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First-Time Parent
First-Time Parent
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3 April, 2006
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Forget unrealistic childcare manuals - 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 Where are the instructions? Anticipating the questions and concerns of all new mothers-Why does my baby cry so much? Will I ever lose all this weight? Am I a bad parent because!, the 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 baby's life. Contents include: Starter's orders - the equipment and kit you really need, as opposed to what the department store tells you; Hello - how to cope with the first few hours; Start - coming home, bonding, how to survive the first few days; and Sleep - for everyone! Contents also include: Cry - why your baby cries, what to do, why you'll want to cry, too; Eat -breastfeeding, supplemental feeding, moving to solids, nutrition; Grow - baby's physical and mental development; Play - yes, you two actually can have fun; Thrive - health considerations for baby and parent; Live - adapting to your new life, the changing mother-father relationship; Work - coping with being at home and with going back to work. This book 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.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780007207558 |
| ISBN10 | 0007207557 |
| Number Of Pages | 224 |
| Item Weight | 938 g |
| Product Dimensions | 192 x 26 x 246 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Collins |
| Format | hardback |
| Edition | First Edition |
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Author's Bio
Following a degree in English from Oxford University, Lucy Atkins established a career as a successful health journalist. She often contributes articles for the Guardian and is a literary critic for both the TLS and the Sunday Times. Her work has also appeared in the Times, the Telegraph, and Red magazine. Lucy has been a first-time parent, as well as a second- and third-time one. She lives with her family in Oxford.