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The Social Baby: Understanding Babies' Communication from Birth
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2132 in Books
- Published on: 2005-06-08
- Binding: Paperback
- 176 pages
Editorial Reviews
Barbara Lantin, The Daily Telegraph July 6 2000
'An astonishing sequence of video stills show Ethan gazing at his dad intently. Within moments he clearly imitates his dad. The video clock shows that the baby is just 17 minutes old'.
Anthony Brown, The Observer July 9 2000
'A remarkable new book.'
Natalie Clarke, Daily Mail July 13 2000
'A startling new book'.
Customer Reviews
from birth... until about four weeks old only
I may have misread the title but this book is only useful prior to becoming a first-time parent and up until about four weeks old. After that, none of the revelations regarding communication will have meaning, well unless you chose not to interact with your newborn.
With a twelve week old, this book only served to confirm what I already knew, which was assuring if anything. In my opinion, it would benefit from photos of fussing, quiet active, tired and bored expressions of 6-10 week olds.
And did this book really take 6 years to compile, or did I misread that as well?
Brilliant!
This book was facinating and was so helpful in understanding our newborn baby. It was so reassuring to observe normal behaviour in the beautiful photos and was not a how to guide like other books but enabled us to come up with our own solutions. It was recommended by my health visitor and since i have recommended it to all my friends with or having babies.
Social baby
This book is delightful and such a refreshing change from the "how to cope with your baby" genre of books for new parents!
The style is sympathetic and informative; the pictures and commentary enable you to understand how your baby communicates with you from the start. It's so wonderful to understand how strongly the newborn baby is motivated to join in with its new social world, and learn about the non-verbal messages that he's giving us. This book approaches babies as the little people that they are and delights in their abilities.
As a new parent, although not a childcare professional, I'd heartily recommend this book to parents and anyone sharing the care of babies.
