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| The biggest challenge of your life! How to Survive Your Baby’s First Year By Hundreds of Happy Moms and Dads Who Did*™ *(and some things to avoid, from a few who barely made it) So you’re pregnant or have just had a baby—congratulations! If you are like most parents, you probably have a million thoughts racing through your head. Breast-feed or bottle? What are the best diapers? How to handle crying or getting your baby to sleep? Stay home, go back to work, or work from home? One minute you could be ecstatic, and the next, exhausted. How to Survive Your Baby’s First Year, by Hundreds of Happy Moms and Dads Who Did, is here to help make that first year with your new bundle of joy a lot easier. The book offers advice from hundreds of parents who have made it through the first year with their own babies and lived to share the secrets of their success. Unlike other parenting books that give only the opinion of one expert, How to Survive Your Baby’s First Year includes words of wisdom from hundreds of parents—both moms and dads, nationwide—who have been-there, done-that. Their sometimes funny and always useful, real-world baby experiences will help new parents face the endless challenges of bringing up a baby. While the advice may not always be in agreement, the variation in opinions goes to show that not all baby experiences will be alike, and what works for some parents may not work for others. Or, in other words, there simply isn’t one right answer. The book is designed to give parents insight and information so they can make their own decisions. How to Survive Your Baby’s First Year includes chapters on: pregnancy, birth, breast-feeding and formula, sleeping, work and family, learning, and discipline. Throughout, readers get tips on the best, tried-and-true methods of baby care, and insight into the most fretted about parenting topics, including: • Pregnancy—what mom needs now and how dads can help • Giving birth—you can prepare for an amazing experience • Breast-feeding or formula—moms weigh in on the pros and cons • Diapers—quick and dirty tricks to make them disappear fast! • Crying and Sleeping—field-tested methods get baby to sleep so you can too • Balancing work and family—moms and dads find creative ways to have it all The stories and tips in the book can help reduce the anxiety levels of expecting and new parents by letting them know others have faced similar challenges, and solutions may be just a few pages away. Reading the book is like having a big circle of seasoned parents in one room offering you their hard-earned advice about your toughest baby questions and sharing their favorite parenting moments. “An amazing kaleidoscope of insights into surviving parenthood, this book will reassure moms and dads that they are not alone in the often scary world of bringing up baby. Not only for parents, a must read for doctors too, providing insights into parental concerns not ordinarily addressed in their basic medical education.” --Josef Soloway, M.D., F.A.A.P. Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University About the Editors Husband and wife team Lori Banov Kaufmann and Yadin Kaufmann met at Harvard and, with their mutual love of adventure and books, co-authored together The Boston Ice Cream Lover’s Guide. They have an ongoing collaboration of parenting four children, now ages three to nineteen years old. About Hundreds of Heads Books, Inc. How to Survive Your Baby’s First Year is the third title in a series of “How To Survive” guidebooks launched in 2004 by the new publishing group, Hundreds of Heads Books, Inc. The guides are designed to provide great, readable advice on life’s major challenges—including: how to survive a teenager, dating, marriage, or divorce. For each title, Hundreds of Heads’ interviewers (“headhunters”) crisscross the country to interview people who have “been there, done that.” The first title in the series, How to Survive Your Freshman Year, sold 30,000 copies within five months of being published and is this year’s #1 selling college guide. Visit www.hundredsofheads.com to learn more. How to Survive Your Baby’s First Year By Hundreds of Happy Moms and Dads Who Did Edited by Lori Banov Kaufmann and Yadin Kaufmann with Jamie Allen $12.95 trade paperback, 254 pages, 6 x 9 inches ISBN 0-9746292-2-7 Publication Date: January 1, 2005 |