Over 100 delicious recipes made with just 5 ingredients Cooking for children needn't be tricky or time-consuming. Grace Mortimer, creator of Instagram sensation My First Meals (@_myfirstmeals), offers an array of easy, delicious and healthy dishes that are packed full of flavour and simple to prepare. Grace shows parents and carers how to create scrumptious breakfasts, quick snacks, tasty lunches and hearty dinners using no more than five ingredients. Each simple, healthy and tasty recipe is perfect for young children, however adventurous they are. Discover favourites like baked bean waffles, Florentine pizza, raspberry yoghurt muffins, Bolognese pinwheels, and many more new ideas. My First Meals offers fun, fast, family food, made with maximum flavour and minimal fuss.

What would you do if your child suffered with something so severe it affectedevery aspect of her life?
And what if your cries for help fell on deaf ears at everyturn? You'd follow your gut and fight until someone listened. And that's whatChynna Laird did. When she was just three months old, Jaimie's reactions to peopleand situations seemed odd. She refused any form of touch, she gagged atsmells, she was clutzy and threw herself around and spent most of her day screamingwith her hands over her ears and eyes.
By the time she turned two, Jaimie was so fearful of her world they spent mostdays inside. What was wrong with Chynna's miracle girl? Why wouldn't anyonehelp her figure it out? Jaimie wasn't "just spirited" as her physician suggested nordid she lack discipline at home. When Jaimie was diagnosed with Sensory ProcessingDisorder (SPD) at two-and-a-half, Chynna thought she had "the answer,"but that was just the start of a three-year quest for the right treatments to bringthe Jaimie she loved so much out for others to see. With the right diagnosis andtreatment suited to Jaimie, this family finally felt hope. Not Just Spirited is onemother's journey to finding peace for her daughter, Jaimie. As Chynna says often, "Knowledge breeds understanding. And that's so powerful."
Parents and Therapists Praise "Not Just Spirited"
"Chynna's memoir is sure to encourage other parents to advocatewith the same determination for their own sensational children."
--Carol Kranowitz, author "The Out-of-Sync Child"
"I only wish I had this book earlier. Even though my daughter and I live withthis every day, I learned a lot from this book, and will return to my family withrenewed hope and energy "
--Nancy Pfortmiller
"Chynna's words touched my heart. Her memoir validated the overwhelmingfeelings I went through myself with my own daughter's struggles with herSPD. Raising and loving a child with severe SPD is draining for both yourmind and your physical body. However, with a strong faith in God and the instinctsonly a mother can have, there is hope. Not Just Spirited will fill your soulwith spirit and give you the strength needed to endure your own child's challengingbehaviors, leading you on an enlightening journey of acceptance, strength, hope, and healing."
--Diane M. Renna, author "Meghan's World: The Story of One Girl's Triumph over SPD"
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In this companion workbook, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka brings readers into her world-famous workshops, where she offers parents and educators insights, emotional support and proven strategies for dealing with spirited children. The key word that distinguishes spirited children from other children is "more" -- more intense, more persistent, more sensitive and more uncomfortable with change. Through exercises, observations and dialogue from actual groups, Kurcinka helps readers learn to identify the triggers that lead to tantrums and challenging behaviors. Included are

• clues to help you identify the little things that can make or break a day
• tips for profiling your child's temperament and your own
• cues that indicate intensity is rising
• successful strategies for reducing and eliminating power struggles

By combining the intuition and compassion gained from parenting a spirited child with the wisdom of an expert who has worked with thousands of families, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka helps parents and educators view their unique challenge with perseverance, flexibility, sensitivity, and, most of all, enjoyment.

In the newest edition of my Baby & Child Care Handbook, Marina Petropulos has added Everything You Need To Know About Pregnancy.

Pregnancy was always a part of the book, but recently there has been a great increase worldwide of various infections during pregnancy. Not only is a woman's system more than twenty per cent more vulnerable during pregnancy, but bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins found in food are a problem. For example, even some cheeses that you enjoy will have to be avoided, and your loved cat may need to be ostracised because of the danger of transmitting toxoplasmosis infection. You will find a vast updated amount of important information that will hopefully protect the amazing system of life developing within you. You will also be updated on the latest medical information regarding the prevention of food allergies; by starting to feed your baby a variety of solids from four months. Even the belief that eggs, peanut and other problematic foods should not be given to the young, has been debunked.

These, and many other important medical breakthroughs, mean that updated information is essential today.

Parenting Children with Diabetes addresses the absence of information needed for successful diabetes management including more advanced diabetes education, information on emotional trauma, relationships issues and problems inside and outside the home that are caused while growing up with diabetes. This book offers parents a 360-degree perspective of what is happening to their child as they grow into and grow up with diabetes, from diagnosis to monitoring and controlling their blood sugars to their exposure to other people's opinions in schools and other common situations as to how they should handle their diabetes. This book provides parents with special tools, insights, and education so they can more confidently and effectively communicate, understand, and empathize with their child's experience with diabetes and their child's relationship with the world around them. Eliot LeBow thoughtfully addresses readers and his work Helps parents resolve resistance to diabetes management Creates and fosters emotional stability within the family living with diabetes Guides parents to building a healthy, supportive relationship for and with their child Prepares parents for the emotional ups and downs of diabetes management Offers insight into situations most children living with diabetes face Provides information about working with the school system to make sure their child is safe

Offers parents, and training and practising professionals in psychology, psychotherapy, education and social work insight into what the evidence says about human behaviour online, what this means for how children develop and how we can best support children to be safe and healthy online now and in future. Accessibly presents the key research from psychology, sociology and biology to reveal how and why humans interact with platforms, apps and software. Covers essential topics including social media, gaming and harmful effects of technology and social media.

