Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

'Attachment Parenting' by Laura Carrilton


Attachment Parenting Book by Laura Carrilton 

As pretty obvious from the name itself, the Attachment Parenting Book talks a lot of useful information about the way parents can nurture their children and ensure mental, emotional and overall equilibrium in their life through attachment parenting. It’s a good read for expecting, new and experienced parents.

Summary of Attachment Parenting Book 

Written in a concise and comprehensive manner, the book discusses every aspect of attachment parenting to help parents steer clear of any doubt that they may have regarding this particular style of parenting. How parents can connect with their infants by staying close to them, understanding the cues they convey and responding to their most vital needs, every facet is well expounded.

It gives important tips on discipline, sleeping, potty training, breastfeeding and many other aspects of parenting. And the most admirable part about this book is that it takes a clear stand on a topic such as attachment parenting on which several criticisms are raised from time to time.

What appeals most in this book is its logical approach which is untouched of any biases. Starting from what attachment parenting is to its pros and cons to criticism to usefulness, all points are interestingly covered to enable parents to take informed decisions. Besides, its single-minded approach is another highlight.

In gist, the way everything is dealt here leaves no scope for confusion or dilemma. Language has been kept simple and easy so that readers get to understand the topic to the core without feeling bored or tired.

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About Laura Carrilton 

Laura Carrilton, who is the author of this book, is a young enthusiastic person. She loves children and is a parent of two amazing kids herself. By writing books on parenting, she wants to share her parenting tips with other parents around the globe to help them enjoy every bit of this special experience.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

'Great Teachers and Puddles Have What in Common? (A Quick Guide to Improve Teaching and Student Learning)' by Brandi L. Spencer


Blurb:

Learn the Step That’s Missing in the Lesson Cycle

Just imagine how it would feel if you could have the classroom (and students) of your dreams.

This book provides new teachers as well as veteran teachers with a step by step approach to get them pretty darn close to the classroom of their dreams. Through the use of one simple principle, you will learn how to take ownership of the instructional process and create the classroom that you have always dreamed of. Improve student learning and increase student engagement with a plan designed specifically with your students in mind. Easily integrate your current teaching methods with the principles outlined in this guide. 

You can keep doing the same ole’ thing and settle for the same results. 
or… 

You can snag this quick reference guide and learn: 

- How to optimize your classroom processes and procedures
- The one simple concept that will change how you teach forever
- The four questions that will pin-point areas development
- How to create an action plan that produces your desired outcome

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Find author Brandi L. Spencer on her website and on Facebook!

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Book Giveaway! '21-Day Tummy' by Liz Vaccariello

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21tummy_cov Based on the latest science, the 21-Day Tummy diet targets excess weight and belly fat while addressing the most common digestive disorders.

We love to eat but that doesn't mean our stomachs always enjoy digesting what we put in them. Add to this the fact that our nation is heavier than it's ever been, and it's clear that our tummies don't just need to function better, they need to be smaller. In general, smaller stomachs digest food more effectively, and that's why dropping the pounds isn't just a matter of vanity but of health.

Featuring carb-light, anti-inflammatory foods, the 21-Day Tummy eating plan slashes inches from your belly (up to 4 ½ inches!) while banishing gas and bloating, heartburn and acid relux, constipation, diarrhea, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

In addition, 21-Day Tummy includes:
  • 50 scrumptious recipes such as Tomato-Ginger Flank Steak and Almost Pumpkin Mini Pies.
  • a Digestion Quiz to help you measure your overall digestive health
  • tips on how to combat the Four S's -- Supersizing, Sitting, Stress, and Sleep Deprivation.
  • inspirational stories and advice from our successful test panelists. Our top tester dropped 19 pounds in 21 days and completely stopped taking medications for acid reflux.
  • an optional equipment-free workout plan that helps to both sculpt and soothe your belly with a mix of core strengthening, walking, and yoga.
  • guidelines on how to incorporate potentially problematic foods back into your life so you are never deprived of your favorite foods.
21-Day Tummy is a fun, easy guide to healthy eating that will have a smaller, healthier you feeling better than, well, possibly ever!

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About Liz Vaccariello with Kate Scarlata, RD
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Liz Vaccariello is the editor-in-chief and chief content officer of Reader's Digest, one of the world's largest media brands, with 26 million readers. A journalist with 20+ years experience in health and nutrition, she's also the coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Digest Diet, The 400-Calorie Fix and Flat Belly Diet!. Vaccariello regularly appears on national programs such as Good Morning America and The Doctors, and has been featured on The Biggest Loser, Today, Rachel Ray, and The View. Previously, Liz was the editor-in-chief of Prevention. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and twin daughters. Her blog, Losing it with Liz, lives on rd.com. She has over 3,000 followers on Twitter (@LizVacc).

