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Pregnancy Articles and Parenting Articles

Pregnancy and parenting book author Ann Douglas (author of The Mother of All Pregnancy Books, The Mother of All Pregnancy Organizers, The Mother of All Baby Books, The Mother of All Toddler Books, The Mother of All Parenting Books, Sleep Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler, and Mealtime Solutions for Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler) has written numerous articles and tip sheets on such subjects as

• Preconception, conception, and fertility articles
• Pregnancy articles
• Birth articles
• Postpartum articles
• Pregnancy loss articles: miscarriage and stillbirth
• Baby and toddler articles: sleep, feeding, comfort, play, child development
• Sleep articles: newborn sleep, nap problems, sleep training, sleep experts
• Parenting articles and motherhood articles
• Family fun articles: games, activities, crafts
• Day care articles, child care articles, work and family articles
• Women's health articles

Note: The article archive that used to be hosted on this page has just been moved over to The Mother of All Blogs.

Note to pregnancy and parenting editors, childbirth educators, and doulas:
For updates on articles, tipsheets, and other resources that are available for reprint, please consult this page for information or e-mail Ann's assistant for details.

Pregnancy and parenting tip sheets

The following pregnancy and parenting tip sheets can be distributed by childbirth educators, doulas, parent educators, family life educators, parenting coaches, and others who work with parents and parents-to-be. See the copyright notice which appears on each tip sheet for further information. Note: You'll need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader to download a copy of each tip sheet.

If there is a resource that would be very helpful to you in your work with families, please let us know. We are in the process of developing additional tip sheets, tools, and resources and would love to hear your thoughts on what types of resources would be useful to you in your work with families.

• Conception Countdown (.pdf)
• Pregnancy Spa Tips (.pdf)
• Pregnancy Sex Tips (.pdf)
• The Complaint Department: Pregnancy Aches and Pains (.pdf)
• Pregnancy the Second Time Around (.pdf)
• Pink or Blue? Seven Myths About Predicting the Sex of Your Baby (.pdf)
• Learning to Love Your Pregnant Body (.pdf)
• Will the Sandman Ever Come? Pregnancy and Sleep (.pdf)
• The Top Ten Labor-Related Worries (.pdf)
• The Last Hurrah: Countdown to Birth (.pdf)
• Training for the Main Event (.pdf)
• Baby Fever: Why it's so Easy to Overshop for Baby (.pdf)
• What No One Tells You About Having a Baby (.pdf)
• Postpartum Survival Guide (.pdf)
• Postpartum Diva: Fashion After Baby (.pdf)
• NEW! Sleep Solutions Tip Sheet (.pdf)
• NEW! Mealtime Solutions Tip Sheet (.pdf)
• Fridge Notes: Toddler Food Guide (.pdf)
• Making Learning Fun (.pdf)
• Raising a Writer (.pdf)
• Back to School Survival Guide (.pdf)
• Winter Family Fitness (.pdf)

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Updated May 25, 2007; © Copyright 2007 Ann Douglas. All rights reserved.