About The Wonder Weeks
Where research began in Tanzania in 1971, The Wonder Weeks has since become a worldwide bestseller. And has been for 30 years! With our knowledge we want to give you insight into the development of your baby. That way you know what is going on in his head and you can understand him when he is going through a fussy phase.
Who are we?
For 30 over years, The Wonder Weeks has been a worldwide bestseller through book and app sales. It gives insights in what goes on in your baby’s head during the magical leaps and how to stimulate this development to get the most out of it. It helps parents understand the real reason behind many of your baby’s crying, eating and restless sleeping behaviors.
Our history
Tanzania 1971, where the story of The Wonder Weeks all began … Frans Plooij and his wife Hetty van de Rijt observed chimpanzees with Jane Goodall in Gombe National Park (1971 – 1973). In the years that followed, they came to an important discovery, the occurrence of “regression periods” in chimpanzees, decline in independence. During follow-up research on mother-baby interaction, such regression periods in the first 20 months of a baby’s life became abundantly clear. The leaps had been discovered!
