Your Baby's First Year For Dummies
Everything new and experienced parents need to know about their baby's first 12 months to give them the best start in life

Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby's First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby's first twelve months, from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress.

This comprehensive yet no-nonsense guide can help new or even seasoned moms and dads looking for tips and advice to help with every aspect of their baby's development. During Baby's first year, at times things will go well: Baby's sleeping and eating well, she's hitting milestones on time, and you're balancing childcare with work or with housekeeping. Then again, there are times when things aren't great. This jargon-free book takes a realistic look at what Baby's first year might be like, month by month. You'll find it helpful if you're pregnant and wondering what Baby's first year will be like; you have given birth and want to know what the months ahead hold; you have given birth and need advice from a book that doesn't talk down to you or make you feel as though there's something wrong with you (because there's not) if you're having a hard time making the adjustment to parenthood.

Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies gives you advice on topics like the following:

  • Bonding with Baby
  • Breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding
  • Baby's first checkup
  • Baby's checkups at two months, four months, six months, nine months, and twelve months
  • Sleeping habits
  • Teething
  • Baby toy safety and preventing injuries
  • Food preparation and food allergies
  • Traveling with your baby
  • Signs of common illnesses
  • Planning Baby's 1-year party
  • And much more

Additionally, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies provides tips for surviving the first few weeks, Daddy survival tips, and advice on when to call your pediatrician (and when not to). If Baby has arrived or you expect her soon, get your copy to make every moment count.

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Your Baby's First Year For Dummies
Everything new and experienced parents need to know about their baby's first 12 months to give them the best start in life

Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby's First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby's first twelve months, from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress.

This comprehensive yet no-nonsense guide can help new or even seasoned moms and dads looking for tips and advice to help with every aspect of their baby's development. During Baby's first year, at times things will go well: Baby's sleeping and eating well, she's hitting milestones on time, and you're balancing childcare with work or with housekeeping. Then again, there are times when things aren't great. This jargon-free book takes a realistic look at what Baby's first year might be like, month by month. You'll find it helpful if you're pregnant and wondering what Baby's first year will be like; you have given birth and want to know what the months ahead hold; you have given birth and need advice from a book that doesn't talk down to you or make you feel as though there's something wrong with you (because there's not) if you're having a hard time making the adjustment to parenthood.

Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies gives you advice on topics like the following:

  • Bonding with Baby
  • Breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding
  • Baby's first checkup
  • Baby's checkups at two months, four months, six months, nine months, and twelve months
  • Sleeping habits
  • Teething
  • Baby toy safety and preventing injuries
  • Food preparation and food allergies
  • Traveling with your baby
  • Signs of common illnesses
  • Planning Baby's 1-year party
  • And much more

Additionally, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies provides tips for surviving the first few weeks, Daddy survival tips, and advice on when to call your pediatrician (and when not to). If Baby has arrived or you expect her soon, get your copy to make every moment count.

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Everything new and experienced parents need to know about their baby's first 12 months to give them the best start in life

Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby's First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby's first twelve months, from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress.

This comprehensive yet no-nonsense guide can help new or even seasoned moms and dads looking for tips and advice to help with every aspect of their baby's development. During Baby's first year, at times things will go well: Baby's sleeping and eating well, she's hitting milestones on time, and you're balancing childcare with work or with housekeeping. Then again, there are times when things aren't great. This jargon-free book takes a realistic look at what Baby's first year might be like, month by month. You'll find it helpful if you're pregnant and wondering what Baby's first year will be like; you have given birth and want to know what the months ahead hold; you have given birth and need advice from a book that doesn't talk down to you or make you feel as though there's something wrong with you (because there's not) if you're having a hard time making the adjustment to parenthood.

Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies gives you advice on topics like the following:

  • Bonding with Baby
  • Breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding
  • Baby's first checkup
  • Baby's checkups at two months, four months, six months, nine months, and twelve months
  • Sleeping habits
  • Teething
  • Baby toy safety and preventing injuries
  • Food preparation and food allergies
  • Traveling with your baby
  • Signs of common illnesses
  • Planning Baby's 1-year party
  • And much more

Additionally, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies provides tips for surviving the first few weeks, Daddy survival tips, and advice on when to call your pediatrician (and when not to). If Baby has arrived or you expect her soon, get your copy to make every moment count.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764584206
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 07/08/2005
Series: For Dummies Books
Pages: 384
Sales rank: 512,668
Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Dr. James Gaylord has a dual Board Certification in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine and has been in private practice in Burnt Hills, N.Y. since 1997. He is a 1988 graduate of Albany Medical College, where he also served as an assistant professor from 1993 to 1997. His training includes a residency in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine; he also spent a year (1992-93) as chief resident in Pediatrics. He continues to train medical students in his private practice.

Michelle Hagen is a freelance writer and editor and the author of 8 books. She has a degree in literature from Empire State College.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I: Giving Baby a Healthy, Happy Start 7

Chapter 1: Preparing for Baby 9

Chapter 2: Smoothing the Transition to Parenthood  17

Chapter 3: Hitting the Road with Baby on Board 43

Chapter 4: Returning to Work? 53

Part II: Introducing: Baby! 65

Chapter 5: Settling In with Baby 67

Chapter 6: The First Month: Getting to Know You 79

Chapter 7: The Second Month: Finding Your Rhythm 101

Chapter 8: The Third Month: Rolling Away from Infancy 111

Part III: Moving, Shaking, and Growing 125

Chapter 9: The Fourth Month: Food! 127

Chapter 10: The Fifth Month: Rocking Baby’s World 141

Chapter 11: The Sixth Month: Baby on the Move! 151

Part IV: Discovering the World Beyond Mom 167

Chapter 12: The Seventh Month: Developmental Delights 169

Chapter 13: The Eighth Month: The Cruisin’ Kid 183

Chapter 14: The Ninth Month: Grabbing Your Attention (With Intention) 197

Part V: Keeping Up with Baby 215

Chapter 15: The Tenth Month: Chatting Up Baby 217

Chapter 16: The Eleventh Month: Walking the Walk 233

Chapter 17: The Twelfth Month: Who’s This Toddler? 247

Part VI: Protecting Baby’s Health and Safety 267

Chapter 18: Keeping Baby Healthy 269

Chapter 19: Making It All Better: When Baby Has a Boo-Boo 289

Chapter 20: Preventing Injuries at Home 303

Part VII: The Part of Tens 323

Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Surviving the First Few Weeks 325

Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Daddy Survival 329

Chapter 23: Ten Reasons to Call Your Pediatrician 333

Chapter 24: Ten Reasons Not to Run to Your Pediatrician 337

Index 341

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