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Great Expectations: Babys First Year:

This is a timely, comprehensive, and extremely well thought out book with a wealth of essential practical information for new mothers. It is filled with interesting facts and important month-specific advice that cannot be found in many books on childcare, including sections on baby safety and ways to protect your baby from product dangers.

NAOMI BAUMSLAG, MD, PHD, CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL

Great Expectations: Babys First Year is a perfect gift for new parentsfilled with all the right stuff. Well written, based on experience, the book will reduce stress with easy, practical steps that offer essential guidance that new parents need to confidently undertake their new roles. The knowledgeable authors cover the gamutfrom infant care, health check-ups, and baby products, to plenty of useful resources that extend well beyond the first year. A welcome manual that should arrive with every baby.

STEVANNE AUERBACH, PHD, CEO, INSTITUTE FOR CHILDHOOD RESOURCES DR. TOYS GUIDE, www.drtoy.com

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Your All-In-One Resource for Pregnancy & Childbirth:

If you are searching for one book for your pregnancy or for that one book to refer all of our expectant clients to, this book is by far the greatest achievement in childbirth education reading material! Sandy Jones and her daughter Marcie Jones have included absolutely everything an expectant woman and her family needs to know. This book should be on everyones recommended reading list!

CONNIE LIVINGSTON, BS, RN, FACCE (DONA), CCE, CLD, www.birthsource.com

Emotions, physical changes, lifestyle changes, baby development, its all there. Get ready: This book will get dog-eared from all your reading and then passed along to your best friends and sister.

PEG MOLINE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, FIT PREGNANCY

Great Expectations is the perfect resource for moms-to-be. Sandy and Marcie Jones speak to the expectant mother of today in a friendly, approachable tone, and present their thorough information in a way thats great for both quick look-ups and in-depth reading.

STACIA RAGOLIA, VP, COMMUNITY & PARENTING, IVILLAGE.COM

Great Expectations is terrific. The style of writing is clear, warm, and very supportive. Its a great reference for any question that might arrive in pregnancy.

ANN STADTLER, MSN, CPNP, DIRECTOR OF THE BRAZELTON TOUCHPOINT CENTER AT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN BOSTON

A consumer friendly book filled with great womens quotes, helpful information, and tips for pregnant women and new families.

MAUREEN CORRY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE MATERNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION

Accurate, comprehensive, empowering, and current. I see this as being the new Dr. Spock for pregnancy.... This is definitely a book I will recommend to my clients who are planning a pregnancy or currently pregnant.

CHERIE C. BINNS, RN, BS, MSCN

EXPECTATIONS

Babys
First
Year

SandyJones & Marcie Jones
with Michael Crocetti, MD, FAAP
Assistant Professor & Director of Clinical Pediatrics
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

STERLING and the distinctive Sterling logo are
registered trademarks of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available

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Published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016
2007 by Sandy Jones and Marcie Jones
Distributed in Canada by Sterling Publishing
c/o Canadian Manda Group, 165 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 3H6
Distributed in the United Kingdom by GMC Distribution Services
Castle Place, 166 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex, England BN7 1XU
Distributed in Australia by Capricorn Link (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
P.O. Box 704, Windsor, NSW 2756, Australia

Illustrations by Adam Raiti

Manufactured in the United States of America
All rights reserved

Sterling ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-3646-9
ISBN-10: 1-4027-3646-0

For information about custom editions, special sales, premium and
corporate purchases, please contact Sterling Special Sales
Department at 800-805-5489 or specialsales@sterlingpublishing.com.

Sandy Jones and Marcie Jones would like to dedicate this book to the moms and moms-to-be who have posted thousands of questions to us on HappyHealthyPregnancy.com. Thanks for keeping us on our toes and giving us the opportunity to learn so much every day.

We would like to thank our amazing and brilliant editors at Sterling Publishing Barbara Berger and Jennifer Williamsand consultant Nasim Mawji, for their tremendous dedication and many contributions to our book. Were also grateful to our agent, Faith Hamlin, for her strong work on our behalf. And thanks to Dr. Michael Crocetti for ensuring that the book is as up-to-date and complete as possible from the medical side.

Thanks also go to Natasha Ortiz-Fortier for her valuable insights into c-section recovery, to Jennifer Groneberg for her help in evaluating toys for each stage of baby development, and to Laura Nolan, our former editor at Barnes & Noble, who helped birth the Great Expectations book series.

We would also like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of Michael Fragnito of Sterling Publishing and Steve Riggio of Barnes & Noble, who have offered us immense encouragement and support in the realization of the Great Expectations book series.

In addition, wed like to acknowledge the efforts of Karen Nelson, Edwin Kuo, Elizabeth Mihaltse, and Christine Kwasnik of Sterlings art department, for their dedication in making our book such a beautiful reality, as well as artist Adam Raiti for his exquisite work throughout the book.

We are also grateful to the team of accomplished professionals at Sterling Publishing who have overseen the development of our book and who have taken on the responsibility of carrying it out into the world, including: Charles Nurnberg, Marcus Leaver, Jeremy Nurnberg, Jason Prince, Leigh Ann Ambrosi, Kate Rados, Sandra Ribicic, Marilyn Kretzer, Rena Kornbluh, Rebecca Maines, Mary Hern, Rick Willett, Chuck Bloodgood, Robin Garmise, Katharine Cacace; and Liz Harwell and Kim Corradini at Barnes & Noble.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1.
Your Babys First Half-Year

Chapter 2.
Your Babys Second Half-Year

Chapter 3.
Your Baby Maintenance Guide

Chapter 4.
Gear Guide

Chapter 5.
Managing Your First Year

Chapter 6.
Medical and Safety Guide

Chapter 7.
Resource Guide

A comprehensive Internet directory to important sites for information on parenting disabilities, breastfeeding, shopping, product manufacturers, and government and not-for-profit agencies.

Chapter 8.
Parents Dictionary

Parents Dictionary
Over 800 baby medical and developmental terms and abbreviations defined in easy-to-understand language.

A Note from
Dr. Michael Crocetti

Having a baby is a life-changing event. Raising a child is one of the most challenging yet rewarding things you will ever do in your life. Expectant parents hear these phrases often during pregnancy and nod in agreement. However, until the baby arrives it is nearly impossible to grasp the true meaning of being a parent. On that day and the days and months that follow, men and women are tested in ways they have never been tested before. In preparation for the birth of their child, expectant parents seek out advice from family, friends, and the plethora of parenting books available to them. Many written resources focus on particular aspects of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting, but few bring it all together in one comprehensive compendium.