**Not every parenting journey looks alike. In this best-selling reference guide, the parents and childcare experts at Mayo Clinic offer a trusted manual on expected—and not so expected—developments that can occur during your baby’s first years.
Updated and Revised 2nd edition.**
While new and experienced parents alike find that every baby brings its own set of challenges, the Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby*’*s First Years offers informative guidance on standard childcare practices, like proper nutrition, indoor and outdoor safety, diapers and toilet training, comforting a fussy baby, and more.
However, more dilemmas face modern-day parents than ever before. This revised reference guide also gives essential—and actually attainable—advice for a new generation of parents, one that faces challenges like single parenthood, work-life balance, delayed child growth and development, and the potential diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and other newborn conditions.
*Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby’*s First Years combines everything you need to know about your baby’s first three years in an easy-to-read, convenient guide you can keep and reference throughout every stage of your child’s first years. With a detailed, month-to-month calendar, learn what to expect of your baby’s growth and development during the first 36 months of its life, and what steps you can take to ensure a foundation of healthy growth and development.
While there is no built-in instruction manual for raising a child, Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby*’*s First Years offers expert advice on everything you may need to know about caring for your little one.