Originally published: What to expect the first year / Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway.

Includes index.

Foreword: A Parenting Book That Stands Alone / Mark D. Widome, M.D., M.P.H. -- Get Ready, Get Set -- Feeding Your Baby: Breast or Formula, or Both -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Selecting the Right Physician -- Buying for Baby -- Nursery Necessities and Niceties -- Equipment for Outings -- When Baby Gets Older -- Breastfeeding Basics -- Getting Started Breastfeeding -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Keeping Your Milk Healthy and Safe -- Your Newborn Baby -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at Hospital Checkups -- Feeding Your Baby: Getting Started Formula Feeding -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: The Baby Care Primer -- The First Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- Feeding Your Baby This Month: Expressing Breast Milk -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Babies Develop Differently -- The Second Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Introducing...the Bottle -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Stimulating Your Baby in the Early Months -- The Third Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Breastfeeding and Working -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: The Right Child Care for Baby -- The Fourth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Thinking About Solids -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Playthings for Baby -- The Fifth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Starting Solids -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Environmental Hazards and Your Baby -- The Sixth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Commercial or Home-Prepared Baby Foods -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Stimulating Your Older Baby -- The Seventh Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Moving Up from Strained Foods -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Putting the Super in Baby -- The Eighth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Finally--Finger Foods -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Making Home Safe for Baby -- The Ninth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Establishing Good Habits Now -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Games Babies Play -- The Tenth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: When to Wean -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: The Beginning of Discipline -- The Eleventh Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Weaning from the Bottle -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Helping Baby to Talk -- The Twelfth Month -- What Your Baby May Be Doing -- What You Can Expect at This Month's Checkup -- Feeding Your Baby: Weaning from the Breast -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Stimulating Your One-Year Old -- Of Special Concern -- A Baby for All Seasons -- What You May Be Concerned About in Summer Weather -- What You May Be Concerned About in Winter Weather -- What It's Important to Know: The Season for Travel -- When Baby Is Sick -- Before Calling the Doctor -- How Much Rest for a Sick Baby? -- Feeding a Sick Baby -- When Medication Is Needed -- The Most Common Infant Health Problems -- What It's Important to Know: All About Fever -- First Aid Do's and Don'ts -- Resuscitation Techniques for Babies and Children -- The Low-Birthweight Baby -- Feeding Your Baby: Nutrition for the Preterm or Low-Birthweight Infant -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: Health Problems Common in Low-Birthweight Babies -- The Special Needs Baby -- Feeding Your Baby: Can Diet Make a Difference? -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: The Most Common Birth Disorders -- The Adopted Baby -- What You May Be Concerned About -- For the Family -- For Mom: Enjoying the First Year -- What You Should Be Eating: The Postpartum Diet -- What You May Be Concerned About -- What It's Important to Know: To Work or Not to Work -- Becoming a Father -- What You May Be Concerned About -- From Only Child to Older Child -- What You May Be Concerned About -- Ready Reference -- Baby's First Recipes -- Four to Eight Months -- Six to Twelve Months -- Eight to Twelve Months -- Common Home Remedies -- Common Childhood Infections.

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