Infants Books

Giving birth to a premature baby is an experience that was often not expected, is overwhelming, and introduces parents to a whole new world of hospitals, procedures, and short and long-term complications for their infant. This journal provides parents with a place to structure all of the complicted and often overwhelming feelings brought up by having a premie baby. It highlights common experiences and provides signficant room for parents to journal in response to pertinent questions. It does a nice job of providing the necessary information and structure to help parents cope with their situation.

I purchased this book two years after my premature baby was born. Reading and working through this journal helped my deal with issues relating to my baby's birth and subsequent hospital stay. It is an excellent place to record feelings and emotions that at times are too painful to express in any other way. I highly recommend this book to parents of premature infants.

This book integrates decades of work on the link between attention and temperament by two extraordinary researchers. However, it also goes beyond this by presenting groundbreaking work on how parents and educators can help children improve various aspects of learning. It is written in a highly readable format that makes it a great book for various audiences.

Drs. Posner and Rothbart have provided a timely and comprehensive overview of cognitive neuroscience as it applies to education. Ranging from brain imaging, to modern genetics, to development, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the field, bringing together a masterful summary of these topics in a fully readable and engaging way. This should be read by students in education and both experimental and counseling psychology. These topics are also highly relevant to the field of psychotherapy. A must for any serious student of mental function.

Inicialmente lei este libro en ingles una amiga me lo habia recomendado al ver que mi hija tenia problemas para dormir. En ese tiempo yo estaba intentando aplicar el metodo de apego materno lo cual me dejo exhausta y resentida. Con mi segundo bebe decidi hacer las cosas de forma mas balanceda de modo que tanto mi bebe como yo pudieramos ser felices. El primer paso fue leer este libro.
Hay recomendaciones desde como prepararte para la llegada del bebe, como sobrevivir los primeros meses con una rutina sencilla y flexible. Como ayudar a tu bebe a dormir. Como entender el lenguaje de tu bebe a traves de sus diferentes tipos de llanto (parace metira pero de verdad aprendes a reconocerlos).
Hay recomedaciones a cerca de como alimentarlos ya se que decidas amamantar o usar formula.
Incluso habla del temperamento de cada nino, porque definitivamente todos tienen un caracter muy distinto.
Es una guia super completa y muy balanceada.
Se lo recomiendo a toda madre primeriza o a cualquier madre que quiera un metodo balanceado para ayudar a su recien nacido a adaptarse al mundo.

Los bebés parecen seres con los que es difícil comunicarse, casi imposible de entender. Sin embargo este libro realmente ayuda a saber qué le ocurre a tu bebé cuando llora. Básicamente lo que Tracy Hogg analiza y explica es de puro sentido común pero verlo escrito y en ejemplos ayuda a comprender y controlar tus inquietudes. Yo sólo puedo decir que este libro ha sido mi libro de cabecera y permanente compañero durante los tres primeros meses de vida de mi hija. Lo he leido y releido varias veces, de manera desordenada, pero siempre descubriendo cosas nuevas a la vez que mi hija iba creciendo. Los tres primeros meses de un bebé pueden ser muy determinantes a la hora de enseñarles rutinas que serán importantes para darles seguridad. Me gusta este libro porque se esfuerza mucho en hacer ver a los padres la importancia del cariño continuo, de que hablar a los bebés es fundamental y de que somos nosotros los padres los únicos responsables de los posibles vivios de nuestros bebés. En conclusión, es el libro que siempre regalo a mis amigos cuando se que serán padres. Fundamental, magnífico e imprescindible.

This is the best of the best for new and old parents. I didn't read this until my 3rd and still found out all kinds of new things. The book is well thought out and planned. Easy to understand but most of all PRACTICAL. The ideas presented in this book don't require you to have a PH.D to apply. Nor does it require a six digit income to supply the items suggested for use. The women who wrote this book are obviously mothers. Which doesn't seem to be a requirement anymore for giving advice. (ha ha).

I got this book a week ago at the local library (an older copy, probably from the first printing) and thought I'd check it out. I figured that if it gave me ANY ideas on stuff to do with my 3 year old, 2 year old, and 2 month old during this rainy weather we are having that it would be a good choice. So I got it home and read through it, and I LOVE this book! I've used several things in it for my 3 year old and my 2 year old, and found that there's a lot of stuff in the 2 sections that line up really well for the different ages. I'm not too creaative when it rains too much so this book has come in very handy, and its given me ideas that I may not have come up with at all if I hadn't checked the book out from the library. After 2 days of referencing this book I told my husband that I was buying it as soon as I could find a copy of it. He agreed with me after looking through it himself. I am very impressed with this book and am suggesting it to everyone I know with little kids, its already becoming a lifesaver and I dread taking it back to the library if I don't have my own copy beforehand.

