With more than 2,000,000 copies in print, here is state-of-the-art advice you can trust from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the organization that represents the nation's finest pediatricians. The second edition of Your Baby's First Year is the essential guide to all aspects of infant care. Here, in an easy-to-use format, you'll find: · A month-to-month guide to your baby's first year that lets you know what to expect in terms of growth, behavior, and development · A complete health encyclopedia, plus detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations · Information about vaccine safety and schedules for immunizations and health-care visits · Complete information on breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, and introducing solids · Suggestions for choosing quality child care-and ways to ease your baby's introduction to a sitter · Safety points for grandparents to keep in mind, both inside and outside the home · Poison prevention, infant CPR and choking instruction, general first-aid care · Safety checks for home and car, including a car safety seat shopping guide Your Baby's First Year is the indispensable guide to infant care for all parents who want to provide the very best care for their baby-from a source they can safely trust.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great No-Nonsense Reference:
If you're cradling a crying baby in one arm and you need a straightforward answer about baby's health RIGHT NOW, this is absolutely the book you want to have within reach. It's got a great index and extensive information about childcare and infant health. Parents on a budget will appreciate its recommendations about what baby equipment is necessary vs. what's optional -- you can get away with less than you'd think -- and any parent will appreciate the clear advice on what symptoms to watch for and when to... more info
Extremely Outdated:
We were given this by our pediatrician's office, and even our MD admitted it wasn't the most up-to-date publication. There is a lot of outdated information and unsubstantiated "facts," and it is not well organized. There are much better options out there. The AAP should be ashamed - or at least embarrassed enough to do an update.
Great Book:
I think this is a very good informative book. It explains things in a simple and understandable manner.
Not what I'd hoped:
This book is pretty general and its sections are broken up into newborn, 0-3 months, 4-7 months and so on. What I wanted was a book that talked about each month individually since baby's change and develop so much so quickly. This book is just too general for me. It does have good info, just not as much as I'd like.
