Donated by the Adolescent Parenting Program of McDowell County Schools.

Includes index.

Previous ed. cataloged under the m.e. Sears, William.

Getting Started: Baby-Care Basics -- Getting Attached: What It Means -- Parenting Your Baby -- The Seven Baby B's of Attachment Parenting -- Attachment Parenting Includes Fathers -- Some Questions You May Have -- Ten Tips for Having a Safe and Satisfying Birth -- Choose Dr. Right for Yourself -- Choose the Right Birthing Environment -- Use a Professional Labor Assistant -- Get Moving -- Get Off Your Back -- Experiment with Labor Positions -- Use Technology Wisely -- Use Medical Pain Relief Wisely -- Avoid an Episiotomy -- Formulate Your Birth Plan -- Preparing for Baby -- Choosing Dr. Right for Your Baby -- Choosing Other VIPs -- Choosing Whether to Breastfeed or Bottlefeed -- Circumcised or Intact? -- Cord Blood Stem Cell Banking -- Expanded Newborn Screening Blood Test -- Preparing Your Nest -- Getting the Right Start with Your Newborn -- Baby's First Minutes -- Bonding--What It Means, How to Do It -- Getting to Know Your Newborn -- Attachment-Promoting Behaviors -- Birthday "Pictures" -- Routine Hospital Procedures -- Newborn Jaundice -- Baby's First Checkup -- Postpartum Family Adjustments -- Nesting-in -- Role Adjustments -- Preventing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression -- Now We Are Three -- Shaping Up After Childbirth -- Caring for Your Baby's Bodily Needs -- Diapering Your Baby -- Cord Care -- Care of the Circumcision Site -- Nail Care -- Bathing Baby -- Keeping Baby Comfortable -- Pacifiers: In or Out? -- The Right Touch: The Art of Infant Massage -- Common Concerns in the Early Weeks -- Early Newborn Changes -- Spitting Up -- Eyes -- Baby's Mouth -- Newborn Skin Marks and Rashes -- Diaper Rash: Prevention and Treatment -- Infant Feeding and Nutrition -- Breastfeeding: Why and How -- Why Breast Is Best -- Preparing for Breastfeeding -- Right-Start Techniques -- How Your Breasts Make Milk -- Common Breastfeeding Questions and Problems -- The Breastfeeding Mother: Choices, Challenges -- Eating Right During Breastfeeding -- Upsetting Foods in Breast Milk -- Medicines for Two: Taking Medicines Safely While Breastfeeding -- Breastfeeding Helpers -- Getting It Together: Working and Breastfeeding -- Expressing Milk -- "Nursing Nuisances," Challenges, and Funny Things That Happen on the Way to the Breast -- Breastfeeding Special Babies in Special Circumstances -- Weaning: When and How -- Bottlefeeding with Safety and Love -- Formula Facts -- How Much? How Often? -- Preparing Formula -- Bottlefeeding Tips -- Weaning Baby from the Bottle -- A Person at Both Ends of the Bottle -- Introducing Solid Foods: When, What, and How -- Why Wait? -- Feeding Solids: Six to Nine Months -- Feeding Strategies -- Feeding Solids: Nine to Twelve Months -- Making Your Own Baby Food -- Commercial Baby Food -- Bring Out the Cup -- Ten Tips for Becoming Your Family's Nutritionist -- Feed Your Baby Smart Fats -- Feed Your Baby the Best Carbs -- Perk Up the Proteins -- Shape Young Tastes -- Fill Up with Fiber -- Value Your Vitamins -- Mind Your Minerals -- Pump Up Baby's Iron -- Make Every Calorie Count -- Raise a Lean Baby -- Feeding the Toddler: One to Two Years -- Nourishing the Picky Eater -- Getting Your Toddler to Eat -- Choosing the Right Milk for Your Toddler -- Is Your Child Eating Enough? -- Food Allergies -- Pesticides: How to Keep Them Out of the Mouths of Babies -- Contemporary Parenting -- Babywearing: The Art and Science of Carrying Your Baby -- New Support for an Old Idea -- Choosing the Right Baby Carrier -- How to Wear Your Baby: A Personal Course -- The Babywearing Father--Becoming a Shareholder -- Other Babywearers -- Wearing Down to Sleep -- Babywearing in Real-Life Situations -- Babywearing in Special Situations -- How Babywearing Benefits Infants and Parents -- Babywearing May Change Your Life-style for the Better -- Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby to Sleep -- Facts of Infant Sleep -- Step One: Give Your Baby the Best Sleep Start -- Step Two: Condition Your Baby to Sleep -- Step Three: Lessen Conditions That Cause Night Waking -- Sleeping with Your Baby--Yes? No? Sometimes? -- Handling Worries and Criticisms of Sleeping with Your Baby -- Sleep Safety -- Troubleshooting: Solving Your Baby's Sleep Problems -- Frequently Asked Questions About Sleep Problems -- Parenting the Fussy or Colicky Baby -- Fussy Babies -- Why Babies Fuss -- Matching Babies and Parents -- Soothing the Fussy Baby -- The Colicky Baby, Alias the Hurting Baby -- Tracking Down Hidden Causes of Colic -- Comforting Colic -- Is Colic Preventable? -- Entering the Promised Time -- Working and Parenting -- The Real Issue: Attachment -- Keys to Working and Attaching -- Choosing Substitute Caregivers -- The Commercial Day-Care Option -- Special Situations -- Parenting the Adopted Baby -- Parenting Twins -- Single Parenting -- The Down Syndrome Baby--A Special Kind of Parenting -- Mixing Babies and Pets -- Infant Development and Behavior -- Growing Together: Enjoying Your Baby's Developmental Stages -- Growing Together -- Attachment Parenting: How It Builds Better Babies--And Parents -- How Babies Grow -- The Five Features of Infant Development -- Seven Ways to Build a Brighter Baby -- The First Six Months: Big Changes -- The First Month: Big Needs -- Newborn Reflexes -- The Second Month: Big Smiles -- The Third Month: Big Hands -- A Three-Month Review -- The Fourth Month: Big Looks -- Language Development, Four to Six Months -- The Fifth Month: Big Reaches -- The Sixth Month: Sitting Big -- Raising Healthy Teeth -- The Second Six Months: Moving Up -- Six to Nine Months: Exploring Big -- New Fears and Concerns in the Second Six Months -- Nine to Twelve Months: Big Moves -- Caring for Your Baby's Feet -- The Second Year: From Babyhood to Toddlerhood -- Twelve to Fifteen Months: Big Steps -- Fifteen to Eighteen Months: Big Words -- Enriching Your Toddler's Language -- Does Your Child Walk Funny? -- Eighteen to Twenty-four Months: Big Thoughts -- Bothersome but Normal Toddler Behaviors -- The Real Meaning of Discipline -- Headstrong Mind-set -- Toy Squabbles -- Temper Tantrums -- Biting and Hitting -- Baby Won't Mind -- Screeching and Whining -- Thumb-sucking -- Toilet Training -- Facts You Should Know -- Better Late Than Early -- A Step-by-Step Approach to Toilet Training -- The Child Who Won't Go -- Toilet Training Quickly: The Weekend-Training-Camp Method -- Keeping Your Baby Safe and Healthy -- Babyproofing Your Home -- Profile of an Accident-Prone Child -- The Accident-Prone Home -- Home Babyproofing Checklists -- Choosing and Using Safe Baby Equipment -- Safe and Sane Car Travel -- Cycling with Infants -- Plantproofing Your Home -- Environmental Pollutants: Getting the Lead Out -- Keeping Your Baby Healthy -- Health Maintenance Begins at Home -- Well-Baby Checkups -- Immunizations: Why, What, and When -- Treating Little People -- Giving Medicines -- Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome -- The Most Common Medical Problems: Self-help Home Care -- Parenting the Baby with Fever -- Colds -- Coughs -- Ear Infections -- Sinus Infections -- Croup -- Diarrhea -- Vomiting -- Constipation -- Tracking and Treating Inhalant Allergies -- Eczema -- Questions Parents Have About AIDS -- Childhood Illnesses at a Glance -- Lifesaving Procedures and First Aid for Common Emergencies -- The Three P's -- Choking -- When Your Baby Isn't Breathing: A Step-by-Step Approach to CPR -- Bleeding -- Head Injuries -- Convulsions -- Burns -- Poisoning -- Eye Injuries -- Nose Injuries -- Insect Stings and Bites -- Tooth Trauma -- Strains, Sprains, and Fractures -- Growth Charts.