Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5 (Shelov, Caring for your Baby and...
The organization that represents the nation?s finest pediatricians and the most advanced research and practice in the field of child health answers all your medical and parenting questions. Here is sound, reassuring advice on child rearing that covers everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child?s self-esteem. Here, too, is an indispensable guide to recognizing and solving common childhood health problems, plus detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations.
Comprehensive, accurate, and doctor-approved, Caring for Your Baby and Young Child provides the very latest state-of-the-art information, including:
? Basic care from infancy through age five
? Guidelines and milestones for physical, emotional,
social, and cognitive growth
? A complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses,
congenital diseases, and other disabilities
? Guidelines for prenatal and newborn care with sections
on maternal nutrition, exercise, and screening tests during pregnancy
? An in-depth guide to breastfeeding, including its benefits,
techniques, and challenges
? A complete guide for immunizations and updated information
on vaccine safety
? A guide for choosing child care programs and car safety seats
? Ways to reduce your child?s exposure to environmental hazards,
such as tobacco smoke
? New sections on grandparents, stay-at-home dads,
computers and the Internet, and much more
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is an essential child care resource for all parents who want to provide the very best for their children?and the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust. more
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-15-2009
- This book helped me save my baby's life
This is a pretty standard western medicine for dealing with your child's illnesses and development. It has a helpful index and illustrations.Personally, I owe an awful lot to the book. My son when he was 3 weeks old developed an...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-06-2009
- so far so good
I'm expecting my first baby very soon and decided I better get a handle on what I need to know when he/she arrives. I've just begun to read this book, but I can say that its content, layout, and information are exactly what I was hoping...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-12-2008
- Solid reference book but not exactly a page-turner
This book is filled with good, scientifically-researched advice on your baby's health. It does, however, read like a reference book, and it is often as exciting as reading a dictionary.My personal preference was to read Baby 411 as sort...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-05-2008
- Great reference book for parents
This book is really my go-to-book every time I have a question or to decide whether or not to call our pediatrician. It also have things on development, discipline, family life, etc... It has great advice on potty training or...
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Selected Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-15-2009
- This book helped me save my baby's life
This is a pretty standard western medicine for dealing with your child's illnesses and development. It has a helpful index and illustrations.Personally, I owe an awful lot to the book. My son when he was 3 weeks old developed an...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Aug-26-2006
- An OK reference for common problems
I had high hopes for this book but I was a little disappointed when I read through it. I was looking for a comprehensive reference that would give me fairly specific information on common complaints in early childhood. Unfortunately,...
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- 2/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-15-2008
- Disorganized and Inconclusive
I received this book free from 'Publix Baby Club' and was disappointed by its layout and language. I love to read and wanted to be sure I knew all that I could about infant care before I delivered my first child so I was eager to take...
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