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I received 2 booklets of the PocketRescue Series by Katrin Bain for my review. So here goes my review for the 2 booklets:

Title: Tension, Tears and Tantrums & Family Meals
Author: Katrin Bain
 ASIN:  B0065EBXXI & B007DI15WY
Paperback:  33 pages
Dimension:  inches

Description for "Tension, Tears and Tantrums":
"PocketRescue is a series of short books that offer parents no nonsense advice on one particular topic. They are short and to the point without condescending the content.
Have you ever
• shouted at your child and regretted it afterwards?
• got angry because your child is behaving
unreasonably?
• been embarrassed by a public tantrum?
Then this booklet supports you in reducing the stress your children’s behaviour causes you and enables you to respond calmly to your child.
It covers tantrums and unreasonable behaviour and includes:
- Why do children have tantrums?
- 3 ways to respond to a tantrum.
- How to stay calm, clear and connected when responding to your child."

Description for "Family Meals":
"PocketRescue is a series of short books that offer parents no nonsense advice on one particular topic. They are short and to the point without condescending the content. Have you ever
• Wished your child would eat a wider variety of food?
• Tried to coerce your child into eating?
• Been disappointed that your cooking has been rejected?

If your life as a parent of small children is anything like mine, you will be familiar with fussy toddlers, messy meal times and the frustration when yet another meal has been left untouched. This booklet supports you in reducing the stress around mealtimes in two ways. First, it looks at the meaning of food and messages you are sending out. Secondly it offers practical advice to plan, shop and cook delicious family meals without spending all day in the kitchen."

I find that the booklets are pretty nifty and easy to carry along.The information are easy to refer to as well.

For the "PocketRescue: Tension, Tears and Tantrums" booklet, it has helpful information on trying to understand the reasons for your child in having tantrums. It provides good tips on what we should do when such incidents occurs, how to stay calm and yet try to resolve the situation using the best ways possible.

For the "PocketRescue: Family Meals" booklet, it contains practical advice on how to shop and do meal planning for the family. It also comes with some recipes as well.

You can get the PocketRescue: Tension, Tears and Tantrums and PocketRescue: Family Meals from Amazon.

I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the booklets by the author in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine. And if you'd like to read my previous book reviews, you can do so by reading this post of mine called "My Book Reviews"

Last week, my cousin's daughter passed away. She was their first child and was just 3 months old.

I didn't know the exact details of the cause of death, I was told by another cousin that the baby was found not breathing by her nanny on Monday morning and her parents rushed over to pick her up from the nanny's place and then rushed to the hospital. The doctors managed to resuscitate her but she's practically brain dead even though the heart beat was there. She passed away 2 days later.

Just like that, a life cut short...

You know, sometimes when you feel frustrated with your kids:

- think about the parents who lost their child like this

- think about the parents who suffered miscarriages or had stillborn and never get to see their or touch their baby at all

- think about the couples who cannot even get pregnant and never get to experience being pregnant and feel the growing belly bump and being kicked by their baby

Think about that and start appreciating your children...

I have received a number of emails and comments from my followers asking how I get to review products and apps so I decided to list down my tips and post it (maybe weekly?) to share my experience and tips. Feel free to drop me an email or comment if you want to find out more or anything else.

Last week, I shared my first tip in getting products to review, which is JUST ASK! Here goes my second tip:

SNOOP AROUND!

Now what you need to do:

• Yes, snoop around! Browse around the Internet - look out for other bloggers websites, preferably those that does lots of reviews! 
• See what products they are reviewing.
  
• You can also check out their 'REVIEWS' tab or archive posts to get more information.
  
• Another way is to check out the sidebar of those big/popular blogs as these bloggers normally put up badges of being affiliated with or a member of some companies where they are reviewing the products from.
• You can then check out the company or sponsors of the products being reviewed by these bloggers and email to ask for an opportunity to review their products. This then leads to my previous tip #1 which is JUST ASK!

I know of some bloggers who are following my blog who did the above as I can see after my review post was published, they too get to review the same product, so yes, I know you snooped around my blog! Hahaha...

So there you go, my 2nd blog tips on getting products to review.

Try it yourself and let me know the outcome! Stay tuned for my next blog tips next week!

** P.S: Please note that it is always better if your blog has good following and good PR rank as these factors help a lot when you request for a product to review.