This unique and award-winning guide is based on ground-breaking behavioral research that explains how babies experience 10 magical "leaps" during the first 20 months of life. It reassures parents that fussiness, regression, and wakeful nights are necessary for growth and won't last forever. The new edition includes: Top ten lists of what to expect for each leap; Updated charts that map out when to expect the fussy behavior (cranky, clingy, crying), and when it might transition into something positive; Checklists with skills and abilities, featuring a minimum and maximum age range, because every baby develops differently; Fun games and gentle activities to help soothe the transitions in and beyond leaps; Suggestions to help parents cope with their baby's changing behaviors. .

"First published in 1992 as Oei, ik groei! By Zomer & Keuning Boeken BV, Ede and Antwerp."

Your baby's ten leaps in mental development -- #Blessed and ... #Stressed -- Newborn : welcome to the world -- Sleeps and leaps -- Leap 1 : the world of changing sensations (around 5 weeks) -- Leap 2 : the world of patterns (around 8 weeks) -- Leap 3 : the world of smooth transitions (around 12 weeks) -- Leap 4 : the world of events (around 19 weeks) -- The top ten things you really need to know! -- Leap 5 : the world of relationships (around 26 weeks) -- Leap 6 : the world of categories (around 37 weeks) -- Leap 7 : the world of sequences (around 46 weeks) -- Leap 8 : the world of programs (around 55 weeks) -- Leap 9 : the world of principles (around 64 weeks) -- Leap 10 : the world of systems (around 75 weeks).