Parenting Guide to Your Baby's First Year
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From the editors of Parenting Magazine comes Parenting Guide to Your Baby's First Year, a comprehensive guide packed with helpful facts from the experts, as well as tips and true stories from parents. Organized into four sections, each covering a three-month period (plus a chapter on the first few days with baby), this guide advises new parents on everything from caring for baby to adjusting to parenthood. Author Ann Krueger, former editor-in-chief of Parenting Magazine and the mother of two, writes with candor and style. "In an instant," she says, "my world had both grown to make room for this precious new life and shrunk to focus only on her--a state of maternal insanity experienced by many new moms." Krueger offers straightforward explanations and earnest answers to the questions new parents ask: Why does my baby cry so much? When should I call the doctor if I suspect something is wrong? How can I encourage my baby to sleep through the night? How do I trim my baby's nails? What should I do to help ease my child's separation anxiety? Even, what's happened to my relationship? With all the essential information new parents need to survive (and enjoy!) their baby's first year, this guide will give you the resources you need to know that you're not alone in this great endeavor. --Kelley Smith
Book Description
A COMPLETE SOURCEBOOK FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT YEAR IN YOUR BABY'S LIFE!
With its timely, in-depth advice and hands-on guidance, PARENTING magazine has emerged as the child-care resource of choice for aware, involved parents. Now, the editors of PARENTING bring you a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute guide to the all-important first year of your baby's life. With chapters organized in three-month increments from birth to first birthday, PARENTING Guide to Your Baby's First Year provides the essential information on everything you need to know about:
Your Baby's First Hours:  How newborns look, act, and feel - Making the most of your hospital stay - The equipment and clothing you'll need - Taking your newborn home
The Adjustment to Parenthood: Feeling like a parent - Dealing with postpartum blues - The challenging demands of a newborn - Older siblings - How your marriage changes
Feeding Your Growing Child:  The pros and cons of breast and bottle - Learning to use a cup - Starting solids - Food allergies - Strategies for dealing with picky eaters - Avoiding meal-time power struggles
Child Development:  How your baby grows - Mastering motor skills - Baby's social and emotional life - The first words
Health & Safety: First-year medical checkups - Baby-proofing your home - Immunizations - Common illnesses of infancy and early childhood - When to worry about a fever
Caring for Your Child: Sleep strategies that work - Diapering, bathing, and dressing - Finding the right childcare
Caring for Yourself: Recovering from natural birth or C-section - Getting enough rest - Sex after childbirth - Keeping your relationship strong and healthy - Encouraging dads to get involved
Work Issues:  The right time to go back to work - Balancing job and baby
Special Concerns:  Twins - Preventing SIDS - Living with colic - Developmental delays
Plus:  Teething woes - Milestones big and small - Dad's perspective  - Games babies love to play - Surviving the holidays
- With illustrations throughout -
Parenting Guide to Your Baby's First Year
Parenting Guide to Your Baby's First Year,Anne Krueger,Parenting Magazine Editors,Ballantine Books,0345411803,Care,Child rearing,Development,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family/Marriage,Infants,Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers/Infants,Parenting,Parenting - Child Rearing,Parenting - General,Family & Relationships / Parenting
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