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Your Baby's First Year For Dummies

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Everything new and experienced parents need to know about their baby's first 12 months to give them the best start in life Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Yo ur Baby's First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby's first twelve months, from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to providing the right stimuli for optimal progress. This comprehensive yet no-nonsense guide can help new or even seasoned moms and dads looking for tips and advice to help with every aspect of their baby's development. During Baby's first year, at times things will go well: Baby's sleeping and eating well, she's hitting milestones on time, and you're balancing childcare with work or with housekeeping. Then again, there are times when things aren't great. This jargon-free book takes a realistic look at what Baby's first year might be like, month by month. You'll find it helpful if you're pregnant and wondering what Baby's first year will be like; you have given birth and want to know what the months ahead hold; you have given birth and need advice from a book that doesn't talk down to you or make you feel as though there's something wrong with you (because there's not) if you're having a hard time making the adjustment to parenthood. Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies gives you advice on topics like the following: Additionally, Your Baby's First Year For Dummies provides tips for surviving the first few weeks, Daddy survival tips, and advice on when to call your pediatrician (and when not to). If Baby has arrived or you expect her soon, get your copy to make every moment count.

384 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2005

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James Gaylord

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Dr. James Gaylord, the initial founder of Burnt Hills Pediatrics and Internal Medicine in 1999, is double board certified in internal medicine and pediatrics. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College, New York, and completed an internship at Albany Medical Center. He continued his post-graduate training in internal medicine and pediatrics at Albany Medical Center, where he served as pediatrics Chief Resident. Dr. Gaylord continues to pursue his interest in medicine as an assistant attending in internal medicine and pediatrics at Albany Medical Center and Saratoga Hospital and Nursing Home. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Dr. Gaylord loves taking care of three generations of a family. As a parent of three himself, Dr. Gaylord uses his personal experiences to help guide fellow parents through the many phases of parenthood. He even co-authored the book, Your Baby’s First Year for Dummies! He has a particular interest in disease prevention.
Dr. Gaylord is an avid hiker of the Adirondacks and enjoys outdoor activities. He loves playing the guitar and performing for friends and family at his annual fall “barn” party.

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69 reviews19 followers
June 24, 2021
برای همه ی کسانیکه مثل من درمورد سال اول کودک ذهنشون لوحی سفیده، بشدت توصیه میکنم.
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118 reviews4 followers
September 2, 2021
A very handy book for new parents. I will revisit the chapters for each month as we are approaching just to refresh my memory as in one reading I could not just memorise everything. I would recommend it to anyone facing the challenge of the first year with their kid.
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215 reviews103 followers
February 18, 2023
من ماه به ماه باهاش جلومیرم. دوسش دارم
من راضی بودم ازش. به من کمک کرد خیلی
Profile Image for Ralph Zoontjens.
259 reviews3 followers
March 2, 2020
Not-to-miss introduction to parenthood and all practical and health-and-safety aspects pertaining to it. The book has some lengthy and redundant passages for the ultimate baby noobs, but you can skip over a lot of them in case you want to save some time. The lists of tips are of great benefit. It also teaches how the baby develops motorically, cognitively and verbally, from month one to twelve. Much recommended!
Profile Image for Samaneh Mortaji.
56 reviews5 followers
September 19, 2022
کتاب جامعی بود خصوصا اینکه با زبان طنز برخی مسائل را توضیح می‌داد که موجب میشد خواندش روان شود، به تازه مادرها توصیه میکنم اما در کنار سایر کتاب‌های حوزه کودک.
کتاب شامل یک قسمت مجزایی است تحت عنوان بیماری‌هایی که کودکان در این مدت ممکن است مبتلا شوند، من به این قسمت خیلی مراجعه میکردم و برخی نکاتش موجب دلگرمی بود
Profile Image for Roger.
323 reviews1 follower
October 18, 2025
Some useful info, but parts of the book are old-fashioned, unnecessary and sexist. The entire book is written for Mums, as if they were the only ones likely to care about their baby enough to read a book about it. As a dad, I found this very annoying.
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13 reviews5 followers
September 26, 2018
یک مرجع خوب برای این‌که بدونین هرماه منتظر چه تغییراتی در فرزندتون باشین+ نکات ایمنی و ...
9 reviews
July 1, 2020
Important book for all new parents 😁
كتاب مهم لكل اب وام توصلت له في أواخر السنة الأولي لابني ولكنه ساعدني كثيرا في الشهور الأخيرة من السنة
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126 reviews15 followers
July 3, 2023
Qua EHBO en zo soms nuttig, maar aan het einde repetitief en droog. Ik ben diagonaal gaan lezen. Geen aanrader, er zijn veel leukere boeken/blogs met dezelfde nuttige inhoud. 2.5 ster.
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33 reviews22 followers
June 23, 2013
I read the original and Dutch translated version and have to say the translation is too meticulous in a wrong way - too faithful to the original and therefore contains irrelevant information from my point of view (culturally different approaches/way of thinking). It is a nice book to get you started about some basics and get you thinking, but essentially after reading the book I still had many more questions than answers. My suggestion, compile a list and make a phonecall to your own parents or friends who are also parents.
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3 reviews1 follower
August 7, 2020
This is my favorite baby book. It is concise, extensive and has no ridiculous “frills” like other ones. I buy this for all my best friends who become new moms.
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