Bite-Sized Parenting: Your Baby's First Year: The Essential Guide to What Matters Most, from Sleeping and Feeding to Development and Play, in an Illus

nThe most essential, evidence-based advice for baby's first year in an easily digestible and full-color illustrated format designed for today's busy parents nCongratulations! You have a new baby. But what you don't have is a lot of time to comb through the overwhelming amount of information on caring for that baby. n nIn Bite-Sized Parenting, Sharon Mazel, one of America's most trusted parenting experts, presents the latest, most practical science-backed advice that new moms and dads need most, without judgment and in an engaging visual format. n nBite-Sized Parenting is designed to make parenting in the first year less complicated and stressful. Its month-by-month format and full-color illustrated infographics--nearly 100 in all--are filled with expert medical, behavioral, nutritional, and developmental details aimed at empowering parents to care for their little ones with calm and confidence. n nStrapped for time? Spend a few minutes with the bite-sized overviews for targeted advice, tips, and strategies you can use right away. Want to dig deeper and learn more? Read the A Closer Look sections for an in-depth dive, with more nuance, guidance, and background on each must-know topic. n nEach month, readers will learn: nn n- Your baby by the numbers expected ranges for your baby's sleep times, feeding amounts, weight gain, and more n- Age- and stage-appropriate guidance on feeding and eating, naps and night-time sleep, baby care and playing, and more n- How to tackle common first-year challenges, including soothing a crying baby, recognizing hunger and sleep cues, teething and spitting up, starting solids and gagging, feeding and sleeping challenges, stranger anxiety, and more n- Expert advice for tummy time, reaching motor milestones like rolling over, sitting, and crawling, stimulating baby's brain, boosting language development, and more n- Support for how you may be feeling in your baby's first year--with reassurance that you're not alone nThe perfect gift (for yourself or someone else), Bite-Sized Parenting offers the key information new parents need, with warmth, support, and encouragement.