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This instructive illustrated book for parents-to-be takes Mum and Dad month by month through the joys and the challenges of their baby's first year. In fact, the advice predates the baby's birth, with tips on acquiring baby clothing and equipment and setting up a healthful sleeping place. This book also discusses details surrounding the day of a baby's birth, with information on the problems and their remedies that come within the first several days after the baby is born. Twelve chapters that follow describe developmental stages as they occur each month in a typical baby's first year.By the second month, baby smiles at familiar faces and objects, and by the fourth month, baby is starting to move around. By the ninth month, baby sits up and sees the world from a new perspective. By the tenth month, baby is crawling and exploring. First words and attempts at walking occur during the eleventh month-and walking with confidence usually happens around baby's first birthday. Closing chapters discuss breast and bottle feeding, first baby food, sleep problems, major and minor health complaints, and visiting the pediatrician.More than 120 color photos plus at-a-glance charts and sidebars supplement the text.