Best Start: Your Baby's First Year

With shorter hospital stays leaving new mothers little time to learn, young mothers need sound and supportive material on infant care, and this companion book to Baby & Me is designed to guide new mothers through the especially difficult experience of dealing with a new baby in its first year. Written with care and concern, the accessible content provides women with an easy-to-use resource for these crucial first months of development.

Deborah D. Stewart is a health professional and advocate for children's safety. She formerly ran a national advocacy group focused on child safety in motor vehicles has written low-reading-level materials focused on the health issues of mothers and children from pregnancy through the early years of childhood. Linda S. Ungerleider, RN, MSN, has been a nurse in the Peace Corps in India, a childbirth educator, and a professor in maternal child health. She now teaches an course on pregnancy and the first year of life in Sweden.