Yikes, you’re suddenly parents, home alone with your brand-new baby! Where’s your own mother or smart friend --where’s your pediatrician--when you desperately need reassurance and advice? Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby’s First Year is a steady, ever-present source of both information and wisdom.

When you’re faced with a perplexing development, reach for this complete Guide by the baby experts at the renowned Mayo Clinic. When you wonder what might happen next, check the “Month-by-Month Growth and Development” pages of this trusted companion. Among the subjects the expansive Guide covers-- in understandable language--are:

• Baby bonding
• Understanding your baby’s temperament
• Managing and enjoying parenthood
• Encouraging good sleep habits
• Comforting a crying baby
• Succeeding with breast-feeding and bottle-feeding
• Introducing solid foods
• Choosing the right diapers
• Tips for bathing and skin care
• Finding the right care provider
• Choosing good childcare
• Common illnesses and concerns

Brought to you in full color--by doctors who are parents, too!