Wonder Weeks

Have you ever wondered what's going on in your baby's head? Why is a normally well-tempered baby suddenly difficult and demanding? And then, suddenly, he is doing things he could not do the day before. Research has shown that babies make 10 major, predictable, age-linked changes - or leaps - during their first 20 months of their lives. During this time, he will learn more than in any other year. With each leap comes a drastic change in your baby's mental development, which affects not only his mood, but also his health, intelligence, sleeping patterns and the 'three C's' (crying, clinging and crankiness). "The Wonder Weeks Explained" - Following each leap comes the 'wonder weeks', in which the baby has new and expanded brain capacity and is able to learn to do new things. Each leap sets the stage for subsequent development of skills, which depend on the baby's preferences, experimentation and physical development. For example, the ability to perceive spatial relationships (about 26 weeks) is a necessary precondition for 'crawling inside or under things', but this skill normally appears anywhere from 6 to 11 months. As amazing as this is, it is also scary for the baby. Suddenly, he can think, feel, notice and understand what is happening around him in a new way. The perception of sensations does not change with increasing age, but becomes subservient to the new, higher levels of perception that are emerging one after the other in the hierarchy and that are superposed onto the already existing, lower levels of perception. These changes in thinking can show up in changes in what he can do and how he behaves. That is why, before he is able to explore his new ability, he often cries more, is more clingy and crankier. These changes can also manifest as poor sleep, lack of appetite and general fussiness - and exhausted parents. The book "The Wonder Weeks," by Dutch authors Hetty van de Rijt and Frans Plooij spells out the phenomenon happening inside your baby's brain with detailed information about each leap. Based on 35 years of extensive research, "The Wonder Weeks" describes in easy to understand terms the incredible developmental changes that all babies go through during their first 20 months of life. In the years since the publication of his original book, Dr. Plooij continued to research the developmental leaps in infants together with numerous national and international experts. The results are found in an extended edition of "The Wonder Weeks," which explores the ninth and tenth leap. These are key leaps to form the basis of a well-educated child in cleverness and in well-raised person. "The Wonder Weeks," which has been an international bestseller for years selling more than 1 million copies worldwide in 12 languages, is more readily available at website. There is also an iPhone/iPad app available. Using the book as a guide, parents can be better prepared - often within a week or two - when to expect the behavior that marks a new change in their baby's development. "The Wonder Weeks" provides: a phase-by-phase guide to baby's behavior; an explanation of the markers for the 'three C's' and how to react; fun games and gentle activities parents can do with their baby to guide them through their 'leap'; and a description of the baby's perspective on the world around him and how it can help parents understand the changes he's going through. If you own the book, you are entitled to sign up for a free leap-alarm. You will get an email during the week when your baby - at the earliest - will make the next leap. As the timing of the mental development is based on the due date, and not the date of birth, we ask you to fill in the due date. Each email will feature a short description of your baby's imminent leap in mental development. And of course, this service is completely free! There are also an iPhone App and an iPad App available.

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"This is a very practical and entertaining window into the baby's first year and a half. van de Rijt and Plooij have observed and found the vulnerable times in an infant's development that I independently came to in my book Touchpoints (Perseus). The authors' observations and practical suggestions are wonderful." -T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., professor emeritus, Harvard Medical School "Anyone who deals with infants and young children will want to read "The Wonder Weeks." This book will open parents' eyes to aspects of their children's growth, development, changing behavior, and emotional responsiveness that they might otherwise not notice or find puzzling and distressing." -Catherine Snow, Ph.D., Shattuck Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education "van de Rijt and Plooij's work on infant development has enormous value for clinical use and scientific application. Not only have they explained the periods of puzzling, difficult behavior in infancy which so worry parents, they have also shown how these behaviors mark developmental leaps and have described the stages in the infant's understanding. Together, this gives parents and professionals soundly based insight into babies' developing minds. What's more, van de Rijt and Plooij have described the play and communication that work best with babies at different ages and thus helped parents understand and connect sensitively with their babies. This parent-child connection is the major prerequisite for the development of secure, well-adjusted children. "The Wonder Weeks" is essential reading for everyone who works with infants -- pediatricians, social workers, psychologists, and, of course, parents." -John Richer, Ph.D., Dip. Clin. Psychol., consultant clinical psychologist and Head of Pediatric Psychology, Department of Pediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England "van de Rijt and Plooij will help you see the world the way an infant sees it. As the child grows, displays of emotion (such as crying) tell us the child is summoning reserves of energy and is calling out for help in finding new ways to perceive the changing world. Because van de Rijt and Plooij have discovered predictable stages in the widening of the infant's perceptions and skills, they can enable you, with their superb examples, to recognize the onset of these stressful episodes and to join your child in coping with them. So rich, indeed, are the implications of finding new perceptions and new skills in the midst of stress that whether or not you are a parent, it can never be too early or too late to profit from this book." -Philip J. Runkel, Ph.D., professor emeritus of psychology and education, University of Oregon "Terrible Twos" a Misnomer, According to Research; Extended Edition of International Bestseller Released, Helps Parents Weather Emotional Storms. Research shows that the so-called "terrible twos" don't need to exist when it comes to child development. In fact, the behavior often associated with this stage - tantrums, moodiness, nagging and an affinity for the word "no" - begins shortly after the first birthday. For parents, it is important to jump into action at this point so they can prevent the "two's" from becoming terrible and turn them into something tremendous. A child doesn't need to act so "terrible," as long as you know what to do and, more important: why he is acting this way. By understanding these leaps you can make the transition into toddlerhood, and the subsequent stages including the "terrible two's," into the "tremendous two's" and beyond. "Tremendous," says Dr. Plooij, "because it is with these leaps that a huge part of socialization is set for life. And tremendous: because good values and norms start now. If you invest in your toddler in this time, it will pay off for lifetime and especially in puberty." From the SFGa

