What to Expect the First Year: (Updated in 2025)

Biographical Note:

Heidi Murkoff is the author of the world's bestselling What to Expect(R) series of pregnancy and parenting books, with over 43 million copies in print in 44 languages. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and the WhatToExpect app, a community of 20 million parents, and the face of the app's week-by-week pregnancy and first year videos. Using the power of the WTE platforms, Heidi works closely with the CDC, HHS, AAP and other public health organizations to share vital messages about maternal and infant health and safety. Her passionate commitment to the wellbeing of all moms and babies led her to found the What to Expect Project (WTEP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every mom receives the empowering information and nurturing support she needs to deliver a healthy pregnancy, safe delivery, and healthy future to herself and the baby she loves. Along with the WTEP, Heidi advocates actively in Congress for legislation and policies supporting expecting and new moms and families, including military families. Since 2013, she has hosted close to 300 Special Delivery baby showers for tens of thousands of military moms and dads serving far from family and friends at bases around the world. In 2022, she and her husband Erik received the Elizabeth and Zachary Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award for their support of military families.

Updated regularly, America's baby bible answers all your questions.

• How can I get my baby to tell night from day?
• Is my breastfed baby getting enough to eat?
• When should I start solids? And what should I start with?
• When will my baby sleep through the night?
• Will my colicky baby ever stop crying?
• What are the best toys for my baby?
• Is it okay to let my baby play with my smartphone?
• Should I buy organic for my baby?

Review Citations:

• Wilson Nonfiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780761181507, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:Murkoff, Heidi

Heidi Murkoff is the author of the What to Expect(R) series of pregnancy and parenting books with over 38 million copies in print. She is also the creator of WhatToExpect.com and the WhatToExpect app, which reach over 18 million expecting and new parents, and the What to Expect Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping at-risk moms around the world expect healthier pregnancies, safer deliveries, and healthy, happy babies.