Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 6th Edition: Birth to Age 5

Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 6th Edition: Birth to Age 5

From the American Academy of Pediatrics, the most up-to-date, expert advice for mothers, fathers, and care providers   All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization on child health is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust, covering everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child’s self-esteem. Whether it’s resolving common childhood health problems or detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations, this new and revised edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child has everything you need:   • a review of necessary basic care from infancy through age five • milestones for physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth, including red flags for preventing obesity • a complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, congenital diseases, and other disabilities • guidelines for prenatal and newborn care, with spotlights on maternal nutrition, exercise, and screening tests during pregnancy • an in-depth discussion of breastfeeding, including its benefits, techniques, and challenges, as well as nutritional needs and vitamin/iron supplementation • updated safety standards: the very latest AAP recommendations, from CPR instruction and immunizations to childproofing tips and product and toy safety • tips for choosing child care programs and car safety seats • ways to reduce your child’s exposure to environmental hazards, such as air pollution and secondhand smoke • the latest reports on cutting-edge research into early brain development • updated content dedicated to sleep and allergies (including food allergies) • new chapter on the effects of media and technology exposure on children • special messages for grandparents and stepfamilies • and much more

  • ASIN: 0553393820
  • ISBN: 0553393820
  • Brand: Bantam
  • Manufacturer: Bantam

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The authors of No-Drama Discipline and The Yes Brain explain the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures in this pioneering, practical book. “Simple, smart, and effective solutions to your child’s struggles.”—Harvey Karp, M.D. In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain—and make accessible—the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives. “[A] useful child-rearing resource for the entire family . . . The authors include a fair amount of brain science, but they present it for both adult and child audiences.”—Kirkus Reviews “Strategies for getting a youngster to chill out [with] compassion.”—The Washington Post “This erudite, tender, and funny book is filled with fresh ideas based on the latest neuroscience research. I urge all parents who want kind, happy, and emotionally healthy kids to read The Whole-Brain Child. ... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 0553386697
  • ISBN: 9780553386691
  • Brand: Bantam
  • Manufacturer: Bantam

What to Expect the First Year

What to Expect the First Year

With over 11 million copies in print, What to Expect: The First Year, now in a completely revised third edition, is the world’s best-selling, best-loved guide to the instructions that babies don’t come with, but should. And now, it’s better than ever. Every parent’s must-have/go-to is completely updated. Keeping the trademark month-by-month format that allows parents to take the potentially overwhelming first year one step at a time, First Year is easier-to-read, faster-to-flip-through, and new-family-friendlier than ever—packed with even more practical tips, realistic advice, and relatable, accessible information than before. Illustrations are new, too. Among the changes: Baby care fundamentals—crib and sleep safety, feeding, vitamin supplements—are revised to reflect the most recent guidelines. Breastfeeding gets more coverage, too, from getting started to keeping it going. Hot-button topics and trends are tackled: attachment parenting, sleep training, early potty learning (elimination communication), baby-led weaning, and green parenting (from cloth diapers to non-toxic furniture). An all-new chapter on buying for baby helps parents navigate through today’s dizzying gamut of baby products, nursery items, and gear. Also new: tips on preparing homemade baby food, the latest recommendations on starting solids, research on the impact of screen time (TVs, tablets, apps, computers), and “For Parents” boxes that focus on mom’s and dad’s needs. Throughout, topics are organized more intuitively than ever, for the best user experience possible.

  • ASIN: 0761181504
  • ISBN: 0761181504
  • Brand: Workman Publishing Company
  • Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual)

The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance (Owner's and Instruction Manual)

At Last! A Beginner's Guide to Newborn Baby Technology You've programmed your DVR, you’ve installed a wireless Internet connection, you can even check Facebook on your cell phone. But none of this experience will prepare you for the world's biggest technological marvel: a newborn baby.   Through step-by-step instructions and helpful schematic diagrams, The Baby Owner's Manual explores hundreds of frequently asked questions: What's the best way to swaddle a baby? How can I make my newborn sleep through the night? When should I bring the baby to a doctor for servicing? Whatever your concerns, you'll find the answers here—courtesy of celebrated pediatrician Dr. Louis Borgenicht and his son, Joe Borgenicht. Together, they provide plenty of useful advice for anyone who wants to learn the basics of childcare.

