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Book

Your baby & child : from birth to age five

Call Number

  • PARENTS J 649.1 LEAC (CEN)

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Edition

Rev. & Updated ed.

Publication Information

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Physical Description

559 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Notes

Previous edition: 2003.

"New version for today."

Includes index.

Contents

  • The newborn
  • The settled baby
  • The older baby
  • The toddler
  • The young child.

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