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Baby-Led Breastfeeding: Follow Your Baby's Instincts For Relaxed And Easy Nursing (The Authoritative Baby-Led Weaning Series #0)
by Gill Rapley Tracey MurkettBreastfeeding is easy when you follow your baby’s natural instincts Say goodbye to stressful schedules, painful latching, and worries over milk supply. In the same sensible and sensitive voice that has made baby-led weaning a growing sensation, authors Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett show how easy nursing can be when you let your baby lead the way. This comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide will help you understand your baby’s unique, natural pattern and develop a trusting and healthy breastfeeding relationship. With the help of personal anecdotes and color photos from real moms, Rapley and Murkett explain how to: • Get breastfeeding up and running in the first few weeks • Hold your baby so that he can feed effectively • Express and store milk efficiently • Avoid or remedy sore nipples, mastitis, and other problems • Wean at a natural pace Breastfeeding shouldn’t be a struggle, and, if you stay in tune with your baby, it can be effortless. Baby-Led Breastfeeding will give you the tools to create a happy and fulfilling breastfeeding experience for you and your baby.
Baby-Led Feeding: A Natural Way to Raise Happy, Independent Eaters
by Jenna HelwigWhat if you could skip the tiny jars and pouches of bland baby food in favor of a more natural, flavor-filled, and family-friendly transition to solid foods? Baby-led feeding (also known as baby-led weaning) is just that. Feeding your baby a variety of healthy, wholesome solid foods, rather than relying solely on purees, is thought to promote motor skills and establish lifelong healthy eating habits. Here, author and food editor at Parents magazine Jenna Helwig gives an easy-to-follow introduction to this popular new method. With more than 100 ideas and recipes, this bright, photo-driven book includes chapters on the benefits of this approach, when and how to get started, essential safety and nutrition guidelines, frequently asked questions, basic fruit and vegetable prep, more complex finger foods, and family meals. All recipes have been reviewed by a registered dietitian and include nutrition information to ensure a healthy mealtime.
Baby-Led Weaning In 5 Easy Steps: A New Parent's Guide
by Courtney BlissA step-by-step guide to introducing your baby to solid foods and healthy habits Discover the ideal introduction to baby-led weaning for new parents. This comprehensive, five-step process makes it simple to introduce your little one to a wide array of foods that will satisfy their nutritional and sensory development without the need for special purees or prepackaged baby foods. Baby-Led Weaning in 5 Easy Steps features: A multi-step plan—Straightforward guidance transitions you from the basics of baby-led weaning and baby nutrition to shared family meals. Recipes babies will love—Try out a variety of simple recipes, like Pumpkin Pie Toast, Minty Peas, Cheesy Egg Triangles, Beef Tacos, and Baby's First Chickpea Curry. Troubleshooting tips—Learn how to keep your cool and stay on plan, even when dealing with messy food play, painful teething, and more. Help your baby develop a positive relationship with food that will last a lifetime thanks to this baby-led weaning guide.
Baby-Led Weaning Recipe Book: 120 Recipes to Let Your Baby Take the Lead
by Annabel KarmelA complete recipe guide to weaning babies and toddlers into solid foods from the UK’s #1 children’s cooking author. For 25 years, Annabel Karmel has been the person families turn to when it comes to delicious, nutritious recipes for weaning children onto solid food. While lots of parents start out with smooth spoon-led purees, baby-led weaning (BLW) is fast growing in popularity. But you don't have to choose one or the other. Baby-Led Weaning Recipe Book is designed to offer a flexible approach to weaning. These expert recipes are designed to offer a flexible approach to weaning with simple methods and everything parents need to know about getting started with self-feeding. Baby-Led Weaning Recipe Book is a must-have resource for parents and is the perfect standalone guide for those wanting to explore this method exclusively.
Baby-Led Weaning, Completely Updated and Expanded Tenth Anniversary Edition: The Essential Guide--how To Introduce Solid Foods And Help Your Baby To Grow Up A Happy And Confident Eater (The Authoritative Baby-Led Weaning Series #0)
by Gill Rapley Tracey MurkettFrom the founders of Baby-Led Weaning: This is the authoritative guide to starting solid foods at your child’s pace—as they start the transition away from breastmilk or formula as early as 6 months—with no stress, no fuss, and no mush! Ten years ago, Baby-Led Weaning ended the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed purées. In fact, at about six months, most babies are ready to discover solid food for themselves. Today, baby-led weaning (BLW) is a global phenomenon—and this tenth anniversary edition of the definitive guide explains all its benefits: Baby participates in family meals right from the start, and learns to love a variety of foods. Nutritious milk feedings continue while Baby transitions to solids at his or her own pace. By self-feeding, Baby develops hand-eye coordination, chewing skills—and confidence! Plus, this edition is updated with the latest research on allergy prevention and feeding Baby safely, a guide to using BLW at daycare, and much more. Here is everything you need to know about teaching your child healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime.
