Baby's 1st Year

Book two of the Partners for a Healthy Baby  4-book series provides information for Home Visitors to use as they support families navigating through their baby’s first year of life. Content covered includes information to support mom’s physical and emotional health; encourage dad/partner involvement; empower families to get their needs met and know how to access community resources; promote healthy nutrition and exercise habits for the whole family; help family deal with all aspects of caring for a new baby – feeding, sleeping, diapering;  promote family’s efforts with bonding, attachment, and responsive caregiving; ensure families understand baby’s development across domains – motor, language, social emotional, and cognitive; and provide families with information about how babies learn through play.