Pregnancy Related Books
Sing to Your Baby for Brilliant Bonding
Multi-Grammy Award winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer have twenty five years experience in creating Music to further connect families together through a creative media. Sing to Your Baby features eleven original songs which range in tone, mood and genre designed specifically for singing with your little ones. Alongside this beautiful book is an accompanying CD. Each song has been recorded in two alternate keys making the Music accessible to both Mums and Dads singing pitch.
Inside the book ‘Sing to Your Baby’ is a contents page so that songs be can located easily, a letter from the authors to the readers, directions for carrying out and extending singing activities, lyrics for each song and a guide for parents explaining the developmental, educational and emotional benefits of singing for both children and parents. Each page includes the track numbers for both higher and lower pitch versions of the songs, as well as some guidance as to actions which can be included alongside the Music to encourage fun and learning. Sing to Your Baby also features colourful, bright, beautiful illustrations carefully created by James Nocito for both parents and children to enjoy.
Fink and Marxer have seen and experienced the power which Music instils into the lives of children and their families. More and more studies have been carried out which identify that singing to your child can improve communicative skills. NPR researched more into the parallels between a child and parents’ verbal connection at a young age and the same child’s educational success years later. NPR found that the more words a baby heard during their younger years,the more likely he or she was to handle the rigors of school later in life. You can read more upon the research carried out and results found at http://www.npr.org/2011/01/10/132749565/closing-the-achievement-gap-with-baby-talk
Songs featured within the ‘Sing to Your Baby’ book and CD include:
Love Is What I Feel For You - Rockin’ My Baby
- Wake Up
- Little Bitty Boat
- Chickadee
- I Love You
- Bouncing
- Baby’s Got A Giggle
- Pretty Little Baby
- Bye-Bye!
- Wherever You Go, I Love You
Whilst many parents feel uncomfortable with their own singing voice, it is advisable to put aside your own issues with confidence in Music and to ‘give it a try’. However, for those parents who are completely against singing and would prefer using spoken word, Sing to Your Baby includes chanted/ spoken rhymes and simple scat melodies (using Mmm and Laas) which can help both parents and children to build confidence within Music through simplistic themes.
Top Tips for Singing to Your Baby:
- Whether or not you are able to sing, your little one will enjoy listening to your voice.
- Relax and enjoy the experience
- Learn the songs and lyrics in your own time without pressure
- Make use of the CD for backing Music during play, travel or day to day activities to build familiarity with the songs.
- Play and sing the songs during pregnancy to build a stronger bond with your bump.
- It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the words!
- Sing to your little ones whenever you can (with or without the book!)
- Encourage siblings to join in
- Make up your own lyrics and get creative.
- Add your little ones name into the song to make the experience more personal.
- Add actions to the songs to make the experience even more fun.
Although the songs do seem lengthy, the lyrics are repetitive and therefore an excellent choice for teaching infants, toddlers and children memorable words. We found that the Sing to Your Baby book and CD offered a more structured way in which to bond with your little one through Music, providing parents with clear guidance and support.
Mums Baby Magazine give the Sing to Your Baby Book and CD 8/10. Sing to Your Baby is an ideal gift for expecting parents, new-borns, infants and toddlers which retails at $19.95 from www.singtoyourbaby.net.
Have a Happy Birth with Birthing from Within by Pam England & Rob Horowitz
Giving birth is a daunting prospect. Every pregnant lady knows that eventually they are going to have to ‘have their baby’ somehow, birth is often feared by many as a painful, medical procedure.
Birthing from Within’ addresses the facts behind labour and birth, putting a positive light on the experience, suggesting ways in which to help build confidence in giving birth and how to make it a positive, family based experience which a couple can delight in rather than fear.
Birthing from Within uses Holistic Theories and Practices such as birth art and craft, visualisation, multi-sensory stimulation to help Mothers and Fathers to be build understanding and confidence upon giving birth.
Available from www.amazon.co.uk for £10.39 ‘Birthing from Within’ is a fantastic read but MBM would like to suggest that if you do buy this product, make sure you get it well before your due date so that you have time to read it and begin some of the exercises included!
Are you cycle savvy? Take charge of your body and your monthly cycles with the International Best Seller Taking Charge of Your Fertility The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement and Reproductive Wealth.
‘Taking Charge of Your Fertility’ by Toni Weschler gives a step by step guide on how to use the FAM technique (fertility awareness method) to help increase/ decrease your chances of conception. FAM is a method of charting your daily fertility signs (temperature, cervical mucus, body symptoms) for a guide on when might be the best time to try for children.
This book is also informative for those people wishing to avoid pregnancy by using natural methods of contraception rather than the more popular medical/ chemical contraceptives available on the market.
Did you know that there is a correct time to try for a particular gender of child? Toni Weschler explains why and how it is more likely that you will conceive a particular gender at a given time and gives hints and tips on how to do so!
Available from www.amazon.co.uk for £13.00 this book is recommended for any woman who wishes to gain control over her cycles and gain more understanding upon her own body.
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