Are you ready to care for your new baby?

Here's all the practical advice you need! Distinguished pediatrician Robert Needlman, one of the new team of experts at The Dr. Spock Company, provides the best up-to-date information on your baby's most fundamental needs, with plenty of useful tips on day-to-day care. An easy-to-use reference that you'll turn to again and again, "Dr. Spock's Baby Basics" will help you:

• Succeed at breastfeeding and bottle-feeding
• Encourage good sleep habits, right from the start
• Bathe, diaper, and groom your baby
• Choose a crib, a car seat, and other essentials
• Understand the different causes of crying
• Start your baby on solid foods, and much more

  For more than 50 years, Dr. Benjamin Spock was the world's best-known pediatrician. Drawing upon his trusted philosophy of baby and child care, a new generation of experts at The Dr. Spock Company brings today's moms and dads the latest parenting and child-health information. Watch for the next two books in the "Take Charge Parenting Guides" series: "Dr. Spock's Pregnancy Guide" and "Dr. Spock's Safety & First Aid for Babies and Toddlers."

This up-to-date guide addresses all the subjects you would expect to find in an authoritative book on pregnancy "plus" issues of special concern to the 60 to 80 percent of women who hold jobs during their pregnancies: - Is my workplace safe for my developing baby? - When should I tell my employer that I am expecting? - How can I handle the discomforts of pregnancy when I need to work? - What laws will protect me when I take medical leave? The answers to these questions--and myriad others--can be found in the pages of this practical and reassuring book. Dr. Marjorie Greenfield draws from her experiences as an obstetrician and working mom, and from more than a hundred interviews with mothers ranging from factory workers to high-powered attorneys, to create a unique resource for working women. Dr. Greenfield includes checklists for multitasking working moms-to-be, helpful illustrations, stories and advice from experienced mothers, and information on everything from planning a pregnancy to balancing life after the baby is born. "The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book" is an invaluable expert resource that will inform, reassure, and empower any working woman throughout the miraculous journey of her pregnancy.