Contents page

Chapter 1
Our sensory world
• What is sensory input • Our senses • How we process input
• The sensory world of the womb

Chapter 2
How sensory input affects your baby's state
• What sensory input does your baby absorb • Your baby's states
• Calming vs alerting input

Chapter 3
Preparing your baby's sensory environment
• The nursery • Clothing • Mother space • Introducing your baby to the world
• Establishing a sense-able routine

Chapter 4
How your baby signals sensory load
• Understanding your baby's signals • Approach signals • Warning signals
• Fussing signals • Crying • Responding to your baby's signals

Chapter 5
Sensory guidelines for feeding
• Breastfeeding guidelines and tips • Bottle-feeding advice • Supplementary and complementary feeds • The sensory experience of feeding

Chapter 6
Establish good sleep habits
• Understanding sleep cycles • Setting the stage for sleep • Sleep solutions
• Secrets of success

Chapter 7
Crying
• Normal crying • Crying in the early days • Process of elimination (possible causes of crying)

Chapter 8
Fussing and colic
• A fussing baby's distress signals • The colic cycle
• How to calm your fussing baby • Regulatory disorders

Chapter 9
Development and stimulation
• Normal development and milestones • Developmental delay and giftedness
• How to enhance development

Chapter 10
A sensory diet to enhance development
• Incorporate sensory input into everyday routine • A sensory diet based on timing, environment, activities and toys (TEAT framework)

Chapter 11
Care & development: Birth to two weeks
• Feeding issues • Sleep issues • A flexible routine • What's baby up to?
• Enhancing development • Baby massage

Chapter 12
Care & development: Two to six weeks
• Feeding issues • Sleep issues • A flexible routine • What's baby up to?
• Enhancing development • Postnatal depression

Chapter 13
Care & development: six to twelve weeks
• Feeding issues • Sleep issues • A flexible routine • What's baby up to?
• Enhancing development • Colic remedies

Chapter 14
Care & development: Three to six months
• Feeding issues • Sleep issues • A flexible routine • What's baby up to?
• Enhancing development • The importance of crawling

Chapter 15
Care & development: Six to nine months
• Feeding issues • Sleep issues • A flexible routine • What's baby up to?
• Enhancing development • Walking rings: caution

Chapter 16
Care & development: Nine to twelve months
• Feeding issues • Sleep issues • A flexible routine • What's baby up to?
• Enhancing development • Baby's health, wellbeing and optimal development