The Fourth Trimester: Understanding, Protecting, and Nurturing an Infant Through the First Three Months

by Susan Brink

Book Overview

The first three months of a baby's life is an outside-the-uterus period of intense development, a biological bridge from fetal life to preparation for the real world. The fourth trimester has more in common with the nine months that came before than with the lifetime that follows. This comprehensive, intimate, and much-needed "operating manual" for newborns presents a new paradigm of a baby's early life that shifts our focus and alters our priorities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520267125
• ISBN13: 9780520267121
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"