Title Caring for your baby and young child : birth to age 5 / Steven P. Shelov, M.D., M.S., FAAP, editor-in-chief, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, Professor of Pediatrics, Stony Brook, New York, Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D., FAAP, associate medical editor, Community Pediatrics Medical Group, Westlake Village, California, Clinical Insructor, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Robert E. Hannemann, M.D., FAAP, associate medical editor, emeritus, Visiting Professor, Child Psychology, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Richard Turbo, writer

Edition New and revised sixth/Bantam books trade paperback edition Published New York : Bantam Books, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 917 pages) : illustrations Contents Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: The Gifts of Parenthood; PART 1; 1 Preparing for a New Baby; 2 Birth and the First Moments After; 3 Basic Infant Care; 4 Feeding Your Baby; 5 Your Baby's First Days; 6 The First Month; 7 Age One Month Through Three Months; 8 Age Four Months Through Seven Months; 9 Age Eight Months Through Twelve Months; 10 Your One-Year-Old; 11 Your Two-Year-Old; 12 Your Three-Year-Old; 13 Your Four-and Five-Year-Old; 14 Early Education and Child Care; 15 Keeping Your Child Safe; 16 Abdominal/Gastrointestinal Tract; 17 Allergies; 18 Behavior 19 Chest and Lungs20 Chronic Conditions and Diseases; 21 Developmental Disabilities; 22 Ears, Nose, and Throat; 23 Emergencies; 24 Environmental Health; 25 Eyes; 26 Family Issues; 27 Fever; 28 Genital and Urinary Systems; 29 Head, Neck, and Nervous System; 30 Heart; 31 Immunizations; 32 Media; 33 Musculoskeletal Problems; 34 Skin; 35 Your Child's Sleep; Appendix; Index; Back Cover Summary "The most up-to-date, expert advice for mothers, fathers, and care providers from the American Academy of Pediatrics From the most respected organization on child health comes this essential resource for all parents who want to provide the very best care for their children. Here 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"-- Provided by publisher "Now in its 6th edition, the mega-bestselling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (CFYBYC) is the most thorough and respected consumer book dedicated to early child care, reviewed and revised with state-of-the-art advice from the most trusted authority: The American Academy of Pediatrics. CFYBYC always addresses the latest medical research and recommended practices as well as the voiced concerns from their regular parent focus groups, ensuring a book that is thoroughly up-to-date and eminently useful"-- Provided by publisher Notes "American Academy of Pediatrics." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Infants -- Care. Child care. Child development. Children -- Health and hygiene. Infant Child, Preschool Child Care Child Development Infant Care FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- Infants & Toddlers. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference. Infants -- Care. Child care. Child development. Children -- Health and hygiene Child care Child development Infants -- Care Child care. Child development. Infants -- Care. Form Electronic book Author Shelov, Steven P., editor Remer Altmann, Tanya, editor Hannemann, Robert E, editor American Academy of Pediatrics. LC no. 2014013096 ISBN 9781581108729 1581108729

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