Provides a guide to the first twelve months of life with a new baby, including information on feeding, immunizations, development, sleeping, and medical care.

"By the baby experts at Mayo Clinic ; from doctors who are parents, too!" -- Cover.

Caring for your baby. Welcome to parenthood! -- Baby's first days -- Feeding baby -- Diapers and all that stuff -- Bathing and skin care -- Clothing baby -- Sleep and sleep issues -- Comforting a crying baby -- Understanding your baby's temperament -- Baby's health and safety. Finding the right care provider -- Checkups -- Vaccinations -- Child care -- Traveling with baby -- Home and outdoor safety -- Emergency care -- Growth and development, month by month -- Common illnesses and concerns -- Managing and enjoying parenthood. Adapting to your new lifestyle -- Taking care of yourself -- Dads and partners -- Parenting as a team -- Single parenting -- Siblings and grandparents -- Finding contentment : home or job? -- When to have another child? -- Special circumstances. Adoption -- Caring for multiples -- Premature baby -- Delayed development -- Down Syndrome -- Other newborn conditions.