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| Author | Japan Minato Kobayashi |
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| Category | From pregnancy to baby care / Mental health / On raising children / Marriage and family relationships |
| Language of the book | English |
| Published | October 31, 2026 |
| Length | 212 pages |
| Product number | TB-W0007-EN |
| Reading time | About 3 h 30 min (at 230 words a minute) |
| Print-ready PDF | A5 · interior PDF and cover PDF (with 3 mm bleed) · 212 pages |
CategoriesHealth and bodyFrom pregnancy to baby care
CategoriesHealth and bodyMental health
CategoriesSelf-help and workOn raising children
CategoriesSelf-help and workMarriage and family relationships
A warm, clear companion for the first year with a baby — feeding, crying, safe sleep, a baby who is unwell, first foods and a home made safe — and for the feelings that come with it, from the baby blues to postnatal depression and anxiety, told through one new mother's diary.
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The first year with your baby, one diary page at a time: the care, the feelings and the help that is there.
The first night at home, the first bath, the first real smile, the first cold, the first spoonful of food, the first wobbling steps. The first year with a baby is full of firsts, and full of feelings too: tears without a reason, deep tiredness, worry that will not switch off, and days that stay grey for longer than expected.
This book follows one family through that year. Every chapter opens with pages from a new mother's diary, honest and warm, and then explains in calm, clear words what doctors, midwives and nurses tell new parents about that stage: recovery after the birth, feeding with breast milk, infant formula or both, crying and calming, safe sleep, the baby blues, postnatal depression and anxiety, frightening thoughts that come uninvited, a hard birth that stays in the mind and the feelings of the other parent.
Later chapters turn to a baby who is unwell, first foods, a home made safe for a crawling baby, going back to work and the first birthday. Every chapter ends with a checklist of things to prepare for the weeks ahead, and the book shows clearly when to call a doctor, a midwife or the emergency number.
After reading this book, you will be able to…
A kind, clear and practical companion for the first year, for the baby and for the parents.
Many baby books are about the baby alone. This one keeps both in view: the small person in the cot and the tired, loving, sometimes frightened grown-ups around her. Each chapter opens with a page from a new mother's diary, a night of feeding doubts, an evening of crying that will not stop, a grey week when nothing feels right, a husband who finally writes down what he has kept to himself, and then explains, step by step, what is happening and what helps.
The knowledge is the solid, widely shared knowledge that doctors, midwives and nurses give to new parents: safe sleep on the back, never shaking a baby, starting solid food around six months, the warning signs that mean calling for help. It is set in plain words and real rooms, and both breast milk and infant formula are described with equal respect.
What stays with the reader is its honesty about feelings. The baby blues, postnatal depression and anxiety, upsetting thoughts and the low mood of the other parent are explained calmly, as common experiences that help can reach. The checklist at the end of every chapter turns that understanding into small, practical steps for the weeks ahead.
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