  • ASIN: 1594745978
  • ISBN: 9781594745973
  • Brand: RANDOM HOUSE
  • Manufacturer: Quirk Books

Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage: Effective Strategies to Tame Tantrums, Overcome Challenges, and Help Your Child Grow

Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage: Effective Strategies to Tame Tantrums, Overcome Challenges, and Help Your Child Grow

Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage offers practical, age-appropriate toddler discipline strategies for managing the everyday challenges of toddlerhood and guiding your child to becoming their best self.Toddlers are constantly changing, and they can easily become overwhelmed by it all. When faced with the meltdowns that toddlers are famous for, it can be difficult to know which toddler discipline techniques will best help your child grow into a stronger, kinder person. Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage delivers essential toddler discipline tools for dealing with day-to-day difficulties, and supporting your toddler as they learn the important lessons that will set them up for success.Written by child development expert Aubrey Hargis, Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage will help you understand your toddler’s behavioral challenges while fostering important life skills such as curiosity, respect, independence, and confidence. Drawing on Aubrey’s years of coaching parents through the rocky terrain of toddler discipline, as well as her own experience as a mother of two, Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage delivers proven toddler discipline techniques that will help you grow closer as parent and child during each stage of your toddler’s first formative years.Inside the pages of Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage you’ll find:An overview of your child’s development―including physical, cognitive, and social-emotional―and how this affects their behavior.Age-appropriate toddler discipline strategies that will help you manage common behavioral issues by building upon each stage of progress.Helpful toddler discipline sidebars and tips for dealing with tricky situations, guidance on how best to communicate with your child, and advice from parents who’ve been there.While child development is not a linear process, Toddler Discipline for Every Age and Stage provides you with a practical, effective toddler discipline toolkit for n... [Read More]

  • ASIN: 1641521279
  • ISBN: 1641521279
  • Manufacturer: Rockridge Press

Raising Baby: A Pocket Guide to Baby's 1st Year

Raising Baby: A Pocket Guide to Baby's 1st Year

Raising Baby: A Pocket Guide to Baby's 1st Year, is a first of its' kind, 80 page, spiral bound pocket guide for parents, caregivers, nannies, grandparents, etc. to help them navigate their baby's development, nutrition, sleep and health visits through the first year. It is full of information and tips and has numerous charts, sample schedules and tables to help parents get started. Raising Baby is all about simplifying the baby years and making it an enjoyable and memorable experience.

  • ASIN: 0985902108
  • ISBN: 0985902108
  • Manufacturer: Nina Vaid Raoji

As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby

As You Grow: A Modern Memory Book for Baby

A modern take on a baby memory book and journal, As You Grow stands out from the crowd of baby books with its elegant, chic, and timeless design. The gender-neutral artwork with guided sections provide space for every family to record moments from pregnancy to age five. Author and illustrator Korie Herold poured over every page, adding artistic detail and flourishes that work to create a book you can interact with now, and look back on for a lifetime. This chic design promotes longevity, as this keepsake book is intended to be shared and displayed for years to come. As You Grow is inclusive of every modern family. Sections include: Pregnancy to birth Baby's first weeks Baby's first year Development to age 5 Firsts, milestones, and precious, sweet, and silly moments to remember Lined pages for journal entries and letters for your child Special Features: Chic, gender-neutral design Elegant linen cover Acid-free and archival paper Generous 9.75" x 9.75" trim size offers ample space for photos Lay-flat design allows you to easily write in the book Pocket section dividers provide space to safely store keepsakes Carefully developed designs and prompts allow to you reflect and celebrate

  • ASIN: 194451547X
  • ISBN: 194451547X
  • Manufacturer: Blue Star Press

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, 4th Edition: A Step-by-Step Program for a Good Night's Sleep

