Written during award-winning pediatrician Dr. Scott W. Cohen s first year as a father Eat Sleep Poop is the only book to combine two invaluable on the job perspectives--the doctor s and the new parent s. The result is a refreshingly engaging and informative guide that includes all you need to know at each age and stage of your child s first year. Drawing on the latest medical recommendations and his experiences at home and in the office Dr. Cohen covers everything from preparing for your baby s arrival to introducing her to a new sibling to those three basic functions that will come to dominate a new parent s life. Eat Sleep Poop addresses questions strategies myths and all aspects of a child s development. In each instance Dr. Cohen provides a thorough overview and a simple answer or explanation: a common sense bottom line yet he doesn t dictate. The emphasis is on doing what is medically sound and what works best for you and your baby. He also includes fact sheets easy-to-follow diagnosis and treatment guides and funny daddy vs. doctor sidebars that reveal the learning curve during his first year as a dad. Lively practical and reassuring Eat Sleep Poop provides the knowledge you need to parent with confidence to relax and enjoy baby s first year and to raise your child with the best tool a parent can have: informed common sense.