Your Baby and Child Author:Penelope Leach This newest edition of Penelope Leach’s much-loved, trusted, and comprehensive classic?an international best seller for twenty-five years, with nearly two million copies sold in America alone?encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today’s changing lifestyles. — In ... more »her authoritative and practical style, Leach responds fully to parents’ every concern about the psychological, emotional, and physical well-being of their children. She describes, in easy-to-follow stages from birth through starting school, how children develop: what they are doing, experiencing, and feeling. And she tackles both the questions parents often ask?What does a new baby’s wakefulness or a toddler’s tantrum mean??and those that are more difficult: How should new parents time their return to work, choose day care, tell a child about a new baby or an impending divorce?
Whatever the concern or question, Your Baby and Child supplies the information, encouragement, and reassurance every parent-to-be or new parent needs.« less
One of my two very favorite child care/medical advice books. Very helpful with a good index. The subtitle is "From Birth to Age Five." The medical information is very useful for older children, too.
This book is a must for every mom but specially for moms whose mom is not physicaly close to help when the new baby comes. I was fortunate to have my mom for 3 weeks before and after the baby came, however, the emotions are at its highest and that book helps you a lot during those times and many months after that.
This book provides a wealth of information on the development and growth of your child from birth to age five. Each of the five sections of the book explores the developmental stages associated with each age group. An A-Z reference sections includes advice on first aid, accidents, safety, infectious diseases, nursing and growth.