"I am passionate about giving new parents the confidence they need to enter into conversation with their baby---one that will lay the groundwork for everything that is vital and beautiful about the relationship between parent and child."---Dr. Kevin Nugent"Parents and other caregivers lament, often with some hard-won humor, that babies do not come with an owner's manual. But in fact your infant does come with caregiving guidelines embedded in his behavior, which can tell you what he needs to survive and thrive. These guidelines do have to be decoded, however. And because each infant is different, with a distinctive disposition and sensibilities, each one's guidelines are unique. As you learn to decode your baby's behavior, he will offer you precious information about his preferences, needs, and expectations---about who he is!"---From the IntroductionAn essential book for any new parent, gorgeously illustrated with forty-five black-and-white photographsFrom an international expert on infantparent communication, Your Baby is Speaking to You is destined to become a parenting classic. Through intimate access to babies and their families, Dr. Kevin Nugent and the acclaimed photographer Abelardo Morell capture the amazingly precocious communication strategies babies demonstrate from the moment they are born.Your Baby Is Speaking to You illustrates the full range of behaviors---early smiling and startling, feeding and sleeping, listening to your voice and recognizing your face.Your Baby Is Speaking to You delivers the information parents crave in a gentle, accessible style, while giving parents the confidence they need to respond to their own baby's way of communicating during the first astonishing days of life and the months beyond.