The Gurian Institute, Stacie Bering, Adie Goldberg

It's a Baby Girl! (eBook, ePUB)

The Unique Wonder and Special Nature of Your Daughter From Pregnancy to Two Years

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Very practical science based tips and guidelines and stories for moms and dads of baby girls. Including:

• Why you need a book just about girls. The very different health issues, genetic predisposition, hard wiring, neurological and biological development of girls, including unique strengths and weaknesses.
• How to understand the core nature of your girl and nourish it through problems of crying, fussing, eating, sleeping, attaching and other key issues during the first 12 months of life.
• Warm hearted stories about girls and tips from real moms, and a preview of what's to come for girls as they become toddlers, preschool kids, pubescent and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470441114
• Artikelnr.: 38189960

Autorenporträt

Stacie Bering, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist who has practiced and taught obstetrics and gynecology for twenty-five years in Spokane, Washington, where she skis and travels with her husband, Jeffry, and their grown children Cassie and Zack.

Adie Goldberg, ACSW, MEd, is a board-certified social worker who has been a psychiatric social worker at WomanHealth, an OB-GYN practice, for twenty years and is certified at the Gurian Institute. She lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and youngest daughter, Chloe.

Michael Gurian is the founder of the Gurian Institute and author of Nurture the Nature, The Minds of Boys, The Wonder of Boys, Boys and Girls Learn Differently, and The Wonder of Girls. He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife and two daughters.

THE GURIAN INSTITUTE

is committed to providing both science-based information and practical and relevant applications for everyday life. The staff of certified trainers helps to build self-sufficiency in communities. To learn more, please visit www.gurianinstitute.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: It's a Baby Girl! 1
1 The Girl Inside You 11
2 Her First Year 31
3 Gazing into the Future: Toddler and Preschool Girls 61
4 A Baby Girl is a Family Affair! Circles of Support 97
Sources 113
Resources for Parents of Girls 129
The Gurian Institute 135
About the Authors 137
Index 139

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"Told with gentle humor and with stories and wisdom gleaned frompersonal and professional experience, It's a BabyGirl! is not only the best "how to" on raising your littlegirl, but also captures the magic and challenge ofparenting."
--Pam Silverstein, MD, FACOG obstetrician -gynecologist andfounder of WomanHealth

"It's a Baby Girl! explains the development andfunctioning of the female brain. If you are raising a girl, this isa book you really need to read"
--Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D., author Nurturing ParentingPrograms; Executive Director, Family Nurturing Centers,International

"Reading It's a Baby Girl! is akin to reading a goodguidebook before and during a trip: your experience is richer asyou deepen your understanding of what you are seeing, doing, andexperiencing. If you are preparing for a new baby girl or have afriend or relative with a daughter, this book will be adelight."
--Lynne H. Williams, MD, Co-Author, The Too PreciousChild

"IT'S A BABY GIRL! is thoughtfully research-based,yet perceptively practical for any parent who has just been blessedby the gift of a girl. Parents will close the book trulyunderstanding why girls and boys are different in so many ways, andhow to nurture the nature of their daughter."
--Fay E. Brown, Ph.D. Director, Child and AdolescentDevelopment, Yale University

"For years I have heard new parents lament that their babiesdon't come with a manual. Now they do! It's a BabyGirl! is a must-have addition to the parenting library!"
--Pat Crum, Director and co-Founder of the Family NurturingCenter of Michigan