First-Time Parent: The honest guide to coping brilliantly and staying sane in your babyās first year
New unused Selling because me and my husband bought it twice First-Time Parent: The honest guide to coping brilliantly and staying sane in your babyās first year Forget unrealistic childcare manuals ā this is the book you really need to help you cope brilliantly with those first chaotic days and months ahead. As a health journalist and mother-of-three, Lucy Atkins is familiar with both the medical aspects of childbirth and baby development, and the reality of day-to-day life as an exhausted first-time mum or dad. In her feisty, humorous style, she begins with that first mind-blowing day and addresses the issues unique to the first-time parent who stares at their newborn and thinks āWhere are the instructions?ā Anticipating the questions and concerns of all new mothersāWhy does my baby cry so much? Will I ever lose all this weight? Am I a bad parent becauseā¦?āthe book provides practical advice and level-headed reassurance. It addresses the needs of the baby and, very importantly, those of the parent during the first year of their babyās life. Contents include: ā¢ Starterās orders ā the equipment and kit you really need, as opposed to what the department store tells you ā¢ Hello ā how to cope with the first few hours ā¢ Start ā coming home, bonding, how to survive the first few days ā¢ Sleep ā for everyone! ā¢ Cry ā why your baby cries, what to do, why you'll want to cry, too ā¢ Eat ābreastfeeding, supplemental feeding, moving to solids, nutrition ā¢ Grow ā baby's physical and mental development ā¢ Play ā yes, you two actually can have fun ā¢ Thrive ā health considerations for baby and parent ā¢ Live ā adapting to your new life, the changing mother-father relationship ā¢ Work ā coping with being at home and with going back to work ā¢ Also includes information on single parenting, and on adopted, multiple and special needs babies. The First-Time Parent is on your side, and reassures that you can cope brilliantly with your new baby and your new life. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit