First Year Baby Care: Revised Edition (Paperback)

by Paula M.D. Kelly (Author) "If you're a first-time parent, you've probably been spending lots of time learning about the intricacies of pregnancy and childbirth, practicing your breathing techniques (or..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Babies Never Came with a Set of Instructions...Until Now!

Easy to use
This best-selling guide to baby care is now updated with all the latest medical facts to help guide you through baby's first year. The new step-by-step illustrated instructions make it easy to find the information you are looking for.

Thorough and up-to-date
In addition to complete information on the basics of baby care, including bathing, diapering, and feeding your baby, this book offers brand-new information covering a full range of issues:

Breastfeeding for working mothers

Pros and cons of circumcision

Cloth versus disposable diapers

Environmental and safety tips

Day-care options

Essential Information
This revised edition provides parents with the latest information on important medical topics:

Newborn screening tests

Immunization scheduling, including chicken pox and hepatitis B

Treatments for common illnesses

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Healthy sleep patterns for baby

Authoritative and reliable
The editor, Paula Kelly, M.D., is a pediatrician at Pediatricians for Health in Maplewood, Minnesota, and the mother of two children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Meadowbrook; Rev Upd edition (April 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671561146
• ISBN-13: 978-0671561147
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #562,328 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book for new fathers, May 8, 2000

By	Nancy Parry McCluer (Nixa, MO USA) - See all my reviews

It's hard to find a more crowded section of a bookstore than the pregnancy/parenting section (unless it is the computer guides for dummies section) But how many different caring-for-babies books does a new parent need? Hopefully only one or two, but keep in mind there are different books for different personality types and needs.

Which is why "First-Year Baby Care" makes a good book for a new father. Written by a pediatrician and mother, it contains all the necessary information in an easy-to-use, nicely illustrated format. But doesn't have the personal vignettes and "tales from the front lines" advice that books like "What to Expect When You're Expecting" have, advice and personal accounts that I found comforting as a new mother. I would suspect fathers would benefit more from a book like this, with it's "cut-to-the-chase and tell me how to diaper this baby" approach.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 1 a.m. reference book, July 25, 2007

By	V. M. Heinrich (Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Dr. Kelly is our pediatrician, and when we met her during our pregnancy visit, we were given a copy of the previous edition. There were many nights when we would pull out this book to figure out when and if we should panic... it was a good guide for new parents. We still used it occasionally with our 2nd child, when we needed a reminder of what to do for croup or how long to store breast milk or whatever.

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book for new parents, January 25, 2007

By	Jake Swann - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was a very insightful book that covered almost everything that a baby could need. I suggest reading this before getting a baby, because it will show you the responsibilities that you're going to have to do when you get one. It has a lot of black and white illustrations, mainly drawings of certain procedures like CPR which guide you well.