{"product_id":"9780007269440","title":"First-Time Parent : The Honest Guide to Coping Brilliantly and Staying Sane in Your Baby's First Year by Lucy Atkins","description":"Forget unrealistic childcare manuals - this is the book you really need to help you cope brilliantly with those first chaotic days and months ahead.             As a health journalist and mother-of-three, Lucy Atkins is familiar with both the medical aspects of childbirth and baby development, and the reality of day-to-day life as an exhausted first-time mum or dad. 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?\"          Anticipating the questions and concerns of all new mothers-Why does my baby cry so much? Will I ever lose all this weight? Am I a bad parent because.?-the book provides practical advice and level-headed reassurance. It addresses the needs of the baby and, very importantly, those of the parent during the first year of their baby's life.             Contents include:          Starter's orders - the equipment and kit you really need, as opposed to what the department store tells youHello - how to cope with the first few hoursStart - coming home, bonding, how to survive the first few daysSleep - for everyone!Cry - why your baby cries, what to do, why you'll want to cry, tooEat -breastfeeding, supplemental feeding, moving to solids, nutritionGrow - baby's physical and mental developmentPlay - yes, you two actually can have funThrive - health considerations for baby and parentLive - adapting to your new life, the changing mother-father relationshipWork - coping with being at home and with going back to workAlso includes information on single parenting, and on adopted, multiple and special needs babies.             The First-Time Parent is on your side, and reassures that you can cope brilliantly with your new baby and your new life.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56220158230901,"sku":"9780007269440","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780007269440.jpg?v=1762186275","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780007269440","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}