Abstract:
YOUR BABY has already lived a
whole year when this book starts. You
may think that you’ve done all the work
that first year, but your baby has been
working, too. He's made a start on all
of the learnings that will absorb him for
the rest of his preschool years. He has
felt to some degree all of the emotions
which he will feel during the rest of his
life.
He has learned a great deal about people
from you, his parents, who for the
present matter most to him. He’s been
teaching you to manage him. His arrival
has pushed you into a new understanding
of yourself, and has changed your feelings
for each other. You gained in confidence,
and your baby added to your
confidence by becoming much more predictable
as well as thriving on your care.
Jt has been a full year, indeed.
