Collection: Parents Collection

Desmond Morris explores the miracle of new life and a baby's incredible potential for growth and development.

Packed with practical information, useful tips and invaluable expertise, this series of books is ideal for all new parents. This book contains advice on how to keep your child safe in and out of the home.

Make your favourite meals their favourite flavours. A new approach to baby weaning that will have your baby eating solid food and Italian meals with the whole family by the time they are 12 months old. In a very short space of time, see your baby progress from basic no-cook purees, to interesting...

Rachel Waddilove offers advice on looking after your baby during the first year. She covers needs for the nursery, coming home from hospital, breast feeding versus bottle feeding, establishing a routine and introducing solid food. She also considers the emotional and social aspects of becoming pa...

'The Baby Detective' is the only book of the parenting genre to develop a unique, step-by-step investigative process that will enable parents to solve their own baby care problems. It puts them firmly back in the driving seat, giving them the tools to do away with sometimes conflicting and confus...

Taking delivery of a new baby is even more exciting than taking delivery of a new car (at least for most people). This manual gives you what you would expect from Haynes: down-to-earth, step-by-step instructions, written by professionals from practical experience.

This massage book concentrates on stopping a baby crying and soothing an infant to sleep. At each developmental stage child psychologist Dr Heath explains why massage is beneficial. It includes routines for after a bath, nappy changing and bedtime.

Being massaged makes babies relax and cope better with stress, improves their muscular coordination and flexibility and helps them straighten tightly flexed hands and legs. And who better to teach parents how to acquire these essential skills than Peter Walker, the world's best-known baby massage...

Updated annually, 'Baby Names' is the UK's bestselling naming book. Featuring over 8,000 of the most up-to-date names, including royalty, celebrity trends and which names are rocketing up the charts and advice on dealing with family expectations.