The catechism that generations of parents kept beside the crib. Dr. L. Emmett Holt answers the practical questions of infant and child feeding, sleep, bathing, and daily care in a calm question-and-answer form that steadied many an anxious new mother. It is the founding classic of modern childcare, plain-spoken and reassuring. A window into how our great-grandparents were raised, and a surprising amount that still holds true.