25 Things Every New Mom Should Know: Essential First Steps for Mothers

by Martha Sears, William Sears

Overview

Becoming a new mother is a time of joy, hope, and sometimes a little uncertainty.

In this warm and heartfelt book, America's most-trusted childcare experts help brand-new moms meet the challenges and changes of motherhood with reassuring advice on how to bring out the best in their babies, and themselves. Above all, they encourage new mothers to trust their own instincts and thoroughly enjoy their new babies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558328921
Publisher:	Harvard Common Press, The
Publication date:	09/12/2017
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,157,077
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

MarthaSears is a world-renowned author of the best-selling Sears Parenting Library (Little, Brown), which covers pregnancy through early childhood. She lives with her husband William in the San Diego area.

William Sears is best known for creating the best-selling Sears Parenting Library with his wife, Martha Sears. Today he works with her, and his two sons to create instructional guide which covers pregnancy through early childhood. He lives with his wife Martha in the San Diego area.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
1	Giving birth is a complex emotional experience	1
2	A newborn baby is already a person	8
3	You and your baby need to stay together	13
4	Breastfeeding really is better than bottle-feeding	19
5	You can solve breastfeeding problems	25
6	New mothers need special care	31
7	All your energy goes to the baby	36
8	Your baby needs your help when she cries	43
9	Your baby needs you close by day	49
10	Your baby needs you close by night	56
11	Beware the self-soothing baby	63
12	You really do have intuition	68
13	Things will never be "normal" again	72
14	Playtime is all the time	76
15	You can get the baby's father involved	82
16	It's all right to feel like crying	88
17	Fathers go on being husbands; parents are still lovers	95
18	Staying home with your baby can be practical and rewarding	100
19	If you go back to work, you'll still be the person most important to your baby	105
20	Some babies are more challenging than others	112
21	Continuing to breastfeed is worth the effort	117
22	You are the expert on your baby	123
23	You need people to lean on	129
24	You don't have to be perfect	134
25	How you mother your baby does make a difference	139
	Resources	144