Baby-Led Weaning: The Essential Guide to Introducing Solid Foods—and Helping Your Baby to Grow Up a Happy and Confident Eater
by Gill Rapley Tracey MurkettThe Natural, No-Fuss, No-Purée Method for Starting Your Baby on Solid Foods “[Baby-Led Weaning] makes life so much easier.” —The Times, LondonBaby-Led Weaning explodes the myth that babies need to be spoon-fed and shows why self-feeding from the start of the weaning process is the healthiest way for your child to develop. With baby-led weaning (BLW, for short), you can skip purées and make the transition to solid food by following your baby’s cues.At about six months, most babies are ready to join the family at the kitchen table and discover food for themselves. Baby-Led Weaning is the definitive guide to this crucial period in your child’s development, and shows you how to help your baby:Participate in family meals right from the startExperiment with food at his or her own paceDevelop new abilities, including hand-eye coordination and chewingLearn to love a variety of foods and to enjoy mealtimesBaby-led weaning became a parenting phenomenon in the UK practically overnight, inspiring a fast-growing and now international online community of parents who practice baby-led weaning—with blogs and pictures to prove it! In Baby-Led Weaning, world-leading BLW authority Gill Rapley and early BLW practitioner and coauthor Tracey Murkett deliver everything you need to know about raising healthy, confident eaters.
Baby-led Parenting: The easy way to nurture, understand and connect with your baby
by Gill Rapley Tracey MurkettLearn how to use your baby’s natural instincts and abilities to give him the very best start in life. This practical and sensitive guide shows you how following your baby’s lead will help you develop a strong and loving relationship from birth. Find out how to: • Understand your baby’s true needs • Recognise what your baby is trying to tell you • Manage sleep, feeding and crying gently and without stress • Support your baby’s natural desire to learn Baby-led Parenting will help you and your baby make the most of the critical period from birth to crawling, creating the perfect foundation for a calm and happy childhood.
Baby-led weaning (edición revisada y actualizada): 80 recetas para que tu hijo coma solo
by Begoña PratsEl Baby-Led Weaning, o BLW, es un método de alimentación para bebés que consiste en, a partir de los seis meses, introducir alimentos sólidos para que coma por sí solo y... Espera, espera! ¿Alimentos sólidos? ¡¿Un bebé de seis meses comiendo por sí solo?! ¡Pues claro! Si le damos los alimentos adecuados para su edad, cocinados según sus necesidades, el bebé aprende a regular lo que come de forma natural, mejora su psicomotricidad fina, desarrolla una relación saludable con los alimentos e incluso come con vosotros. ¿A que suena bien? Sí, sí. Claro, pero... ¡Nada de peros! Tienes entre tus manos la oportunidad perfecta de ayudarle a descubrir la comida de forma divertida y en familia. Además, me tienes a mí: voy a resolver tus dudas sobre el Baby-Led Weaning y te propongo 80 recetas de comidas, cenas y repostería. ¿A qué estás esperando? Te garantizo que los resultados te sorprenderán. ¡Vamos a por ello! ----- A partir de los seis meses tu bebé puede empezar a comer alimentos sólidos para complementar los nutrientes de la leche materna o de fórmula. El Baby-Led Weaning propone olvidarse de purés y papillas y ofrecer al bebé alimentos sólidos cocinados de manera óptima para que pueda alimentarse por sí mismo. Tu bebé descubrirá sabores, colores, texturas y olores sentado a la mesa en familia y aprenderá a usar los cubiertos a su ritmo. No solo mejorará la masticación y la coordinación ojo-mano, además aprenderá a autorregular lo que come, a identificar cuando se siente saciado y desarrollará una relación mucho más sana con la comida. No en balde el Baby-Led Weaning es el método de destete más común en los países del norte de Europa, recomendado en España por la Asociación Española de Pediatría (AEP) y la Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria (AEPap). ¿Te animas a probarlo?
