Includes index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Part one: The first year -- Chapter 1: Get ready, get set -- Feeding your baby: breast or bottle? -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: selecting the right physician -- Chapter 2: Buying for baby -- Chapter 3: Your newborn baby -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at the hospital checkups -- Feeding your baby: Getting started -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: The baby care primer -- Chapter 4: The first month -- What you baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Expressing breast milk -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Babies develop differently -- Chapter 5: The second month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Supplementary bottles -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Stimulating your baby in the early months -- Chapter 6: The third month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkups -- Feeding your baby this month: Nursing while working outside the home -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: The right caretakers for baby -- Chapter 7: The fourth month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Thinking about solids -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Playthings for baby -- Chapter 8: The fifth month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Starting solids -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Environmental hazards and your baby -- Chapter 9: The sixth month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Commerical or home-prepared baby foods -- What you may be concerned about --

What it's important to know: Stimulating your older baby -- Chapter 10: The seventh month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkups -- Feeding your baby this month: Moving up from strained foods -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Raising a superbaby -- Chapter 11: The eight month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Finally--finger foods -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Making home safe for baby -- Chapter 12: The ninth month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Establishing good habits now -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Games babies play -- Chapter 13: The tenth month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Thinking about weaning -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: The beginnings of discipline -- Chapter 14: The eleventh month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: Weaning your baby from the breast -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Helping baby to talk -- Chapter 15: The twelfth month -- What your baby may be doing -- What you can expect at this month's checkup -- Feeding your baby this month: The best-odds toddler diet -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Stimulating the toddler -- Part two: Of special concern -- Chapter 16: A baby for all seasons -- Feeding your baby: 'Round the calendar -- What you may be concerned abut in summer or summery weather -- What you may be concerned about in winter or wintry weather -- What it's important to know: The season for travel -- Chapter 17: When baby is sick -- The most common infant health problems -- What it's important to know: All about fever --

Chapter 18: First aid do's and don'ts -- Resuscitation techniques for babies -- Chapter 19: The low-birthweight baby -- Feeding baby: Nutrition for the preterm or low-birthweight infant -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Health problems common in low-birthweight babies -- Chapter 20: The baby with problems -- Feeding baby: Can diet make a difference? -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: The most common birth disorders -- Chapter 21: The adopted baby -- What you may be concerned about -- Chapter 22: The first postpartum days -- What you may be feeling -- What to expect at your in-hospital checkups -- What you should be eating: Surviving hospital food -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Getting back into shape -- Chapter 23: Surviving the first six weeks -- What you may be feeling -- What you can expect at your six-week checkup -- What you should be eating: The best-odds postpartum diet -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: Making love again -- Chapter 24: Enjoying the first year -- What you may be feeling -- What you may be eating: The best-odds for a healthy future -- What you may be concerned about -- What it's important to know: To work or not to work -- Chapter 25: Becoming a father -- What you may be concerned about -- Chapter 26: From only child to older child -- What you may be concerned about -- Part three: Ready reference -- Best-odds recipes -- For the first year and beyond -- Common home remedies -- Common childhood illnesses -- Height and weight charts -- Index.

The comprehensive month-by-month guide that clearly explains everything parents need to know about the first year with a new baby. Featuring a practical, illustrated Baby Care Primer, a First Aid Guide, and Best-Odds recipes. With special sections on the older sibling; selecting the right physician; seasonal concerns and traveling with baby; managing childhood illnesses; and nurturing the adopted baby, the low-birthweight infant, and the baby with specific problems.