Your Baby's First Year

"Your Baby's First Year, now fully revised and updated, provides authoritative advice on every aspect of newborn and infant care, includingGuidelines for prenatal and newborn care, including screening tests during pregnancyMilestones for physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth, as well as visual, hearing, language, and movement milestonesCutting-edge research on early brain development and how babies and young children thinkA complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and congenital diseasesAn in-depth discussion on breastfeeding, including its benefits, techniques, and challengesRevised nutrition recommendations, including the importance of early introduction of allergenic foods, and obesity prevention tipsTips for choosing child care programsUpdated safety standards including CPR instruction, safe sleep, childproofing tips, car safety seats, and toy safetySafety checks for home, including bathing, preventing drowning, poisoning, choking, burns, and falls