Addresses the needs of parents of children who experience medical trauma - negative experiences in the healthcare system that may cause resistance among children to even going for routine care. Afraid of the Doctor is the first book written for parents with the primary goal of equipping them with the knowledge and skills to support their children through medical challenges on a day-to-day basis, and specifically with medical trauma-experiences in healthcare that can profoundly affect a child's response and willingness to even go to the doctor. The challenge of medical trauma is often under-recognized and overlooked in the healthcare system, leaving parents to learn about it and manage it on their own. When parents understand medical trauma and learn strategies to reduce and even prevent it, they become empowered to better care for their child's emotional and physical health. Afraid of the Doctor integrates character stories throughout the book to illustrate the signs and symptoms of medical trauma and the roles parents and caregivers play in supporting their child through medical challenges. Readers will find twelve distinct strategies they can implement to help prevent and reduce medical trauma and otherwise support their child while facing medical interventions or a chronic condition. These strategies are illustrated through anecdotes, step-by-step guides, examples, and research evidence. With compassion and empathy, Meghan Marsac and Melissa Hogan offer parents the tools they need to choose the strategies that will work best for their children and their families, and how to modify them to address their unique situations. In addition to addressing the traumas that children may face, the authors carefully discuss the types of trauma that a parent may experience as they care for a child with a medical condition, equipping them with tools to recognize and address their own trauma experience related to their child's medical care.

Dispels the myths surrounding head impacts in youth sports and empowers parents to make informed decisions about sports participation. "They're just little kids, they don't hit that hard or that much." "Girls soccer is the most dangerous sport." "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy only happens to former NFL players." "Youth sports are safer than ever." These are all myths propagated with the goal of maintaining the status quo in youth sports, which can subject young, rapidly maturing brains to hundreds of impacts each season. In this book, Julie Stamm dissects the issue of repetitive brain trauma in youth sports and their health consequences, explaining the science behind concussions, CTE, and subconcussive impacts written in an easy-to-understand approach, so you can be a well-informed consumer and decision maker. It's not all about concussions. Those repetitive impacts that happen on every play in football or with every header in soccer can damage the brain, too. The consequences can be even worse for a child's developing brain. Stamm counters the myths, bad arguments, and propaganda surrounding the youth sports industry. This book also provides guidance for those deciding whether or not their child should play sports with a high risk of repetitive brain trauma as well as for those hoping to make youth sports truly as safe as possible for young athletes. Stamm, a former three-sport athlete herself, understands the many wonderful benefits that come from playing youth sports and believes all children should have the opportunity to play sports without the risk of long-term consequences. No athlete has to sustain hundreds of impacts and repetitive brain trauma in order to gain the benefits of sports. This work is a must-read before you suit up your child for another practice or send your team out for another game.

A fully-revised and updated new edition of a bestselling book designed to help parents, teachers, and counsellors support young people suffering from anxiety. * Offers an array of innovative strategies organized into the authors four-step COPE program, which has undergone more than 20 years of successful field testing * Each strategy is accompanied by a set of activities contextualized with full details of the appropriate age level, materials needed, suggested setting, and a template script * Presents a straightforward account of anxiety, the most prevalent clinical diagnosis in young people, written with a careful balance of scientific evidence and benevolence * Features a brand new chapter on preschoolers and a companion website that includes instructional MP3 recordings and a wealth of additional resources

Brian has become known worldwide for his positive approach to living the Asperger's experience. Brian continuously dedicates his time to serving as an Ambassador between the Asperger and Neurotypical communities. The primary goal is to help both communities learn to effectively communicate, appreciate, and cooperate with each other in a spirit of mutual respect.

This book empowers parents, educators, and counselors to prevent youth violence by teaching the thinking skills necessary for children and teens to deal with anger and frustration in healthy, productive ways. A longtime psychologist and counselor, as well as a parent and past teacher, Jones-Smith offers research and vignettes to recognize the growing problem of violence in youth, understand its causes, and help adults closest to children know techniques to nurture nonviolence as a way of life. This volume offers practical information like why a child may try to harm another and what to do when a child is angry. And, it also offers tips for parents, teachers, and counselors, including teaching children impulse control and anger management, teaching natural consequences, and instilling empathy, the antidote to violence. No other book addresses how parents, teachers, and counselors can, working together or separately, teach and instill an understanding of the self-control with thinking skills needed for children to handle conflict productively.

Feeding your baby is a big part of the first year. It can be an exciting and enjoyable time but also one that can raise many questions and concerns. What to give them? How much? And when? It can feel like everyone has an opinion on what you should do and what worked for them, with a confusing array of information online to wade through. Let's talk about feeding your baby helps support you through this. Covering breast and formula feeding, mixed feeding, starting solids and more, this supportive and non-judgemental guide brings you the evidence, top tips and lots of support to answer all your feeding questions. Focusing on both the practicalities and emotions attached to feeding decisions, it will answer your questions big and small, supporting you to confidently feed your baby as they grow, in whatever way works for your family. With expert contributors and quotes from parents, Professor Amy Brown's authoritative but easy-to-read style ensures that this book will inform and reassure anyone wanting to know more about how to support their baby to be a healthy and happy eater however they decide to feed them.