Getting to Know Your Baby

Book excerpt: Useful and unique insights into the psychology, behavior, and development of babies—perfect for any new parent Babies arrive in the world already equipped with many skills, reflexes, and instincts that help them adapt to and influence their environment as well as the people who fill it. This book aims to help parents see the world as their baby does so that they become better equipped to help this learning process along. It explains how babies find out about themselves and their physical and social environments through a combination of interaction, experience, trial and error, and nurturing. It is divided into five sections dealing with different aspects of a baby's life, from birth through to toddler years. Throughout, there are helpful tips and suggestions about how parents can positively influence their child's journey towards independence through a better understanding of the world from a baby's perspective.