Books

DVDs & CDs

Baby Bright - A Day With Baby Bright

A science based learning programme for infants. The infant is encouraged to notice repetitions. Developed in conjunction with Professor Karmiloff Smith from Great Ormond Street Hospital. Stimulate your baby's natural curiosity with this new concept in baby development.

Baby Bright - Baby Bright And The Farm

A science based learning programme for infants. The infant is encouraged to notice repetitions. Developed in conjunction with Professor Karmiloff Smith from Great Ormond Street Hospital. Stimulate your baby's natural curiosity with this new concept in baby development.

Oxbridge Baby - My First DVD [2006]

'Oxbridge Baby - My First DVD' is an enchanting experience that exposes babies and toddlers to the wonderful world around them. They will enjoy an ensemble of live action images interspersed with lovable animation and puppets. By combining exciting and enriching visuals with classical music especially recorded for small ears, Oxbridge Baby has created a truly unique experience that little ones will love.

Oxbridge Baby - Classical Music

'Oxbridge Baby - Classical Music' is a magical CD that has taken 15 popular pieces and arranged and recorded them specifically for little ears. Featuring a number of composers including Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss, Brahms, Chopin and many more this is an album that parents will love as much as their babies.

Oxbridge Baby - Learn to Talk

'Oxbridge Baby - Learn to Talk', is a unique DVD that uses a combination of sounds, music, visual stimulation and basic sign language to introduce your little one to a variety of vocabulary as they learn to say their first words. Created in conjunction with Gillian Hart, Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist, she has also recorded a special parents tutorial on the DVD to help adults discover the most effective techniques that can be used to encourage speech in their little ones. Designed for children aged 6 months plus this DVD works on a number of levels to stimulate development rather than simply being a passive experience. These unique qualities mean that children can watch 'Oxbridge Baby - Learn to Talk' again and again and get something new out of it each and every time.

Oxbridge Baby - Fairy Tales

This magical DVD features six classic stories that have been uniquely animated for babies and toddlers. The DVD also contains a 'Key Word Builder' that helps teach children five new words from each of the stories plus there is the option to view the tales with or without the words on screen.

A free special audio CD of the Fairy Tales is included in the box, which means that parents can now take the Fairy Tales everywhere and listen to them in the car, on the stereo or anywhere else they like!

The DVD features the following classic tales:

• The Three Little Pigs
• The Gingerbread Man
• Little Red Riding Hood
• The Ugly Duckling
• The Tortoise and the Hare
• Jack and the Beanstalk

Oxbridge Baby - Nursery Rhymes

Eighteen classic nursery rhymes with a modern twist for babies and toddlers.

BOOKS

The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth

Kaz Cooke

The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and Birth sets out to offer "the soundest, sanest, wittiest advice you'll ever get" about life as an expectant mum. Covering "the scary parts, the funny parts and your private parts" Australian author Kaz Cooke counts down to motherhood using a week-by-week format, at each stage explaining what's going on to you and baby, exploring common health complaints, suggesting remedies and looking at what will happen at antenatal visits. She also includes a semi-fictitious weekly diary account that provides a friendly and very funny voice to reassure you that you're not alone.

The Rough Guide to Babies

Miranda Levy

Witty, practical and down-to-earth, this Rough Guide will help you navigate the strange new world of Planet Baby. As Miranda writes in her introduction: "You've done it now - you're a mother. You have to experience it to believe it." The Rough Guide includes:

• First days: midwives, health visitors and aftercare
• Eating and sleeping: breast- and bottle-feeding, colic, crying, cots, fussy eaters and restless sleepers
• Health and progress: keeping an eye on growth and development, and looking out for common conditions and symptoms
• The new you: getting back in shape, sex and relationships, returning to work - and staying sane
• The entourage: how to get the best from health professionals, while sidestepping competitive other mums and know-better grandparents.

Baby and Toddler Meal Planner

Annabel Karmel

In this new edition, Annabel has brought her collection of mouth-watering recipes completely up to date, and included ten new dishes. Plus she offers time-saving tips and reassuring menu charts to help you shop and plan ahead, all based on her experiences as a busy mother of three.

The Contented Little Book of Weaning

Gina Ford

All parents have to do it but even the most confident will admit that weaning is one area of parenting that can be cause for much anxiety and concern. So many questions need answering, most of them beginning with 'when?' Gina Ford has devised her own weaning and feeding plan which fits in with a baby's natural feeding needs. She covers all the different questions parents may have about weaning, from the initial 'when to wean' to how to establish routines and make sure babies get all the nutrients they need. Packed with parent-friendly schedules, feeding plans and personal stories from the many mothers Gina has worked with over the years, this book is the definitive guide to ensuring babies eat well now and as they grow up.

Baby and Child Vegetarian Recipes

Carol Timperley

Containing 150 quick and easy recipes for young children that have been approved by The Vegetarian Society, this book covers the major milestones in dietary development, offers general nutritional guidelines, lists of foods to introduce and avoid, and a host of practical hints and tips.

Baby & Toddler Eating Plan

Lorraine Kelly & Anita Bean

Presenter Lorraine Kelly, and leading nutritional expert Anita Bean have written an accessible parent's guide to nutritious and appealing meals for babies and toddlers. They offer over 100 babyfriendly recipes plus creative and practical ideas, tips and hints.

