What to expect the first year

Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg. (Author). Eisenberg, Arlene. (Added Author). Mazel, Sharon. (Added Author). Hathaway, Sandee Eisenberg. (Added Author). Eisenberg, Arlene. What to expect the first year. (Added Author).

Summary: A first-year child care manual with information on baby's monthly growth and development, feeding, sleeping habits, illness, and safety.

Record details

ISBN: 9780761148319 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0761148310 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xxv, 806 p.) : ill.
Edition: [2nd ed., rev. and updated].
Publisher: New York : Workman Pub., c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: What to expect the first year / Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway. Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.