The most authoritative and up-to-date source book on caring for babies from birth to age three, created by a team of experts in paediatrics, nutrition, psychology and development

Table of Contents

• INTRODUCTION
• 1 PREPARING FOR YOUR BABY
• Readying your home
• Key decisions
• Choosing a name
• 2 CARING FOR YOUR NEWBORN
• First reactions
• Your newborn's appearance
• What your newborn can do
• Bonding
• Holding and handling
• Changing
• Care of the umbilical cord
• Care of the circumcision
• Washing and bathing
• Care of the hair and nails
• Dressing
• Visitors and going out
• Worries parents may have
• 3 FEEDING YOUR YOUNG BABY
• Feeding basics
• Natural feeding
• Breastfeeding twins
• Overcoming breastfeeding difficulties
• Support with feeding
• Bottlefeeding
• 4 CARING FOR YOUR PREMATURE INFANT
• In the hospital
• At home
• Feeding and nutrition
• Health problems
• Growth and development
• Parenting issues
• 5 YOUR BABY MONTH BY MONTH
• NEWBORN
• ONE MONTH OLD
• TWO MONTHS OLD
• THREE MONTHS OLD
• FOUR MONTHS OLD
• FIVE MONTHS OLD
• SIX MONTHS OLD
• SEVEN MONTHS OLD
• EIGHT MONTHS OLD
• NINE MONTHS OLD
• TEN MONTHS OLD
• ELEVEN MONTHS OLD
• TWELVE MONTHS OLD
• THIRTEEN MONTHS OLD
• FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD
• FIFTEEN MONTHS OLD
• SIXTEEN MONTHS OLD
• SEVENTEEN MONTHS OLD
• EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD
• TWENTY MONTHS OLD
• TWENTY-TWO MONTHS OLD
• TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS OLD
• TWENTY-SIX MONTHS OLD
• TWENTY-EIGHT MONTHS OLD
• THIRTY MONTHS OLD
• THIRTY-TWO MONTHS OLD
• THIRTY-FOUR MONTHS OLD
• THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OLD
• 6 APPROACHES TO PARENTHOOD
• On being a parent
• The effect of temperament
• Partner considerations
• Putting your approach into practice
• Parenting twins
• Listening to others
• Second-time parent
• 7 SLEEP MATTERS
• Sleep and sleeping
• Safe sleeping
• Managing sleep
• Twins
• Sleep problems
• 8 CRYING AND RESPONDING
• Purposeful crying
• Responding to crying
• Colic
• 9 CARING FOR YOUR OLDER BABY
• Anticipating change
• Building your relationship
• Keeping your baby clean
• Skin, hair and nail care
• Tooth care
• Feeding
• Clothing and dressing
• Sleeping
• Out and about
• Toilet training
• 10 FEEDING YOUR OLDER BABY
• Ready for weaning
• Introducing solids
• Increasing the menu
• Eating with the family
• One year old
• Two years old and older
• RECIPES
• First foods
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Puddings and bakes
• 11 INTERACTING WITH YOUR GROWING BABY
• Creating a loving relationship
• How your baby develops
• Playing with your baby
• Discipline
• Encouraging independence and sociability
• 12 KEEPING YOUR BABY HEALTHY
• Parental priorities
• Safety
• Childproofing your home
• Safety outside the home
• Health monitoring
• Developmental concerns
• Health maintenance
• When your baby is unwell
• First Aid
• Childhood illnesses
• 13 CARING FOR YOUR SPECIAL NEEDS BABY
• Special challenges
• Birth injuries
• Minor problems at birth
• Abnormalities at birth
• Life-long conditions
• Growth charts
• Useful addresses
• Contributors