What to Expect the First Year - Softcover

Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg; Eisenberg, Arlene; Hathaway, Sandee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761152121 ISBN 13: 9780761152125

Publisher: Workman Pub Co, 2008

Synopsis

The instructions that babies don’t come with, but that every parent needs.

• How can I get my baby to tell night from day?
• Is my breastfed baby getting enough to eat?
• What is that in my baby’s diaper?
• Will my colicky baby ever stop crying?
• What are the best toys for my baby?
• When should my baby start solids? What should we start with?
• Why isn’t my baby sitting up yet?
• When will my baby sleep through the night?
• Is it okay to let my baby play with my smartphone?
• Should I buy organic for my baby? Go green?

This bestselling, best-loved baby guide—and follow-up to What to Expect When You’re Expecting—offers everything you want to know about the care (and feeding) of your infant. Covers monthly growth and development, feeding for every age and stage, sleep strategies that really work, and the very best ways to stimulate your baby (and have fun at the same time!). Filled with the most practical tips (how to pump up your milk supply, give a bath, get a good burp, make your own baby food, cope with colic), the most up-to-date medical advice (the latest on car seats, safety around the house, vaccines, vitamin supplements, treating common illnesses, preventing SIDS), and more.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The comprehensive month-by-month guide that clearly explains everything parents need to know about the first year with a new baby.

Featuring a practical, illustrated Baby Care Primer, a First Aid Guide, and Best-Odds Recipes.

With special sections on the older sibling; selecting the right physician; seasonal concerns and traveling with baby; managing childhood illnesses; and nurturing the adopted baby, the low-birthweight infant, and the baby with specific problems.

"Unquestionably the best book for parents of infants in their first year of life that I have had the pleasure to read." (Morris Green, M.D., Perry W. Lesh Professor of Pediatrics, Indiana University Medical Center)

"This complete, practical, and unique book will help parents prevent or solve the problems of caring for a newborn infant through the first year of life...I love it!" (Ruth A. Lawrence, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center)

To help you become the best-equipped parents possible, here is a complete first-year manual from the authors of What to Expect When You're Expecting, America's pregnancy bible. Includes thorough information on baby's monthly growth and development, feeding, sleeping habits, infant illnesses, and safety.

Reassuring answers to 12 months of concerns:

-How do I cope with my colicky baby?

-How do I know when my baby is really sick and when I should call a doctor?

-How can I get my baby to sleep through the night?

-When is the best time to wean my baby?

-Why am I still having contractions now that I've delivered?

-When am I going to start feeling like a parent?

-How do I decide when to go back to work?

Edition details

• Publisher: Workman Pub Co
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0761152121
• ISBN 13: 9780761152125
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 806