The Baby Bible: The Complete Guide to Your Baby's First Year

This instructive and attractively illustrated book for parents-to-be takes Mom and Dad month by month through the joys and the challenges of their baby's first year. In fact, the author's advice begins before the baby's birth, with tips on acquiring baby clothing and equipment, setting up a healthful sleeping place, and generally preparing for the blessed event. This book also discusses the many details surrounding the day of a baby's birth, with information on the problems and their remedies that come within the first several days after the baby is born. Twelve chapters that follow describe developmental stages as they occur each month in a typical baby's first year.

By the second month, baby smiles at familiar faces and objects, and by the fourth month, baby is starting to move around.

By the ninth month, baby is sitting up and seeing the world from a new perspective.

By the tenth month, baby is crawling and exploring.

First words and tentative attempts at walking generally occur during the eleventh month--and walking with confidence usually happens around baby's first birthday.

Closing chapters enlighten parents on such issues as breast and bottle feeding, first baby food, sleep problems, major and minor health complaints, and visiting the pediatrician. More than 120 charming color photos plus at-a-glance charts and sidebars supplement an easy-to-comprehend, fact-filled text that will guide and reassure new parents as they begin their child-rearing adventure.

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As a soon-to-be parent, you'll find that this book provides the information you need to know about caring for a healthy and happy baby. Starting with preparations you should make before your baby is born, you'll go on to find advice on many different topics, including breast- versus bottle-feeding, first baby food, sleep problems, major and minor health issues, and visiting your pediatrician.

A month-by month description of your baby's first year includes detailed discussions of a typical infant's developmental stages:

By the second month, baby smiles at familiar faces and objects

By the fourth month, baby starts to move around

By the ninth month, baby sits up and sees the world from a new perspective

By the tenth month, baby begins crawling and exploring

First words and attempts at walking generally occur during the eleventh month

Walking with confidence usually happens around baby's first birthday

More than 120 color photos plus at-a-glance charts and sidebars supplement the text