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Annabel Karmel's New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner

New And Used From £7.36

Review: I bought this book on the recommendation of so many mums, and it was a great help to get started through the minefield of weaning - I found the first and second stage recipes a great help, although some of the second stage ones are a bit too similar. Unfortunately....

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The New Contented Little Baby Book: The Secret to Calm and Confident Parenting

New And Used From £4.14

Description: If you are still struggling to get your newborn to sleep through the night, still getting up throughout the night to feed the little one, or perhaps you are feeling as if no end is in sight, you need to read Gina Ford's The Contented Little Baby Book. It may be....

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What to Expect the First Year

New And Used From £7.20

Review: I bought this book on the back of 'What To Expect When You Are Expecting' and having borrowed this one from the library first. Both books are excellent, however I pre-ordered the 2008 edition, having read the 2004. Why not 5 stars? Another review comments on the ....

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Your Pregnancy Bible: The Experts' Guide to the Nine Months of Pregnancy and the First Weeks of Parenthood. New updated edition

New And Used From £13.34

Review: We bought three books including "The Encyclopaedia of Pregnancy and Birth", which is very good but this one was by far the best for us. The week by week development with pictures kept us feeling close to what was happening inside. The other reviews here already say....

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk (How to Help Your Child) (How to Help Your Child)

New And Used From £5.54

Review: Anyone who has children should read this book! It explains how you can help your children express their feelings verbally instead of physically and how you can encourage problem solving instead of conflict. The book is easy to read and incudes lots of examples of ....

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Top 100 Baby Purees: 100 Quick and Easy Meals for a Healthy and Happy Baby

New And Used From £3.88

Review: I bought this book for my son's first solid food and I wasn't dissapointed. Although you probably don't need a recipe to make an apple pure, once you're past the first stage, it's getting more interesting. I cooked my son many meals from that book and served them (....

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

New And Used From £2.58

Review: This book first arrived in a blizzard of publicity back in 2005. Now 4 years on, it has been re-released in a revised and expanded edition with an extra 90 pages of bonus material (be sure to order the 336-page edition) consisting of newspaper columns and blog entr....

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Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with Your Baby

New And Used From £5.00

Description: Overjoyed but exhausted? Perplexed but purring? Then you may just be a new parent. And if you're looking for practical reassurance and advice then Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect and Communicate with your Baby is for you. Clearly a remarkable pe....

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Potty Training In One Week

New And Used From £1.75

Review: I made the mistake of buying this book. As with other Gina Ford books if your child doesn't conform to her regime you feel inadequate and disappointed. She advises on day one (after they have proved they can do wee and poos on potty) to confine toddler in one roo....

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The Bloke's Guide to Pregnancy

New And Used From £4.44

Review: I have just finished reading this book and to be honest it's a shame I've finished it. I thought it was a brilliant book, very funny, informative, a bit sad but most of all, enjoyable! Whilst reading it I realised I was sitting on the settee chuckling to myself a....

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