Top 100 Baby Purees

Anabel Karmel

Top 100 Baby Purees: Anabel Karmel's 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby

The Rough Guide to Travel with Babies and Young Children

Fawzia Rasheed de Francisco

From pre-trip planning to pre-empting and dealing with challenges when away, "The Rough Guide to Travel with Babies and Young Children" is the ultimate comprehensive guide to hassle-free family travel. With the low-down on everything from planning your itinerary and accommodation to what to bring and how to pack it, the guide is packed with tips on painless travel by plane, car, bus or train, as well how to deal with delays, queues and travel sickness. Insiders' tips from destinations all around the globe ensure you'll know what to expect when you arrive. You'll find thoroughly researched and accessible advice on coping with the challenges once you're there, from eating out with toddlers to getting enough sleep. Ideal for busy parents, the guide comes complete with listings of resources, websites and further reading, plus handy checklists, first-hand stories and advice from travel industry experts and parents who've been there and done it.

Take Your Kids to Europe: How to Travel Safely (and Sanely) in Europe with Your Children

Cynthia Harriman

Author Cynthia Harriman provides information to help families get hooked on seeing the world. From details on planning vacations that will make both parents and kids happy to information on travelling economically, eating at restaurants, and communicating with locals, this guide makes it possible to take the kids to Europe safely and, perhaps more importantly, sanely.

Travel with Children (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)

Maureen Wheeler

It's a small world after all! This well-researched guide now covers every region of the globe, proving it's actually quite a kid-friendly place. With travel advice that's as heavy on fun as it is on practicalities, the main goal is to ensure kids enjoy their trips as much as grown-ups do. Travel with Children is brimming with tips on tantrum-free travel with toddlers to teens.

On the Go with Baby: A Stress-free Guide to Getting across Town... or Around the World!

Ericka Lutz

If you have young children and enjoy stepping beyond your front porch, On the Go with Baby is your resource for practical advice on packing, babyproofing a hotel room, choosing a vacation, handling public tantrums and dealing with anything else that could possibly happen outside the home. From shopping at the grocery store to traveling Europe, you can leave the house with your kids without having a panic attack. Author Ericka Lutz will show you the basics of boldly going...anywhere.

Fodor's FYI: Travel with Baby: Experts Share Their Secrets

Fodor's

More and more parents are venturing further than ever before with their children. Written for parents by parents, this book explains how to ensure a trip with children goes off without a hitch.

The Complete Sleep Guide For Contented Babies and Toddlers

Gina Ford

Sleep is probably the most misunderstood and confusing aspect of parenthood. Babies are supposed to sleep most of the time, aren't they? Well, some do, but an awful lot don't.

Gina Ford's practical guide helps parents understand their children's sleep patterns and gives them invaluable advice on how to solve or avoid common problems. Starting on the first day at home after the birth, she advises new parents to disregard any advice to let the baby's habits rule the roost. By creating a structure of regular feeding, sleeping and playing times, parents can help their baby to find a rhythm that will be comfortable for all concerned.

Among the questions this book answers are: how much sleep do babies need? What's the difference between a sleep and a nap? When can certain feeds be dropped? Gina Ford's blueprint for creating happy and rested babies and parents has been successfully applied over many years.

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child: A Step-by-step Programme for a Good Night's Sleep

Marc Weissbluth

In this completely revised and expanded edition, Dr Marc Weissbluth - a leading paediatrician - updates his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing children's sleep problems, from infancy through to adolescence.

In "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child", he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for parents for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of their child's natural sleep cycles. This valuable sourcebook outlines the best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment; reveals the common mistakes parents make to get their children to sleep; helps stop the crybaby syndrome, nightmares and bedwetting and provides new material on: how to handle 'nap-resistant' kids and when to start sleep training; help for working mums and children with sleep issues; the father's role in comforting children; the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed; and much more.

Rest is vital to children's health, growth and development. "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age.

The Baby Sleep Book: How to Help Your Baby to Sleep and Have a Restful Night

William Sears and Martha Sears

Drawing on considerable experience as both parents and professionals in the paediatric profession, the best-selling parenting experts Dr. William and Martha Sears have produced the definitive guide to the frequently fraught and troublesome topic of sleep.

The Sleep Book is designed as a practical and contemporary guide to parenting, ensuring you can get your child to sleep and making sure night time isn't dreaded. Containing the latest medical research, and providing informed and considered advice on all the issues, this book offers guidance and support to keep you and your child rested and refreshed.

Includes advice on all aspects of sleep such as: 8 infant sleep facts every parent should know; 31 ways to get your baby to sleep and stay asleep; Bedwetting; Hidden medical causes of night waking; Sleep trainers; Night weaning - 12 alternatives for the all-night nurser; Night terrors; 5 reasons why high need infants sleep differently; Sleep safety; SIDS: the latest research on how sleeping with your baby is safe; Co-sleeping: Yes, No, Sometimes.

An invaluable resource for parents of young children, The Baby Sleep Book provides guidance on how to get your baby to sleep, what to do if he wakes up to often, what to do if he sleeps too much. It also helps with moving the place of sleep, sleepwear, managing the sleep time of more than one child, and night time feeding.

Help Your Baby to Sleep (National Childbirth Trust Guides)

Penney Hames

Sleep is something all new parents want, both for themselves and their babies. This book offers background information and practical steps to help you establish a routine with your baby that will look after his or her needs - and yours, too.

New parents are given all sorts of conflicting advice when they have a baby on how best to get your baby to sleep through the night. For instance: Should they sleep in your bed, in your room? Should you leave them when they wake or cry?

Penney Hames here tackles every issue, including cot death, and talks about each technique. She examines the need for routine, a comfortable sleep environment and a baby's sleep patterns at different ages and stages. She also explores research into how a child's sleep pattern might reflect its character, wellbeing, health, even intelligence - debunking myths and extracting the truth.

The main message Penney Hames gives is that parents should make their own minds up and she offers advice on where to get help with addresses of sleep clinics and other support agencies.