Your Baby's First Year For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9780764584206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 384 str.

Michelle Hagen

Opis

Everything parents need to give their babies the best start
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. Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, this friendly guide gives parents advice on such important topics as breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding, teething, baby toy safety, food preparation, food allergies, traveling, and much more.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.

Blurb

Covers monthly checkups and milestones

Your complete guide to your baby′s first twelve months

Give your baby the best start! This sensible month–by–month guide is packed with encouraging advice on every aspect of your child′s physical, emotional, and social development in the first year. You′ll find proven tips on everything from bringing baby home and establishing feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to coping with teething, illnesses, and traveling with your bundle of joy.

Discover how to

• Get a baby to sleep
• Bond with your baby
• Manage breast– or bottlefeeding
• Keep baby healthy and safe
• Encourage his/her development
• Handle returning to work