Baby-led weaning: 0% dramas, 100% soluciones
by Begoña Prats Sara TraverUn libro interactivo para resolver todas las dudas sobre el baby-led weaning. - ¿Os gustaría empezar a introducir alimentos sólidos en la alimentación de vuestro bebé, pero no sabéis cómo? - ¿Habéis oído hablar del baby-led weaning, pero no tenéis muy claro qué es? - ¿O ya estáis inmersos en el proceso y os han surgido dudas? - ¿Se os da bien, pero queréis saber cómo organizaros mejor? Este libro interactivo está pensado para todos los que os encontréis en cualquier fase del proceso de ofrecer alimentos sólidos o líquidos a su bebé de entre los 6 y los 12 meses, como complemento de la leche. Podéis leerlo en orden o ir directamente al apartado que os interesa, avanzar mes por mes o buscar la solución al problema que tenéis justamente hoy. Queremos ir de la mano con vosotros, mes a mes, ofreciéndoos soporte, solucionando las dudas, avanzando y retrocediendo según sean vuestras necesidades. Porque la alimentación complementaria no es una cuesta por la que ir ascendiendo sino más bien una montaña rusa, llena de subidas y bajadas; comprender por qué pasan las cosas y encontrar la respuesta adecuada os dará confianza y motivación. Vienen meses muy divertidos y queremos que los viváis con la mayor calma y disfrute posible. Además, vamos a ofreceros un montón de recursos útiles y, por supuesto, 30 recetas para que no os falten ideas. Una alimentación 100% soluciones, 0% dramas.
Baby-led weaning: 70 recetas para que tu hijo coma solo
by Begoña PratsEl Baby-Led Weaning, o BLW, es un método de alimentación para bebés que consiste en, a partir de los seis meses, introducir alimentos sólidos para que coma por sí solo y... ¡Espera, espera! ¿Alimentos sólidos? ¡¿Un bebé de seis meses comiendo por sí solo?! ¡Pues claro! Si le damos los alimentos adecuados para su edad, cocinados según sus necesidades, el bebé aprende a regular lo que come de forma natural, mejora su psicomotricidad fina, desarrolla una relación saludable con los alimentos e incluso come con vosotros. <P><P> ¿A que suena bien? Sí, sí. Claro, pero... ¡Nada de peros! Tienes entre tus manos la oportunidad perfecta de ayudarle a descubrir la comida de forma divertida y en familia. Además, me tienes a mí: voy a resolver tus dudas sobre el Baby-Led Weaning y te propongo 70 recetas de comidas, cenas y repostería. ¿A qué estás esperando? Te garantizo que los resultados te sorprenderán. ¡Vamos a por ello! ----- A partir de los seis meses tu bebé puede empezar a comer alimentos sólidos para complementar los nutrientes de la leche materna o de fórmula. El Baby-Led Weaning propone olvidarse de purés y papillas y ofrecer al bebé alimentos sólidos cocinados de manera óptima para que pueda alimentarse por sí mismo. Tu bebé descubrirá sabores, colores, texturas y olores sentado a la mesa en familia y aprenderá a usar los cubiertos a su ritmo. No solo mejorará la masticación y la coordinación ojo-mano, además aprenderá a autorregular lo que come, a identificar cuando se siente saciado y desarrollará una relación mucho más sana con la comida. No en balde el Baby-Led Weaning es el método de destete más común en los países del norte de Europa, recomendado en España por la Asociación Española de Pediatría (AEP) y la Asociación Española de Pediatría de Atención Primaria (AEPap). ¿Te animas a probarlo?
Baby: A Soppy Story
by Philippa RiceFrom a #1 New York Times best-selling graphic novelist comes BABY, a collection of all new comics and illustrations about the small, intimate moments of a couple expecting their first baby. In this sequel to Soppy: A Love Story, the couple experience many heartwarming moments, as well as challenges, while planning to have a baby, going through pregnancy, childbirth, and caring for a newborn.
Baby: Operating instructions no baby should be delivered without
by Steve Tague Julie LongCongratulations on becoming a BABY owner! Your new acquisition, with proper care and maintenance, should provide you with many years of enjoyment. This manual is a complete guide to the care and operation of your new unit. Instructions for models XX-G, “Baby Girl” and XY-B, “Baby Boy” are included herein, with specific instructions for handling, filling, storing, transporting, cleaning, and troubleshooting. To keep your unit in proper working order, please follow all instructions carefully. Warning: The publishers of this manual are not responsible for any damage unit causes to owner’s home, property, or mental health. Please allow up to nine months for delivery.
