Foreword vii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: It's 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

"Told with gentle humor and with stories and wisdom gleaned from
personal and professional experience, It's a Baby
Girl! is not only the best "how to" on raising your little
girl, but also captures the magic and challenge of
parenting."

--Pam Silverstein, MD, FACOG obstetrician -gynecologist and
founder of WomanHealth

"It's a Baby Girl! explains the development and
functioning of the female brain. If you are raising a girl, this is
a book you really need to read"

--Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D., author Nurturing Parenting
Programs; Executive Director, Family Nurturing Centers,
International

"Reading It's a Baby Girl! is akin to reading a good
guidebook before and during a trip: your experience is richer as
you deepen your understanding of what you are seeing, doing, and
experiencing. If you are preparing for a new baby girl or have a
friend or relative with a daughter, this book will be a
delight."

--Lynne H. Williams, MD, Co-Author, The Too Precious
Child

"IT'S A BABY GIRL! is thoughtfully research-based,
yet perceptively practical for any parent who has just been blessed
by the gift of a girl. Parents will close the book truly
understanding why girls and boys are different in so many ways, and
how to nurture the nature of their daughter."

--Fay E. Brown, Ph.D. Director, Child and Adolescent
Development, Yale University

"For years I have heard new parents lament that their babies
don't come with a manual. Now they do! It's a Baby
Girl! is a must-have addition to the parenting library!"

--Pat Crum, Director and co-Founder of the Family Nurturing
Center of Michigan

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 Nurture the Nature, The Minds of Boys, The Wonder of Boys, Boys and Girls Learn Differently, and The Wonder of Girls. He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife and two daughters.

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