The First-Time Parent is on your side, and reassures that you can cope brilliantly with your new baby and your new life. As a health journalist and mother-of-three, Lucy Atkins is familiar with both the medical aspects of childbirth and baby development, and the reality of day-to-day life as an exhausted first-time mum or dad. Anticipating the questions and concerns of all new mothers, the book provides practical advice and level-headed reassurance. It addresses the needs of your baby and, very importantly yours, during the first year of their baby's life.