Diary of a Baby - by Daniel N Stern (Paperback)

About the Book

Every new parent wants to know what goes on in the mind of a baby. Now a noted authority on infant development and psychiatry comes closer than ever before to penetrating a young child's consciousness. "I highly recommend this exciting book to all new parents and to anyone else interested in learning what babies are all about".--T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.

Book Synopsis

Every new parent desperately wants to know what the infant's experience is really like. In Diary of a Baby, renowned infant psychiatrist Daniel Stern brings us closer than ever before to penetrating a young child's consciousness. In alternating sections of evocative prose, representing the baby's own voice and explanatory text, Daniel Stern drawns on his research findings and years of clinical experience to re-create the baby's world.

About the Author

Daniel N. Stern, M.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Geneva and adjunct professor of psychiatry at Cornell University Medical Center-New York Hospital. An expert in the mother-infant relationship, he is the author of The Interpersonal World of the Infant and The Diary of a Baby.

Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, M.D., is a pediatrician and child psychiatrist in Geneva, Switzerland.

Alison Freeland, a freelance writer and the author of The Journey to Motherhood, currently works as a reporter for Vermont Public Radio.