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Time to yourself!
Negotiate with your partner to ensure that you have at least one weekend morning to lie in and rest, or preferably catch up on sleep. It is amazing just how that one luxury morning can fortify you for the whole of the next week, ensuring you have energy to deal with whatever comes your way. Good tips for dads on duty, are to load the baby into the pram and go for a long walk, or to go visit granny!
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Books Sister Lilian's latest pregnancy and parenting books are stocked by all leading bookstores but their availability
can be traced by contacting the publishers, Human & Rousseau on +27 (0)21 406 3036 or +27 (0) 21 406 3974
if not in a store close to you.

You can also buy them from the Sister Lilian Centre™ in Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria, or order them directly from this site. Below is an overview of contents of these down-to-earth, innovative and supportive guides to the important topics of pregnancy and child care.

Sister Lilian's Pregnancy and Birth Companion
Human & Rousseau, 2005, Cape Town, ISBN 0 7981 4516 5

Sister Lilian's Pregnacy and Birth Companion is the most comprehensive and caring book that parents-to-be could wish for.

•	Complete with a preconception plan
•	A week by week guide through every stage of pregnancy
•	How to cope with the common "groans and grunts" of pregnancy
•	What to do where more serious illnesses and complications sffect pregnancy
•	With detailed nutrition and exercise plans
•	How to choose the best possible birthing alternative
•	How to have optimal medical safety while enjoying the vast benefits of a more natural approach
•	Straightforward answers to the most frequently asked questions
•	Sensible advice for the early days after birth

The companion will stand by expectant parents as informative and nonjudgemental friend, every step of their journey to parenthood.

Sister Lilian's Swangerskap en Geboorte Boek
Human & Rousseau, 2004, Kaapstad, ISBN 0 7981 4516 3

Suster Lilian se swangerskap- en geboorteboek rus jou toe met alles wat jy wil weet omtrent swangerskap en geboorte.

•	Hoe om die gesondste moontlike baba in die gunstigste omstandighede te verwek
•	Insig in die swanger vrou se liggaamlike en emosionele veranderinge
•	Hoe om die algemene klagtes en kwale van swangerskap die hoof te bied
•	Wat om te doen in die geval van emstiger siektetoestande en komplikasies
•	'n Volledige voedingsgids en oefenplan vir die swanger vrou
•	Hoe om die beste uit al die beskikbare geboorteopsies te kies
•	Kombineer optimale mediese veiligheid met die voordele van n meer natuurlike benadering
•	Antwoorde op al die algemeenste vrae oor swangerskap en geboorte
•	Wenwenke vir die versorging van die pasgebore baba

Hierdie boek is verwagtende ouers se betroubaarste metgesel en raadgewer voor, tydens en na swangerskap.

Sister Lilian's Babycare Companion
Human & Rousseau, 2004, Cape Town, ISBN 0 7981 4456 4

This book empowers parents to get off to the best possible start with their new baby and will remain their most reliable companion throughout the early years of parenthood and beyond. In a holistic yet pragmatic manner, Sister Lilian deals with all the common concerns of parenthood in topic-driven chapters. She shares her wealth of parenting knowledge in this comprehensive baby- and childcare manual. Her workable, innovative approach and her sound and sensible, deeply empathetic advice will be invaluable to all parents. Topics include: really getting to know your baby, colic, general routine hints, breast- and bottle feeding and weaning, first foods for babies and toddler nutrition, sleep, dealing with discipline, toilet training, teething, developmental milestones, all the health basics, homoeopathic remedies, first aid, traveling with babies and children, options for working parents and many more.

Suster Lilian se Babasorgboek
Human & Rousseau, 2004, Kaapstad, ISBN 0 7981 4457 2

Suster Lilian se Babasorgboek sal ouers dra deur die eerste maande en hul betroubaarste metgesel en raadgewer word in hul kinders se vroe? jare en daarna. Sy stel ouers in staat om die beste moontlike ouers vir hul kinders te wees. Die alombekende en -beminde Suster Lilian spreek in hierdie omvattende handleiding al die belangrikste vrae aan waaroor ouers van babas, peuters en kleuters wonder. Haar praktiese raad en holistiese benadering is stewig gewortel in haar jare lange ervaring van baba- en kindersorg. Alles wat 'n ouer maar kan wil weet, word in die onderskeie afdelings behandel, en sluit in hoe om jou baba elke dag van sy eerste lewensjaar ten beste te versorg, babas se fisieke en emosionele behoeftes, koliek, algemene roetinewenke, hoe dit ná die geboorte met die ma en pa gesteld is, bors- en bottelvoeding, voedingsbeginsels en maaltydinspirasie, slaap, tande kry, toiletonderrig, ontwikkelingsmylpale, die doel me dissipline, wenwenke vir gelukkige ouerskap, babas en kinders op reis en met vakansie, al die grondbeginsels van gesondheid, noodhulp, homeopatiese medisyne en opsies vir werkende ouers.