Commonsense guidelines along with a pediatrician's expertise. There are critical stages of mothering, and returning to a job must be very carefully timed, he explains. . . . This is a valuable book, made so by its realistic, intelligent approach. --Publishers Weekly
Three actual families . . . are followed from pregnancy through toddlerhood. The Snows are a young professional couple, she a lawyer and he an accountant, having their first child. The Thompsons are a single (by choice) mother, a sculptor and teacher, and her baby girl. The third family, the McNamaras, is a working class couple. . . . Brazelton examines these three families' decisions and dilemmas, such as when to return to work, choosing day care, dealing with special problems such as feeding, nursing, sleeping, toilet training, illness, etc. His voice is compassionate as he empathizes with the hard choices these people must make, and his advice is practical. --Bestsellers
T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.(1918-2018),
founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston, was Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at Brown University. He was a famed advocate for children, and his many other internationally acclaimed books for parents include
To Listen to a Child, Infants and Mothers,and, with Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.,
The Irreducible Needs of Children.
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