This is a new research-based guide to baby-care from the world-renowned authority on child development Penelope Leach. This outstanding new guide to parenting from the expert who transformed the way we raise children. Penelope Leach draws on her unrivalled experience to help you bring up your baby in the first year. Kind reassuring guidance on practical childcare issues including feeding sleeping & crying is backed up by key new evidence on the way babies brains develop to help you understand & respond to your baby. Penelope Leachs baby-led reliable approach has guided millions of mothers worldwide. With her frank honest & sympathetic advice you will be able to make your own informed decisions about whats best for your child.