A 12-issue newsletter, Parenting the First Year, is produced by the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service and distributed to over 8,000 Illinois families with new babies.
Topics covered in the newsletter include nutrition, health, safety and emotional health.
The publication is designed to help new parents cope with the stresses of providing care for a new baby. An evaluation survey showed that 76 percent of readers were less likely to become angry when their baby was difficult and 83 percent were more likely to interact with and stimulate their baby.