Baby Sense - Softcover

Faure, Megan; Richardson, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806527250 ISBN 13: 9780806527253

Publisher: Citadel Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Listen! Your baby is telling you something... After nine peaceful months in the womb, the world can be an overwhelming place for a newborn. Like a little sponge, your child will soak in every bit of sensory stimulation presented, whether he wants to or not—everything from the soft cotton of your shirt to the bright lights in the grocery store. Overload, when it happens, means a fussy baby—but in this revolutionary book, occupational therapist Megan Faure and nursing specialist Ann Richardson explain how you can help your newborn cope with his new environment.

This extraordinary guide to your baby’s developing nervous system and his sensory world explains in down-to-earth language how parents can:

Tune in to a baby’s cries and other signals

Respond to a baby’s needs

Prevent colicky late-day crying

Provide the right stimulation—at the right time

Offer positive sensory experiences early on Offering age-appropriate advice on sleeping, eating, and early learning, as well as the basic sensory principles, Baby Sense is the perfect tool for every parent who has every wondered why a baby is crying—and how to soothe him.

About this title

About the Author:

Megan Faure (Bsc OT, OTR) has worked in paediatrics for thirteen years both in the USA and South Africa. She is an active member of the South African Institute for Sensory Integration (SAISI) and is the secretary of the Western Cape Association for Infant Mental Health. Having specialised in both sensory integration and neurodevelopmental therapy she has worked with children with learning difficulties and motor problems and in recent years moved onto working specifically with babies and toddlers with sensory integration difficulties. These infants display extreme fussiness, poor sleep habits and, often, feeding problems. She is a lecturer for SAISI on treatment and theory specialization courses, lectures to professionals on various topics related to infant development and the treatment of infants and regularly gives parent talks on issues concerning development and child rearing. Megan is the founder and chairperson of Infant Sensory Integration Training programme. She also writes articles for magazines and has been published in the SAISI periodical. Megan is married with a son (born 1998) and two daughters (born 2000 and 2005), whose upbringing provides her with great joy - plus renewed awareness of the benefits of understanding a baby s signals, structuring a flexible routine and providing an optimal sensory environment for their development. Qualified nurse and midwife Ann Richardson, co-author of Baby sense, and author of Toddler sense, both bestsellers, has worked in the midwifery and paediatric fields for 27 years. Her third book, Sleep sense, co-authored with Megan Faure has just been published. Ann has been in private practice for the past 16 years, and introduced the first private well-baby clinics, now a well-known phenomenon at Doctors rooms and pharmacies across the country. Passionate about her work and dedicated to ensuring that parents have the necessary knowledge to enjoy and rejoice in their children, she regularly lectures to both professionals and parents on various baby and childcare issues, in particular the effects of the sensory system on infant behaviour, and the management of sleeping disorders. Her specialisation is the treatment of difficult babies and toddlers , in particular those with feeding and sleeping disorders. She is a regular contributor to nursing journals, internet sites, childcare publications, TV shows and magazines. Ann is married to Ken, and has 2 daughters, Ellen and Maeve, and lives and practices in Johannesburg.

About this edition

• Publisher: Citadel Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0806527250
• ISBN 13: 9780806527253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160