Child Development

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Touchpoints : Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.  (Perseus Press)

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Infants and Mothers: Differences in Development by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. (Delacorte Press)

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A Secure Base : Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development by John Bowlby (Basic Books)

This collection of lecturers "supports the theory that there are three patterns of parent-child attachment--secure, anxious resistant, and anxious avoidant--and explores the consequences of {these patterns}. . . . Bowlby affirms that the psychologically healthy person is one who has learned to explore the world confidently, returning to an attachment figure for affirmation and comfort when necessary."

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Your Baby and Child : From Birth to Age Five by Penelope Leach, Jenny Matthews (Photographer) (Knopf)

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Dr. Leach describes—in easy-to-follow stages, from birth through starting school—what is happening to your child, what he or she is doing, experiencing and feeling. She tackles the questions parents often ask and the ones they dare not. Whether your concern is a new baby's wakefulness, a toddler's tantrums, a preschool child's shyness, aggression or nightmares, or how to time your return to work, choose day care or tell a child about a new baby or an impending divorce, the information you need to make your own decisions is right here.

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Babyhood : Stage by Stage, from Birth to Age Two; How Your Baby Develops Physically, Emotionally, Mentally by Penelope Leach (Knopf)

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Leach shows us, almost month by month, what your baby will do so that you can understand and anticipate your child's development and behavior. She explains what is happening to the child - physically, mentally and emotionally - from newborn to 2 years old.

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The Baby Book : Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two by William Sears, Martha Sears (Contributor) (Little Brown & Co)

The authors present advice on caring for newborns and infants. Topics discussed include preparing for the baby, the birth, bonding, family adjustments, bodily needs, infant feeding and nutrition, working and parenting, infant development and behavior, baby-proofing the home, and medical problems.

The Baby Book presents a parenting philosophy that takes into account contemporary attitudes and realities. The Searses call this parenting style "attachment parenting" and explain how it assures each child the attention he or she needs, and nurtures the growth of the entire family as well.

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Growing Together : A Parent's Guide to Baby's First Year (Growing Family)
               by William Sears (La Leche League Intl) ISBN: 0912500360

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The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds by John Bowlby (Routledge Kegan & Paul)

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