 | Babies Growing Up: Their Progress From Before Birth Right Through the Nursery Years Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Education; Health and Social Care; Early Years; Psychological Science; Childhood; Health & Society; Early Childhood; Children and Youth; Developmental Psychology; Originally published in 1956, Babies Growing Up aims to compress in to a brief yet readable form, the essentials of successful parentcraft at the time, bearing in mind the four elements of developing a new life - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. It seeks to sum up the essence of the mothercraft advice given over the years through the pages of Woman's Pictorial and Mother and Home , where some material had appeared previously. It is a comprehensive guide through a baby's life from birth through the early years and today can be enjoyed as a historical look at parenting and child development in the 1950s. Nurse McKay |
