• When can I take home a pregnancy test?
• How can I eat for two if I’m too queasy to eat for one?
• Can I keep up my spinning classes?
• Is fish safe to eat? And what’s this I hear about soft cheese?
• Can I work until I deliver? What are my rights on the job?
• I’m blotchy and broken out—where’s the glow?
• Should we do a gender reveal? What about a 4-D ultrasound?
• Will I know labor when I feel it?

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.

• Are there ways to improve our chances of having a girl (or boy)?
• Does stress affect fertility?
• Should we be having sex every day? Every other day? Three times a day?
• I’m 37. Does that mean I’ll have a harder time getting pregnant?
• How long should we keep trying to conceive before we get some help?
• What fertility treatments are available—and how will we be able to pay for them?

• When will my 13-month-old start to walk?
• Shouldn’t my 14-month-old be talking already?
• How can I  get my picky eater to pick something besides pasta?
• Sure, I can ignore a tantrum at home—but what am I supposed to do in the middle of the mall?
• Why does my toddler have such a hard time sharing? Taking turns? Playing nicely?
• When should we break the bottle habit . . . and what about the pacifier?
• How do I get my  almost-two-year-old to settle down for bed—and stay asleep all night?

• Do I have to skip my morning latte––or afternoon energy drink?
• I’m too sick to look at a salad, never mind eat one––do I have to?
• How do I get enough calcium if I’m lactose intolerant?
• Help! I’m entering my second trimester, and I’m losing weight, not gaining. What can I do?
• I’ve never been a big water drinker, and now I’m supposed to down 10 8-ounce glasses a day! How?
• Turns out it’s twins––do I have to eat twice as much?