What Babies Need

'I wish I had known this before I had children'…

That sentence regularly crosses the mind of many parents. And although every parent learns by experience, by doing it themselves with a lot of trial and error, it is nice that there is finally a book that can protect you from the biggest pitfalls. This could be the only book you really need for that first crazy, wacky, exciting, sometimes exhausting year with your baby.

Babies don't come with an instruction manual and yet everyone seems to be looking for one. There are hundreds of books written, countless courses offered and Google... they all promise the solution to one baby problem after another. There is just one thing that many of these writers/providers miss. Babies don't have problems, it's society that has a problem with babies. In this book we take a completely different perspective, that of the baby. What does a baby really need to develop to his full potential? To be happy for a lifetime? After reading this book you will know more about a baby than most 'experts' and that will help parents to walk their own path, together with their baby

Who is Melanie Visscher? Melanie and her team have a mother and child center; Oerzacht and a treatment center in Apeldoorn.

With her years of experience as a practitioner and her in-depth study of the baby brain, Melanie Visscher has specialized in understanding what babies need to develop optimally. She has immersed herself in the scientific research and insights of various experts in this field. She has brought all this knowledge together and translated it into accessible information for parents, so that they can better understand what their babies need and how they can best respond to it.

While Melanie is not a scientist, she has taken the time to piece together the various pieces of knowledge and research regarding baby development. Her book is written in a way that mothers can understand, even in the tired and uncertain state they often find themselves in. It offers facts and insights that explain the natural behavior of babies and emphasizes the importance of following your baby, listening to your intuition as a mother, and acting on what feels right.