"From the beloved bestselling author whose books have sold more than 1 million copies, comes Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's newest addition to her award-winning parenting books, this time turning the focus to babies"-- Spirited infants are the exceptions to the "rules" : they are genetically wired to be alert and intense. Raising them takes special skills and patient perseverance. Kurcinka offers findings in the fields of neuroscience, sleep, temperament,...

Documenting the amazing development and learning that takes place in a baby's first year, this film follows one baby from birth to twelve months, concentrating on physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. The commentary explains what's behind seemingly simple everyday events as we focus closely on the baby's actions and the interactions he has with his family. The way the brain develops is described and shown visually in an easily understood...

El libro que desvela la trascendencia de los primeros meses de vida para el desarrollo socioafectivo del bebé. Un libro científico y divulgativo que aborda, en positivo, el origen de muchos de los desajustes psicológicos que desarrollan niños y adultos a raíz de un vinculo deficitario con los padres. La salud mental, la inteligencia y los rasgos de la personalidad quedan establecidos en gran parte durante los primeros meses de vida y sobre este...

What do infants and children really need? In this impassioned dialogue our country's most distinguished pediatrician and most influential child psychiatrist define what every child must have in the first years of life. Cutting through the theories, platitudes, and controversies that abound in childcare advice, the authors, both famed advocates for children, lay out the seven irreducible needs of any child, in any society, They confront the hard questions:...