BABYLOVING is a comfortable and reassuring read to new parents. Hiag Akmakjian, as a Book of the Month Club author and an authority on babies and childhood development, explains in his new book how emotions grow in the first 36 months of life. Writing in a cheerful and conversational tone, he discusses, among many topics, how a baby learns to tolerate frustration. The importance of love and hugging in the baby's development. Where healthy self-esteem comes from. How compassion develops to help a baby become a more "human" and loving being.