Kate Scarlata, RD, LDN, is a registered and licensed dietitian with over 25 years of experience in the nutrition and wellness field, specializing in digestive disorders. Kate completed her postgraduate training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate. The author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well with IBS, she has been interviewed in many national publications, including Ladies Home Journal and Fitness magazine. She lives and practices in Boston, Massachusetts.

About Reader's Digest Association
Reader's Digest Association (RDA) is a family of iconic brands that celebrate reading, sharing and doing among consumers on print and digital platforms. Our portfolio of products includes our flagship magazine Reader's Digest; Taste of Home, the world's largest circulation food publication; The Family Handyman, America's leading source for DIY; and a suite of Enthusiast titles including Birds & Blooms, Country, Country Woman, Farm & Ranch Living and Reminisce.For more than 90 years, we have simplified and enriched the lives of a passionate readership by discovering and expertly selecting the most interesting content in family, food, health, home improvement, finance, and humor.Reader's Digest casts a global footprint by providing products and services around the world through owned and licensed operations. Further information about the company can be found at www.rda.com.

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Friday, January 10, 2014

'Baby Bumps' by Amy Sprenger Blitz



Non-Fiction / Parenting / Humor
Date Published:
7/27/2013

From the author of the award-winning blog Snarky Mommy comes a book that will make every woman who has ever been pregnant pee with laughter (not that that's hard).

Wearing her highest heels and hottest pregnancy jeans, Amy Sprenger marched into her doctor's office, latte in hand, ready to finally see whether her baby was a boy or a girl. Sure, sure, this appointment was supposed to be about checking the health of the baby, but everyone who's ever been there knows it's really about looking for what lays, or doesn't lay, between the legs.

So when the doctor tells her she has an incompetent cervix, Amy does what any woman would do. She becomes immediately offended. Is that a politically correct way of saying her cervix sucks? Unfortunately, as she's soon to learn, it's a lot more than that. The only way to keep that baby from falling out on the sidewalk (probably in front of Starbucks) is for her doctor to stitch her cervix closed and for Amy to stay in bed for the next four months.

Four months that are carefully detailed in this "memoir." A memoir that, while basically true, has been embellished with Amy's signature brand of humor and hilarity.

With more time off than a castoff contestant on "The Bachelor," Amy took pen to paper and settled in for the ride. But instead of sitting around eating bonbons, she's popping hypertension drugs to stave off preterm labor. And complications? Oh, she's got your complications. She's gut-rehabbing her house. Her mother moves in to care for her. Her husband takes a "mancation" while she's stuck in the hospital. And every time she has a contraction, she's convinced it's The Big One.

Living by the adage that laughter is the best medicine, Amy fumbles her way through a series of sometimes serious and usually embarrassing situations. And just to be clear, using a bedpan qualifies as both serious and embarrassing.

EXCERPT
(The set up for this is the main character, Annie, has been hospitalized with pregnancy complications and the nurse wants her to use a bedpan. Annie most definitely does NOT want to use a bedpan, her husband, Jake, is not being at all helpful, and hilarity ensues.)

The nurse comes back an hour later and stares pointedly at my untouched water. I stare pointedly at the bedpan. It’s a pee standoff at the O.K. Corral. She adjusts the belts holding the monitors in place and hands me the glass. I take the tiniest sip I can possibly take and slam it down with a fake smile. She sighs and leaves.

“Don’t forget to call Dr. Thornton!” I yell as she walks down the hall.

Another hour goes by, and by this time, Jake has arrived and he finds the whole thing to be highly amusing. He keeps trying to get me to pee.

“You know what I could go for right now?” he asks. “A swim in a cool mountain stream. You know what I’m thinking about right now? A crashing Hawaiian waterfall. And a lazy brook, bubbling along in the woods. All that cool, clear water. Would you mind if I let the water drip in the bathroom? I just love the sound of moving water.”

“Can you kindly shut the hell up about water?” I snap. “I don’t know why you would even want me to have to pee. Because you would have to help me. And that wouldn’t be so funny anymore, would it? Just stop talking.”

“But we haven’t even talked about the Trevi Fountain, Hoover Dam or Old Faithful. There are so many topics that I feel are really important to cover right now.”

“Cut it out! I have been holding it for the last three hours and I really have to go.”

“Then by all means, let me get you the bedpan.”

“I can’t. I’m scared.”

“There’s nothing to be scared of. Except getting it all over yourself. And smelling like pee for the next three months because you’re not allowed to shower. Oh, and me telling everyone we know that you’re incontinent.”

