Tekla S Nee - The Everything Babys First Year Book: Complete Practical Advice to Get You and Baby Through the First 12 Months

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THE EVERYTHING BABY'S FIRST YEAR BOOK

Complete practical advice to get you and baby through the first 12 months

Tekla S. Nee

Copyright 2002, F+W Publications, Inc.

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews.

An Everything Series Book. Everything and everything.com are registered trademarks of F+W Publications, Inc.

Published by Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 57 Littlefield Street, Avon, MA 02322. U.S.A. www.adamsmedia.com

ISBN 10: 1-58062-581-9

ISBN 13: 978-1-58062-581-4 (paperback)

ISBN 13: 978-1-60550-592-3 (EPUB)

Printed in the United States of America.

J I H G

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Nee, Tekla S.

The Everything baby's first year book : completely practical advice to get you and baby through the first 12 months / by Tekla S. Nee

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 1-58062-581-9

1. Infants. 2. Infants Care. 3. Mother and infant. 4. Mothers Life skills guides. 1. Title.

HQ774 .N39

2002

649.122 dc21

2001055212

While all the information in this book has been checked by experts in the relevant subject areas, including doctors and other health practitioners, it should not be considered medical advice, which you should obtain from your own practitioner. Health practitioners differ in their opinions of how medical situations should be handled. Obstetrics and pediatrics are fields that continue to evolve. Indeed, even the official medical advisement of the American Academy of Pediatrics are regularly updated as new information becomes available.

Although the author has occasionally mentioned commercially available products by name, she and the publisher do not endorse any particular products.

This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information with regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, or other professional advice. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought.

From a Declaration of Principles jointly adopted by a Committee of the American Bar Association and a Committee of Publishers and Associations

Illustrations by Barry Littmann.

Technical illustrations by Eulala Conner.

This book is available at quantity discounts for bulk purchases.

For information, call 1-800-289-0963.

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THE Series

Dear Reader,

When I was first asked to write The Everything Baby's First Year Book, I was initially hesitant. I had a huge library of first year books sitting on my shelf but instead of referring to them when I was struggling with various dilemmas during my children's first years, I called other moms for their advice.

I turned to them because these moms, who were going through first years of their own, had sometimes figured out things that weren't in any of the books. I turned to them because they didn't preach, or tell me their way was the only way. Instead they said, Well, I tried this, and this, and finally this, which seemed to work. I turned to them because the month-by-month guides didn't help when I had an urgent question and no idea in what month I was supposed to have that question.

I hope that as you're going through your children's first years, you have friends like I did to share your stories with. But you can never have too many friends, which is why I wrote this book. In it, along with the practical, up-to-date information you'll need during your baby's first year, are real moms and their experiences.

I've assembled this information in a format I hope you'll find interesting, useful, and, sometimes, funny. Because, along with being challenging, exhausting, baffling, and amazing, this first year is supposed to be fun, too. After all, isn't that part of the reason we all had babies?

Sincerely,