BABY CARE

Nurturing your baby, your way

by RHODANTHE LIPSETT OAM

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New softcover book, 448 pages, published 2012. First published as No One Right Way, this edition has been revised and updated. 

Essential knowledge for the first three months of your baby's life

The arrival of a new baby can be an overwhelming event. This book helps parents understand the needs of the tiny individual who has entered their lives and provides reassuring advice about the many ways to meet these needs. Rhodanthe Lipsett has drawn together her knowledge, experience, and her wisdom gained over a lifetime of caring for babies and those who care for them. She has added to that the best advice from experts in the field. The book's subtitle is 'Nurturing your baby your way', and that is exactly what this book is about. Baby Care contains acclaimed advice for parents of newborns from an Australian mothercare/childcare professional awarded an Order of Australia for her services to infant health and the care of mothers and babies.

Rhodanthe's approach is both reassuring and empowering for new parents. Her message is that there is 'no one right way' to look after your baby - allowing parents to understand there are options rather than rigid rules.Baby Care covers every possible topic of interest for those who are caring for a new baby. There are useful sections on communicating with your baby, understanding what those baby cries are telling you, feeding, sleeping and wakefulness, growth and development, how to deal with postnatal problems which might emerge (such as depression). The book helps you get started with caring for your new baby, and takes you step-by-step through breastfeeding, reasons for crying, care and feeding, sleeplessness and bottle feeding - all the essential things you will need to know to nurture and care for your baby in the first three months of life.

Baby Care is an updated and fully revised edition of No One Right Way - a highly-praised and comprehensive guide to the issues of baby care that new parents face, based on the author's 50 year's experience specialising in infant and maternal health.

Drawing on her years of experience and wisdom, and combined with the latest information from numerous health care specialists in the field of paediatrics, Rhodanthe has produced a comprehensive book covering all aspects of newborn baby care. Written in clear and easy-to-follow language and illustrated with B&W photos throughout, Baby Care offers practical advice on:

• preparing for baby's arrival
• breastfeeding and expressing
• communication
• sleeping
• common ailments
• postnatal problems
• bonding
• growth and development
• immunisation

Rhodanthe writes: 'In my book I address in detail the difficulties faced by parents in the early days and weeks after the birth of their babies. My aim is to inform, assist, inspire and encourage parents, particularly mothers who are most often the principal caregivers, so that they can have more 'up times' than 'down times'. If they can experience less anxiety and more confidence in the early weeks, I believe it can set the pattern for the months and years ahead.'

About the author

Trained as a nurse and midwife, Rhodanthe Lipsett, OAM had over 50 years of helping new mothers before her retirement. She was based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Canberra for over 18 years. In her last ten years there, Rhodanthe looked after more than 23,000 day-stay mothers who needed support. Rhodanthe is a Fellow of the Australian College of Midwives. In 1992 she received the Order of Australia Medal for services to infant health and the care of mothers and babies

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Baby Care by Rhodanthe Lipsett OAM