The Fourth Trimester

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Understanding, Protecting, and Nurturing an Infant through the First Three Months

By Susan Brink

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The Fourth Trimester explores the critical first three months of a baby's life as an extension of fetal development, highlighting this period as a vital biological bridge. Susan Brink combines scientific research with real-life experiences to offer a fresh perspective on newborn care. Topics include nutrition, attachment, sleep, sensory growth, and setting foundations for future development. This book guides parents with practical advice and explanations, emphasising that newborns, though physically delicate, are biologically equipped to thrive with consistent, loving attention.
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This book is ideal for new parents, caregivers, and anyone interested in understanding and supporting infant development during the early months outside the womb.

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. This title examines critical dimensions of newborn development such as eating and nutrition, bonding and attachment, sleep patterns, sensory development, and pain and pleasure.

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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.

Combining the latest scientific findings with real-life stories and experiences, Susan Brink examines critical dimensions of newborn development such as eating and nutrition, bonding and attachment, sleep patterns, sensory development, pain and pleasure, and the creation of foundations for future advancement. Brink offers well-informed, practical information and the reasons behind her advice so that parents and caretakers can make their own decisions about how to care for a newborn during this crucial period. The Fourth Trimester assures readers that infants are as biologically capable as they are physically helpless. They thrive on what is readily available in every household: consistent, loving attention.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520267121

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 March 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 2 tables

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 224

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Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Parenting & Family Self-Help & Personal Development Susan Brink

About the Author

Susan Brink is a medical journalist and a former staff reporter for U.S. News & World Report and the Los Angeles Times. She is coauthor of A Change of Heart: How the Framingham Heart Study Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease.