First-Time Parent: The honest guide to coping brilliantly and staying sane in your baby’s first year

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I’m so glad I’ve read this book in my third trimester before the baby arrives- whether you can apply it all or an amount goes out the window- the reassurance of it right now is real. I read most of it and found the down to earth common sense advice and insight useful to a fist time mum. Easy to read, like the realistic style and approach to 1st year of parenthood, lots of useful information and tips without getting too detailed but with lots of resources if you want to i.

Forget unrealistic childcare manuals - this is the book you really need to help you cope brilliantly with those first chaotic days and months ahead. In particular I found the first couple of chapters, about looking after a newborn, very useful and reassuring, since I was clueless. This guide also includes information on single parenting, and on adopted, multiple and special needs babies. Although I know these are the practicalities, it would be more readable if there were a better balance.

Forget unrealistic childcare manuals—this is the book new parents will really need to help cope brilliantly with the first chaotic days and months. In a humorous style, the book begins with that first mind-blowing day and addresses the issues unique to the first-time parent who stares at their newborn and thinks Where are the instructions? For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin. In her feisty, humorous style, she begins with that first mind-blowing day and addresses the issues unique to the first-time parent who stares at their newborn and thinks “Where are the instructions?

We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. Lucy has been a first-time parent - as well as a second- and third-time one - and currently lives with her family in Boston, USA.

The edition I read it also very outdated (always refers to the partner as a “he” and assumes there is a partner) and has some incorrect information (such as old NHS guidelines). I read the 2009 edition and my only criticism is that some of the information in the later chapters, particularly regards relationships and work, seems a little outdated or stereotyped. It addresses the needs of the baby and, very importantly, those of the parent during the first year of their baby’s life. Baby Food Matters: What science says about how to give your child healthy eating habits for life by Dr Clare Llewellyn, Dr Hayley Syrad.

Yes, I still feel clueless in many ways, but I am starting to accept that that is just the way I am feeling in the face of starting life as a mum as I worry about blanking out everything I read once baby is here and I am sleep deprived. The First-Time Parent is on your side, and reassures that you can cope brilliantly with your new baby and your new life. Covered a lot of the bases, found the bullet point lists of steps to do in certain situations (baby can't sleep, baby struggles breastfeeding, baby is crying) really helpful. For me I found that this was sufficient in breast feeding and sleeping, but I wanted to read more on child-led weaning which it recommended). Cry - why your baby cries, what to do, why you'll want to cry, too * Eat -breastfeeding, supplemental feeding, moving to solids, nutrition * Grow - baby's physical and mental development * Play - yes, you two actually can have fun * Thrive - health considerations for baby and parent * Live - adapting to your new life, the changing mother-father relationship * Work - coping with being at home and with going back to work * Also includes information on single parenting, and on adopted, multiple and special needs babies.We use Google Analytics to see what pages are most visited, and where in the world visitors are visiting from.