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

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 quickly. It's as if they shift or move on 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 and interactive guide that simplifies what you need to know about new babies in general and gives you a place to discover more about your own baby to help you make the most of this phase.

Sleep is hard to come by and you're cleaning up more messes than you thought possible, but you might be in one of the best phases of your child's life. THIS IS THE PHASE WHEN NOBODY SLEEPS, EVERYBODY SMELLS, AND ONE MESMERIZING BABY CONVINCES YOU, "I NEED YOU NOW."

Discover ...

• what's changing about your new baby over the next 52 weeks,
• the 6 things your baby needs most,
• and 4 conversations to have in this phase.

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. Designed in partnership with Parent Cue, this guide is one volume in an 18-part series to help you parent your child through every year.