Parenting Your New Baby: A Guide to Making the Most of the "I Need You Now" Phase

by Kristen Ivy, Reggie Joiner

Parenting Your New Baby MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY PHASE IN YOUR CHILD'S LIFE You have approximately 936 weeks from the time your child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes by fast, and kids change and grow so quickly. It's as if they change just as you're starting to figure them out. It all makes the responsibility to shape a child's faith and character feel overwhelming. Parenting Your New Baby is a concise guide that simplifies what you need to know about new babies in general and offers interactive ways to discover more about your own baby to help you make the most of this phase. Discover ...
About the Phase Guides Parenting Your New Baby is part of a series of books designed especially for busy people. These guides are more than a "journal" but less than a detailed "manual." Use this book to look ahead at key ways your child will be growing this physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Jot down thoughts and observations to help you make the most of this phase. For more, check out other books in this Don't Miss It, a concise volume to help you parent every week like it counts, and It's Just a Phase, an in-depth look at each phase, especially for church leaders. These resources are designed in partnership with Parent Cue (ParentCue.org). About the Phase Project The Phase Project, including this guide, is a synthesis of personal experience, academic research, and gatherings of leaders and educational experts from across the child development spectrum. Parent Cue is affiliated with a non-profit Christian organization whose mission is to help kids and teenagers have an authentic faith that supports their future.

Genres: Parenting

63 pages, Paperback

Published July 15, 2017

Reviews

[Laney Duncan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super helpful framework—more of a guide / journal with questions, leaving room for reflection. The questions were generally helpful, but this age makes it hard to answer some of them. Some of the questions felt like the answers were so obvious. But maybe that’s the point? Getting you to acknowledge your desires and think through how to get from here to there. Cool premise, though.

[Reading Sunshine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good journal. I’m completing this for the first time with my 3rd child. Definitely would be MORE impactful for a first time parent, but a good reminder of the big impacts we can make in the little time we have and setting foundational faith in every phase! I loved Don’t Miss It by Reggie Joiner highly recommend for any parent even if they aren’t a Christian!!

[Alexa Kinney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute little booklet with some great thoughts and prompts. Plenty of space to write memories and goals for your little love.

[Maddie Stephens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of questions to think about!