Trying to raise your baby by a book will be totally ineffectivee. NO baby is a textbook baby. I have a 16 month old and a 2 and a half month old. I was worried about how to raise my daughter (my oldest) But you eventually learn what you are doing and you pick up on cues that your baby gives you when he/she needs something. I watrched 1 vidoe happiest baby on the block and the soothing techniques worked for my son but not my daughter. Trust your judgement if you choose to read the parenting books just use them as a reference don’t try to soley try to raise your baby by them because that book wasn’t written for your baby.

Dr Sears book is good. However I wouldnt buy a ton of books, all babies are different and they do things at a different pace and it doesnt mean they’re smarter or not than others. For example some babies would crawl right on cue at 8 mos, some wont and go straight to walking! Some like my daughter would do a funny bum scooting!! LOL Then she grew out of it and is now a very fast toddler! =)
You need to guide a lot from instinct.As for milestons when you take your baby for checkups your doctor will be able to see how your son’s doing etc.
Just listen to your baby, feed him when he’s hungry and hold him if he wants to be held and give him love always. If he ends up sleeping on your bed is fine! There’s no issue he’ll move into his crib in his own time-just tips for the future!!
I know you’re a first time mom, but relax and go with the flow, he’s 2 weeks, just love him and care for him, sing to him often and read to him, babies love to listen to their mommies voice =)

best of Luck and congrats on your newborn

I liked most of the Sears Parenting Library, and I would reference What to Expect the First Year- but with a grain of salt. I also really liked Your Baby’s First Year by the American Academy of Pediatrics. It has the guidelines regarding milestones that my children’s Pediatrician goes by. After my daughter turned two I got the AAP’s book Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5.

Congratulations on the birth of your son.

I have frankly NEVER read the What to Expect books. I think the Dr. Sears and Dr. Spock books, while informative, have Lo-o-o-ng blurbs and I wouldn’t reccomend it.

I liked “Having Twins,” a lot. It wasn’t entirly about twins, it had lots of info a mom of a singleton would enjoy knowing.

As for breast-feeding, “The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding” was good. I liked all of the Dorling Kindersly books, and The First Five Years by Penelope Leachman was….*golden!!*

It was entirely informative and easy to read. I must admit, while I read all editions from ‘77-07, my favorite was the ‘87 version, but all of them were perfectly good.

Good luck and congratulations on your new little bundle of joy!

Don’t get to carried away reading those books…feed your baby when she is hungry and she will crawl walk and talk when she is ready…babycenter.com is a good website to get an idea though…being a mommy is alot of trial and error