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<\/a><\/p>\nI was recently contacted by whattoexpect.com<\/a> and asked if I would do a review and giveaway of their books. \u00a0As the mother of 5, who read these books cover to cover and went through a few copies of What to Expect When You’re Expecting<\/em><\/a> and What to Expect The First Year<\/em><\/a> and also at least one copy of What to Expect The Second Year<\/em><\/a>, it was a no brainer. \u00a0I was sent the latest editions of What to Expect When You’re Expecting<\/em>, What to Expect The First Year<\/em> and What to Expect The Second Year<\/em>. \u00a0One thing I loved about What To Expect When You’re Expecting,<\/em> is that an anxious expectant mother like myself did not need any pregnancy books to scare her or make her worry more than she already did. \u00a0The tone of the book is very reassuring, while not sweeping serious issues under the rug they are presented in such a way as to not frantically alarm expectant parents. \u00a0I also loved how it was set up and I would read this book every night and go month by month and look ahead to the month to come. \u00a0It was full of great information for dealing with some of the common issues of pregnancy as well as the not so common. \u00a0This would be my ultimate first and foremost pregnancy book recommendation. \u00a0I am sure many of you already agree with me.<\/p>\n What to Expect The First Year<\/em> takes you on the exciting and sometimes nerve-wracking first year of life with baby. \u00a0Find expert advice on colic, diaper rash, weaning, sleeping, feeding, illness, and other issues that are paramount in raising baby from birth to 1 year.<\/p>\n What to Expect The Second Year<\/em> continues the journey from 12 months to 2 years, find advice on discipline, feeding, behaviour issues, social development and more.<\/p>\n What to Expect When You’re Expecting:<\/p>\n The latest information, a friendlier-than-ever voice, a new look — it\u2019s a brand-new, cover-to-cover revision of\u00a0What to Expect When You\u2019re Expecting<\/em>\u2014the book that\u2019s been a New York Times bestseller for 351 weeks and counting, and is read by over 90 percent of pregnant women who read a pregnancy book. More comprehensive, reassuring, and empathetic than ever, the fourth edition covers everything an expectant mom (and dad) needs to know, from preparing for pregnancy to birth to those first miraculous (and exhausting) weeks with a new baby. It is overflowing with tips, helpful hints, and humor, making it even more accessible and easier to use than ever before.<\/p>\n Highlights of the fourth edition include:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What to Expect the First Year:<\/p>\n Following a two-year, cover-to-cover, line-by-line revision and update, America\u2019s bestselling guide to caring for a baby is now better than ever.<\/p>\n The second edition of\u00a0What to Expect the First Year<\/em>\u00a0incorporates the most recent developments in pediatric medicine. Every question and answer has been revisited, and in response to letters from readers, dozens of new Q&A\u2019s have been added. The book is more reader-friendly than ever, and the new material brings more in-depth coverage to issues such as newborn screening, home births and the resulting at-home newborn care, vitamins and vaccines, milk allergies, causes of colic, sleep problems, SIDS, returning to work, sibling matters, weaning, sippy cups, the expanded role of the father, and much more.<\/p>\n \u00a0book includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What to Expect the Second Year:<\/p>\n Heidi Murkoff\u2019s What to Expect has delivered again. Announcing the arrival of a brand-new member of the What to Expect family:\u00a0What to Expect the Second Year<\/em>. The essential sequel to\u00a0What to Expect the First Year,<\/em>\u00a0with 9.7 million copies in print,\u00a0What to Expect the Second Year<\/em>\u00a0picks up the action at baby\u2019s first birthday, and takes parents through what can only be called \u201cthe wonder year\u201d\u201412 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\u2019t always love their behaviors (picky eating, negativity, separation anxiety, bedtime battles, biting, and tantrums). 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, behaviors 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\u2019s a developmental time line of the second year plus special \u201cmilestone\u201d boxes throughout that help parents keep track of their toddler\u2019s development. Thinking of traveling with tot in tow? There\u2019s a chapter for that, too.<\/p>\n whattoexpect.com<\/a>\u00a0is sponsoring a giveaway on Mommy Ramblings. \u00a02 lucky blog readers will win a set of all three titles shown above. \u00a0Thank you whattoexpect.com<\/a>\u00a0for the review books and for sponsoring this great giveaway on Mommy Ramblings!!! \u00a0Open to US residents.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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\nComprehensive, reassuring, empathetic, realistic, and practical,\u00a0What to Expect the Second Year<\/em>\u00a0is 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\u2019s baby has become.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n