Parenting By Heart by Pinky McKay
Bringing a new baby home can be one of the most intimidating experiences of our lives and can fill us with self-doubt. In order to nurture our child, says parenting expert Pinky McKay, we must maintain our own sense of worth. Bonding with our baby and learning to trust our maternal/paternal instincts is vital. In Parenting By Heart, Pinky offers practical and reassuring advice on:
- bonding with your new baby
- feeding
- sleeping
- routines
- play and massage
- your new life as a family
Pinky's techniques are based on the latest scientific research but always come back to her philosophy that every parent and child is unique, and that parents need to follow their hearts rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Her advice will help you get to know your baby, and assist you to find the right options so that you can delight in this precious time together.
Pinky McKay is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, Certified Infant Massage Instructor and mum of five. She is a sought-after keynote speaker at conferences for parents and health professionals internationally and is the author of Toddler Tactics, Sleeping Like a Baby and 100 Ways to Calm the Crying. Her books are approved and recommended by respected bodies such as the Australian Breastfeeding Association, La Leche League International, and the Australian Association of Infant Mental Health.
Pinky runs a busy private practice in Melbourne and also supports clients around the world with gentle baby care, breastfeeding, settling and sleep solutions through her e-newsletter, web site, blog, teleseminars, workshops and private consultations.
Breastfeeding Simply E-Book by Pinky McKay
What if there was a food that was perfectly suited to your baby's delicate digestive system; that could offer both immediate and long termprotection against bacteria, viruses and serious illness such as cancer that didn't harm the environment to produce and was readily available at virtually no financial cost to you?!
Breastfeeding Simply - How to make breastfeeding easy, enjoyable and successful by Pinky McKay is a complete, easy to follow road map that reveals how you can produce nature's own amazing wonder food for your baby - simply, easily, successfully - RIGHT NOW!
This E-Book now comes with audio transcripts, so you can download the files to your MP3 player and "listen" to the book at your leisure!
Pinky McKay is an Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) who runs her own private practice in Melbourne, Australia, and is a breast feeding specialist consultant for the best selling baby magazines in Australia (Practical Parenting) and New Zealand (Littlies). Pinky is also a leading Australian baby care author of best selling books, including 'Sleeping Like a Baby', '100 Ways to Calm the Crying' and 'Toddler Tactics' (Penguin Australia). She has helped thousands of women just like you, enjoy breastfeeding with confidence. Read more about Pinky»
Dear pregnant or new mother,
Imagine the joy of your tiny innocent newborn gazing trustingly into your eyes as you hold him close.
Could there be any more powerful feeling than looking deeply into your little one's dark navy blue eyes and knowing with all of your being that you are giving him or her, the absolute best beginning in life? And that right now, you are everything to your child and everything comes from you - warmth in the comfort of your arms, the security of your presence and food that is perfectly suited to your exquisitely individual baby's needs.
Breastfeeding Simply E-Book by Pinky McKay
$19.95
(Available for instant download and now includes the audio recordings free!)
Toddler Tactics by Pinky McKay
Do you automatically cut toast into fingers?
Appreciate finger painting as much as fine art?
Hear 'no' a million times a day?
If the answer is yes, then Toddler Tactics is for you. Being the parent of a toddler can be exciting, inspiring and exhausting – all at once! Your biddable baby has now become a moving, grooving tot with attitude, and it will take all your patience and skill to deal with these changes.
Scientists tell us that approximately half of a child's intelligence is developed by the age of four: This means that your child will learn faster in the first four years than in the next forty."
Toddler Tactics is bursting with practical strategies and hassle-free advice for making the toddler years the exhilarating experience they should be, including techniques for dealing with tantrums, mummy meltdowns, walking, talking, weaning and learning, as wellas:
- Communicating with your toddler
- Discipline and good manners
- Healthy eating habitsSolutions for sound sleep
- Creative play ideas
- Toilet teaching
- Family dynamics (including introducing a new baby)
Toddler Tactics is a great resource for parents of wonderful one year olds, terrific twos and thrilling threes.
100 Ways to Calm the Crying by Pinky McKay
Here is a book that is down to earth, warm and, unlike many other books that deal with crying, respects babies.
Sheila Kitzinger
Do you end up in tears because your baby won't stop crying?
Wish you understood what your baby is trying to tell you?
Want to comfort your baby but don't know how?
The perfect companion book to 'Sleeping Like a Baby' (we recommend you buy both books), '100 Ways to Calm the Crying' explains why babies cry, from normal developmental changes to more painful conditions such as colic and reflux. Along the way, Pinky offers practical tips how to:
- Calm and connect with your baby
- Cope with crying and sleepless nights
- Identify symptoms that may require professional help.
Just like parents and families, each baby is unique. Whether you are desperate to solve your baby's crying puzzle, or whether you just want some quick tips to soothe the inevitable crying that is an everyday part of infancy, 100 Ways to Calm the Crying is an essential, one-stop reference. Its easy-to-use format makes it possible to skim over information, and choose what is relevant to the immediate situation.
Each chapter deals with an aspect of crying and tips to calm the crying:
- little night howls
- hunger
- tummy pains
- nappy rash
- breastfeeding
- walking the floor
- soothing sounds
- over-stimulation
- creating diversions
- baby massage
- lactose intolerance
- food allergies/intolerances
- reflux/colic
- from womb to room
- coping (and not coping)
This book is a reflection of Pinky McKay's 'hands on' work with parents and babies as an Internationally Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and Certified Infant Massage Instructor. Sections are introduced with facts and the latest research, interspersed with real stories from parents. Above all, Pinky McKay inspires parents with confidence - follow Pinky's gentle strategies and develop a closer, tear -free relationship with your baby.
Sleeping Like a Baby by Pinky McKay
- Are you obsessed about your baby's sleep?
- Do you feel 'weak' because you can't bear to leave your baby to cry himself to sleep?
- Would you like to relax more and enjoy being a parent?
Babies need their sleep, but sometimes it seems like the hardest thing in the world to get them to drift off. Parenting expert Pinky McKay argues that controlled crying and other current trends are restrictive and can add to the stress faced by parents.
A more natural, intuitive approach to settling your child, Sleeping Like a Baby will help you understand normal infant sleep at each stage of development, from birth to three years. Pinky will teach you to:
- Create a safe sleeping environment;
- Help your baby sleep naturally, without resorting to 'cry it out' regimes;
- Read your baby's body language so that learning to sleep becomes a stress-free process for parent and child;
- Feed infants to encourage sleep;
- Assist your baby's sleep with natural aids such as massage and music, and meditation for toddlers;
- Gently change any 'habit' gradually, with love, when you and your baby are ready and;
- Ignore the pressure to implement 'one size fits all' baby management routines and feel confident that YOU are the expert about YOUR baby's sleep needs.
Sleeping Like a Baby is a must-read for stress-free, guilt-free parenting and offers down-to-earth and heartening advice on helping babies (and their parents) to sleep better.
