Your Premature Baby: The First Five Years
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A definitive guide to every aspect of nurturing a child born too soon -- explanations of how prematurity affects a baby, medical terms and procedures, what to expect developmentally through to age 5, further resources and more.
Your Premature Baby is the definitive guide to every aspect of nurturing a child who is born too soon. Reassuring and frank, it is the only book that informs and guides parents right from their baby's too-early birth into the growing years.
Features of this book:
- Exactly how prematurity affects a baby
- Explains hospital terms, procedures, treatments, and equipment
- What to expect as your baby progresses through treatment and procedures
- Gives advice for coping practically and emotionally
- Help and ideas for parents from when their baby comes home up to age 5
- Discusses the latest research into the causes of prematurity and its preventions
- Offers a wide variety of resources for further information and support
