Authoritative and practical, this classic guide to childcare will reassure, encourage, inform and inspire every parent and parent-to-be. Written from the baby and child’s perspective, the text is organised in easy to follow age bands and provides you with information for every stage of your baby's life:

• The Newborn - the first days of life, characteristics, everyday care
• The Settled Baby - your first six months together, feeding and growing, crying and comforting
• The Older Baby - teeth and teething, sleeping, listening and talking
• The Toddler - eating and growing, toilet mastery, moving into childhood
• The Young Child - playing and thinking, learning to behave, early education and much, much more!

Your Baby and Child introduces you to flexible and thoughtful ways to bring up your child, offering you a complex yet entrancing folklore in child care. It will give you the understanding needed to enjoy discovering the person who is your baby and to enjoy looking after that baby person, helping you along with the processes that gradually turn him or her into your child.

"A splendid guide to the puzzles, terrors and joys of having a child ... Penelope Leach is still, for my money, miles ahead of every other child care guru on the shelf.." She Magazine

"There's only one baby book that really works - this is it."Clare Rayner

“A classic parenting book, loved and trusted by many, many people since its first release in the seventies… Penelope Leach has produced an invaluable guide that should suit every household.” Maternity