Pre-order Sarah Ockwell-Smith's essential guide to child psychology and development.

BEGINNINGS is  modern month-by-month reference guide for parents of 0-5-year-olds. It will answer all the questions that parents have about their baby, toddler and preschooler's physical and psychological development.

Topics Covered: 
 *How a baby grows and develops, month by month, during pregnancy 
*Physical development, month by month, in the newborn period 
*Brain development from birth to five years 
*How sleep develops and changes throughout the first five years 
*The development of self and personality 
 *Social development, attachment and peer relationships 
*Temperaments and the development of emotion regulation 
*The development of memory 
 *Current and classic theories in child psychology 
*Learning to sit, crawl, cruise and walk. 
*Language acquisition and early literacy skills 
 *Early mark making - learning to draw and form letters 
 *Schemas - how children learn about the world around them. 
 *Food preferences and eating experiences in early childhood 
 *Play - including suggestions for entertainment at each age 
 *How parents and carers can encourage optimal brain development