Your Baby’s First Year, Fourth Edition is the definitive all-in-one resource that provides authoritative advice on every aspect of infant care. Featuring new and expanded content, including the latest reports on cutting-edge research into early brain development, the fully illustrated fourth edition of Your Baby’s First Year, Fourth Edition includes
• Guidelines for prenatal care, with spotlights on maternal nutrition, exercise, and screening tests during pregnancy
• Growth and developmental milestones through the first twelve months of a child’s life, including physical, emotional, and cognitive development
• An updated chapter on developmental disabilities
• A complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and congenital diseases
• Breastfeeding discussion, including its benefits, techniques, and challenges, as well as nutritional needs and vitamin/iron supplementation
• Recommendations for choosing child care programs
• Updated safety standards: the very latest AAP recommendations, including immunizations, childproofing, car seat usage, and toy safety
• And much more!
- Front Cover
- Inside Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Forward
- Introduction: The Gifts of Parenthood
- Your Baby’s Gifts to You
- The Gifts You Give Your Baby
- How to Make Giving a Part of Your Daily Family Life
- PART 1
- Chapter 1 Preparing for a New Baby
- Chapter 2 Birth and the First Moments After
- Chapter 3 Basic Infant Care
- Chapter 4 Feeding Your Baby
- Chapter 5 Your Baby’s First Days
- Chapter 6 The First Month
- Chapter 7 Age One Month Through Three Months
- Chapter 8 Age Four Months Through Seven Months
- Chapter 9 Age Eight Months Through Twelve Months
- Chapter 10 Early Education and Child Care
- Chapter 11 Keeping Your Child Safe
- PART 2
- Chapter 12 Abdominal/Gastrointestinal Tract
- Chapter 13 Allergies
- Chapter 14 Behavior
- Chapter 15 Chest and Lungs
- Chapter 16 Chronic Conditions and Diseases
- Chapter 17 Developmental Disabilities
- Chapter 18 Ears, Nose, and Throat
- Chapter 19 Emergencies
- Chapter 20 Environmental Health
- Chapter 21 Eyes
- Chapter 22 Family Issues
- Chapter 23 Fever
- Chapter 24 Genital and Urinary Systems
- Chapter 25 Head, Neck, and Nervous System
- Chapter 26 Heart
- Chapter 27 Immunizations
- Chapter 28 Musculoskeletal Problems
- Chapter 29 Skin
- Chapter 30 Your Child’s Sleep
- Appendix
- Index
- Back Cover
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