All expectant parents wonder:
"What does my baby look like today?"
If you are expecting, or have a woman close to you who is pregnant,
a new book 'Becoming a Baby: How Your Baby Grows from Day-to-Day'
satisfies this curiosity. This unique book shows what the developing
baby looks like and describes the physical and behavioral changes
that occur each day. Starting at conception, each of the following
266 days of prenatal life are chronicled in an exciting follow-along,
day-by-day format. You'll learn what changes are taking place
in your baby now, in real-time, as they're happening, because
the book is synchronized with the day of your pregnancy simply
by turning to the appropriate page! Never before has their been
a book that enhances the excitement of pregnancy and the anticipation
of birth by involving the parents in the day to day growth and
development of their new unborn child.
There is simply no other book like
'Becoming a Baby.' Drawing from thousands of scientific papers
and spanning 10 years of research, William F. Supple, Jr., Ph.
D. presents a complete description of prenatal life. By explaining
the physical changes that occur each day you see the blueprints
for the foundations of the amazing behaviors observed in unborn
babies during the later months of pregnancy.
In this awe-inspiring book, Dr.
Supple guides you through the everyday miracles of development
than transform single cells into babies, and couples into parents.
You'll be amazed at the complexity of form and function of the
unborn baby and how behaviorally sophisticated all of us are before
birth, for example:
· Day 21 - Three weeks after
conception...The heart beats
· Day 40 Brain waves are recorded
· Day 50 Simple reflexes are present
· Day 55 Taste function is working
· Day 78 Some emotions are present
· Day 79 The baby is already left- or right-handed
All this before the baby is just 4 inches in length!
The next 6 months are filled with
fascinating milestones relating to the development of sensation,
perception, attention, sleep/wake cycles, learning, memory, and
emotion.
The book is functional with space
to jot down your milestones (such as when you felt the baby first
kick), questions for your care-provider at each prenatal visit
and space to record their advice and recommendations so that it
is handy and available when you need it. The book is a timely
and memorable gift for any woman who is expecting. |