Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities -- From the Very Start Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition
by Magda Gerber; Allison Johnson
The founder and director of Resources for Infant Educarers in Los Angeles provides a gold mine of advice on infant care and development. Infant specialist Magda Gerber shows parents her methods for raising a child to be confident and self-motivated. Gerber tells parents what to expect at each stage of development and how to help their children learn and grow at their own pace. 13 photos.
From the rear cover
"A vital resource for new and expectant parents."-- Ed Greene, Ph.D., Board Member, National Association for the Education of Young Children
"At long last--Magda Gerber's wisdom and spice captured in a book--what a treasure! Now parents and caregivers everywhere can benefit from learning what it means to truly respect babies."--Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Author of Infants, Toddlers, and Caregivers and Dragon Mom
"Magda Gerber's approach will deepen your understanding of your baby and help you truly appreciate the complexity, competence, and amazing capacities of the small human being for whom you are caring."--Jeree H. Pawl, Ph.D., Director, Infant-Parent Program
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
As the founder of Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE), Magda Gerber spent decades helping new mothers and fathers give their children the best possible start in life. Her successful parenting approach harnesses the power of this basic fact: Your baby is unique and will grow in confidence if allowed to develop at his or her own pace. The key to successful parenting is learning to observe your child and to trust him or her to be an initiator, an explorer--a self-learner with an individual style of problem solving and mastery.
Now you can discover the acclaimed RIE approach. This practical and enlightening guide will help you:
Develop your own observational skills
Learn when to intervene with your baby and when not to
Find ways to connect with your baby through daily caregiving routines such as feeding, diapering, and bathing
Effectively handle common problems such as crying, discipline, sleep issues, toilet learning, and much more
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- Title Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your Child's Natural Abilities -- From the Very Start
- Author Magda Gerber; Allison Johnson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Trade Paper Press, Hoboken NJ
- Date 2002-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781118158791 / 1118158792
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
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- Topical: Family
- Dewey Decimal Code 649.122
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