The international super-successful What to Expectbrand has delivered again - announcing the arrival of a brand-new member of family: What to Expect the Second Year. This essential sequel to What to Expect the First Year picks up the action at baby's first birthday, and takes parents through what can only be called 'the wonder year' - 12 jam-packed (and jam-smeared) months of memorable milestones (from first steps to first words, first scribbles to first friends), lightning-speed learning, endless explorations driven by insatiable curiosity. Not to mention a year of challenges, both for toddlers and the parents who love them, but don't always love their behaviour (picky eating, negativity, separation anxiety, bedtime battles, biting, and tantrums). Comprehensive, reassuring, empathetic, realistic and practical, What to Expect the Second Yearis filled with solutions, strategies, and plenty of parental pep talks. It helps parents decode the fascinating, complicated, sometimes maddening, always adorable little person last year's baby has become. From the first birthday to the second, this must-have book covers everything parents need to know in an easy-to-access, topic-by-topic format, with chapters on growth, feeding, sleeping, behaviours of every conceivable kind, discipline (including teaching right from wrong), and keeping a toddler healthy and safe as he or she takes on the world. There's a developmental time line of the second year plus special 'milestone' boxes throughout that help parents keep track of their toddler's development. Thinking of travelling with tot in tow? There's a chapter for that, too.

Covering years two and three of a child's life, this comprehensive guide for parents of toddlers contains useful information about sleeping problems, discipline, toilet training, handling tantrums, and speech development.

Some things about babies, happily, will never change. They still arrive warm, cuddly, soft, and smelling impossibly sweet. But how moms and dads care for their brand-new bundles of baby joy has changed—and now, so has the new-baby bible. Announcing the completely revised third edition of What to Expect the First Year. With over 10.5 million copies in print, First Year is the world’s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies don’t come with, but should. And now, it’s better than ever. Every parent’s must-have/go-to is completely updated. 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.

Overflowing with intelligence and good common sense, this comprehensive guide provides clear explanations and useful guidelines on everything a parent might want to know about the second and third years of their child's life. On a month-by-month basis, WHAT TO EXPECT THE TODDLER YEARS explains what a toddler will be able to do at that age, and what to expect in the months ahead. Featuring topics from potty-training to sleeping problems, disciplining to how to encourage learning and thinking, this book covers it all - including invaluable advice on how parents can make time for themselves in the midst of it all. Answering parents' questions such as 'How can I get my toddler talking?' and 'My toddler is a fussy eater - how can I be sure he's eating what he should?', WHAT TO EXPECT THE TODDLER YEARS is an essential guide to keeping a toddler safe, healthy and - above all - happy.

Growing Up Just Got Easier... With the help of Angus, the lovable Answer Dog, best-selling author Heidi Murkoff extends a hand to children and parents as they tackle life's first experiences together. Congratulations -- you're having another baby! You're excited and a little nervous, but most of all you're wondering how you're going to explain this miraculous, but complex, process to your older, but still very young, child. We're here to help you answer your child's questions about how a baby is created, how it grows, and how it comes out to join the family. Have fun!

Say congratulations to any expectant mother with this useful, informative guide to pregnancy, including "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and "The First Year." Each book is trusted, reliable and reassuring, giving step-by-step progress for new mothers on what to expect during the pregnancy and throughout the first year after birth.

The latest book in the best-selling WHAT TO EXPECT series, this essential guide covers the action-packed and exciting second year of a child's life. WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE SECOND YEAR contains expert advice on everything parents of a toddler need to know, including sleeping, temper tantrums, eating issues, toilet training, nutrition, health and home safety, offering parents invaluable insights, advice and reassurance. 'Written in the same warm, engaging and immensely reassuring style that readers will be familiar with from the other 'What to Expect' books, WHAt tO EXPECt tHE SECOND YEAR is clear and comprehensive, with just the right amount of easy-to-find detail ... parents will find here everything they need to know to safely and confidently navigate the action-packed, incredibly full second year of their toddler's life.' Dr Jonny taitz MBChB, FCP(SA), FRACP, AFCHSM, FAAQHC, Specialist Paediatrician 'this essential guide walks parents through the remarkable second year of a child's life, offering invaluable insight and advice, and generous helpings of empathy and reassurance.' Dr Mark D Widome, Professor of Pediatrics, the Pennsylvania State University Just in time for those first steps, here's the next perfect offering from trusted What to Expect author, Heidi Murkoff. Starting from baby's first birthday, What to Expect the Second Year is the complete why, when, and how-to guide to the 'wonder year' - twelve jam-packed months of amazing milestones, lightning-speed learning and endless discoveries. Filled with must-have information on all things toddler, from feeding (tips to tempt picky palates) to sleep (how to get more of it), talking (decoding those first words) to behaviour (defusing those first tantrums). Plus, how to keep your busy toddler safe and healthy. Answers to All Your Questions: When will our 13-month-old start to walk? How can we get our fussy eater to try something besides pasta? Shouldn't our 14-month-old be talking already? I can ignore a tantrum at home, but what I am supposed to do when we're out shopping? When should we break the bottle habit ... and what about that dummy? How do we get our almost-2-year-old to settle down for bed - and stay asleep all night?