by Desmond Morris
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by Desmond Morris
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by Desmond Morris
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by Marcus Berkmann
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As one would expect from so eminent an author, Babywatching is a fascinating book that manages the difficult task of being scientific and still inspiring awe at this most miraculous of beings--the baby. But then striking this balance is what Desmond Morris is best at.
Each of the short chapters is headed by a question--what makes babies cry? How important is a mother to her baby? What comforts a baby?--which Morris then goes on to answer and justify his answer with historical and biological allusions. Morris writes fluently and with an elegant simplicity which adds to the book's appeal in that it avoids falling into the trap of seeming to push a particular agenda. A fact is included if it is relevant to discovering how it all feels for the baby, which is surely the best basis for any book about babies! The book doesn't have a bibliography, which is frustrating if you would like to follow through on any of the astounding facts; nevertheless this book is informative, compelling and a wonderfully easy read.
The reader will find much more in here than in the more run-of-the-mill baby books, which often seem to include the currently fashionable beliefs without being discriminating. For example, did you know that some babies can have temporarily lop-sided heads, sometimes until they are three or four years of age, caused by sleeping the same position each night? Or that a baby can influence it's mother to pick it up by dilating it's pupils? Or how about the fact that if a mother stays in close contact with a baby for the first 30 minutes of it's life, six hours later she can identify it by smell alone? Truly amazing.
This book is an absolute must-have for mums and dads, natural history fans, or anyone else interested in the human condition. --Alison Jardine
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Reissue in paperback of this intriguing study from the author of Manwatching, the original analysis of 'body language' which spawned a genre. Morris begins with an insightful argument for gentler birth at home and proceeds through baby physiology, sensations and reactions, ending with explanations for customs and superstitions associated with birth and babies. Babies are infinitely more sensitive to their environment than we generally realize, and if we can understand what's going on for them we can give them, and ourselves, great joy. 'The more we can think like a baby, the greater our chance of becoming good parents'. Here's a marvellous start. (Kirkus UK)
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