfeeding, and postpartum recovery. It includes all the essential information a mother-to-be will want at her fingertips.