Touchpoints – Birth to Three

The leaps and regressions that young children predictably go through are the focus of T. Berry Brazelton's guide for parents of babies and small children, revised with co-author Joshua D. Sparrow, who brings a child psychiatrist's perspective. The revised edition adds material on physical, emotional and behavioral development and on the new pressures families face, with more attention to fathers and other caregivers. Topics range from sleep patterns, toilet training and co-sleeping to prematurity, early communication, play and learning, SIDS, asthma, the immune system and safety. It also covers cognitive development, childcare and the signs of developmental delay. Parents in the United States and in more than twenty countries have relied on it.

Brene Brown recommends the Touchpoints series to new parents, arguing that guiding children depends on understanding what is happening in their development.