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Your baby & child from birth to age five

This updated edition of an international classic and best-seller first published in 1977 includes the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyle and family structures. Q&A boxes and color photos are included on ev...

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Main Author: Leach, Penelope.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition: Rev. & Updated ed.
Subjects:
Infants > Care.
Child care.
Child development.
Summary: This updated edition of an international classic and best-seller first published in 1977 includes the latest research and thinking on child development and learning, and reflects the realities of today's changing lifestyle and family structures. Q&A boxes and color photos are included on every page, with many new photos of babies and dads for this edition. The guide outlines five stages, from newborn through age five; for each stage, the author gives information on feeding and growth, everyday care, and crying and comforting, and, for older children, playing and learning, talking, toileting, and feelings. Writing in a sympathetic, conversational tone, Leach urges parents to meet their own needs first so they can meet their baby's needs and to do what works best for themselves and their family.
Item Description: Previous ed.: 2003.
"New version for today."
Includes index.
Physical Description: 559 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780375712036 (alk. paper)
0375712038 (alk. paper)
Author Notes: Penelope Leach, educated at Cambridge University and at the London School of Economics, is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a founding member of the U.K. branch of the World Association for Infant Mental Health. She works on both sides of the Atlantic for organizations concerned with prenatal care and birth, family-friendly working practices, child care, and early-years education. She lives in Lewes, England.

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