SuperBaby! Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years

Dr. Jenn Berman, award-winning columnist, professional therapist, and mother of twins, shares simple tips, tools and techniques for encouraging your child’s optimal development in her new book, SuperBaby: 12 Ways to Give Your Child a Head Start in the First 3 Years. We really like this book (and we like that Rachel is quoted in it, too) – so we are sharing a review of it here.

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During the first three years of life, there are critical windows of opportunity that you can take advantage of, if you know how. In SuperBaby, Dr. Jenn shares easy-to-use strategies to help you raise a happy, healthy baby – and includes “From the Experts” contributions by Dr. Harvey Karp, Dr. Bob Sears, and Rachel Coleman of Signing Time!

Here are just some of the useful things you’ll learn from Dr. Jenn’s informative book:

• Easy steps to reduce resistance and avoid tantrums
• When and how to start reading to your child
• How to use play to help children develop key social, intellectual and emotional skills
• The three ASL signs that will make your baby’s life easier
• What parents really need to know about kids and television viewing
• How to raise a “healthy eater” and avoid or resolve feeding issues
• The seven most important contents to avoid in your child’s food
• Simple steps to reduce toxic chemical exposure in the home and have a healthier family

“[Berman] guides parents though 12 crucial steps that help children grow intellectually and emotionally, devoting well-researched chapters to communication, responding to cues, creating predictability, the importance of touch, language development, sign language, foreign language, reading, play, the hazards of screen time, living green, and food and nutrition. Berman threads the work of respected parenting experts and scientific evidence throughout her text, shoring up her message that the first three years are vital for forming attachments, developing a sense of self, and learning to trust. In each chapter, she explains both why and how; for instance, play helps kids problem solve, and, among other benefits, aids in social development and impulse control; she follows up with creative toy and play ideas. Berman’s absorbing new book will help parents give their youngsters a nurturing head start and a firm foundation for growth and learning.” –Publisher’s Weekly