A First-year Child Care Manual With Information On Baby's Monthly Growth And Development, Feeding, Sleeping Habits, Illness, And Safety. 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. Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg & Sandee Hathaway. Originally Published: What To Expect The First Year / Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E. Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathaway. Includes Index.

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