From Baby Steps to Big Feelings: A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Child from Birth to Five - Softcover

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What if your child's difficult behaviour is actually trying to tell you something?

The first five years are filled with incredible changes—from your baby's first smile and first steps to your toddler's big emotions, your preschooler's growing independence and your child's first friendships.

But parenting young children can also feel confusing and exhausting.

Why does my toddler have so many tantrums?
Why does my child suddenly refuse everything?
How can I encourage independence without losing connection?
What is normal child development?
How can I support my child's emotional, social and language development?
And when should I be concerned about a developmental milestone?

From Baby Steps to Big Feelings is a practical, reassuring guide for parents and carers who want to understand what is happening beneath their child's behaviour.

Covering birth to age five, this book explores the key stages of early childhood development in a simple, parent-friendly way.

Inside, you'll discover practical guidance on:

• Baby development from birth to 12 months
• Toddler development from 1 to 3 years
• Preschool development from 3 to 5 years
• Child development and developmental milestones
• Emotional development and managing big feelings
• Toddler tantrums and challenging behaviour
• Positive parenting and setting healthy boundaries
• Communication and language development
• Sleep and bedtime routines
• Food, appetite and mealtimes
• Play-based learning and early learning
• Building confidence and independence
• Social skills, sharing and friendships
• Sibling relationships
• Screen time and everyday family life
• Recognising developmental concerns
• Knowing when to seek professional advice

Rather than telling you to become a "perfect parent", this book helps you become a more confident, connected and understanding parent.

You'll learn how to look beyond the behaviour and ask a more helpful question:

"What is my child trying to communicate?"

With practical examples, simple parenting strategies, reflection prompts and development-tracking pages, this guide is designed to help you navigate the everyday realities of raising a baby, toddler or preschooler.

Whether you are a new parent, first-time parent, parent of a toddler, parent of a preschooler or simply looking for a better understanding of early childhood development, this book offers a calm and encouraging place to start.

Because children don't grow according to a perfect timetable.

They grow through relationships, play, curiosity, practice, mistakes, encouragement and love.

One little step at a time.

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