It's a Baby Girl!: The Unique Wonder and Special Nature of Your Daughter From Pregnancy to Two Years [Paperback]

• Why you need a book just about girls. The very different health issues, genetic predisposition, hard wiring, neurological and biological development of girls, including unique strengths and weaknesses.
• How to understand the core nature of your girl and nourish it through problems of crying, fussing, eating, sleeping, attaching and other key issues during the first 12 months of life.
• Warm hearted stories about girls and tips from real moms, and a preview of what's to come for girls as they become toddlers, preschool kids, pubescent and beyond.

Foreword vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Its a Baby Girl! 1

1 The Girl Inside You 11

2 Her First Year 31

3 Gazing into the Future: Toddler and Preschool Girls 61

4 A Baby Girl is a Family Affair! Circles of Support 97

Sources 113

Resources for Parents of Girls 129

The Gurian Institute 135

About the Authors 137

Index 139

Stacie Bering, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist who has practiced and taught obstetrics and gynecology for twenty-five years in Spokane, Washington, where she skis and travels with her husband, Jeffry, and their grown children Cassie and Zack.

Adie Goldberg, ACSW, MEd, is a board-certified social worker who has been a psychiatric social worker at WomanHealth, an OB-GYN practice, for twenty years and is certified at the Gurian Institute. She lives in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and youngest daughter, Chloe.

Michael Gurian is the founder of the Gurian Institute and author of Nurtl#…