Baby Instructions

How to keep a tiny human alive, and yourself reasonably sane.

Nobody hands you a manual when you leave the hospital. This is the one you wish they had. Baby Instructions is a plain-spoken field guide to the first year, told in two voices: Denise, who has raised seven kids, and Maya, a few weeks into her first baby and asking the questions you are probably asking at 3 a.m.

Inside: coming home, feeding, sleep, crying, safety and health, when to call the doctor, month-by-month development, care for the parents, and short checklists you can use when you are too tired to read.

Grounded in current guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the CDC, and the WHO. Not a substitute for your pediatrician, but a companion for the nights between visits.