Becoming a new mother is a time of joy, hope, and sometimes a little uncertainty. In this timeless, warm, and heartfelt book, America's most trusted childcare experts help brand-new moms meet the challenges and changes of motherhood with reassuring advice on how to bring out the best in their babies and themselves. Above all, they encourage new mothers to trust their own instincts and thoroughly enjoy their babies.
Many new mothers embark on their journey with a shelfful of heavy volumes about childrearing. Fortunately, the most important book a new mother can read is concise and to-the-point. Busy moms will find refuge in this warm, heartfelt book by Americas foremost childcare experts.
This thoughtful, insightful, knowledgeable book grasps the essential ingredients of the role and joys of being a mother.-Marshall Klaus, M.D., and Phyllis Klaus, M.Ed., C.S.W., authors of The Amazing Newborn and Mothering the Mother
Start out on the right foot with the right book!-Marian Thompson, co-founder of La Leche League International
This is the book Ive been waiting for! A wonderful resource for committed parenting.-Janet Balaskas, author of Active Birth and Natural Pregnancy
Martha and Bill Sears reach out to give women the reassurance to make it through the first months of motherhood with as little anxiety and as much joy as possible.-Gale Pryor, co-author of Nursing Your Baby
Here is a practical, readable guide to the realities of parenting. I wish Id had this book when my children were born!-Linda Hughey Holt, M.D., author of the AMA Guide to Womancare