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Every parent wants the best for their baby but how do you know what that is when childcare advice changes as often as high street fashions? For the past hundred years, parents have been increasingly bombarded with books and manuals giving them the definitive answer on how to bring up a baby – so which era had it right?
To try and make sense of it all, we've taken three of the most influential baby handbooks of the last hundred years and are pitting them against each other with the help of six new families. Each couple has chosen the method they think will best suit their values and lifestyles and has agreed to let cameras observe how they get on for the first three months of their babies' lives.
Three mentors will be with the families every step of the way, helping them get the best out of their chosen manual and setting them back on the right track when they make mistakes. Each mentor is a passionate advocate of her favoured method and there's very little they agree on. The only way to settle the argument is to see how real-life families get on…
 Best for Baby?
The theory and practice behind the three methods. |
 Key Issues
Expert advice from paediatrician Harvey Marcovitch |
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