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Informationen zum Autor Marshall H. Klaus! M.D.! internationally known neonatologist and researcher! is the author or coauthor of several standard works in the field! including Bonding! Care of the High Risk Newborn! and Mothering the Mother. He teaches pediatrics at the University of California! San Francisco! School of Medicine. Phyllis H. Klaus! C.S.W.! M.F.C.C.! teaches and practices psychotherapy at the Erikson Institute in Santa Rosa and practices in Berkeley! California. She is coauthor of Mothering the Mother! and Bonding. Klappentext Featuring over 120 stunning photographsQall of babies less than two weeks oldQthis beautiful book illustrates the incredible new findings of research on newborns and guides parents and caregivers through the fascinating first weeks of a baby's life. Newly identified abilities are shown in astonishing photo sequences and insightful explanations. Zusammenfassung This work celebrates a baby's abilities in the first hours and days of life. It begins before birth with images of foetuses in the womb, followed by newborns less than one hour old crawling unassisted to the breast, recognizing their parents' voices, and shutting out unwanted sights and sounds. Inhaltsverzeichnis Before birth - dawning awareness; the first minutes; waking to the world; newborn sight; newborn hearing; touch! taste! and smell; motions and rhythms; expressions and emotions; the newly adopted baby; the newborn family.
