Books like What to Expect the First Year by Heidi Murkoff

Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a pediatrician and father of four, shares a step‑by‑step program to help parents establish healthy, age‑appropriate sleep habits for children—from newborns to teens, addressing common sleep problems and natural sleep cycles.

Teach Yourself Your Toddler's Development will provide a unique combination of advice, practical exercises and background information to help your toddler get a head start in life. It will help you understand what your child is thinking, feeling and saying and gives you plenty of information on the important milestones, with checklists for development and practical suggestions for things to do together and ways to help your child get ahead now.

Keeping the trademark month by month format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easier to read, faster to flip through, and new family friendlier than ever, packed with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before. Illustrations are new, too. Among the changes: Baby care fundamentals--crib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplements--are revised to reflect the most recent guidelines. Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going. Hot button topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning (elimination communication), baby-led weaning, and green parenting (from cloth diapers to non toxic furniture). An all new chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through today's dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear. Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time (TVs, tablets, apps, computers), and "For Parents" boxes that focus on mom's and dad's needs. Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible.