25 Things Every Mother Should Know: How you mother your baby
does make a difference  by Martha Sears, R.N.  ages stagesbaby
infant development parenting25 things every mother should know
25 Things Every Mother Should Know: How you mother your baby
does make a difference  Twenty-eight years ago I (Martha) became
a mother for the first time. Even though I had “R.N.” after my
name I was pretty frightened. All those babies I’d played
“Mommy” with in the hospital were other people’s babies, not my
own. I had to learn how to be a mother to my little Jimmy from
scratch. It was intense and personal learning, and I have been
privileged to experience it intensely and personally seven more
times.  My husband, Bill, learned along with me all the things
we discuss in this book for brand-new mothers. My voice,
speaking mother-to-mother, will dominate the book, with Bill’s
interjected here and there to give his perspective as a father
and pediatrician.  This is not a traditional baby-care book. You
won’t find anything in it