by Suzy Martyn

In a conversational style that makes you feel like you just pulled a chair up to the kitchen table, this easy-to-read book, Enjoying the Ride, is chock full of vital information, personal illustrations, and inspiration for the long-haul. You will not find a more inspirational and ENJOYable book on parenting anywhere. It s never been done before. There are how-to books and there are inspirational stories but there hasn t been one combined into an easy-to-read reference book with personal stories to illustrate and motivate. And, what s more, it s MOM-TESTED and has PROVEN RESULTS in families with 1 or 6 children! What Enjoying the Ride does is bring you quickly to the heart of 20 different parenting issues (birth to ten) and tell you everything you need to know in one handy chapter that is easy to reference, understandable, and ready to apply right away. You can sit down and read the entire book in an hour or you can start in any chapter that stands alone. The practical tips are designed so that you can just pick it up and jump to the chapter that relates to the issue you are most concerned about and within minutes you can have a plan of action-a proven plan of action-with encouragement to get you through. Among the topics are Caring for Your Newborn, How to Get your Baby to Sleep, Breastfeeding, Sibling Relationships, Temper Tantrums, Peaceful Mealtimes Around the Table, and Teaching Your Children Responsibility. In the back of Enjoying the Ride there is a companion resource CD-ROM that includes over 25 different charts, logs, and schedules. You can pop it into your computer and personalize it with your child s name and personal details. It includes such things as baby registry checklists, diaper/feeding logs, charts for chores/behavior/homework, and even travel and grocery checklists. Also there are immunization schedules, infant feeding logs, and tooth eruption schedules...and more! You might find one feeding chart in the back of a book on feeding but you will not find every chart on every topic in one book. And you will certainly not find it on a CD-ROM that is personalizable.