Sears Parenting Library

America's foremost baby and childcare experts, William Sears, MD, and Martha Sears, RN, explain the benefits-to both you and your child-of connecting with your baby early. Might you and your baby both sleep better if you shared a bed? How old is too old for breastfeeding? What is a father's role in nurturing a newborn? How does early attachment foster a child's eventual independence? Dr. Bill and Martha Sears-the doctor-and-nurse, husband-and-wife team who coined the term "attachment parenting"-answer these and many more questions in this practical, inspiring guide. Attachment parenting is a style of parenting that encourages a strong early attachment and advocates parental responsiveness to babies' dependency needs. The Attachment Parenting Book clearly explains the six "Baby Bs" that form the basis of this popular parenting style: -Bonding –Breastfeeding –Babywearing -Bedding close to baby -Belief in the language value of baby's cry -Beware of baby trainers. Here's all the information you need to achieve your most important goals as a new parent: to know your child, to help your child feel right, and to enjoy parenting.

From America's leading authorities in childcare comes the definitive guide to having a healthy pregnancy-and a healthy baby. The Healthy Pregnancy Book guides expectant mothers and fathers through all stages of pregnancy from preconception through birth, focusing on how to enhance the health of mother and baby. How to grow a smarter and healthier baby. How your baby is developing, and how you may be changing both emotionally and physically. Eating right for two, with a helpful list of pregnancy superfoods. Exercise and keeping fit during your pregnancy. Concerns and questions you may have about test and technology, genetic counseling, and childbirth options. How to protect the womb environment and recognize potential household hazards. Advice on working while pregnant. Choosing the right healthcare provider and childbirth class. The transition into parenthood, and much more...Written in the Searses' trademark reassuring tone that makes their books long-term bestsellers-The Healthy Pregnancy Book is the must-have resource to fit the greater demands of today's savvy parents.

Everything you need to know about getting your baby or toddler to sleep-from America's foremost baby and childcare experts. For every parent deprived of sleep by a restless infant or toddler, now there's hope. The Baby Sleep Book is the comprehensive, reassuring, solution-filled resource that every family will want to own. Babies don't automatically know how to sleep through the night; they need to be taught. The Sears family has learned from decades of pediatric practice, bolstered by their own parenting experiences that different babies have different nighttime temperaments-and, of course, different families have different lifestyles. Instead of espousing the kind of "one method fits all" approach advocated in other baby sleep guides, the Sears family explains how you can create a sleep plan that suits the needs of your entire family. With a sharp focus on practical tools and techniques, The Baby Sleep Book covers such topics as the following: -The facts of infant sleep vs. adult sleep -Figuring out where, when, and how your child sleeps best -Fail-safe methods for soothing a crying infant -How to make night nursing easier, and how to stop -Nighttime fathering tips -Whether co-sleeping makes sense for you -Nap-time strategies that work -Medical and physical causes of night waking -Sleep habits in special situations such as traveling, teething, and illness. Like all books in the highly popular Sears Parenting Library, The Baby Sleep Book is clear, comforting, and uniquely authoritative. Its flexible sensitive approach to solving babies' sleep problems distinguishes it as definitive-an unrivaled book that offers immediate results.