The Everything Baby's First Year Book

the long version

The Everything® Baby's First Year Book provides you with a complete guide to surviving these first twelve months-from what to do when arriving home from the hospital with your bundle of joy to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines. Whether you're a new or experienced parent, the first year of your newborn's life is both a wonderful and challenging time. The Everything® Baby's First Year Book provides you with a complete guide to surviving these first twelve months-from what to do when arriving home from the hospital with your bundle of joy to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines. The Everything® Baby's First Year Book provides advice on every aspect of your baby's physical, emotional, and social development. In this thorough guide, you will find quick answers to all your toughest questions. Featuring professional advice and hundreds of parenting tips-from clipping your newborn's nails to calming a colicky baby-this book will help you keep you sanity as you enjoy the ups and downs of your baby's first year. You'll learn about:Breastfeeding vs. bottle-feedingSoothing remedies for teething, diaper rash, and other common problemsSafe baby toys and games to play with your newbornGeneral food preparationHandling food allergiesTraveling with newborns and one-year-olds Tekla S. Nee is the author of The Mommy Zone: Tales from the Trenches of Parenthood. Her long-running newspaper column by the same name appears weekly in the Palo Alto Daily News. Her essays and articles on child development have been published in numerous publications, including Parenting magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. She lives in Palo Alto, California with her husband and three children.