The perennial favorite for parents who want to get their kids to sleep with ease—now in a completely revised and expanded fourth edition!   In this fully updated fourth edition, Dr. Marc Weissbluth, one of the country’s leading pediatricians, overhauls his groundbreaking approach to solving and preventing your children’s sleep problems, from infancy through adolescence. In Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, he explains with authority and reassurance his step-by-step regime for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of your child’s natural sleep cycles. Rewritten and reorganized to deliver information even more efficiently, this valuable sourcebook contains the latest research on   • the best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment • common mistakes parents make trying to get their children to sleep • different sleep needs for different temperaments • stopping the crybaby syndrome, nightmares, bedwetting, and more • ways to get your baby to fall asleep according to her internal clock—naturally • handling nap-resistant kids and when to start sleep-training • why both night sleep and day sleep are important • obstacles for working moms and children with sleep issues • the father’s role in comforting children • how early sleep troubles can lead to later problems • the benefits and drawbacks of allowing kids to sleep in the family bed   Rest is vital to your child’s health, growth, and development. Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child outlines proven strategies that ensure good, healthy sleep for every age.   Praise for Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child   “I put these principles into practice—with instant results. Dr. Weissbluth is a trusted resource and adviser.”—Cindy Crawford

  • ASIN: 0553394800
  • ISBN: 9780553394801
  • Brand: Marc Weissbluth
  • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Best Trip Ever: The Best Vacation Travel Book for Toddlers, Kids, and Parents (Big Heart, Little Laughs 2)

Best Trip Ever: The Best Vacation Travel Book for Toddlers, Kids, and Parents (Big Heart, Little Laughs 2)

Ever needed a vacation from your vacation?!You must be a parent.Fortunately, Little One is experiencing her first airplane adventure through the awestruck eyes of a child. She’s off to Grandma and Grandpa’s house, and couldn’t be more excited!Packing suitcases, making new friends in tight quarters, eating ALL the snacks, and planning amazing adventures with Grandpa. Could this trip get any better?! OH, YES!This book will instantly become part of your family's reading routine. In fact, it was written for the entire family to enjoy again and again. The colorful illustrations and dual story lines will keep everyone entertained. It also makes a great gift for any child that has a fun vacation coming up!Will Mom and Dad chose to see their trip through Little One's eyes?! If so, they may just find themselves on the Best. Trip. Ever.    Buy the Paperback today and get the Kindle e-book FREE!

  • ASIN: B07VDMRWXX

The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer

Never again will you have to stand by helplessly while your little baby cries and cries. There is a way to calm most crying babies . . . usually in minutes!    Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for soothing babies and increasing sleep. Now his landmark book—fully revised and updated with the latest insights into infant sleep, bedsharing, breastfeeding, swaddling, and SIDS risk—can teach you too! Dr. Karp’s highly successful method is based on four revolutionary concepts:   1. The Fourth Trimester: Why babies still yearn for a womblike atmosphere . . . even after birth 2. The Calming Reflex: An “off switch” all babies are born with 3. The 5 S’s: Five easy steps to turn on your baby’s amazing calming reflex 4. The Cuddle Cure: How to combine the 5 S’s to calm even colicky babies   With Dr. Karp’s sensible advice, parents and grandparents, nurses and nannies, will be able to transform even the fussiest infant into the happiest baby on the block!   Praise for The Happiest Baby on the Block   “Dr. Karp’s book is fascinating and will guide new parents for years to come.”—Julius Richmond, M.D., Harvard Medical School, former Surgeon General of the United States   “The Happiest Baby on the Block is fun and convincing. I highly recommend it.”—Elisabeth Bing, co-founder of Lamaze International   “Will fascinate anyone who wants to know how babies experience the world, and wants to answer their cries lovingly and effectively.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune

  • UPC: 787721947769
  • ASIN: 0553393235
  • ISBN: 9780553393231
  • Brand: Harvey Karp, M.D.
  • Manufacturer: Bantam