A guide to baby-care. It helps you bring up your baby in the first year. It offers guidance on practical childcare issues such as feeding, sleeping and crying. It contains evidence on the way babies' brains develop, to help you understand and respond to your baby.

"Get the lowdown on baby development from pregnancy to newborn to 1-year-old with this comprehensive baby-care book.

This parenting guide from child development expert Penelope Leach provides you with all the expert childcare advice you need to help you care for your new baby through the first year.

Guidance on practical childcare issues including feeding your baby and how to calm a crying newborn is backed up by key evidence on baby development to help you understand and respond to your baby.

Find the answers to all your questions about birth, breastfeeding, baby milestones, and more. The Essential First Year is the only baby book you need for that wonderful first year, or the perfect gift for moms-to-be."