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Full of Life Mom to Mom Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Pregnant

Full of Life Mom to Mom Tips I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Pregnant

Nancy O’Dell, host of Access Hollywood, offers straightforward mom-to-mom tips and kernels of wisdom from the minute you decide to have a baby until you bring your little one home.

When Nancy O’Dell was pregnant she found herself saying often, Why didn’t y’all tell me that was gonna happen! Nancy’s friends didn’t think to warn her about half of the things that happened to them during pregnancy — like how those red dots might appear on her chest in the third trimester or how her calves (not just her feet) would swell too much for those cute new boots.

Now that her own little bundle has arrived, Nancy shares candid observations and motherly advice that will help other expectant mothers prepare for all those spontaneous itches, emotions, skin changes, and cramps that can be quite terrifying and downright embarrassing if you don’t know ahead of time that they might occur. She even shares her mother’s delicious spice cake recipe with prunes, for those constipated days. (Hey, even in Hollywood pregnancy isn’t always glamorous.) So don’t panic if you forget the word for toothpaste or if your boobs leak before you give birth — these nine (well, ten!) months of your life will be full of crazy and often hilarious moments.

With warmth and humor, Nancy talks openly about her experiences in each stage of expectant motherhood, from pre-conception through delivery, and even the intimidating but joyful first week at home with her new baby. A sweet celebration of pregnancy and new motherhood — the good, the bad, and the just plain unexpected — Full of Life is the perfect companion for every mom-to-be who needs a little reassurance from someone who’s been there as to exactly what might happen next!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great gift!
This is a great gift for an expectant mother! I just bought one for a friend’s baby shower, and she told me she had already read every page!

5 Stars Good Advice, Entertaining, … but is it realistic for the general public?
I read this book in one day. It’s fun unlike all the pregnancy books you will read and it’s a nice draw away from the standard sterile medical type reads. I have to say, the biggest accomplishment this book serves for me are all tips she serves from when you are pregnant to delivery and after! Make little notes on the side while you read this. I love the one on one conversation you feel like you’re having. You really won’t find this kind of advice in other books. This is not a medical book, but more like a friend to friend book. But comfy read for first time moms!

Nancy is a Hollywood gal and in reality I still believe she was treated better at the hospital than most of us would. She could afford to interview/hire a baby sitter right away and get the utmost help/attention with breastfeeding and first week baby is back home. These are not realistic expectations for the general public I felt.

Overall, I love this book for making me feel sooo much more at ease about L&D!

5 Stars So much great information!
I gave my wife this book as a gift because this is our first pregnancy. She couldn’t put the book down and I got a big thank you for getting it as a gift for her. There were so many helpful tips in the book that we have not read in other pregnancy books! We love this beautiful book and are going to give it to our pregnant couple friends as a gift.

5 Stars Best Pregnancy Book I’ve Read-Kid U Not!
I loved this book! It is such an entertaining read and with every story Nancy O’Dell tells, you learn a tip or piece of advice. I’ve never read one done this way before and I loved its format. It will make a great gift for my pregnant girlfriends as well. I watched Nancy O’Dell on The Today Show talking about her book with Meredith Viera. Meredith went on and on at how great the book is and I must agree!

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20 Minutes to Effective Parenting Communication Skills

20 Minutes to Effective Parenting Communication Skills

Are you ready to change your life - and your child’s - in 20 minutes?
That’s all the time it will take to learn ten simple techniques, based on scientific research, to communicate more effectively with your child.
Learn how with 20 Minutes to Effective Parenting: Communication Skills, the first in a series of instructional videos for parents created and hosted by Don Murray and endorsed by Dr. Kathleen Armstrong, Ph.D.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars 20 minutes to Affective Parenting: Communication Skills
I think the video was right on.. Gave me a lot of tips and things to do and say when certain situations arrise with my children. I would recommend this and any other materials that you have to anyone.

5 Stars great tips that are easy to remember
I think everyone should have to have some child rearing education. I always here how parents do it differently with child #2 and child #3 - they learned on the job.

I wanted a little cheat sheet so that I could start early with child #1.

This video was so easy to watch and so easy to understand.

It’s not as much disciplining as it is giving information to your children and creating expectations through that information.

When we sat to watch the video, my husband said, “makes perfect sense.”

We have used the tips successfully ever since.

5 Stars Practical, Effective and Builds Relationship
Awesome easy to implement strategies, with immediate results towards positive behavour. These techniques improve relationships with children, are strength based and practical. A strong point of the DVD is the modeling of both scenarios - how not to use a method and how it looks when implemented in a positive way. Short (twenty minutes) and straightforward.

5 Stars wonderful guide
This DVD touches on great communication skills to use in your family–making it easy for everyone in the family to learn how to improve communication and behaviors. I would recommend this to any family who is looking to create a stronger relationship within the family, or for any family who is just looking for suggestions of ways to be more effective in communication.

5 Stars Great for “new” or “used” parents
This DVD is very useful for first-time parents or parents with more than one child. Sometimes we start off great with our parenting but the hassles of every day grind can erode the way we interact with our kids. As a father of 2 boys (ages 7 and 4) I found this DVD useful for helping me to be the parent I want to be while still having my kids become the kids I want them to be. This DVD gives GREAT information on building skills so that I can still parent my kids my way only more EFFECTIVELY.

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Preschool Brush Assortment

Preschool Brush Assortment

This 24-piece set includes 12 round tipped and 12 flat tipped brushes with seamless nickel plated ferrules, clear finished hardwood handles with natural, white hog bristles. Brushes measure from 6 to 8 inches in length.

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