365 Things Every New Mom Should Know: A Daily Guide to Loving and Nurturing Your Child

by Linda Danis

Overview

365 Things Every New Mom Should Know combines prayerful, playful, and above all practical information with thoughtful devotions to energize new moms seeking to treasure every moment of a baby's first year.

The book begins each week with a brief devotional and prayer followed by daily tips and activities that foster a baby's physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual growth. Among the daily topics:

• beginning steps to godly character development
• capturing and recording memories
• sleep problems and how to solve them
• mother/infant exercise and baby massage
• finding moments for Mom—time management tips

Designed for ease of use, 365 Things Every New Mom Should Know will inspire any new mom—whether it's her first baby, or, in the case of the author, her fourth! A great gift for anyone who wants to lay a foundation for motherhood that will last a lifetime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736923828
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Linda Danis has a degree in marketing and spent five years in hotel management before staying at home to run a hotel of a different sort— guests ages 3, 6, 9, and 11. Linda has written Sunday school curricula, started a co– op preschool, and leads a Moms in Touch prayer ministry at her children’ s school. She lives with her husband, Dave, and children in California.

Table of Contents

Mother to Mother 7

The First Three Months

A Bundle of Joy 9

An Incredible Love

Children Are Gifts

The Postpartum Blues

The Perfect Mother

A Relationship with God

The Most Important Job

Take Care of Your Body

Loving Your Husband

Talking with God

Motherhood Is a Ministry

Looking Good!

Managing Your Home

Good Friends

The Second Three Months

A Bundle of Smiles 75

A Cheerful Disposition

Making Time for God

The Love of a Grandparent

Cherish the Moment

Oh, Those Endless Chores

The Sounds of Laughter

Take Time for Yourself

I Love Being a Mom!

Creating Memories

Have Realistic Expectations

Raising Your Children to Know God

No Comparisons Allowed

Getting Organized

The Third Three Months

A Bundle of Baby Babbling 139

Loving Your Baby

Leave Your Worries Behind

Nurture Your Marriage Relationship

Depending Solely on God

Think Positively

Praying for Your Children

Managing Your Time

Learning from Our Mistakes

Practicing Hospitality

Teach Your Children

Overwhelmed and Exhausted

Character Development

Creating the Atmosphere

The Fourth Three Months

A Bundle of Energy 199

Determining Your Priorities

Living in Contentment

The Moral Training of Our Children

Spending Time in God's Word

Lead by Your Example

Enjoy Your Child's World

The Need to Discipline

Learning to Be a Better

Mom

Grow in Your Relationship with the Lord

Brothers and Sisters

How to Discipline Your Child

Use Your Time Wisely

Our Children Change Us for the Better

May the Lord Bless You 267