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Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

by Penelope Leach (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
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Penelope Leach's Your Baby & Child has been a beloved favorite for years. With this new, revised edition, Leach has updated her information and approach to reflect new findings in the field of child development, and to respond to the changing needs of today's families. Leach has utter respect for children and their parents; she explains development, child care, and parenting concerns clearly and without condescension.

Each developmental stage--newborn, settled baby, older baby, toddler, and young child--is discussed in terms of feeding, teeth and teething, growing, excreting, crying, sleeping, playing, and everyday care. For each stage, an additional set of appropriate topics is discussed, including muscle power, speech, child care, and appropriate toys. Colorful and expressive photos display infant, childhood, and toddler behavior. With her common-sense, child-positive approach, Leach carefully dispels negative parenting attitudes, and teaches readers how to stop, listen, and learn from their children. --Ericka Lutz



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This updated version of the child-rearing standard by renowned British psychologist Leach is touted by the publisher as the "essential guide fully revised for today's family." Although the five chapter subdivisions based on the child's age remain the same, and some of the opening essays on each age are lifted almost verbatim from the 1989 edition (Knopf), critical updates in some areas of concern, such as SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), make this an essential purchase. In addition to physical growth and progress, Leach addresses the psychosocial needs of children. She also includes parent concerns and responses similar to those found in Workman's "What To Expect" series. Public and academic libraries would do well to stock the new version of this primer on children and their development for circulation as well as for the reference shelf.?Lisa Williams, Moline Southeast Lib., Ill.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book has outdated information., Aug 31 1999
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Even though this book has been revised, it still has a great deal of outdated information. I did not read the whole book because I read so many inaccurate things that I became concerned about the content. Example; give your baby pieces of raw carrot or apple long before they are 6 months old. Wrong! Major choking hazzard.
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is outdated ! Don't waste your time !, Aug 1 1999
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The information in this book is from the fifties, dressed in a modern cover. Don't waste your time. There are far better baby books available !
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5.0 out of 5 stars You Don't Need Anything Else, April 17 2009
By Glenn Simon Inc "Writer of Edmonton Real Esta... (Edmonton, Alberta / Tochigi, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This is such an amazing book. As an expat my support system is very small; it's basically my husband and I and the new baby.
This book has been my "new mother bible" and has served me so well since my son was born. The main reason is it's based on decades of experience.

During my pregnancy I used the internet as my one stop resource when I wasn't sure what I was going through was normal or not. There I could find and read other women's feedback or experiences and take the information as I saw fit. However, with concerns about the baby I don't feel the internet is the answer.

Why? Because I want an expert's opinion, especially if I'm not sure how my actions today will affect my son's life later. Often my search on the internet resulted in opinions from forums and other sites. I found it really hard to know whose advice to take when opinions conflicted. How could I be sure the opinion-givers even knew what they were talking about? It's different when you have a new tiny little baby's health and welfare in your hands.

This book always, ALWAYS gives advice that is sound and based on Leach's decades of experience. I felt that everything she said made perfect sense and is backed with true case examples. The only thing I didn't like was here stance on circumcision.

Even if you are fortunate enough to live near relatives who can help you this book is a must have for new mothers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars very informative
Excellent book. Penelope Leach addresses all kinds of questions and concerns new parents may have. If you have to own one book on child care, this is it.
Published on Aug 31 2005 by Sameera

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Reliable Reference for Parents
Even though Penelope Leach lives in England, her ideas and information feel comfortable to me in a small town in Kansas. Read more
Published on Feb 8 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary--but perhaps not for everyone
I found this book to be absolutely extraordinary.

I find myself going back to it over and over again as questions and doubts with my young boy arise. Read more

Published on Jan 27 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Good information but....
this is such a wordy, boring book to read! The author goes on and on and on with every topic. If you really love to read and have lots of time on your hands and want to delve... Read more
Published on Nov 30 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Great and "Real"
This book is great!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is very helpfull, it gives great tips that are very "real" when you apply to your kid. Good source of information, too. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2003 by Flavia

5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have for all first time parents
As a first time parent I found this book very helpfull. It shows that all your worries and anxieties are shared with every other parent and that you are not alone. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Childcare Guide 101
I received this book from another mother when I had my first child and I didn't really look at it until after my daughter was a year old. Boy, did I miss a lot! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, informative, reassuring
This book kept my attention all the way through, even before I was planning to have a child. Lots of information is presented in a way that keeps it personal and... Read more
Published on May 12 2003 by Mark Gilbert

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful start
I liked this book as good overview of developmental phases, but it is a lot more touchy-feely than her earlier book Babyhood and jumps to judgements very quickly about issues such... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good advice, but.....
I read this book when I was expecting twins, and I still thumb through it from time to time for more information. I have a different edition of this book. Read more
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