This book will help you navigate the flow of information that falls on parents in the early years of raising children.
Choose breastfeeding or artificial? Leave the baby to sleep in the crib or prefer co-sleeping? Should the child be vaccinated? Use diapers or practice early pottying?
Every parent from the first days of a child's life is faced with a host of new questions. How not to drown in a sea of conflicting information and understand that you are doing the right thing if relatives and friends advise one thing, and doctors say another?
Economist and mother-of-two Emily Oster explores the current issues of parenting based on scientific facts, statistics, and research. Her previous book, Calm and Confident: Why Common Pregnancy Ideas Are Wrong and What You Really Need to Know, has helped many parents-to-be prepare for the birth of their baby.
In her new book, Emily debunks myths about parenting in the early years of life. The first part covers medical issues: examinations, weight loss in newborns, the physical recovery of a woman after childbirth. The second part is devoted to the problems that arise in the first year of a child's life - from choosing the type of feeding to hiring a nanny. The third part covers the period from the first steps of the baby to kindergarten age. How much time can children spend in front of the TV screen? How to potty train? How to organize early learning?
The final part is devoted to parents, because when a child is born, the social roles of mom and dad change. The book will help reduce stress in the first years of a child's life, provide parents with reliable information, teach them to make informed decisions and, as a result, enjoy a new role.
Author: Emily Auster
Pages: 496 (offset). Soft cover
Dimensions: 206x140x25mm
