What to expect. . . the first step. Answers to all your baby-making questions. Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)? Does stress affect fertility? Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day? I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant? How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help? What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them? Expecting to expect? Plan ahead. Here’s everything you need to know to help prepare for the healthiest possible pregnancy and the healthiest possible baby. Filled with practical tips, empathetic advice, and savvy strategies, all designed to help you get that baby of your dreams on board faster. How to get your body into the best baby-making shape. Which foods feed fertility. Which lifestyle habits to quit and which to cultivate. All about baby-making sex, from timing to positions to logistics—and how to keep it sexy. Figuring out your fertility (and his). When to seek fertility help, and the latest on tests, treatments, and reproductive technology. Expecting to become a dad? This book has you covered, too. Plus, all about the family-building options for single women and same-sex couples.
Introducing the totally revised and updated WHAT TO EXPECT PREGNANCY JOURNAL & ORGANIZER - with 715,000 copies in print, it's the perfect gift and popular companion to "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Lightweight and sized to fit into a tote or briefcase, this handy planner is an expectant mom's best friend from conception through labor and delivery. For the new edition, the text has been brought completely up to date in accordance with the information in the recently revised third edition of "What to Expect When You're Expecting." Featuring prompted pages, checklists, and a weekly write-in pregnancy and labor journal, this is the best way for mothers-to-be to keep track of important dates, questions to ask the doctor, medications, milestones, childbirth class notes, shopping lists, phone numbers, and everything else that comes with the nine months of pregnancy. The journal/organizer's compact design ensures it can go everywhere mom goes. After baby's arrival, it becomes an instant keepsake.
Expect to eat well and find answers to all your questions. The thought of a salad makes me green, and I’m craving burgers 24/7. What should I do? I never have time to cook—how can I eat well on the run? Can I still have sushi? And what’s this I hear about tuna? How much weight should I gain . . . and at what rate? I never drink milk. Can I get enough calcium without it? Is it true that I should stay away from soft cheese? I’m a vegetarian. Do I have to switch over to meat-eating while I’m pregnant? How to eat your way healthily, deliciously, and effortlessly through those nine months of baby-making and beyond. It’s all here—whether you’re at home, on the run, or on the job; a snacker, a grazer, or a meal-eater; a salad lover or a candy craver; short on time or low on money; too queasy or bloated or beat to eat; trying to keep your weight on target or those pesky pregnancy symptoms in check. Plus, the latest lowdown on low carbs, vegetarian diets, caffeine, supplements, food safety, and more. Includes 175 quick-to-fix yummy recipes that pack in nutrients while gratifying taste buds.
Make learning an intergalactic adventure with Shapes, Colours & Patterns. This book is 96 fun-filled pages of curriculum-based exercises and activities that reinforce early education objectives and will help children grasp these key concepts through colour, shapes, pattern recognition and much, much more! Some sample contents involve colouring Yoda in green, circling two Ewoks that are the same and following the path of rectangles to help Darth Sidious find Darth Vader! Learn well, you will.
Little Duck is hunting for a very special Easter egg. She searches high and low with the help of her forest friends, but where will they find the golden egg? Children will be delighted by this fun Easter egg hunt as they discover colorful foil-stamped surprises hidden under gatefold flaps on each page. Accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations, this simple rhyming story and hide-and-seek game is the perfect addition to any Easter basket.
"My dad's the coolest because..." Is it his braveness, his strength...or his tickling? Whether big or small, feathered or furry, dads always know how to make us laugh. Whatever it is that makes a dad the best, this simple, classic picture book has it all - and features a cast of hilarious animal characters, too!
All summer Oliver and his dad played together, laughed together, sang together, and read together. Now it's time for Oliver to start school! On the first day, Oliver's dad isn't quite ready. . . . Suddenly he feels nervous. His tummy hurts, and he would rather stay home. But Oliver isn't convinced. What if the first day is really fun? What if it's the start of an exciting year? In this charming story of first-day jitters, acclaimed author and illustrator Mike Wohnoutka perfectly captures the mixed emotions felt by kids and their parents when big changes are afoot.
Mr Potato Head is the best juggler in the toy box. Rex wants to learn to juggle too. How will he learn this new trick? Disney Adventures in Reading, Level 3: Rich and expanded vocabulary, more challenging stories, paragraphs of length and complexity on each page. Disney Learning: Adventures in Reading is a delightful series of stories for beginner readers, featuring favourite characters from the wonderful world of Disney. The programme's four levels and relevant book band colours help you select the books that are just right for your child's developing reading ability. *Purple book band *
A lively little fox isn’t ready for bed in this Little Golden Book that every parent will be able to relate to. It’s bedtime for a precocious little fox in this endearing and humorous Little Golden Book! Unforunately, little fox has far more energy than father fox has bargained for. Featuring delightfully warm illustrations and a story that all parents will relate to, I’m Not Sleepy will make a perfect addition to your very own little fox’s bedtime routine. About the Author Trish Holland is the author of the Little Golden Books I Can Do It!, Lasso the Moon and the co-author of the Big Golden Book The Soldiers' Night Before Christmas. Anne Kennedy has been illustrating professionally for over 30 years. Her adorable animal characters grace the pages of the popular Little Golden Books The Hug Book, Where Do Giggles Come From? and Old MacDonald Had a Farm.
