Something went wrong. Three stars for the information/advice, two stars for the presentation (a little too rainbows and puppies for me). It's about real lives, relationships, and people; It's about real moms', dads' and kids' stories and how to make those stories incredible. A Mom's Self-Care Survival Guide for the First Year: Because Moms Need a Little TLC, Too! Anyone with kids knows it’s great but it’s also a big struggle a lot of the time - this book kind of paints the picture that the struggle can be overcome pretty quickly by just adding more “love” which can be a bit frustrating. No Kindle device required. Her following has grown into a thriving community--hu.


You are enough, mama <3. The overly-simplified, "this is a magical cure all for every parenting challenge ever," sunshine and rainbows feeling was off-putting to me.

They will see how I react to things and how I solve them. This is how I wish I had been parented, which tells me it's how I want to parent.

Tons and tons of gems in this book.

There are lots of good insights in here and some common sense. I couldn't even start motherhood the way I wanted, I thought. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. "Infants under 6 months of age carried by a walking mother immediately stopped voluntary movement and crying and exhibited a rapid heart rate decrease, compared with holding by a sitting mother," say authors of a 2013 study published in Current Biology. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I was swimming in diapers and breastfeeding sessions and exhaustion and a soft and squishy postpartum stomach. As any parent of more than one child knows, though, it’s challenging for even the most engaged parent to maintain harmony and a strong connection when competition, tempers, and irritation run high. Your beautiful journey begins here. If I was not going to act nicely and I wasn’t able to muster up some level of patience, how could I expect my children to? You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser. It has interesting questions and activities for both partners to each other and as parents with our kids. Please try your request again later. It was so good it was life changing for me. My main takeaway is to consider that my two year old is a two year old when he’s really acting up and opt for the most positive reason he might be doing a certain thing rather than thinking he’s being a “brat” or anything like that.
Many concepts I am already working on and some great reminders of things that I have wanted to do and fallen away from. This is the most amazing parenting book I’ve ever read.

In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Love this book! They are more than the behavior they display at any given moment, more than what we see on the surface.”. In fact, I can say that this book has helped me change my relationship with my young child literally overnight. I feel that I now have a guide book of how to mold my littles into emotionally intelligent human beings. Excellent. Filled with practical, solution-oriented advice, this is an empowering guide for any parent who longs to end the yelling, power struggles, and downward spiral of acting out, punishment, resentment, and shame--and instead foster an emotional connection that helps kids learn self-discipline, feel confident, and create lasting, loving bonds. May this Oath Bracelet be your reminder that you are perfect just the way you are. It helped me so much to change my behaviour in order to help my children behave better. Hopefully,the information in this booklet will show you how you can use techniques to guide,nurture and encourage your child and build your confidence as a parent. "Children are not small adults. So when that chaos arises—you can find me taking some space for deep breaths.

Many of the books and experts she drew from are stronger resources for the specific topic they address, but this is a good one-step shop for positive parenting. It’s way too hard! It's a guide to human connection. Cannot recommend it enough.

This isn't your usual 'self help' book which promises to turn your life around in 5 simple steps.