Insructs parents on raising intelligent and emotionally stable children, from newborns to toddlers, by encouraging healthy brain activity and development and debunking traditional and contemporary "brain-boosting" methods.

Includes chapters on breastfeeding, baby formulas, bottles and nipples, peeing and pooping, sleep, crying, diapering, bathing, clothing and accessories, car safety, air travel, choosing a pediatrician, health, fevers, jaundice, photography.

Examples and advice from doctors to show parents how to maximize their baby's potential with the Brightening Minds Program. Includes demonstrations of activities as well as information on mental, physical and emotional development.

Shows parents that setting limits is not punishment, but a loving way to teach a child how to control his or her own behavior.

Infants' brains are actively developing with everything they experience. Examine how newborns fit into the sensorimotor stage - tracing cognitive development from simple reflexes to beginnings of thought. Explore infant intelligence, information processing and memory. See the progression of infant communication from crying - to giggling - to euphoric babbling and their first words! Understand how language is learned and how caregivers can use infant-directed...

"Surveys the biology, physics, chemistry and other forces which drive the rapid changes that occur in a baby's body every day. The story progresses from the moment of conception through each phase of development in the womb and beyond as the baby is born and matures into a talking, walking individual with a unique personality. Chapters are organized by both stage and type of growth. Features 250 color photographs and illustrations in an innovative...