Your Baby's First Year For Dummies [Paperback]

Everything parents need to give their babies the best start
Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby's First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby's first twelve months-from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress. Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, this friendly guide gives parents advice on such important topics as breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding, teething, baby toy safety, food preparation, food allergies, traveling, and much more.

Introduction 1

Part I: Giving Baby a Healthy, Happy Start 7

Chapter 1: Preparing for Baby 9

Chapter 2: Smoothing the Transition to Parenthood  17

Chapter 3: Hitting the Road with Baby on Board 43

Chapter 4: Returning to Work? 53

Part II: Introducing: Baby! 65

Chapter 5: Settling In with Baby 67

Chapter 6: The First Month: Getting to Know You 79

Chapter 7: The Second Month: Finding Your Rhythm 101

Chapter 8: The Third Month: Rolling Away from Infancy 111

Part III: Moving, Shaking, and Growing 125

Chapter 9: The Fourth Month: Food! 127

Chapter 10: The Fifth Month: Rocking Baby’s World 141

Chapter 11: The Sixth Month: Baby on the Move! 151

Part IV: Discovering the World Beyond Mom 167

Chapter 12: The Seventh Month: Developmental Delights 169

Chapter 13: The Eighth Month: The Cruisin’ Kid 183&lÛ