First Year Baby Care

Babies Never Came with a Set of Instructions...Until Now! Easy to use This best-selling guide to baby care is now updated with all the latest medical facts to help guide you through baby's first year. The new step-by-step illustrated instructions make it easy to find the information you are looking for. Thorough and up-to-date In addition to complete information on the basics of baby care, including bathing, diapering, and feeding your baby, this book offers brand-new information covering a full range of issues: Breastfeeding for working mothers Pros and cons of circumcision Cloth versus disposable diapers Environmental and safety tips Day-care options Essential Information This revised edition provides parents with the latest information on important medical topics: Newborn screening tests Immunization scheduling, including chicken pox and hepatitis B Treatments for common illnesses SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Healthy sleep patterns for baby Authoritative and reliable The editor, Paula Kelly, M.D., is a pediatrician at Pediatricians for Health in Maplewood, Minnesota, and the mother of two children.