The Guilt-Free Guide to Your New Life as a Mom
CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Section One: Adjusting to Motherhood 1
1. Feelings About Becoming a Mother 3
2. Feelings About Being a Mother 12
SECTION TWO: CREATING LIFE BALANCE 21
3. Getting Things Done 23
4. Making Time for Yourself 29
Section Three: Dealing With Physical Changes 35
5. The First Days After Childbirth 37
6. The First Six Weeks After Childbirth 44
7. The Months After Childbirth 48
Section Four: Enjoying Nursing 57
8. Deciding Whether to Nurse or Bottle-Feed 59
9. Starting to Nurse 64
10. Good Nursing Habits 69
11. Nursing and the Rest of Your Body 73
12. Weaning 77
Section Five: choosing the right baby products 83
13. Deciding What You Need 85
14. Selecting Baby Equipment 91
Section Six: Managing Family Dynamics 109
15. You, Your Partner and Your Baby 110
16. You, Your Baby and Your Other Child 116
17. You, Your Baby and the New Grandparents 120
18. Dealing With Sensitive Family Dynamics 126
Section Seven: Making Career-Oriented Transitions 131
19. Evaluating Your Career and Life Balance Choices 133
20. Getting What You Want From Working 138
21. Returning to Work 143
22. Becoming a Professional Mom 148
Section Eight: Creating a Safe Home Environment 157
23. The Baby's Things 158
24. General Home Safety 163
25. Baby Proofing 167
Section Nine: Going Out With Your Baby 173
26. The Logistics of Daily Trips 174
27. Safety on Daily Trips 181
28. Eating Out at Restaurants 190
Section Ten: Traveling With Your Baby 197
29. Planning What to Bring 198
30. Adapting to the Place You're Staying 202
31. Traveling by Plane 206
Section Eleven: Finding and Using Baby-Sitters 213
32, Finding Baby-Sitters 214
33. Using Baby-Sitters 219
Section Twelve: Finding and Using Child Care 227
34. Deciding What Kind You Want 229
35. Finding and Choosing Child Care 233
36. Managing Child Care 243
37. Tax, Legal and Insurance Aspects of Child Care 250
38. Choosing a Guardian 257
Afterword 260
Resource Guide 261
Index 265
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