My First Baby - The Essential Handbook for First Time Mothers (Newest Edition)

Most parents hit it off with their little ones right away.

The tremendous need to bond with a newborn is normally triggered by an intense emotion that makes a parent-particularly the mother-want to love and protect her young offspring.

For some people, however, this may require a longer period especially after a complicated pregnancy or a strenuous labor.

Nonetheless, “my first baby” guidebooks usually reiterate the value of bonding time in spite of the preceding circumstances.