Right from Birth: Building Your Child's Foundation for Life Birth to 18 Months

by Craig T. Ramey

A concise, easy-to-follow parent's guide to child development, from birth through the first eighteen months of life, presents seven essential guidelines and practical advice on raising capable, confident, caring, and accomplished children. Tour. IP.

Genres: Parenting, Reference

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Jun Yan]

I found this book neither interesting nor useful. The advices in the book are reasonable and sound but not new to me at all. Perhaps it’s better for first time moms ??

[Brandy]

There isn't going to be a single parenting book I find that lights my world on fire.

This one has a lot of good information about shaping your kid's social and emotional development, and while lots of the advice will never go out of style (talk to your kid! Love them! don't shake the baby!), it still manages to be a little dated at this point.

Mostly the advice is sound, but it does go a little far in reminding you WHY to do these things--with the implication that, if you're not interacting with your child for every second of every day, if you let him cry for more than 30 seconds without rushing in to pick him up, you're damaging him for life and he'll never trust anyone ever, because YOU, you selfish parent, had to pee.

So it's a little nerve-wracking and not a title I'd recommend reading when you're already sleep-deprived and feeling fragile about the amount of interaction you have, especially if you've already had to go back to work. Despite this book's implications, I think my child is better served by continuing to have a roof over his head and only seeing Daddy during the day, than he would by seeing both of us all day while we live in a cardboard box on the street.

[Teddee]

Book focusing on the soft side of child development: social and emotional growth. Emotions, social exchanges, thinking and learning are all highly linked. Quality of parent child attachment influences language, cognition and emotional development.

Reread the relevant chapters during months 12-18. Had so much more relevance and meaning to read again while we were actually experiencing the toddler development process first hand. Great practical resource, raised my rating.

[Amanda]

Read a little of this, although I didn't really get much from it. The format is a little annoying and it doesn't seem to give a lot of practical advice as much as lots of fluff. Prefer First Time Mom by Kevin Leman.

[Aaron]

I would just read the second part. It had some interesting ideas and useful tips. The first part was just ramblings.