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UNINA9910156262703321 |
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Shelton Sandi Kahn |
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Preschool Confidential |
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San Francisco : , : NYLA, , 2000 |
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©2000 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (182 pages) |
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Intro -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 And Baby Turns Three -- It talks! -- And it eats-some things, at least -- The two kinds of three-year-olds -- Toilet training... at last... finally, sort of -- Toothbrushes and other criminals -- Creative dressing: "This is what my public expects" -- How do you spell "independence"? I DO IT -- Scenes in public now that they can tell people how rotten you are -- Ranking scale of tantrums -- 2 At Day Care, They Call Me Batman -- Day care: an idea whose time has come -- The uses of a one-eyed bunny and a stack of cotton balls -- You are belly button lint, and the teacher is a goddess -- The red cup and other daycare social conundrums -- Speaking of Daddy... -- Daycare romances -- The things they can do at daycare and can't do at home -- 3 Your Life, Only Interrupted -- A simple trip to the store -- Clothes make the man -- New fashion trends you didn't think of -- Regular household chores in only twice the time -- The Arsenic Hour -- Nine consequences of picking up a magazine -- The new definition of class -- The fork in your briefcase: how the people at work now see you -- Things you never thought you'd say but now say all the time -- The telephone-why it's never your turn to talk -- 4 New Things to Worry About in the Middle of the Night -- 5 Life Is Nothing But a Big Fat Holiday -- Happy birthday presents to me... -- ... and okay, happy birthday presents to you, too -- Mother's Day -- The Halloween negotiations -- Scaring Santa Claus -- 6 Sitting Down to Supper and Jumping Up Again -- Life at the dinner table -- Okay, so here's the real |
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story of dinner -- The pasta years-and years and years -- Purple mashed potatoes -- Fourteen known ways of making macaroni and cheese -- When kids cook -- Worm blood stew-or the joys of renaming foods. |
7 Four Years Old: All That I Am, I Owe to My Preschool -- Life in the theater of the absurd -- Peer pressure -- Politics on the playground -- The witness protection program-or the new regime of daily life -- A pooster is a kid who's crying for his mother -- Birthday parties -- Talking about sex -- Death and the meaning of life -- 8 Your Life, Interrupted Even More -- Take bedtime-please -- A look around at your life -- Why we can't be on vacation when we're still in the driveway -- The vacation question derby -- The true story of baby-sitters -- Sick days-and nights -- The return to health -- 9 Signs You Live with a Preschooler -- 10 Life Among the Toys -- Lose the rubber chicken while you still have your brain intact -- Barbie and her lifestyle -- Breast-feeding the trucks at day care -- While you wait for them to play Scrabble with you, how about... Candy Land? -- Toy fads you never planned to fall for -- Stuffed animals everywhere you look -- The very worst toys -- Don't name the Mylar balloons -- 11 Just Some of the 437 Questions -- 12 Monsters, Bugs, and the Threat of Shampoo -- Monsters under the bed, behind the toilet, and in the heating vents -- The age of irrationality -- Explaining about bad guys without scaring everybody to death -- Bugs and the hourly bug census -- The bathtub chronicles -- What they worry about in the middle of the night -- Things you can only wish they'd be scared of -- Bad dreams -- 13 Yes, Virginia, There Is a Kindergarten -- Okay, there's a kindergarten-but it only lasts for thirteen minutes a day -- Kindergarten readiness -- Searching for Mr. Lunch Box -- The first day -- Cool stuff, like milk squirted out of the nose -- Living with an official member of the system -- Givesies, Backsies, and the Law of Jinx -- Show-and-tell -- This time, love is forever -- 14 Your Life, Now So Interrupted It's Not Even Recognizable. |
You might be scaring single people -- Measuring up to Timmy's mom -- The fatigue -- Opposite Day -- The minivan -- Your telephone life -- The moth hospital in a shoe box and the Glad-to-See-You fish in the bowl -- 15 When I'm the Mommy and You're the Kid... -- Sneak Peak at THE SURVIVOR'S GUIDE TO FAMILY HAPPINESS -- Discover More -- About the Author. |
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"Laugh-out-loud comments and astute remarks will help lighten any mother's load and keep things in perspective...This is a refreshing look at child rearing, written in short sections that can be read in five to ten minutes a perfect fit for a mother's schedule." -Library JournalSo you thought the difficult stage was over: the midnight feedings, the colic, the breast pumps, the endless diaper changings. Just when you thought you'd reached the blissful stretch of parenthood...here come the toddler/preschool years!Only Sandi Kahn Shelton could deliver such a dead-on, hilarious, true-ringing look at the walking, talking, crazy years. In Preschool Confidential, she explores such universal topics as:--Dealing with the mutiny in the checkout line (aka: begging or bribing?). --Presenting scientific proof that toddlers ask 437 questions per day. --Unveiling the four "answers" that any parent can recycle to respond to any toddler's question.--Understanding day-care romances. to ask (at the most inopportune moments). --Dissecting the anatomy of a birthday party (or how to control a group of four-year-olds without ropes or sedatives).--Cooking purple mashed potatoes, and emergency tactics to stave off a hunger strike.--And much more!Preschool Confidential will have you howling at the apt, accurate, and painfully honest look at the preschool years!!"The true successor to Erma |
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Bombeck's throne."-WorkingMother magazine"For frazzled working moms, columnist Sandi Kahn Shelton's funny essays on parenting are a fail-safe way to lighten up." -Wall Street Journal"I'm thankful that this very funny and observant lady is not a cartoonist!" -Bil Keane, creator of "The Family Circus" |
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UNINA9910735389503321 |
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Titolo |
Sensors and Microsystems : Proceedings of AISEM 2021 – In Memory of Arnaldo D’Amico / / edited by Girolamo Di Francia, Corrado Di Natale |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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1 online resource (411 pages) |
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Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, , 1876-1119 ; ; 918 |
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Electronic circuits |
Materials |
Detectors |
Biophysics |
Senses and sensation |
Electronic Circuits and Systems |
Sensors and biosensors |
Sensory Systems |
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This book showcases the state of the art in the field of sensors and microsystems, revealing the impressive potential of novel methodologies and technologies. It covers a broad range of aspects, including: bio-, physical and chemical sensors, actuators, micro- and nano-structured materials, mechanisms of interaction and signal transduction, polymers and biomaterials, sensor electronics and instrumentation, analytical microsystems, recognition systems and |
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signal analysis and sensor networks as well as manufacturing technologies, environmental, food, energy and biomedical applications. The contents reflect the outcomes of the activities of AISEM (Italian Association of Sensors and Microsystems) in 2021. Co-Edited by B. Andò, F. Baldini, G. Betta, D. Compagnone, S. Conoci, E. Comini, V. Ferrari, E. La Salandra, L. Lorenzelli, A.G. Mignani, G. Marrazza, G. Neri, P. Siciliano. |
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