Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include: a section on baby blues and postpartum depression; added information on breastfeeding, pumping and insurance benefits; new safety information on SIDS and car...

Uses a chronological layout to discuss a baby's first year, drawing on the expertise of pediatricians and other experts to provide recommendations for various approaches to such subjects as sleep training, crying management, and breastfeeding.

A comprehensive guide for modern parents covers pregnancy through the first three years with recommendations on everything from prenatal superfoods and labor tips to first checkups and breastfeeding practices.

Describes the physical and emotional development of children at each stage of life from newborn to toddler, and discusses common parental concerns.

Updated to incorporate the latest neonatology advances, a comprehensive guide shares advice on everything from risk factors and progress monitoring to homecoming preparations and development prospects.

In the first year of life, infants express a range of emotions - from faces of distress to spontaneous laughter. Watch as they begin to distinguish the expressions of others and mimic them as well. Examine the different stages of emotional development, and learn how children form attachments with people. Observe how personality and temperament affect an infant's social and emotional growth and how caregivers handle various situations.

Details everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations, with every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, documented and explained.