First-Time Parent: Honest Guide to Coping Brilliantly & Staying Sane by Lucy Atkins - Non Fiction - Paperback

Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9780007269440. Publisher: Collins (HarperCollins). Age Range: Adult / Parenting (New Parents). Overview. First-Time Parent is the honest, funny, and reassuring guide every new mum and dad needs on their nightstand. Written by health journalist and mother-of-three Lucy Atkins, this practical paperback strips away the guilt-inducing jargon of traditional childcare manuals and replaces it with real, evidence-based advice. From the first overwhelming hours home with a newborn through sleep, feeding, crying, and finding your feet as a parent, this book is a warm, no-nonsense companion for surviving (and enjoying) the whirlwind of baby's first year.. About the Book. First-Time Parent begins at the most disorienting moment of all — bringing your baby home for the first time — and walks new parents through every major milestone and meltdown of the first twelve months. Lucy Atkins combines her background in health journalism with her own experience as a mother of three to deliver a guide that respects both the medical facts and the messy reality of new parenthood. Chapters cover essential kit, coping with those first chaotic days, sleep routines, why babies (and parents) cry, feeding choices, and balancing work or single parenting, with guidance for adoptive, multiple, and special needs families too. Atkins writes in a feisty, empathetic voice that speaks directly to the exhausted parent wondering "where are the instructions?", offering reassurance rather than judgement. Rather than prescribing a single "right" way to parent, the book champions common sense and trusts parental instinct, reminding readers that most of the time, they are already the real expert on their own baby. It's a book to dip into during 3am feeds or read cover to cover before the baby arrives, and it remains one of the most trusted first-year parenting guides in print.. Practical, evidence-based advice covering sleep, feeding, crying, health and early de