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Your Baby and ChildSnagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here!  EAN: 9780140263251 Edition: 3Rev Ed ISBN: 014026325X Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 560 Publication Date: October 30, 1997 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Be assured from the start--this book is written by one of the world's leading experts in child development. Penelope Leach has worked with children and families for more than 20 years, researching such areas as antenatal education, birth practices, behavioural issues and child care. The guiding objective throughout her work is to bridge the gulf between theory and family reality--and in this she is second to none. From page one you will feel completely immersed in her gentle and inspiring prose--she is authoritative without been didactic and her practical and reassuring explanations show real empathy to the feelings of parents. What's more, Leach writes from the child's point of view, making every aspect of care and each new stage reached, much more understandable and special. The book is organised by approximate age-stages, starting off shortly before birth, up until the beginning of school life. Each stage gives advice and guidance on sleeping, feeding, playing and washing as well on the cognitive developments such as thinking and talking. There are "Parent's Ask" and "Parent's have their say" sections that discuss common anxieties and assuage misplaced fears or guilt and every chapter is wonderfully illustrated and structured, allowing you to dip easily into the appropriate section. This book is more than a guide to child-care. It is an insight into your child's first years of life--their needs, thoughts and their behaviours--which will help you really communicate together. It is supportive without intruding in on your own parenting instincts and it will give you the confidence to live by your baby, not by the book. If you only buy one parenting guide, buy this. --Abi Frisby Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A must have book.This is a brilliant book. It's easy to read and informative without lecturing. It offers friendly and helpful advice and gives an insight into the psychology of your baby so you can better understand why they are behaving in a certain way. It helped me understand and communicate with my baby more effectively. Its a must have book even if you just refer to it to reassure yourself that you're not doing anything wrong. Rating:  - highly irritating and patronisingI find this book patronising and preaching, written in the most ridiculously convoluted language, and failing to clearly set out practical advice and options for how to deal with baby care. Every time I pick it up thinking it might offer something, I just get annoyed! Nice photos though. Buy 'Baby Love' by Robin Barker, it's excellent. Rating: - Best Baby Book out there!This book has seen me through four babies and I can't recommend it highly enough. Penelope Leach clearly knows just how to pitch her advice to suit both babies and parents without making you feel guilty or obliged to follow a particular routine. She gave me confidence as a new mother to follow my instincts and ignore a lot of what I was told by older people (who have since changed their opinions). Buy it, read and re-read it, recommend it and pass it on to all new mums! Rating:  - DisappointingI bought this as I wanted a book that I could refer to every now and then for advice and information on various issues. My son is currently teething and so I went to that section only to find one single page with very little useful information. I must admit the book looks great and the size makes you quite hopeful however I found the text layout a bit confusing, quite out of date pictures and not a very useful resource at all. I wouldn't recommend this book. Rating: - Please think before buying this bookLet me give you one example of this book's advice, taken from page 93: "29 degrees C... is a reasonable temperature to aim at in a room where you are going to bath her." The house, the author adds, should generally be 18C to 20C. If anyone can can find a definition of the word 'reasonable' that can be applied to this piece of advice, please let us know. No parent has ever heated their bathroom to 10 degrees C higher than the rest of their house. Perhaps some of the rest of this book is quite useful, and perhaps some of it is a bit more practical than this. But I can't trust anyone who writes like this.  Try searching the Internet for "Your Baby and Child" or Ebay for "Your Baby and Child". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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