BabyCalm: A Guide for Calmer Babies and Happier Parents
by Sarah Ockwell-SmithSince having her first child nine years ago, Sarah Ockwell-Smith has worked tirelessly to prepare parents for the birth of their child. An antenatal teacher and a doula, with a background in psychology, she founded an award-winning company Babycalm ? with one aim in mind - to turn stressed-out new parents and crying babies into happier parents and calmer babies. She has a great understanding of the minds of new parents and is passionate about gentle parenting - letting parents know that it is OK to trust their instincts, that there are other ways to cope as a new mother without putting your baby into a strict routine or resorting to controlled crying. This book takes a different approach to the vast array of books out there - helping new parents to enjoy their baby and to trust in their own parenting instincts, offering a refreshing alternative to prescriptive, routine-led parenting. BABYCALM will help you understand your baby and yourself as a new parent. It offers plenty of ideas about calming techniques and how to encourage your baby to sleep well and will enable you to feel confident and at ease in your new role.A happy mum and a calm baby go hand in hand and this book will get you off to a great start.
BabyCalm: A Guide for Calmer Babies and Happier Parents
by Sarah Ockwell-SmithSince having her first child nine years ago, Sarah Ockwell-Smith has worked tirelessly to prepare parents for the birth of their child. An antenatal teacher and a doula, with a background in psychology, she founded an award-winning company Babycalm ™ with one aim in mind - to turn stressed-out new parents and crying babies into happier parents and calmer babies. She has a great understanding of the minds of new parents and is passionate about gentle parenting - letting parents know that it is OK to trust their instincts, that there are other ways to cope as a new mother without putting your baby into a strict routine or resorting to controlled crying. This book takes a different approach to the vast array of books out there - helping new parents to enjoy their baby and to trust in their own parenting instincts, offering a refreshing alternative to prescriptive, routine-led parenting. BABYCALM will help you understand your baby and yourself as a new parent. It offers plenty of ideas about calming techniques and how to encourage your baby to sleep well and will enable you to feel confident and at ease in your new role.A happy mum and a calm baby go hand in hand and this book will get you off to a great start.
BabyCalm: A Guide for Calmer Babies and Happier Parents
by Sarah Ockwell-SmithSince having her first child nine years ago, Sarah Ockwell-Smith has worked tirelessly to prepare parents for the birth of their child. An antenatal teacher and a doula, with a background in psychology, she founded an award-winning company Babycalm ™ with one aim in mind - to turn stressed-out new parents and crying babies into happier parents and calmer babies. She has a great understanding of the minds of new parents and is passionate about gentle parenting - letting parents know that it is OK to trust their instincts, that there are other ways to cope as a new mother without putting your baby into a strict routine or resorting to controlled crying. This book takes a different approach to the vast array of books out there - helping new parents to enjoy their baby and to trust in their own parenting instincts, offering a refreshing alternative to prescriptive, routine-led parenting. BABYCALM will help you understand your baby and yourself as a new parent. It offers plenty of ideas about calming techniques and how to encourage your baby to sleep well and will enable you to feel confident and at ease in your new role.A happy mum and a calm baby go hand in hand and this book will get you off to a great start.
BabyCalm: A Guide for Parents on Sleep Techniques, Feeding Schedules, and Bonding with Your New Baby
by Sarah Ockwell-SmithCongratulations! You are about to become, or recently became, a new mom. But now what? You may feel overwhelmed by all the advice given to you by friends, family members, online sites, and the slew of contradicting information about calming a crying baby, getting on a feeding schedule, and training your infant to sleep through the night. BabyCalmTM (a company founded in 2007 in England by Sarah Ockwell-Smith and expanding to the United States this year) runs classes that aim to turn stressed-out parents and crying babies into happier parents and calmer babies. In BabyCalmTM, Ockwell-Smith sets out to provide new mothers with the inspiring ethos and methods of her successful company.BabyCalmTM aims to empower new parents to raise their baby with confidence. Focused primarily for new mothers (but with a plethora of sound advice for fathers as well), Ockwell-Smith provides a wealth of information-starting with trusting your maternal instincts above all else-on calming your crying baby, implementing sleep training techniques, facilitating a feeding schedule, bonding with your new infant, understanding your baby's essential needs, and much more. Including parenting tips from around the world as well as ways in which to create confident children, BabyCalmTM is the only book you'll need to set you on the solid path of good (and stress-free) parenting during your baby's first year.
