What To Expect When You Are Expecting

WithHeidi Murkoff‘strademark warmth, empathy, and humour,What to Expect When You’re Expectinganswers every conceivable question expectant parents could have, including dozens of new ones based on the ever-changing pregnancy and birthing practices, and choices they face.

Advice for partnersis fully integrated throughout the book.

All medical coverage is completely updated for the UK, including the latest on prenatal screening and the safety of medications during pregnancy, as well as a brand-new section on postpartum birth control.

Current lifestyle trends are incorporated, too: juice bars, raw diets, e-cigarettes, push presents, baby bump posting, the lowdown on omega-3 fatty acids, grass-fed and organic, health food fads, and GMOs. Plus expanded coverage of IVF pregnancy, multiple pregnancies, breastfeeding while pregnant, water and home births, and caesarean trends (including VBACs and gentle caesareans).

The First Year

Thiscomprehensiveandpractical month-by-month guideclearlyexplains everythingparents need to know or might be worrying about in thefirst year with a new baby.

Including:-

• All-new chapteron buying for baby; helping parents navigate through the dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items and gear.
• Baby care fundamentals, from crib and sleep safety to vitamin supplements.
• Feeding for every age and stage, including tips on breastfeeding, preparing homemade baby food and the latest recommendations on starting solids.
• Charts forkey development stagesand sleeping habits, as well as sleep strategies thatreallywork.
• Research on the impact ofscreen time(TVs, tablets, apps, computers).
• The most up-to-datemedical adviceon vaccines, illnesses, SIDS, safety, and more, plus handy first-aid guides.
• Dozens of Q&A sections,practical tipsandadvicethat focus on advice for parents and their baby, covering everything from how to give a bath and decode your baby’s crying to when to return to work.

This is the only book on infant care to address both the physical and emotional needs of the whole family. This edition is organised more intuitively than ever before.

Covering themost up-to-date knowledge, both medical and developmental,WHAT TO EXPECT THE 1st YEARis, above all, down-to-earth and reassuring and an invaluable aidfor allparents of new babies.

The Second Year

Comprehensive, reassuring, empathetic, realistic and practical, What to Expect the Second Yearis filled with solutions, strategies, and plenty of parental pep talks. It helps parents decode the fascinating, complicated, sometimes maddening, always adorable little person last year’s baby has become.

From the first birthday to the second, this must-have book covers everything parents need to know in an easy-to-access, topic-by-topic format, with chapters on growth, feeding, sleeping, behaviours of every conceivable kind, discipline (including teaching right from wrong), and keeping a toddler healthy and safe as he or she takes on the world. There’s a developmental time line of the second year plus special ‘milestone’ boxes throughout that help parents keep track of their toddler’s development. Thinking of travelling with tot in tow? There’s a chapter for that, too.