What to Expect the First Year

What to Expect the First Year

By Heidi Murkoff

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With over 11 million copies in print, What to Expect: The First Year, now in a completely revised third edition, is the worldā€™s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies donā€™t come with, but should. And now, itā€™s better than ever. Every parentā€™s must-have/go-to is completely updated.

Keeping the trademark month-by-month format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easier-to-read, faster-to-flip-through, and new-family-friendlier than everā€”packed with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before. Illustrations are new, too.

Among the changes: Baby care fundamentalsā€”crib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplementsā€”are revised to reflect the most recent guidelines. Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going. Hot-button topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning (elimination communication), baby-led weaning, and green parenting (from cloth diapers to non-toxic furniture). An all-new chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through todayā€™s dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear. Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time (TVs, tablets, apps, computers), and ā€œFor Parentsā€ boxes that focus on momā€™s and dadā€™s needs. Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible.

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN-13: 9780761181507
ISBN-10: 0761181504
Published on 10/7/2014
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 704

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