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Born in 1944, Hetty van de Rijt-Plooij studied Educational Psychology at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands and worked following graduation in an institute for the mentally handicapped. From 1971 to 1973, with her husband Frans Plooij, she studied infant development in free-living chimpanzees with Dr. Jane Goodall in the Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. From 1973 to 1976, she studied with Prof. Robert Hinde in the Medical Research Council unit on the Development and Integration of Behaviour. In 1976 her daughter Xaviera was born. She obtained her Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, England in 1982. As a researcher at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 1986 to 1990, she studied the development of human babies in their home environment through direct observations, filming, and in-depth interviews with their parents. As lead author with her husband as co-author, she wrote the best-selling parenting book The Wonder Weeks, which has been published in twelve languages, from the USA to Japan. She designed a parental support and education program called "Leaping hurdles," based on the Wonder Weeks and published a scientific evaluation study to report on the results of this program. She died far too young at the age of 59. Born in 1946, Frans X. Plooij studied in the Netherlands with Adriaan Kortlandt, University of Amsterdam, with Hein Oomen, University of Nijmegen, and with Gerard Baerends, University of Groningen, where he received his Ph.D. in 1980. In 1971-73, he and his wife Hetty van de Rijt worked with Jane Goodall in the Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East-Africa, on infant development in free-living chimpanzees. In 1973-76 he worked with Robert Hinde in the Medical Research Council unit on the Development and Integration of Behaviour, University Sub-department of Animal Behaviour in Madingley, Cambridge, England; in 1976-80 at the department of Developmental Psychology, University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and from 1981 to 1993 as head of the department of Research and Development at the institute for Child Studies of the City of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where, among other things, he participated in European Union SOCRATES-LINGUA projects concerning the implementation of an innovative second- and foreign-language teaching method for small schoolchildren. From 1993 to 1998, he was a professor at the Department of Developmental and Experimental Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen. Currently, Dr. Plooij is president of the International Research-institute on Infant Studies (IRIS) at Arnhem, the Netherlands, initiator of the European project on "the intercultural study of infantile regression periods" (ISIRP), and director of Kiddy World Promotions B.V., a consulting firm that serves companies producing products related to children, such as toys. Dr. Plooij was Vice-president for Information of the International Society for Human Ethology from 1989-1993, Vice-president of the Institut Europ,en pour le Development de tous les Enfants (IEDPE), served on the editorial board of the journal "Ethology and Sociobiology", and is member of the panel of assessors of the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. He is a full member of several international, scientific societies in the domains of child development and behavioural biology, and of the New York Academy of Sciences. In addition to numerous scientific publications, Dr. Plooij has written several bestselling parenting books, one of which, The Wonder Weeks, has been published in twelve languages, from the USA to Japan.

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About this Book, xi; Introduction, 1; Leap Alarm, 8; Chapter 1: Growing Up: How Your Baby Does It, 9; Chapter 2: Newborn: Welcome to the World, 21; Chapter 3: Wonder Week 5: The World of Changing Sensations, 41; Chapter 4: Wonder Week 8: The World of Patterns, 61; Chapter 5: Wonder Week 12: The World of Smooth Transitions, 91; Chapter 6: Wonder Week 19: The World of Events, 119; Chapter 7: Wonder Week 26: The World of Relationships, 159; Chapter 8: Wonder Week 37: The World of Categories, 209; Chapter 9: Wonder Week 46: The World of Sequences, 245; Chapter 10: Wonder Week 55: The World of Programs, 285; Chapter 11: Wonder Week 64: The World of Principles, 321; Chapter 12: Wonder Week 75: The World of Systems, 387; Postscript: Countless Wonders, 461; Further Reading, 465; Resources, 469; Index, 473; Internet, Languages, 489.

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