Raising a baby is joyful, amazing . . . and ridiculously difficult. But with some insight into what&;s actually going on inside your little one&;s head, your job as a parent can become a little bit easier&;and a lot more fun.

In Think Like a Baby, coauthors Amber and Andy Ankowski&;The Doctor and the Dad&;show parents how to re-create classic child development experiments using common household items. These simple step-by-step experiments apply from the third trimester through age seven and beyond and help parents understand their children&;s physical, cognitive, language, and social development. Amazed parents won&;t just read about how their kids are behaving, changing, and thinking at various stages, they&;ll actually see it for themselves while interacting and having fun with them at the same time. Each experiment is followed by a discussion of its practical implications for parents, such as why to always bring more than one toy to a restaurant, which baby gadgets to buy (and which ones to avoid), how to get kids to be perfectly happy eating just half of their dessert, and much more.