BabySafe in Seven Steps
by Samantha Rose Kevin Schwartz Keith GarberThe "founding fathers" of babyganics, the much-loved brand of baby-safe household and body care products, share some surprising news: "Green" isn't necessarily baby-safe. But here's the good news: What's safe and good for a baby is always good for the planet. It's a simple change in perspective, and everybody wins! Now these authors have written a vital guide to creating a baby-safe home, diet, and environment that's healthy and happy for your new family. When a new baby comes home, you suddenly start paying close attention to everything he touches and everything that touches him. From cleaning your floors and countertops to giving a bath or applying sunscreen to grooming your pets--now that a baby's involved, everything raises the same simple question: How safe is it for my family? Kevin Schwartz and Keith Garber know babies. And they know safety--especially when it comes to protecting, moisturizing, nourishing, and cleaning babies. In BabySafe in Seven Steps, they've applied their family-tested and expert research to these seven critical categories: * MOMMY DETOX: How to reduce exposure to additives, preservatives, and chemicals in food and beauty products while pregnant--plus essential tips for safeguarding the nursery * "CRIB" IMPROVEMENT: Here's help in identifying toxins under the sink, in the garage, or on the patio--and how to mix your own DIY baby-safe cleaners * PAMPERED BABIES: Advice on selecting the best diapers, soaps, shampoos, and laundry detergent for your little one * PLAYING SAFE: How to avoid PVCs in toys, understand "choking hazard" warnings, and ensure that rattles, teething rings, and other gear are safe * FAMILY FOOD FUN: Helpful hints for choosing, cooking, and storing the most nutritious snacks, meals, and treats * FUR BABIES MATTER, TOO: Learn the baby-safe ways to groom, bathe, and play with your pets * WORLD-PROOFING: How to fertilize your lawn without pesticides, keep bugs away naturally, protect baby skin from the sun, and prepare for dirty parks, playrooms, and changing stations. These seven steps make it easy and affordable to create an environment that will allow your baby to develop and explore freely and safely--so that you can relax and enjoy every special moment!From the Trade Paperback edition.
BabyTalk
by Sally WardParents profoundly influence their child's language development, including their ability to listen, understand, and communicate. From birth to three years is the crucial window of opportunity during which a child's learning potential is at its fullest and most formative. Now with this amazing book, parents can use the revolutionary BabyTalk program to maximize their baby's language skills-- and provide a solid foundation for later learning--in just thirty minutes a day!A simple and fun one-on-one program created by a renowned speech and language therapist, BabyTalk is based on extensive clinical experience and is firmly rooted in natural parent-child interaction. What's more, it fits into the normal pattern of your child's play! You'll discover how to best talk to your child-and what to talk about-at each stage of development, including how to* CREATE an environment in your home that most benefits your baby's development* NURTURE your child to become a confident communicator* STRENGTHEN his or her ability to concentrate and retain information* STIMULATE your child with specific toys and books at each stage* RECOGNIZE problems that may hinder language development* PRESENT games, play ideas, and words to stimulate the imaginationUse BabyTalk to give your baby a lifelong advantage for learning!From the Trade Paperback edition.
Babyface
by Norma Fox MazerWhen Toni's luck runs out, real life comes calling Toni and Julie were both born right after their parents moved in next to one another, and the two girls have hardly been separated since. Julie is tall and outspoken and stands up for herself, but really she's just trying to survive until she turns eighteen so she can move out before her parents' constant fighting drives her crazy. Meanwhile, Toni, small and shy, has the perfect family: no financial worries and two parents who obviously adore her. Compared to Julie, Toni knows she's lucky. But when Julie's mom moves her family to San Francisco for the summer, Toni faces new challenges. Some changes are fun, like getting to know the cutest boy in school--but some, like discovering that maybe your family isn't as perfect as you thought, aren't quite so easy.
Babygate
by Dina Bakst Phoebe Taubman Elizabeth GedmarkMoms-to-be get tons of advice on strollers, sleep training, and post-baby workouts. What they don't get is straight talk about navigating the workplace during pregnancy and new parenthood - factors that put many women's jobs in jeopardy. That's why Babygate is essential: the first and only guide to supply parents with the tools they need to keep their jobs. Babygate breaks down the laws on topics across the parenthood spectrum in clear, conversational language, and includes a state-by-state guide so readers know exactly how they're protected (or not) in their hometowns. Best of all, Babygate includes a road map for confronting family-responsibilities discrimination, and a concrete plan for creating a more family-friendly nation.In Babygate, three legal experts share practical tips, real-life stories from moms and dads, and key legal information to spotlight the protections expecting and new parents have (and don't have) in the workplace. This step-by-step guide covers everything from morning sickness to maternity leave to confronting discrimination on the job. Includes quizzes, charts, checklists, sample letters to employers, and a comprehensive breakdown of individual state laws on pregnancy, parenthood, and the workplace.Dina Bakst, Phoebe Taubman, and Elizabeth Gedmark are attorneys for A Better Balance, a legal center created to advance the rights of pregnant women and caregivers in the American workplace. A Better Balance's legislative advocacy - paired with litigation, research, public education, and technical assistance to state and local advocates - has generated new protections for millions of workers across the country.
