# Reading path: your baby's first year

Reading path · id `maternal:reading-path-first-year` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public)

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Browse, life stage: Newborn; Infant follow-up  
Browse, care area: The baby's first year  

## In plain language

A suggested reading order for a baby's first year: feeding, sleep, growth checks, milestones, and vaccines. It is a reading order, not medical advice and not a care plan.

## Technical summary

An editorial sequence of 10 steps over 10 records, drawn from pages in this atlas that exist today; it links only to existing records and each step restates what the linked record says. It branches nowhere and is not a care pathway. The plan also named MedlinePlus pages on infant and newborn care; they are not repeated here. Several pages cover advice for one country or one trial population, and each page states its own scope.

## Connected pages

- Step on sleep: Safe infant sleep (`maternal:safe-infant-sleep`)
- Step on growth: Infant growth monitoring (`maternal:infant-growth-monitoring`)

## Provenance

Content hash: ffc1546f0b01d2fcb166241eee6218ff1a065142b773d0cfd9dcda72bf6b771d
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-15
Evidence last checked: Not recorded