The Babytalk Insider's Guide to Your Baby's First Year: Expert Advice that Tells It Like It Is---Plus the Secrets that Nobody Else Reveals

by Babytalk Magazine

Overview

A cross between the bestsellers in this category, The Girlfriend's Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood (with secrets from other moms), and What to Expect the First Year (with advice from experts) -- this is a comprehensive first-year guide from the editors of the critically-acclaimed parenting magazine. Complete with problem-solving strategies; step-by-step instructions; and quick tips and sidebars; this is the only first-year guide that you will ever need -- from the magazine that is the Bible for new moms who have turned to it for generations.

Topics include breastfeeding, basic development, sleep, language development, attachment, immunizations and common health problems and solutions. The book offers a combination of expert advice ("the right way") from well-known parenting gurus, as well as "the other ways," a spinoff of the magazine's wildly popular column packed with innovative tricks from other new moms. Chapters like "Sleep and the Lack of It" and "The No-Panic Guide to Health Emergencies" offer a fresh and reassuring voice that provides new moms with the guidance they need. This is sure to become the new go-to guide for new moms everywhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446511506
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	02/12/2008
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Susan Kane is the editor-in-chief of Babytalk magazine. She and many other editors have appeared on the Today show, Good Morning America, The View, and 20/20.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction: Yes, You Can Raise That Baby! (And It Doesn't Have to Be Aunt Edna's or Anyone Else's Way)     xiii
Baby Boot Camp-How to Keep Your Baby Alive and Your Sanity Intact the First Six Weeks (or So)     1
Feeding, Part I-The Liquid Diet     39
Everthing You Always Wanted to Know about Babies and Sleep-But Were Too Tired to Ask     93
How to Keep Your Baby (and Yourself) Calim(ish), Cool(ish), and Not (Too) Crazy     122
The Growing Year-A Real-Life Look at Your Baby's Development     160
In Good Health-Must-Know News on Vaccines, Baby Bugs, and Keeping Your Kiddo Well     199
Feeding, Part II-Time to Chow Down on the Solid Stuff     237
Babyproofing and Beyond-The No-Panic Guide to Safety and (Eeks!) First Aid     270
The Stuff of Motherhood-Great Gear Guaranteed to Make Your Life Easier     326
What's Up with You?-Time to Think about Mom (for a Change)     347
Special Families, Special Needs-Real-Life Advice for Parents of Premature Babies and Infants with Medical Issues     381
Different Births-Bringing Home Multiples and Adopted Babies     418
Where to Turn for More Insight and Advice     443
About the Authors     465
Index     467