新「育児の原理」Childcare Basics:The Japanese Method is composed of the following headings:

Chapter 1
A PROPER MENTAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHILDCAREopen

1. Care during pregnancy
2. Motherly affection
3. Gentle encouragement for mothers soon after delivery
4. Close physical contact between a mother and her baby
5. The pride and responsibility of a mother
6. Awareness as a mother
7. A gift from heaven
8. Father’s participation in childcare
9. Awareness as a father – the importance of life
10. The time when I became a father for the first time in my life
11. First-time childbirth in the 30’s is quite common
12. Children raised by their mothers alone
13. One-point childcare advice according to age

Chapter 2
BREAST MILKopen

1. Raising our children on breast milk
2. Mothers with poor milk flow
3. Important first milk for the baby
4. Components of breast milk and creating quality breast milk
5. Components of breast milk: zinc, copper
6. Premature babies and breast milk
7. Breast milk and the weight of your baby
8. Contamination of breast milk
9. When to wean from breast milk
10. To mothers who cannot breast-feed

Chapter 3
ARTIFICIAL NUTRIENTSopen

1. Problems with the use of artificial nutrients
2. Single feeding of artificial nutrients
3. Switching from breast milk to artificial nutrients
4. Making a smooth switch to mixed feeding
5. Premature babies and artificial nutrients
6. Cause-and-effect relationship between cow’s milk and allergies

Chapter 4
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL GROWTH OF A BABYopen

1. Even a newborn baby can see
2. Making eye contact as the foundation of childcare
3. Vision promotes cerebral as well as mental development in babies
4. Even newborn babies have personalities
5. Babies are always seeking “mental stability”
6. For the baby’s peace of mind
7. The frequent holding of your baby until three months old won’t be habit forming, so stop worrying!
8. The importance of conveying humanity during the nursing stage
9. A mother’s smile develops her child’s mind
10. A mother’s smile and her unborn baby
11. There are two types of infant smiles
12. Checkpoints for the third month
13. Babies grow while trying things themselves
14. How to help develop a sense of joy and trust for others in babies
15. Thumb sucking during the first three to four months is a physiological phenomenon
16. When thumb sucking persists
17. Who said mothers have to be perfect?
18. Mother’s attitudes while feeding is important
19. Baby's crying at night: mostly caused by the baby's frustration
20. Try the “Smile With No Words” treatment for babies who cry at night
21. Thoughtfulness is the best medicine for babies that cry at night
22. There are babies who require more care from the time of birth
23. Nervous babies
24. Mothers who are good at childcare
25. Benefit of piggybacking
26. Taking walks with your baby
27. Creativity born from playing alone
28. Tag-along babies
29. Sleeping alone and sleeping together
30. Children who are slow to speak
31. Thoughts on baby products
32. Babies sleeping on their stomach and sudden death

Chapter 5
INFANT DISCIPLINEopen

1. Cerebral and mental development of babies
2. When you must not say “No” to your child
3. When a baby cries to be pampered
4. Start teaching rules from the age of 7–8 months
5. Potty training

Chapter 6
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL GROWTH OF A TODDLERopen

1. Understanding aspects of a two-year-old’s mental development is vital
2. The growing self-assertiveness of two-year-olds
3. Even two-year-olds can control themselves
4. A two-year-old’s instinctive attachment to his mother
5. A two-year-old’s jealousy is natural
6. Mental impact on a child when welcoming a sibling into a family
7. An “older child first” approach will not spoil the child
8. Good parenting means love and affection
9. Do not hurt your child by comparing him with other children
10. More children keeping late hours
11. An afternoon nap is a good habit
12. A three-year-old's resistance
13. Individual differences prevail at three years of age
14. Learning good balance
15. Some bad habits
16. Tussling with playmates
17. If you don’t want your child to become an outcast
18. Sibling rivalry
19. Significance of toys and how to deal with them
20. Toys and children's ages
21. “Why?” and “How?”
22. Growth, meals and affection
23. Children who do not eat breakfast
24. Stammering
25. Physical ability and erroneous belief
26. Stress
27. Parents unaware of mental danger signals
28. Children who are restless or lack concentration
29. Cultural training and a receptive mind
30. To mothers who enroll their children in “PREP” schools
31. Children are multi-talented; do not value them by a single talent
32. Male and female roles
33. Interest in sexuality
34. Mother complex

Chapter 7
TODDLER DISCIPLINEopen

1. The principle of disciplining toddlers
2. Roles of family members in caring for a child
3. A child’s brain and discipline
4. Strict discipline and gentle discipline
5. A mother’s lies
6. A child’s lies
7. Physical punishment will leave scars in your child’s mind
8. When to start disciplining with your eyes
9. Things to consider when the child becomes three
10. A three-year-old likes to do everything
11. How to raise a child with a strong sense of self-reliance
12. Food likes and dislikes
13. When a child is noisy
14. Prevention of tooth decay
15. Teaching a child to value things by using old toys
16. Starting verbal discipline
17. How to scold a child
18. TV watching and rules
19. An only child

Chapter 8
MOTHER’S SOCIAL LIFE AND CHILD-REARINGopen

1. A working mother and her child
2. A mother’s relationships with others and the effect on the child

Useful childcare tips by children’s age - Summary

FOREWORD

Osamu Tezuka
Cartoonist

【 From FOREWORD of 新「育児の原理」Childcare Basics: The Japanese Method 】
I was fortunate enough to have the honor to accompany Dr. Naito on inspection tour of China. This was a wonderful and very rare opportunity. I had looked forward to hearing Dr. Naito offer his highly respected opinions on a number of problems in the field of childcare, but unfortunately time did not allow me to realize these particular expectations. On the other hand, however, I was treated to the entirely unexpected opportunity of being with him during his visits to various clinics which deal with childcare. Through this experience, I was able to come to understand the man personally.

The things which I would have liked to discuss with him have all been dealt with in this particular volume, which has left me with nothing more to ask of him. From the first page to the last, I found myself confronted with evocative, sometimes shocking information. From the very start, when it mentions “how important the first week is after birth,” the importance of the mother being with and being able to freely cuddle her child during the first 8 daylight hours after the child is born is made quite apparent. If she is separated from her child immediately after birth, this can lead to the development of a number of problems in the first two years of the infant's life. He points out how motherly love is developed during this period. This is a point which has drawn most of my concern with parenthood, especially since both my own son and daughter were kept in separate rooms, away from their mother during the period immediately following their births. I was taken to a window where someone kindly pointed out to me, “That is your child.” This was an extremely cold introduction to my own children and has remained in my heart since they were born.

It has been pointed out in America that “within 10 minutes after birth, a child shown a picture of a human face will respond to the picture.” This was also quite a shock to me. Dr. Naito has pointed out that “the child is not responding to the picture itself, but rather to the stimulation of the situation.” Having felt that because the child was a baby he knew absolutely nothing, I have enjoyed myself by playfully teasing my own children when they were babies. However, if they indeed understand situations, then perhaps my children, who are now grown up, may retain feelings of aversion towards me for the way I enjoyed myself at their expense. This is rather embarrassing for an experienced parent.

At any rate, from the very first chapter, this is the way it is. Each section contains a number of surprising statements about infant life and the difficulties they experience. The importance of the lifestyles of the parents and their ways of parenting is emphasized throughout the book and touches our hearts. This is not a medical book, it is a book of the heart, a book of human theory. Especially important is the statement which emphasizes "the role of the mother in bearing and raising her children who, in turn, will compose the large continuing cycle of mankind." The book is filled with words of wisdom for today's women who are often more concerned with "pleasure-seeking, leisure and their professions."