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."
Ann Ngugi –
I have read many books but non has captivated me like the Midnight Sun. God bless the writer.
Vivian Sharon –
“If your baby is raised by you alone how will you convince her that marriage is good, what marriage advice will give you her when she will be of your age? your so-learned generation is a great threat to marriage and the subsequent generations,” Ajuma was furiously dogged to drive her point home.
The Midnight Sun is a beautifully woven story about two young Teso lovers-Ejakait and Nasirumbi. They meet when they’re both in college, but their love is soon tested and they break up at a time when Nasirumbi need Ejakait most.
The story is so rich in Iteso culture. I literally felt like I was drinking Akipi from Teso land. The author brings out heated issues surrounding girl child education, single motherhood, feminism and marriage.
What does an educated, single mother in a deeply rooted traditional culture got to do? Agree to marry anyone because it is shameful to have a child and stay unmarried? Leave her child to her parents because the man intending to marry her is doing her a favor and doesn’t want the burden of bringing up a child he didn’t sire?
The role of education in marriage is also greatly contested in the book. At some point I felt angry at the author’s perspective, carefully placed in dialogues. I won’t tell you why. But you can get a copy and make your own judgement.