Das Wunder Der Ersten Lebenswochen

by Marshall H. Klaus

Discusses the senses, behavior movements, and facial expressions of infants and examines the interactions between newborn babies and their parents

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Relationships, Family

223 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Staci Woodburn-Henry]

Sweet and succinct. Not a ton of new information for us but fun to get excited for the first few hours of Baby's life.

[Kumar]

Great pictures illustrating what your newborn is capable of and how you can pick up clues of what they are trying to "say". A few things I did not know about Newborns (1-3 weeks) before I read this:
1. Newborns can recognize by all senses. Smell is an important one.
2. Active alert state is the best one for bonding. They observe in an enchanting way that attracts even the most emotionally closeted people 🙂
3. Active sleep state should be ignored. They are still asleep no need to harass them into waking up.
4. You have 1min 30sec when crying begins before they become inconsolable (at least difficult to console in less than 1 min)

[Kristen]

The instincts of a newborn are amazing. This book is a quick read (good for parents of newborns) and it gives a lot of insight into all of the reflexes and talents babies are born with. It gave us a great appreciation of our baby's skills and development and it was nice to have different things to look for (and be excited about and proud of) as we were getting to know him.

[Jekaterina Dmitrijeva]

Brīnišķīga grāmata par jaundzimušo spējām un maņām un pieķeršanos veidošanos starp bērniem un vecākiem. Skaistas un skaidrojošas fotogrāfijas. Īpaši noderīgi pirmās reizes vecākiem, kad viss ir jauns un nezināms.

[Yuliia]

It's amazing to read about a newborn and think about your own baby, dream about him/her. I didn't know how important that first our of birth is, I didn't know what newborns are capable of. I am very glad I have read this beautiful book.

[Chris Mercado]

Quick, amusing read, but not incredibly valuable for a new parent...

The pictures are interesting, and it doesn't take long to read, but none of the information provided is new or anything I have not read already in other books. This book is 35 years old by now, and while the studies cited are interesting, they're no longer groundbreaking...

If you have not read much at all about newborns, and start here, this would be an easy, quick one to start with...

[Lucy]

This was a little too dry for my taste. It discusses all these studies that were done to demonstrate abilities of newborns such as facial recognition. Instead of being amazing it came out sounding a little too academic and routine. Great concept, not the most trilling execution.

[Kira Nelson]

Interesting!

[Assonta Wagner]

Amazing book. So much information in such a small book. I'll be reading this over and over.

[Danielle Alana]

Highly recommend every new parent read this book before baby arrives. SO much helpful and interesting information about the fascinating time period of a newborn.

[Anete Siņija]

Mīlestības un maiguma valodas pilna grāmata, kas paver skatu uz jaundzimušo pasauli

[Gena]

Good, balanced information on what newborns are capable of. Wonderful, illustrative photographs. Short, easy read.

[Julia]

This book was highly recommended by the instructor of my childbirth preparation class, and it is indeed a fascinating read. The authors have spent many years researching the behavior and innate abilities of newborns, demonstrating that commonly held misconceptions such as a newborn being unable to recognize its parents or interact with them in any meaningful way until it's older are simply untrue. The reader will find the evidence both surprising and astounding. I'm currently awaiting the birth of my first child with even more eagerness and anticipation than prior to reading this book.

[Andrea]

This book is fascinating in that it explains precisely the complexity of what newborn babies are capable of. I really love this book and reading it when Aiden was an infant helped me to understand and appreciate what he was doing and experiencing. I would highly recommend this book to new parents or to anyone who is interested in learning more about babies or in understanding them better.

[Andi]

wonderful to read while holding a newborn...helps you understand what you already intuitively know. Favorite quote: "A Mayan Indian saying tells us: 'In the baby lies the future of the world. The mother must hold him close so he will know the world is his. The father must take him to the highest hill so he can see what his world is like.'"

[Alice Chau-Ginguene]

An eye opening book on how newborn interact and communicate with us as young as a few hours old.
A must read for any new parent.
I am a birth and postpartum doula. I shall lend this book to any new parent I work with from now on.
It's a book that you can finish in one day. Lots of pictures to show how to 'read' newborn.
A classic.

[Danielle Rich]

I loaned it to my neighbor who I was helping w volenteer postpartum Doula service. She said "I have never seen a book like this wish I would have had this for my first baby Amazing book! wonderful pictures. step by step walks u threw ur baby .

[Denise]

I found my old reading records from the time I was studying midwifery.

Interesting look a newborn learning, behavior, interaction. Good for parents to understand their baby and how to interact with him/her. Biology of attachment, etc.

[Kitty]

I feel bad ranking this so low, but it's not going to be particularly memorable for me. It's a great book for people who don't know about bonding or skin-to-skin, and the photos are awesome. It's full of info for being so slim. And only a tiny bit dated.

[Lindsey]

Such a great book, cool information and pictures.

[Grace]

a really good refrence for first time moms or moms with big gaps between the births of their babies.

[Rachel]

This book is fascinating... mostly for the pictures. But even if you know a bit about babies it's a good one for restoring your sense of the wonderment of life!

[Sara Elice]

The pictures in this book are really cute and it's a quick read which teaches ways to try to interact with your newborn to stimulate their senses and responses.

[Angela Eschler]

pretty interesting book---babies are amazing. I wasn't wowed by the format or writing, but the info is great.

[Susan]

Pretty incredible research and photos. Definitely an amazing read for your last months of pregnancy.

[Hippie Housewife]

Lovely and awe-inspiring book about newborns. I enjoyed reading it during the last weeks of my pregnancy.

[Georgina]

Nice photos and some interesting info. I can't wait to play with my amazing newborn.

[Kelly]

Fascinating stuff about new babies and how to interact with them; includes lots of pictures.

The author has an unfortunate evolutionary bias.

[Jessyca Wyant]

Great, short, easy to read book with lots of pictures. Fascinating how much smarter newborn babies are than most people realize!

[Miki]

Describes a newborn's abilities (recognition, preferences, perception). Short read. Lots of cute pictures of babies.