BabyBabyOhBaby: Bonding with Your Brilliant & Beautiful Baby through Infant Massage. $32.95 DVD 45 minutes

An entertaining and informative DVD that introduces parents to infant massage, BabyBabyOhBaby provides a step-by-step guide to the techniques, joys and benefits of massaging your newborn.

Bringing Baby Home: the Ultimate Baby Care DVD. Liandrea Productions, $14.98 DVD format

This Canadian 2004 production is a wonderful, reassuring and empowering guide for new parents. With 60 minutes of hints, tips and demonstrations from medical experts and childcare specialists plus answers to frequently asked questions, Bringing Baby Home includes:

• Getting to Know Your Baby
• Understanding Baby's Language
• Helping Baby Sleep Better
• Bathing Newborns
• Recognizing Baby's Hunger Signals
• Breastfeeding
• Infant Massage
• Changing Relationships

First Year Milestones: a Monthly Guide to Your Baby's Growth. InJoy Videos, $105.00* (2 Volume DVD Set; 25 minutes per volume)

Using the popular context of monthly milestones, this video follows eight babies over time to teach viewers what to expect from a baby in the first year of life. By showing each baby’s progress from month to month, educators can help parents, staff, and students gain a more comprehensive understanding of infant growth and development.

• Volume 1: Birth to 6 Months
  Weaving together the milestones of the first six months with crucial parenting information, this volume follows four babies as they grow from sleepy newborns to babies who are sitting up and engaging with the world. Divided into two convenient 15-minute sections (Birth-3 Months and 3-6 Months).



• Volume 2: 6 to 12 Months
  From a grabbing, babbling infant to the first words and steps of a budding toddler, this volume features four babies as they develop more complex abilities, especially when free to explore a safe environment. Divided into two, user-friendly, 15-minute sections (6-9 Months and 9-12 Months).

(*Home Use price only. Please contact Parentbooks for Performance Rights prices for professionals)

The Happiest Baby on the Block. Harvey Karp, DVD $30.98 (72 minutes)

Do you learn better by watching rather than reading? Here is a chance to see how to transport your baby from screaming into serenity...in minutes. Watch as, step-by-step, Dr. Karp teaches new parents how to switch on their baby's powerful calming reflex.
The DVD also contains:

• Dr. Karp answers 25 questions from parents about calming babies and helping them sleep
• A Spanish dubbed audio track of the entire 38 minute teaching video
• Three tracks of calming white-noise sound that is an extraordinary mix of womb sounds and a newly designed pulsation that babies love (even though it sounds a little odd to the ears of an adult). Each track can be played individually, played in sequence or repeated for hours to gently guide your baby into a deep level of relaxation.

Happiest Toddler on the Block. Harvey Karp, DVD $30.98 (38 minutes)

Would you like to stop up to 80% of your toddler's tantrums? The Happiest Toddler video/DVD is the perfect companion to the book. Practice his approach for just a few days and you will be rewarded with fewer, shorter and milder tantrums! As an extra bonus, you will be building your toddler's self-esteem, teach him or her patience, respect…and having a lot more fun time! The DVD contains a bonus chapter of an additional hour of Dr. Karp demonstrating his effective techniques and helpful questions and answers from parents of toddlers.

Hospital to Home: a Security Blanket for New Parents. InJoy Videos, VHS or DVD (31 minutes); $49.99*

More than simply outlining warning signs, Hospital to Home guides parents through the steps of recovery, emotional and physical wellness and all the facets of newborn care. Easy-to-understand explanations help parents meet the demands of caring for themselves as well as their newborns and visual summaries of key concepts enhance retention. Narrated by an experienced mother with a newborn of her own, each segment imparts practical advice accompanied by footage of diverse families using the techniques in real-life situations.

(*Home Use price only. Please contact Parentbooks for Performance Rights prices for professionals)

Newborn Care: a Guide to the First Six Weeks. InJoy Videos, $49.99* (DVD format, 32 minutes)

Newborn Care: a Guide to the First Six Weeks teaches parents the ins and outs of comforting, diapering, feeding, and understanding babies. This warm and humorous video provides parents with the knowledge and confidence they need to establish a positive bond with their newborn. Topics include:

• Newborn Appearances (including senses and brain development)
• Comfort Techniques, Baby Cues, and Crying (including colic and Shaken Baby Syndrome)
• Eating and Sleeping (including breastfeeding, formula feeding, and new SIDS recommendations)
• Diapering and Cleaning (including cord and circumcision care)
• Health and Safety (including physical exams, signs of sickness and dehydration, and parent health)

(*Home Use price only. Please contact Parentbooks for Performance Rights prices for professionals)

Nurturing Touch: Instruction in the Art of Infant Massage. DVD, $32.95

This wonderful DVD teaches parents and caregivers how to use gentle massage with their children, providing the groundwork for a lifetime of nurturing.

Sign With Your Baby: How to Communicate with Infants Before They Can Speak. Joseph Garcia, DVD and book kit $57.50

Developed for hearing parents and babies, recommended by Dr. Burton White. Complete learning kit includes book, training video and quick reference guide — "a powerful set of products designed to help you and your baby begin meaningful communication."

A Simple Gift: Comforting Your Baby. Infant Mental Health Promotion Project, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. (10 minutes) VHS $30.00; DVD $45.00

This practical and inviting video presentation addresses the importance of the attachment relationship with parents in the first year of life. Based on attachment theory and current research it suggests ways parents can respond to infants and does so in a clear manner, appropriate for parents and caregivers from many cultures.

Also available: A Simple Gift: Comforting Your Baby: a Guide for Professionals. Infant Mental Health Promotion Project, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. $8.50

A Simple Gift: Ending the Cycle of Hurt. Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMP), Hospital for Sick Children. (15 minutes) DVD format $45.00; VHS format $30.00; Parent Guide $8.50; Guide for Professionals $8.50

IMP has developed a sequel to its A Simple Gift series of videos and guides.
This new resource highlights caregiver behaviours that can be frightening to young children and may be linked to disorganized attachment and future behaviour problems.

To help parents recognize and prevent interactions with their children that may be harmful, the video demonstrates simple examples of the behaviours with explanations of why they can frighten children. As well, more positive ways to interact with children are suggested. A Simple Gift: Ending the Cycle of Hurt is suitable for parents from many cultures and family backgrounds.

A Simple Gift: Helping Young Children Cope With Emotions. Infant Mental Health Promotion Project, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. (17 minutes) VHS $30.00; DVD $45.00

This videotape suggests how parents can help young children understand their difficult feelings — anger, sadness, fear, jealousy — and express them in ways that are socially acceptable. Guides for parents and professionals also available, $8.50 each.

Yummy in My Tummy: Baby’s First Foods. Liandrea Productions, $24.95. DVD, 45 minutes

Yummy in My Tummy is 45 minutes of expert advice on building a lifetime of healthy eating habits. Designed for babies 6 months to one year — or older — this lively DVD includes information on introducing solid food; making nutritious choices and menu-planning; allergies; obesity and raising a healthy, happy eater.