Babyhood
by Paul ReiserFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Couplehood and Familyhood: Insights on infants with &“an out-loud laugh on every page&” (San Francisco Chronicle). Just as Paul Reiser and his wife had finally figured out how to successfully live together as two people, why would they want to jeopardize everything with a whole new human being? Sitting next to two exceptionally loud little ones on an airplane gives them some strong arguments against it, but if they don&’t &“take the next step,&” who&’s going to drive them around when they&’re old and cranky? This classic New York Times bestseller from the actor and comedian contemplates the indecision, the anxiety, the exhaustion, and the hard-earned rewards of deciding to perpetuate the species. &“For the couple considering parenthood as well as for parents who are decades past their days of diaper changing . . . this book hits home and hits the funnybone.&” —Chicago Tribune &“Reiser knows how to wrench a laugh from sticky situations, and in his life, since his firstborn arrived, every situation has been sticky or moist.&” —Los Angeles Times &“This book won&’t help you be a better parent, but it might put you in a better frame of mind about the whole experience.&” —Detroit News
Babyhood
by Penelope LeachLeach show us, almost month by month, what your baby will do so that you can understand and anticipate your child's development and behavior. She explains what is happening to the child - physically, mentally and emotionally - from newborn to 2 years old
Babylon Sisters
by Pearl CleageCatherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a lovely home, and a beautiful, intelligent daughter on her way to Smith College. What Catherine doesn't have: a father for her child- and she's spent many years dodging her daughter's questions about it. Now Phoebe is old enough to start poking around on her own. It doesn't help matters that the mystery man, B.J. Johnson--the only man Catherine has ever loved--doesn't even know about Phoebe. He's been living in Africa. Now B.J., a renowned newspaper correspondent, is back in town and needs Catherine's help cracking a story about a female slavery ring operating right on the streets of Atlanta. Catherine is eager to help B.J., despite her heart's uncertainty over meeting him again after so long, and confessing the truth to him--and their daughter. Meanwhile, Catherine's hands are more than full since she's taken on a new client. Atlanta's legendary Miss Mandeville--a housekeeper turned tycoon--is eager to have Catherine staff her housekeeping business. But why are the steely Miss Mandeville and her all-too-slick sidekick Sam so interested in Catherine's connection to B.J.? What transpires is an explosive story that takes her world--not to mention the entire city of Atlanta--by storm. From the New York Times bestselling author of What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day comes another fast-paced and emotionally resonant novel, by turns warm and funny, serious and raw. Pearl Cleage's ability to create a gripping story centered on strong, spirited black women and the important issues they face remains unrivaled.
Babylonne
by Catherine JinksIn the violent and predatory world of thirteenth-century Languedoc, Pagan's sixteen-year-old daughter disguises herself as a boy and runs away with a priest who claims to be a friend of her dead father and mother, not knowing whether or not she can trust him, or anyone.
Babylost: Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z
by Monica J. CasperThe U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. Though the infant mortality rate overall has improved over the past century with public health interventions, racial disparities have not. Racism, poverty, lack of access to health care, and other causes of death have been identified, but not yet adequately addressed. The tragedy is twofold: it is undoubtedly tragic that babies die in their first year of life, and it is both tragic and unacceptable that most of these deaths are preventable. Despite the urgency of the problem, there has been little public discussion of infant loss. The question this book takes up is not why babies die; we already have many answers to this question. It is, rather, who cares that babies, mostly but not only Black and Native American babies, are dying before their first birthdays? More importantly, what are we willing to do about it? This book tracks social and cultural dimensions of infant death through 58 alphabetical entries, from Absence to ZIP Code. It centers women’s loss and grief, while also drawing attention to dimensions of infant death not often examined. It is simultaneously a sociological study of infant death, an archive of loss and grief, and a clarion call for social change.