Your Baby's First Year Week by Week: Week By Week (2)

By: Glade B. Curtis and Judith Schuler

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Synopsis: Let the trusted authors of Your Pregnancy™ Week by Week—the book you relied on while you were pregnant—guide you through baby&’s remarkable, sometimes mind-boggling first year. With easy-to-understand information at your fingertips, you&’ll know what to look for and understand what&’s happening. This book will provide you with the skills necessary to support and encourage baby&’s growth. Thoroughly revised and updated, Your Baby&’s First Year™ Week by Week includes the latest pediatric guidelines and recommendations, plus more than 50 new topics—everything from food allergies to cord-blood banking. It also features the essential milestones of baby&’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical development on a weekly basis. Valuable information includes:Common medical problems: what to look for and when to call baby&’s pediatricianBonding with baby: from baby massage to talking, what you can do to create a meaningful connectionFeeding baby: breast milk or formula? and introducing solidsSleeping habits: how to improve the situation for the entire familyVaccination guidelines: learn about the latest recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)Playing with baby: how to help develop baby&’s cognitive, social and motor skills through play and with toys, many of them homemadeBaby gear: the latest on carriers, high chairs, swings, cribs, clothing, diapers and everything else you may need