What Babies Say Before They Can Talk: The Nine Signals Infants Use to Express Their Feelings

In What Babies Say Before They Can Talk, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Paul C. Holinger, M.D., M.P.H., a explains how infants communicate with us, and we with them, and outlines the nine easily identifiable signals that will help you to decode your baby's needs and feelings.

Dr. Holinger decodes the nine easily identifiable signals--interest, enjoyment, surprise, distress, anger, fear, shame, disgust (a reaction to bad tastes), and dissmell (a reaction to bad smells)--that all babies use to express their needs and wants. These insights will aid parents in discerning what their baby is feeling. This book can help all parents become more confident and self-aware in their interactions with their children, create positive communication, and put the joy back into parenting.

This is a unique work. It provides a foundation for understanding feelings and behavior. Based on emerging research, What Babies Say Before They Can Talk offers parents a new perspective on their babies' sense of the world and the people around them. The goal of this book is to help parents enhance their infants' potential, prevent problems, and raise happy, healthy, responsible children.

Author: Paul Holinger
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 08/04/2003
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.59h x 5.60w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780743406673
ISBN10: 0743406672
BISAC Categories:
- Family & Relationships | Life Stages | Infants & Toddlers | General
- Self-Help | Emotions

About the Author
Paul C. Holinger, M.D., M.P.H., is a psychiatrist and child/adult psychoanalyst. He is Professor of Psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago. He is also Faculty, Training/Supervising Analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.