At this point, I am jiggling my foot and trying to cross my legs because I have to go so bad. The pain in my bladder is unbearable. It would be way worse to pee myself seeing as there’s a bedpan an arm’s length away from me, so I admit defeat.

“Just give me the damn thing and get out,” I snarl at Jake.

“Your wish is my command. Now, where’s my camera? I need to get a picture of this,” he says, with too much enthusiasm. I grab the pink bowl from him and point to the door. I line the bowl up under my butt and somehow contort myself so my nether regions are somewhat inside the bowl and I wait. And I wait. And I wait some more. Of course, I couldn’t hold it before and now I have stage fright. My bladder is all “Give it up! Give it up!” and my brain is all “Does not compute, body not in the sitting-on-toilet position!” After a full minute of lying there thinking about peeing, I feel a first trickle, which quickly turns to a gush. I’m uneasy about the capacity of this thing, but figure it will serve the nurse right if she has to clean up a pee-soaked bed. As soon as I finish, I feel immensely better. I buzz the nurse’s station and they ask what they can do for me.

“I peed in the damn bucket,” I reply. “Can you send someone in to dispose of the evidence?” A woman’s voice says my nurse is helping another patient right now, but she’ll be right in. Jake knocks on the door and asks, “Everything coming out okay in there?”

“Shut up and come in,” I respond. “The deed is done. I am completely shamed and will never again make fun of Depends commercials because I’m pretty sure an adult diaper would be preferable to this. Get this thing out from under me, would ya? I can’t move it without spilling it.”

“Are you kidding me? That’s a biohazard. I’m not coming anywhere near you. You can wait for the nurse.”

On cue, she strides in and smiles at me.

“I’m glad to see you’re more comfortable now,” she says, motioning for me to raise my hips and sliding the bucket o’ pee out from under me with practiced ease. “Oh, and your doctor called. You were right, you didn’t need to use the bedpan. You have full bathroom privileges. Sorry for the confusion.”

Perfect timing, bitch. I swear she almost laughed as she said it. If there’s a Yelp category for nurses, this woman is about to get smacked down with negative reviews. I am planning to ruin her nursing career and have no qualms about it. Although, if there’s any karma in this world, her next patient will be someone with a horrific case of diarrhea that she needs to collect for testing.



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Find Amy online:

Website: www.snarkymommy.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thesnarkymommy
Twitter: @snarkymommy
Blog: www.snarkymommy.com
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/snarkymommy/

Thursday, January 9, 2014

'I'm going to BIG school: An interactive educational rhyme and activity book for preschoolers' by Nicole Eshun


Blurb

I'm going to big school is an all in one phonics activity book. Perfect for a circle time or a bed time read with a young child. This uplifting book gives helpful tips to the reader on how to successfully engage and entertain young listeners.



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Author bio

Nicole Eshun, born in 1986 grew up in London, England. She is a mother and the older sister of three sisters and two brothers, her mother is a teacher. She has a BA (Hons) Degree in Media Culture and Communication studies a Postgraduate Degree in Early Years Practice, (level 6 in childcare) and she has also studied Psychology and Film studies. Nicole has had a variety of jobs in childcare, and runs a babysitting agency; Interactive Babysitting Agency. She loves designing and making things and finds it exciting to see her words turned into books. Other favourite things include watching surreal movies, spending time with the family and developing mobile apps. Nicole enjoys writing books about events that children, parents and childcare workers, can relate to. Her books include the following:

I'm going to big school (US/UK)
Autism...I'm going to make a new friend (US/UK)
I'm not going to sleep! (US/UK)
I'm going to the dentist (US/UK)

Follow her on Twitter: @NicoleEshun

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

'How to Keep Your Teens Safe Online' by Rebecca Thomas



Description
If you are reading this, there's a good chance you think your child might be in danger on the Internet. I suspect that you don't want to approach your child about it because you have no proof.

You want to know vital information such as when, where or with whom your child was doing dangerous things online. I have written a guide that shows you how to determine this, and it's absolutely FREE! I just want to share my findings.

This SAFETY GUIDE eBook will help you keep your child safe in a dangerous online world. You will get over 20 pages of information from my research including:

☆ Signs your Teen is Involved with Dangerous Activities Online
☆ Things Teens do to Cover Their Tracks
☆ How to Tell if Your Teen is Lying
☆ Technology's Effect on Teenage Development
☆ Top 10 Technology Dangers for Teens
☆ How to Know the Truth About What They're Doing
☆ Dealing With Hurtful Information and How to Discuss It
☆ Teen Technology Statistics
☆ Computer Monitoring Info
☆ Smartphone Monitoring Info
☆ Tablet Monitoring Info



Download it from Google Play today!


Currently rated 4.6 out of 5 stars!

Also available at http://www.safeteenguide.com/



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