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Dr. Spock's The First Two Years
The Emotional and Physical Needs of Children from Birth to Age 2
by Benjamin Spock
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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Pocket (July 31 2001)
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Chapter 1: Communicating with Your Baby
Babies can express their feelings and needs in many ways. Learning to read your baby is very important, especially for parents who want to respond to their baby's needs appropriately. Crying is a major source of communication that the newborn baby has.

Chapter 1: Communicating with Your Baby
Babies can express their feelings and needs in many ways. Learning to read your baby is very important, especially for parents who want to respond to their baby's needs appropriately. Crying is a major source of communication that the newborn baby has.

Chapter 1: Communicating with Your Baby, Part 2
There are a variety of ways you may want to respond to your baby's cry. Babies are different in their response to different interventions by parents. Through practice, you will learn about your baby's response to different kinds of treatments at home.



Book Description

America's favorite pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Spock has helped two generations of parents raise their kids with his timeless bestseller, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care. Now, today's parents can rejoice: a new compilation of Dr. Spock's timeless advice is here!

This first-time collection of essays brings together Dr. Spock's insightful writings on connecting with your child's inner life during the all-important early years. Dr. Spock's The First Two Years covers such topics as:

  • understanding your baby's different cries
  • helping your little one cope with separation anxiety
  • communicating with your baby
  • teaching your child about giving and sharing
  • the easiest way ever to toilet-train
  • dealing with the impact a newborn can have on siblings
  • treating the most common ailments

With Dr. Spock's The First Two Years, new parents everywhere will return again and again to Dr. Spock for all of their child-rearing questions.

About the Author

Benjamin Spock, M.D.

Benjamin Spock, M.D., practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. He then became a medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The author of eleven books, he was a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all.

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