Books

The most useful book in a world: “What Babies Say Before They Can Talk : The Nine Signals Infants Use to Express Their Feelings” by Paul Holinger, Kalia Doner, when your baby grows up a little “Playful Parenting” by Lawrence J. Cohen. You man also find these recommendations helpful: Toddler issues book recommendations, For older kids, siblings, etc: Positive Discipline Resources. General information about the first years of baby’s life: I constantly refer to What to expect of 1st years. I disagree with some of its points on punishment and letting the baby cry it out, so Dr. Sears “attachment parenting” approach seems more reasonable to me: The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two.

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Physical Exercises materials
Swimming Materials
Other materials

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Since I was a teenager and saw a TV program showing tiny newborns floating around regular home bathtubs, I was dreaming of one day teaching my own future kids to swim right from birth. With my firstborn I couldn’t find any resources, so we started around 9 months, when our public swimming pool opened. I got some books and by a year he could swim underwater. So if you are looking for materials on teaching babies as young as 6 month to swim, see Teach Your Child to Swim for resources, book reviews and results.

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Yet another article stresses the harmful effect of television on little children. How is this article different from the rest? It examines various studies all over the world, all of which, unfortunately, indicate that TV watching has more bad then good for the little children:

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The importance of physical activity in the daily life of our kids is clear to everyone. This new research goes further: it indicates that weight-bearing activities like running, volleyball, and tennis during adolescence lead to having stronger bones later in life. The research is specific for women:

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Everyone is trying to eat healthier these days. In my house salt shaker is reserved only for guests, and I never even look at the salt can while cooking, despite all the nasty comments from the relatives: “How can you cook without salt!”.

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It seems that every year buying gifts and necessities for our little ones becomes harder and harder. Now there is a new low that bans the use of certain toxic chemicals in the toy manufacturing since February 2009.

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Don’t you wish you could have the best of the both worlds – the best of Doman, the best of phonics, all in one method? Actually, that can be done as well! Thanks to A Proud Papa for sharing his method of successfully teaching his own son to read:
Download A.P.P. flashcards with phonetically grouped words and their illustrations
Step by step directions for using these cards
Flesch’s Instructions [how to teach children to read using phonics]
Amazing Power point presentations on every possible subject by A.P.P.!
Some notes from the producer of these cards

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With education costs increasing every year, don’t you worry how your precious little home genius will afford college education? This mom devised a few tips that help save the money for this important and expensive educational milestone: Lisa M. recommends

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