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What to Expect the First Year » (Reissue)
Authors: Heidi Murkoff
ISBN-13: 9780761152125, ISBN-10: 0761152121
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published: October 2008
Edition: Reissue
Author Biography: Heidi Murkoff
Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect® series and author of Eating Well When You're Expecting, The What to Expect Pregnancy Journal & Organizer, What to Expect the First Year, The What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook, and the What to Expect Kids series from HarperCollins. Her interactive website is www.whattoexpect.com, and she lives with her family in Los Angeles, California.
Book Synopsis
Everything new parents need to know about the care (and feeding) of an infant, from the authors of What to Expect® When You're Expecting. Covers monthly growth and development, feeding for every age and stage, sleep strategies that really work.
Filled with the most practical tips (how to give a bath, decode your baby's crying, what to buy for baby, and when to return to work) and the most up-to-date medical advice (the latest on vaccines, vitamins, illnesses, SIDS, safety, and more).
Reassuring Answers to Hundreds of Questions:
- What's the best kind of car seat for my newborn?
- How do I know if my baby's getting enough to eat?
- How can I tell if my baby is really sick? When should I call the doctor?
- Should I sign my baby up for classes?
- Should I be worried that my baby isn't crawling yet?
- How do I cope with my colicky baby?
The only book on infant care to address the physical as well as the emotional needs of the entire family.
Table of Contents
| Foreword: A Parenting Book That Stands Alone | xxiii | |
| Introduction: A Second Baby Is Born | xxv | |
| Part 1 | The First Year | |
| Chapter 1 | Get Ready, Get Set | 2 |
| Feeding Your Baby: Breast or Formula, or Both | 2 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 11 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Selecting the Right Physician | 29 | |
| Chapter 2 | Buying for Baby | 41 |
| Nursery Necessities and Niceties | 49 | |
| Equipment for Outings | 54 | |
| When Baby Gets Older | 62 | |
| Chapter 3 | Breastfeeding Basics | 66 |
| Getting Started Breastfeeding | 66 | |
| Breastfeeding 101 | 69 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 77 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Keeping Your Milk Healthy and Safe | 93 | |
| Chapter 4 | Your Newborn Baby | 99 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 99 | |
| What You Can Expect at Hospital Checkups | 100 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Getting Started Formula Feeding | 106 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 113 | |
| What It's Important to Know: The Baby Care Primer | 133 | |
| Chapter 5 | The First Month | 152 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 152 | |
| Feeding Your Baby This Month: Expressing Breast Milk | 155 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 162 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Babies Develop Differently | 208 | |
| Chapter 6 | The Second Month | 212 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 212 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 213 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Introducing...the Bottle | 215 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 218 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Stimulating Your Baby in the Early Months | 242 | |
| Chapter 7 | The Third Month | 249 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 249 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 250 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Breastfeeding and Working | 250 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 255 | |
| What It's Important to Know: The Right Child Care for Baby | 275 | |
| Chapter 8 | The Fourth Month | 289 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 289 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 291 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Thinking About Solids | 292 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 293 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Playthings for Baby | 307 | |
| Chapter 9 | The Fifth Month | 310 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 310 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 311 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Starting Solids | 312 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 319 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Environmental Hazards and Your Baby | 335 | |
| Chapter 10 | The Sixth Month | 345 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 345 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 346 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Commercial or Home-Prepared Baby Foods | 347 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 350 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Stimulating Your Older Baby | 366 | |
| Chapter 11 | The Seventh Month | |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 370 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 371 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Moving Up from Strained Foods | 371 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 372 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Putting the Super in Baby | 383 | |
| Chapter 12 | The Eighth Month | 385 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 385 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 386 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Finally--Finger Foods | 387 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 388 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Making Home Safe for Baby | 402 | |
| Chapter 13 | The Ninth Month | 416 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 416 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 417 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Establishing Good Habits Now | 418 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 420 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Games Babies Play | 432 | |
| Chapter 14 | The Tenth Month | 435 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 435 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 436 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: When to Wean | 437 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 439 | |
| What It's Important to Know: The Beginning of Discipline | 451 | |
| Chapter 15 | The Eleventh Month | 459 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 459 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 460 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Weaning from the Bottle | 460 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 462 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Helping Baby to Talk | 467 | |
| Chapter 16 | The Twelfth Month | 471 |
| What Your Baby May Be Doing | 471 | |
| What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup | 473 | |
| Feeding Your Baby: Weaning from the Breast | 474 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 478 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Stimulating Your One-Year Old | 502 | |
| Part 2 | Of Special Concern | |
| Chapter 17 | A Baby for All Seasons | 508 |
| What You May Be Concerned About in Summer Weather | 508 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About in Winter Weather | 517 | |
| What It's Important to Know: The Season for Travel | 522 | |
| Chapter 18 | When Baby Is Sick | 532 |
| Before Calling the Doctor | 532 | |
| How Much Rest for a Sick Baby? | 535 | |
| Feeding a Sick Baby | 535 | |
| When Medication Is Needed | 536 | |
| The Most Common Infant Health Problems | 540 | |
| What It's Important to Know: All About Fever | 562 | |
| Chapter 19 | First Aid Do's and Don'ts | 572 |
| Resuscitation Techniques for Babies and Children | 589 | |
| Chapter 20 | The Low-Birthweight Baby | 600 |
| Feeding Your Baby: Nutrition for the Preterm or Low-Birthweight Infant | 601 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 606 | |
| What It's Important to Know: Health Problems Common in Low-Birthweight Babies | 621 | |
| Chapter 21 | The Special Needs Baby | 625 |
| Feeding Your Baby: Can Diet Make a Difference? | 626 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 626 | |
| What It's Important to Know: The Most Common Birth Disorders | 638 | |
| Chapter 22 | The Adopted Baby | 652 |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 652 | |
| Part 3 | For the Family | |
| Chapter 23 | For Mom: Enjoying the First Year | 664 |
| What You Should Be Eating: The Postpartum Diet | 665 | |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 670 | |
| What It's Important to Know: To Work or Not to Work | 710 | |
| Chapter 24 | Becoming a Father | 715 |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 715 | |
| Chapter 25 | From Only Child to Older Child | 726 |
| What You May Be Concerned About | 726 | |
| Part 4 | Ready Reference | |
| Baby's First Recipes | 748 | |
| Four to Eight Months | 748 | |
| Six to Twelve Months | 749 | |
| Eight to Twelve Months | 750 | |
| Common Home Remedies | 756 | |
| Common Childhood Infections | 759 | |
| Index | 784 |
Subjects
Parenting & Family
Family - Assorted Topics Child Rearing & Development
Parenting & Family Family - Assorted Topics Family - General & Miscellaneous
Parenting & Family Infants & Toddlers Infants & Toddlers - Infants
Family - Assorted Topics Child Rearing & DevelopmentParenting & Family
Family - Assorted Topics Family - General & MiscellaneousParenting & Family
Infants & Toddlers Infants & Toddlers - Infants
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