- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd; New edition edition (April 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0224060112
- ISBN-13: 978-0224060110
- Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 259 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #855,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Paperback edition to this guide to the first 12 months of human life. In a revealing portrait of life, from the baby's point of view, Desmond Morris answers the questions parents ask: Do babies dream? What makes them cry, or smile? How well can they hear, smell and taste? and more.
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A complete guide to baby care covers such often-broached subjects as why babies cry, why babies yawn when they are born, why some babies are born hairy, why babies have soft spots, and others. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour.
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Best book about the how & why of baby's behaviour,
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This review is from: Babywatching (Hardcover)
This book is a must for all people who have anything to do with babies. It explains why babies and parents behave the way they do and where this behaviour comes from.Myths like "babies can be trained" are explained and disposed of in a scientific, yet extremely easy to read and often humorous manner.
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Best book about the how & why of baby's behaviour,
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This review is from: Babywatching (Hardcover)
This book is a must for all people who have anything to do with babies. It explains why babies and parents behave the way they do and where this behaviour comes from.Myths like "babies can be trained" are explained and disposed of in a scientific, yet extremely easy to read and often humorous manner.
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A Compassionate Picture of Our Human Animals,
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This review is from: Babywatching (Hardcover)
Desmond Morris had a simple way of explaining things ... and presenting scientific evidence to help people understand ourselves. In this book about babies, we develop a compassionate view of the smallest of our species: their needs, their loves, what makes them laugh ... But what you could learn from the book is not just about babies. It is about us, even adults. Think why we laugh, think why we cry. Think what makes us happy. Think what makes us sad. We were all babies once ... and a baby is inside all of us from time to time. Most of Morris's books bring us back down to our awareness of our animal selves ... our innocence, stupidity, disguises, most basic needs and wants. This is just another one. Perfect for the parents who like to understand their babies in "principle", not just in a large set of rules of "dos" and "donts".
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Wish I had this book when I was a young dad,
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This review is from: Babywatching (Paperback)
I respected Desmond Morris from his 1960's book the Naked Ape. As a new grandfather, I wanted to understand how babies behave. Morris sets it out. For example, he reviews why babies cry: pain, fear, isolation, understimulation, etc. No baby cries w/o a reason. Primates and folks like the Bushman do the "food kiss", which we do not in our culture. After reading Morris I understand why my grandchild acts like she does, and can be a better grandparent for it. This is my favorite baby book ever.
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