{"product_id":"first-time-parent-the-honest-guide-to-coping-brilliantly-and-staying-sane-in-your-babys-first-year","title":"First-Time Parent : The Honest Guide to Coping Brilliantly and Staying Sane in Your Baby's First Year","description":"\u003cp\u003eForget unrealistic childcare manuals - this is the book you really need to help you cope brilliantly with those first chaotic days and months ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              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?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              Contents include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                    Starter's orders - the equipment and kit you really need, as opposed to what the department store tells you\u003cbr\u003e                    Hello - how to cope with the first few hours\u003cbr\u003e                    Start - coming home, bonding, how to survive the first few days\u003cbr\u003e                    Sleep - for everyone!\u003cbr\u003e                    Cry - why your baby cries, what to do, why you'll want to cry, too\u003cbr\u003e                    Eat -breastfeeding, supplemental feeding, moving to solids, nutrition\u003cbr\u003e                    Grow - baby's physical and mental development\u003cbr\u003e                    Play - yes, you two actually can have fun\u003cbr\u003e                    Thrive - health considerations for baby and parent\u003cbr\u003e                    Live - adapting to your new life, the changing mother-father relationship\u003cbr\u003e                    Work - coping with being at home and with going back to work\u003cbr\u003e                    Also includes information on single parenting, and on adopted, multiple and special needs babies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                              The First-Time Parent is on your side, and reassures that you can cope brilliantly with your new baby and your new life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Lucy Atkins\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 224\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins s\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 30 Apr 2009\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":39772948136017,"sku":"HQ755","price":11.38,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":39772948168785,"sku":"HQ755","price":9.1,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":39772948201553,"sku":"HQ755","price":8.19,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":39772948234321,"sku":"HQ755","price":7.28,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/products\/9780007269440.jpg?v=1717765628","url":"https:\/\/thryft.asia\/products\/first-time-parent-the-honest-guide-to-coping-brilliantly-and-staying-sane-in-your-babys-first-year","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}