Your Baby Is Speaking To You
Your Baby Is Speaking To You: A Visual Guide to the Amazing Behaviors of Your Newborn and Growing Baby by Dr. Kevin Nugent is a brand spankin’ new release that is going to be added to my default baby gift list. It’s a great addition to the library of new parents. It’s tenderly written, easy to read and the photography is stunning.
Each two-page spread has a full-page photo of an infant smiling, sleeping, crying, holding a finger or gazing into space, with an eloquent and non-judgemental explanation of what the child is communicating to you non-verbally. As a new parent, it provides invaluable knowledge and just may keep you off the phone with your pediatrician or health-link nine times out of ten.
The book is divided into seven sections: Sleeping, Crying, Eating (The Sleeping Baby, Deep Sleep, Light Sleep, The Full Cry, Fussing, The Search Response, Feeding), The Amazing Newborn (The Fencer Response, Hand to Mouth, The Sleep Smile, First Steps, Hands, Pre-Reaching, The Smile of Discovery, Crawling, Feet, Yawning), Your Baby’s Senses (Responding to Sounds, Visual Exploration, Touch, Cuddliness, The Not Very Cuddly Baby), Settling In (Startles, Drowsiness, Overstimulation, Signs of Distress, Soothability, The Not Easily Settled Baby), The Social Newborn (Looking Into Your Eyes, Feeding and Communication, The Power of Your Voice, Imitation, Learning, Temperament, The Social Smile), The Growing Baby (Reaching Out, Exploring, Empathy, Learning to Love), Parent and Baby and the Lifelong Bond. It covers the first few months of life, after which those little beings get a lot easier to figure out.
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March 1st, 2011 at 10:48 pm
I wonder if this book will answer why Loghan likes getting me up every few hours at night?
March 5th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
This would be a great gift for a friend of mine.
March 11th, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Super interesting! I’d love to know what baby girl is telling me.
March 12th, 2011 at 11:09 am
Wow! Looks really neat
April 28th, 2011 at 3:13 pm
I know I am late for this, but this would have been a good book to read when my babies were little. They are now five and three years old. To late. I hope it answers a lot of questions, especially for the first time moms and dads.