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Grocery lists. Checklists. To-do lists. Lots of people love--and live by--lists. And parents are no exception. Today's families are busier than ever, and moms don't have the time or energy to search and scramble for the parenting information they are desperately seeking. This handy, practical reference guide will save time, money, and sanity for today's busy women.
A Mom's Ultimate Book of Lists is your one-stop resource for more than 100 lists to live by, including: When to Call the Doctor Questions to Ask before Choosing a Pediatrician Sleep Training Your Baby Top Toys for the First Year Terrific Activities Toddlers Love Easy Steps for Taming Tantrums Feeding a Picky Eater Signs of a Family-Friendly Restaurant Common Childhood Allergies and Illnesses Instant Pick-Me-Ups and so much more Start saving your time, money, and sanity today!
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Working Mom's 411 is your one-stop resource guide for navigating through the often choppy waters of managing kids, career and home. With extensive experience as a credentialed nanny, household manager and as a working mom herself, Michelle is sure to make you laugh out loud as she shares her expert take on the common dilemmas that working mothers face.
At your fingertips, you will find expert advice, up to date information and tried-and-true tips on everything from choosing childcare to streamlining housework, homework and more. You'll discover super solutions to problems big and small from learning how to let go of that all-too-familiar working moms guilt to dealing with family and friends who have different ideas about home moms and careers should mix. Buy Now!
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America's nanny offers a large dose of healthy parenting advice with secrets for raising happy, secure, and well-balanced babies and toddlers.
Babies don't come with instructions. And since today's parents are so overwhelmed with schedules and demands, they have little time to bone up on their parenting skills. Often removed from grandparents and relatives who in times past lived next door or just down the street, they have no one to guide them through the disorienting world of raising children. Enter Nanny to the Rescue! Michelle LaRowe, 2004 International Nanny Association "Nanny of the Year," gives her tried and true solutions to childcare. Her expertise with chapters titled "Who's the boss?" and "Discipline is not a four letter word" gives confidence to parents who need specific ideas for real day-to-day problems. A proud member of Christian Nannies, Michelle offers foundational truths sure to help encourge moms and dads.
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Faced with multiple choices regarding school, friends, and activities coupled with the ever-widening influence of the outside world, parents of 6-12 year olds need help. America's nanny is back to offer a large dose of healthy parenting advice with secrets for raising happy, secure, and well-balanced children.
Michelle LaRowe is the 2004 International Nanny Association Nanny of the Year. A career nanny specializing in caring for twins, Michelle has over a decade of nanny experience. Although she holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry, she has found her true calling, working as a professional nanny.
Michelle is an active member of the nanny community. She is the founder and president of Boston Area Nannies, Inc., a local non profit educational organization and has served on the International Nanny Association Board of Directors for the past five years. During that time she has also served as the associations 1st Vice President. Michelle is also a proud member of Christian Nannies.
She is called on by the media as a nanny and parenting expert, and has been affectionately dubbed America's Nanny. Michelle has appeared on television and has been featured in print. She is the author of the new parenting series, Nanny to the Rescue!, a contributing writer in the Experts' Guide to the Baby Years and a regular columnist in several parenting publications, including Twins Magazine.
To learn more about Michelle and to get your parenting tip of the day, please visit www.michellelarowe.com.
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Family Additions
Preparing the soon to be siblings for the arrival of a new baby can seem like a daunting task, but getting them to be involved from an early start will help promote positive feelings towards the new arrival and ease the transition into big sister or brotherhood.
Simple things such as talking openly about the upcoming birth of the baby, reading books about babies, making gifts for the new sister or brother, picking out nursery accessories or toys, and helping to choose names are all ways that your children can feel involved and play a part in welcoming your new addition.
Showing your children pictures of your pregnancy with them can also help head off feelings of jealousy and insecurity. Talking about the ways you took care of them when they were tiny babies and looking at videos and pictures of you feeding, bathing or changing them, will provide your singletons with insight into the demands of caring for a new baby in ways that they can understand.
Solidifying a daily routine that includes alone time with each child well before the delivery of your baby will help make the transition to new siblinghood less chaotic. Their world will be turned upside down, so having as many unchanging aspects in their day to day routine will help to keep things from turning chaotic. Having set meal times, nap times, bath times and bedtimes will give them concrete check points throughout the day when they will know that to expect – even when nothing around them is going as expected.
Your children may also need extra reassurance that they are still special to you. Even if it's reading a short story, giving them a bath or sharing a special good night moment, be sure to incorporate a few minutes of one on one time with each child.
Let Big Brother and Big sister come first – sometimes. After the birth of your baby, your oldest are going to be audience to an ongoing chorus of "Wait a minute." When Big Sister is asking for a cup of water, she'll feel quite special if she hears mom tell screaming baby that "They'll have to wait a minute while mom gets big sister some water." Your older kids understand that their needs are getting constantly bumped to the back of the line so every so often be sure to meet their needs first – when the safety of your baby isn't an issue.
Having your older children help out with the baby can make them feel like they play an important part in brining up baby. Even a two year old can bring you a diaper and surprisingly hold up a bottle. Providing ways for them to be the Big Brother or Sister will help them see all the things that make being a Big Kid special.
Ease up on your expectations. A good day will no longer mean that your kids had a wonderful trip to the zoo, followed by a three hour nap and a healthy homemade dinner. It will now mean everyone is alive and accounted for. You will have one priority –safety. Everything else can be considered secondary.
Take practical steps to make managing home life easier. Buying only white socks, undergarments, sheets, bibs, towels and face clothes (easy to bleach!), having extra clothes and laundry baskets on each floor, having changing stations in both the nursery and on the main floor (a basket to hold diapers & wipes and a towel to lie babies on will work great!), creating cabinet space dedicated to baby foods and formula (and a drawer for kids utensils), and having a safe place that you can put the baby (a bouncy seat or a pack and play) on each level of your house will make meeting the needs of your family a little bit easer- and with a new infant and more- every little bit counts.
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