Kathy Fray

OH GROW UP: Toddlers to Preteens Decoded is the ever-popular sequel to Kathy Fray's first book OH BABY: Birth, Babies & Motherhood Uncensored, which has been the #1 best-selling childbirth/infant guidebook in her country since 2005.OH GROW UP is a true breath of fresh air for parents who wish to holistically parent their child from a triadic Body-Mind-Essence perspective ... believing their child not to be just a Body needing good nutrition and a Mind needing stimulating education. OH GROW UP is for parents who enjoy thinking outside the square because they recognise their child has a unique mind/emotions/essence/spirit/soul - whatever you wish to define it as - that also needs their parental guidance.OH GROW UP is divided into four main sections: The Age-Stage Overviews: Five comprehensive chapters explaining the usual physical, intellectual, and social-emotional development from 1-12yr olds ... this is the fundamental information every parent needs.Children's Bodies - Parenting using Physiological IQ: A fantastically exhaustive resource providing information on holistic health, and wholesome nutrition, plus an expansive A-Z on natural remedies and therapies of health and wellness treating dis-ease and ill-health.Children's Minds - Parenting using Intellectual IQ: An incredible 'wholistic' in-depth overview to understanding children's unique individual Personalities, plus detailing the four new IQs that today's children need to be well equipped with.Children's Spirits - Parenting using Soulful IQ: The final exciting section of this leading-edge guidebook, explains Parenting's 21 Magical Secrets, and - perhaps most importantly of all - the 21 Universal Principles all children need to learn, to have them brilliantly equipped as young adults to launch into the rest of their lives

A definitive guidebook to natural health wellness for the maternity journeyOh Mama is the ground-breaking handbook for Birth Practitioners overviewing perinatal integrative medicine (holistic maternal/fetal/neonatal wellness). It outlines all the major naturopathic maternity health therapies covering: pre-conception, antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and the neonate.While written for clinicians, Oh Mama is still highly readable for expectant mothers-to-be as a succinct guide to integrative medicine relating to pregnancy, childbirth, the postnatal period, and newborns.For anyone seeking awareness of all the natural health options available during the maternity journey, Oh Mama is the definitive, go-to encyclopedic-style international reference resource.Oh Mama is divided into four topic areas: Overview of Therapeutic Modalities and their wellness-supportive properties during the maternity journey. Includes acupuncture/acupressure/moxibustion, Ayurvedic Indian herbalism, Bach's flower essences, Bowen therapy, chiropractic, essential oil/aromatherapy, homeopathy, hypnotherapy (incl hypnobirthing), massage, osteopathy, reflexology, reiki, shiatsu, tissue cell-salts, traditional Chinese medicine, and Western herbal medicine.The Antepartum. Pre-conception wellness preparation, natural alternative remedies for common minor discomforts of pregnancy, natural complementary therapies for complex medical complications of pregnancy, and the naturopathic essentials of birth preparation.The Intrapartum. Holistic support of natural labour to achieve normal birth, plus complementary remedies for complex obstetric complications. Including the five Birth-Rite must-haves, First Stage Labour (latent, active and advanced-active transitional), Second Stage Birth, and Third Stage Placenta.The Postpartum. Comprehensive directory of supportive remedies for both maternal and neonatal health and unhealth.About the AuthorKathy Fray is a midwife who has been New Zealand's #1 bestselling maternity author since 2005, a country recognized as leading in maternal healthcare. She is a global thought leader on Perinatal Integrative Medicine, i.e. holistic maternal/fetal/neonatal wellness. Kathy is also managing director of MothersWise.com, an online Prenatal Education curriculum, and founding director of IIMHCO (Intl Integrative Maternity HealthCare Org).