Evan Early is written by Rebecca Hogue Wojahn and features illustrations from Ned Gannon. An outstanding picturebook for children ages 4 to 8, Even Early is the story of a little girl, Natalie, and the pre-mature birth of her little brother Evan. A charming story of Natalie's patience, Evan Early offers children a remarkable insight and understanding of what being an older sibling really means. A prized addition to any school or community library picturebook collection, Evan Early is especially recommended to the attention of parents anticipating the birth of a little sibling for their older child who will no longer be an only child when their little sibling arrive.

My 7yo daughter received 3 books about being the sibling of a preemie, and although we enjoyed all three of them, this one was the best of the lot. Not only did it provide good information about the NICU experience, but it was well written and showed some creativity in the presentation that made it less of just a "topic book" and more of a pleasurable reading experience. Whereas the other titles were more sterile in their presentation, this one read more like the sort of good literature we are accustomed to at our house (we have a home library of over 3000 books). I loved the author's use of colors to describe the roller coaster of emotions one has during a NICU experience. She showed a real creativity in language that I found lacking in the other books we have on this subject:

"I stretch my hand out to touch Evan Early's tiny one. His dandelion stem fingers curl around mine."

If you are going to pick only one book for your child about having a preemie sibling, this is the one I would suggest. I liked this one so much that I purchased a second copy for my daughter to give to our NICU for the use of other children like her.

This is a good introduction to signing with your baby. Along with giving you signs to use it also has a lot of background information about sign and the pros and cons of using sign with your baby. I

I was ready to teach sign language to my daughter but I didn't know where to begin so I bought three different books including this one. All of the books taught me some things but I think this book was the easiest to use. It has a lot of signs and tells you when to introduce them to your baby and it has photos of the signs plus a DVD to show you how each one is done. That was really helpful. The only sign my daughter has done yet is milk but I know she'll be doing more soon.

I can't believe nobody has wrote a review for this book! I first bought The Breastfeeding Book by Martha and William Sears. That book was boring and awful. They are negative people. I had already read The Everything Pregnancy Book and The Everything Baby's First Year Book and LOVED them both so I decided to buy this book. I couldn't put this book down. The information in this book is very helpful and I still look back in it. My baby was in the NICU and her first night she was fed formula in bottles. The second day she was fed my pumped breast milk and formula because my milk was still coming in. She got used to the bottles and made it VERY CLEAR she was not interested in learning how to latch on. I use the nipple shields made by Medela so I can breast feed my baby. Even though I use the shields I still have questions and this book answers them all! You WON'T regret buying this book!

This book is wonderful. Being the oldest of nine breastfed kids, I've been around breastfeeding all of my life and thought I knew everything. Little did I know once I had my own daughter and started breastfeeding. I've learned so many interesting things and gone, "Oh, so that's why this is happening" while reading this book! It is very easy to read, has instructions from a lactation expert and gives examples of positions, milk storage, how to treat sore nipples, etc. Really, everything you need to know about breastfeeding is included.

It's a must have for any mom who plans or is breastfeeding her children. It's comforting too as you find out that you're no the only experiencing things and the book explains why it's happening. I've already loaned out my copy to a friend and will start giving this out to any friends at baby showers. It's just that good!

ECMO is a very useful technique for saving human life.

ECMO is a very useful technique for saving human life. I want to buy the book.

Oh my God! The text is interesting, but the ART! The subtle shading and soulful eyes seem to leap from the page! This book is a treasure. When can we see more? I give these books regularly as gifts to expecting parents and families with young children. The kids, too, love the art.

Fairy Kisses and Stork Bites is such an original, beautiful book! What the description doesn't tell you is that it's full of illustrations that are really unique. The author creates thousands of little hand-drawn dots that look almost like black and white photographs, but better. And the facts are funny and fun. We bought 10 copies as gifts for our various pregnant friends and new parents.

I have 3 children and this is the best book for new parents out of anything I have ever read. EVER. I cry every time I read it and my "baby" is 10 now. I can't part with my copy, but I buy it for every new parent I know.

Want to know what a newborn baby thinks and feels??? Read this.

This book reminds one of the true joy of being a parent. In a truly lovely, caring, holistic way, the author describes what being a parent truly means: what it means to your baby, and what it can mean to you, if you immerse yourself in the experience. It's sometimes hard to make that paradigm shift from an independent person to someone on whom another is wholly dependent, but this author caringly explains how and why it must be done, and what wonders a parent will experience if they make that transition fully. I highly recommend this beautiful, motivational book.