Titles in this series First-Time Parent: The honest guide to coping brilliantly and staying sane in your baby's first year The Expectant Dad's Handbook: All you need to know about pregnancy, birth and beyond Description Title By Title First-Time Parent: The honest guide to coping brilliantly and staying sane in your baby's first year Forget unrealistic childcare manuals this is the book you really need to help you cope brilliantly with those first chaotic days and months ahead. As a health journalist and mother-of-three, Lucy Atkins is familiar with both the medical aspects of childbirth and baby development, and the reality of day-to-day life as an exhausted first-time mum or dad. In her feisty, humorous style, she begins with that first mind-blowing day and addresses the issues unique to the first-time parent who stares at their newborn and thinks Where are the instructions? Anticipating the questions and concerns of all new mothersWhy does my baby cry so much? Will I ever lose all this weight? Am I a bad parent because?the book provides practical advice and level-headed reassurance. It addresses the needs of the baby and, very importantly, those of the parent during the first year of their babys life. Contents include: Starters orders the equipment and kit you really need, as opposed to what the department store tells you Hello how to cope with the first few hours Start coming home, bonding, how to survive the first few days Sleep for everyone! Cry why your baby cries, what to do, why you'll want to cry, too Eat breastfeeding, supplemental feeding, moving to solids, nutrition Grow baby's physical and mental development Play yes, you two actually can have fun Thrive health considerations for baby and parent Live adapting to your new life, the changing mother-father relationship Work coping with being at home and with going back to work Also includes information on single parenting, and on adopted, multiple and special needs babies. The First-Time Parent is on your side, and reassures that you can cope brilliantly with your new baby and your new life. The Expectant Dad's Handbook: All you need to know about pregnancy, birth and beyond Becoming a dad can be a daunting time especially when most pregnancy and parenting information is targeted towards women. This exciting new book, from a leading expert in working with expectant dads, doesnt sideline or speak down to men. Instead it provides an array of targeted information to fully prepare men for their new roles as both birth partners and fathers. The Expectant Dads Handbook is a one-stop guide for men on their path to fatherhood. It provides practical answers to all the questions on the mind of a dad-to-be from what to expect at each stage of pregnancy to how to cope with any worries and fears about becoming a dad. It also reveals unique insights into a dads role during labour, showing key strategies for improving the birth. Both practical and accessible, this guide will provide all the information and advice fathers need for the journey ahead.                                 9780007269440   9780091948047