The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years: 100 Things Every Parent Should Know

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Chapter 1: Choose a Name
So, have you settled on a name yet? As the clock winds down many parents find themselves surprisingly stumped, still searching for the perfect name to express their tastes-and satisfy the whole family.

Chapter 2: Budget for a New Baby
The nesting instinct can cause expecting parents to embark on all kinds of expensive preparations. If you're not careful, you can find yourself blowing thousands of dollars on furniture, clothing, equipment, and other purchases before the tot even arrives

Chapter 3: Design a Nursery
The ultimate baby room embodies a calming yet inspiring environment. Function and practicality are just as important as the look you are trying to create. Choose items that will grow with your child or that you will be able to use for your next baby.

Oh, baby! In one book, 100 leading parenting experts offer must-have advice for expecting and new parents. The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years is the all-in-one companion to raising your baby with confidence, knowledge, and style, while maintaining your own sanity. As a brand-new parent, Samantha Ettus, creator of the Experts' Guide series of books, went on a search to collect invaluable insights and practical know-how from the world's experts in the field of parenting. The result is this wonderfully informative and entertaining guide to preparing for, welcoming, and caring for your new baby like an expert.

In bite-sized chapters that even the most sleep-deprived new parents can digest, you'll find advice from an expert on the top 100 parental concerns, from budgeting for the baby to bathing, breastfeeding, and beyond. And it doesn't stop at Baby. The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years includes plenty of chapters devoted to you, too - such as getting in shape after childbirth, maintaining a happy marriage, and setting up a playdate. Bestselling author and pediatrician Harvey Karp provides secrets for calming a crying infant; travel guru Pauline Frommer reveals her best tips on planning a vacation with your child; and Iron Chef Cat Cora offers her techniques for making baby food. Each of the contributors brings a matchless blend of knowledge, passion, and experience to ensure that you make the most of your child's first years.

From choosing a name and preparing for your baby's arrival home to making the transition back to work, The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years brings an unparalleled breadth of practical and authoritative information to the alternately joyous and exhausting journey through the baby years.)

As creator of The Experts' Guides, Samantha Ettus has developed a secret recipe for identifying the world's leading experts. Her syndicated column, "Celebrity Assets," appears weekly in news-papers nationwide. She is a sought-after speaker and has appeared in a number of national media outlets, including CNN, Fox News, ESPN, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today, among others.

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