Touchpoints: Birth to 3 : Your Child's Emotional and Behavioral Development

by Brazelton, T. Berry; Sparrow, Joshua D.

• ISBN13: 9780738210490
• ISBN10: 0738210498
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-26
• Publisher: HACHETTE

Summary

Parenting

Author Biography

T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., founder of the Child Development Unit at Children's Hospital Boston, is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at Brown University. He is a famed advocate for children, and his many other internationally acclaimed books for parents include To Listen to a Child, Infants and Mothers, and, with Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D., The Irreducible Needs of Children. Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D child psychiatrist and supervisor of inpatient psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston, is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Associate Director of Training at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center. He is co-author with Dr. Brazelton of Touchpoints Three to Six and several titles in the Brazelton Way series.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction to the Second Edition	xvii
part one: Touchpoints of Development
Pregnancy: The First Touchpoint	3	(17)
The Newborn Individual	20	(14)
Newborn Parents	34	(16)
Two to Three Weeks	50	(15)
Six to Eight Weeks	65	(16)
Four Months	81	(20)
Six to Seven Months	101	(16)
Nine Months	117	(14)
One Year	131	(17)
Fifteen Months	148	(16)
Eighteen Months	164	(15)
Two Years	179	(18)
Three Years: Looking Ahead	197	(18)
part two: Challenges to Development
Allergies and Asthma	215	(12)
Bedwetting (Enuresis)	227	(4)
Crying and Colic	231	(7)
Delays in Development and Developmental Disabilities	238	(11)
Depression	249	(4)
Discipline	253	(9)
Divorce	262	(9)
Fears	271	(10)
Feeding Problems	281	(7)
Habits	288	(5)
Hospitalization	293	(6)
Hypersensitivity and Hyperactivity	299	(5)
Illness	304	(12)
Imaginary Friends	316	(5)
Loss and Grief	321	(8)
Lying, Stealing, and Cheating	329	(6)
Manners	335	(5)
Play	340	(5)
Power Struggles and Manipulation	345	(6)
Prematurity	351	(6)
School Readiness	357	(8)
Self-Image and Self-Esteem	365	(5)
Separation	370	(6)
Sibling Rivalry	376	(5)
Sleep Problems	381	(10)
Spacing Children	391	(7)
Speech, Language, and Hearing Problems	398	(8)
Stomachaches, Headaches, and Stress	406	(5)
Television	411	(6)
Toilet Training	417	(8)
part three: Allies in Development
Fathers and Mothers	425	(7)
Grandparents	432	(9)
Friends	441	(6)
Childcare Choices	447	(9)
Your Child's Doctor	456	(13)
Further Reading	469	(7)
References	476	(5)
Useful Addresses and Web Sites	481	(7)
Videos	488	(1)
Index	489	(10)
About the Authors	499