Your Baby and Child

Author: Penelope Leach
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
ISBN: 024160429X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 833

Book Description
Raise young children with their well-being in mind, gaining the confidence to trust your instincts and live by the baby - not by the book. In this new edition of the best-selling guide to childcare, Penelope Leach combines her warmth, wisdom and child psychology expertise with new scientific research on the way that infants react to the world around them. Find guidance on sleeping, feeds, washing and playtime, as well as advice on your baby's physical, intellectual and emotional development through each stage of life, from birth to age five. Learn to respond to your child in a way that will create a happy and harmonious family environment as you communicate and grow together. More than just a guide to childcare, Penelope Leach's supportive approach, anchored in child psychology, is based on the idea that a child's well-being is just as important as any physical need. Explore pages or parenting tips as you explore: - A child's journey from the first few days as a newborn right through to the first days of school - Tips for sleeping, comforting, feeding and teething plus everyday care at each stage - Ideas for playing, learning, muscle power and making sounds Penelope Leach is highly regarded as one of the world's leading writers on parenting. In Your Baby and Child, she effortlessly offers practical childcare advice, perfect for a new generation of parents seeking parental guidance from a trusted child development psychologist, in a down-to-earth writing style.

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child

Author: American Academy of Pediatrics
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553393820
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 959

Book Description
Covers infant care, provides medical information, guidelines on growth, safety rules, and a discussion of family issues such as adoption, twins, etc.

Your Growing Child

Author: Penelope Leach
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307762033
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 753

Book Description
An A-to-Z compendium of vital information and comfort for every mother and father—from new parents bringing home their first infant to parents of adolescents soon to strike out on their own. As “invaluable as Spock…. An essential reference book for every parent” (New York Daily News). • From the universally admired author of the bestselling classic Your Baby and Child. Whether Penelope Leach is telling you what to do when your child suddenly develops a high fever or earache or rash, or suggesting how you might determine the reason behind your eight-year-old’s unwillingness to go to school, or helping you deal with your adolescent’s developing sexuality, Penelope Leach’s full and specific advice always reflects not only the practice of leading medical authorities but her own immense expertise and experience as a child psychologist, her extraordinary sensitivity to the feelings of both child and parent, and her grasp of the realities—financial, professional, and social—of life today.

Your Premature Baby and Child

Author: Amy E. Tracy
Publisher: Berkley Trade
ISBN: 9780425165065
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Medical professionals who are mothers of premature babies offer guidance for similarly situated parents, starting from bringing the baby home to putting the child in school. Illustrations.

Your Baby and Child

Author: Penelope Leach
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307594424
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Book Description
Penelope Leach's Your Baby & Child is the most loved, trusted and comprehensive book in its field--with almost two million copies sold in America alone. Newsweek says that it is not only one of the best parenting books, but also "by far the most pleasurable to read." This 1997 version, completely rewritten for a new generation, encompasses the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyles and new approaches to parenting. Penelope Leach's authoritative and practical style will reassure, encourage, inform and inspire every parent-to-be and new parent. Your Baby & Child is the baby book that responds fully to every parent's deepest concerns about the psychological and emotional as well as physical well-being of his or her children. Dr. Leach describes--in easy-to-follow stages, from birth through starting school--what is happening to your child, what he or she is doing, experiencing and feeling. She tackles the questions parents often ask and the ones they dare not. Whether your concern is a new baby's wakefulness, a toddler's tantrums, a preschool child's shyness, aggression or nightmares, or how to time your return to work, choose day care or tell a child about a new baby or an impending divorce, the information you need to make your own decisions is right here.

What to Feed Your Baby and Toddler

Author: Nicole M. Avena, PhD
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 0399580239
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
An easy-to-follow manual for feeding babies exactly what they need to hit physical and intellectual milestones from 6 to 24 months, with 60 simple and delicious recipes. The month-by-month format offers a clear understanding of what foods to incorporate and avoid in a baby's diet. World-renowned research neuroscientist, nutrition expert, and author of What to Eat When You're Pregnant Dr. Nicole M. Avena presents an essential guide for new parents on feeding babies during their critical first two years. Answering common questions about picky eaters, food allergies, diversifying baby's appetite, eating out or on the go, feeding baby at daycare or when with another caregiver, and food safety, this comprehensive guide offers easy monthly meal plans and baby-friendly, nutrient-rich recipes designed to support your baby's developmental milestones.

Baby and Child A to Z Medical Handbook

Author: Miriam Stoppard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399517655
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
A physician presents basic medical information on childhood illnesses and first-aid techniques and teaches parents how to respond effectively to their children's most common medical problems

Australian Baby and Child Care Handbook

Author: Carol Fallows
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780140469677
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
Deals with preparations for a baby, the newborn and its development through to a preschooler, roles and relationships of parents and children, and 50 pages on children's health. Includes modern developments in childcare and modern features of small children's lives, such as computers. Includes a directory of resources, endnotes, further reading and index. The author is editor of Australia's Parents' magazine, a specialist journalist on childcare issues, and mother of three children.

Your Baby and Toddler Problems Solved

Author: Gina Ford
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 147352847X
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Bringing together decades of successful work with families, Gina Ford Solves All Your Baby and Toddler Problems provides answers to hundreds of baby and toddler care challenges. Organised chronologically for easy reference and with detailed case studies and examples, Gina Ford, one of the UK’s bestselling childcare authors, shares her practical and realistic solutions to help you and your baby or toddler have a contented household now and for years to come. It is Gina’s belief that sleeping and feeding are intrinsically linked and that all too often babies and toddlers are subjected to unnecessary sleep training methods. Whether your baby or toddler is a fussy feeder or waking up several times a night, her holistic and gentle approach will ensure that your child’s feeding and sleeping needs are fully met, and that you resolve the root cause of the problem for good.

Your Baby & Child

Author: Penelope Leach
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780890431443
Category : Child care
Languages : en
Pages : 504

Book Description