It's a Baby Girl!

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. THE GURIAN INSTITUTE is committed to providing both science-based information and practical and relevant applications for everyday life. The staff of certified trainers helps to build self-sufficiency in communities. To learn more, please visit www.gurianinstitute.com.

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