Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5

A baby Bible

This is the third time I am buying this book. This is a bible , a must have life saving book. I bought this for my sister and then for my friend and now for me. We don't know anything about kids when my sister first gave birth to my niece, We learned literally most of the things from this. I would recommend this to every one.

The Baby Bible

I purchased this book when my son was about 1 week old, after purchasing another book. With the other book, we were left with a lot of questions and resorted to supplementing our info with online research. This book was recommended to me by a friend and has become a mainstay in our house--even now that my son is 4 years old! This book is comprehensive and covers all aspects of parenting from how to bathe and diaper your baby to what to do in an emergency. I give this book as a gift to all new moms and they always tell me how much they love it as well!

Great Baby Shower Gift !!!

I found this book when my oldest son was a newborn. It was so helpful, not only answering questions that I had, but providing such good information that I had a much better idea of what questions I should be asking my pediatrician about. I referred to it over and over again with each of my children, and almost always give it as a baby shower gift. Every person I have given it to has come back to tell me how much it helped them after their babies were born. Great book, great resource for all parents !

Full of great information and a good reference

I found this book to be a good pre-baby read to prepare me for when baby comes home, and as a great resource to return to as our child grows. Especially good since family is far away and harder to contact than if Mom or sis lived down the street.

A must read for first time parents.

Caring For Your Baby and Young Child
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child was written by the "American Academy of Pediatrics" editors Steven P. Shelov and Robert E. Hannemn. This book covers the following: basic care for the first months of a young baby through the toddler years, medical issues parents may encounter, what to do to provide your baby secure surroundings, benchmarks in the process of a child's development, etc. This is a complete and extensive resource of essential -childcare that guides many parents throughout the process of parenthood.
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child guides readers step-by- step. This book serves as a guide to many caregivers as well, and it is a great resource recommended by many pediatricians that contains plenty of illustrations and covers basic care of your child from infancy to age five. It is a great book to read when your child is taking a nap or even before your baby is born.
If you are a parent looking for a book just to discipline your child, this is not it. This book helps parents learn how to make you child feel loved. This book was exclusively written for all parents of all ages that are interested in learning basic care for their babies and also discipline for young children. Expecting parents also find this guide very useful; many of them enjoy this book because instead of just giving the parents an idea of what to expect, this book prepares them for this amazing experience with a lot of facts, details, and techniques.
I found this guide very useful as a first time mom. I was able to understand better the process of raising a child and it also taught me techniques on how to provide the best care for my baby. One thing I loved about this book was that it talks about situations that we as parents may encounter and struggle with, providing solutions, causes, and consequences. Something I found interesting was that this guide, written by pediatricians, does not come across as a "medical book" but as a nurturing book which really makes a connection with the parents that read it. This book will make you want to read more and more; you will find it amazing how many tips and secrets they can give you to improve the care you provide your child.
"This book is dedicated to all the people who recognize that children are our greatest inspiration in the present and our greatest hope for the future" (Shelov, intro).

Highly Recommended

I just bought this book for my nephew who recently had a baby boy. My pediatrician gave me a copy when my son was born and it has been my bible for the last two years (my son is two). I helped raise my nieces and nephews and I am an RN/paramedic and I thought I knew all that I needed to know about raising my son. Was I ever wrong. I thank the American academy of pediatrics for writing this book and my pediatrician for giving me this book. It has saved a couple of phone calls to her office and a couple of office visits, as well as giving me peace of mind.

1st Time Mom!!!

I am a 1st time mom, and I helped my mom raise my brother, but I find myself looking in the book atleast 5 times a week to see if my son is supposed to do a certain thing, or why is he doing that!! I find it very informative

Helpful Guidance Without Causing Anxiety for Parents

'Caring for You Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5' is a trusted reference book associated with the American Academy of Pediatrics that I highly recommend as a pediatrician to the families I care for. New moms and dads can easily find the facts, support and comfort they are searching for to help them make more informed choices regarding their children. This reference guide is very well organized and offers an ample variery of helpful, sound, easy to understand information geared to the common health, developmental and behavior concerns that parents face during the first five years of life. I like the nonjudgmental manner in which the medical facts and suggestions are written which helps a worried parent feel informed but not talked down to or alarmed. That is very important to me as so many books seem to confuse, scare and pressure well-meaning, otherwise competent moms and dads. Although this 736 page book covers a wide spectrum of information especially on medical and baby developmental issues, I feel that the advice relating to discipline strategies and child development insights for the 2-to-5-year-old could be more in depth. However, no one book can cover everything. Therefore, I also recommend 'The Pocket Parent' as a companion book to fill that need. 'The Pocket Parent' is a convenient A-Z pocket-guide focusing on the most challenging toddler/preschool behaviors (such as bad words, biting, hitting, lying, the gimmes, tantrums, & whining). This book is written exclusively for parents of 2's, 3's, 4's and 5's in the same parent-friendly style as 'Caring For Your Baby...' Parenting the little ones can often be frustrating and quite challenging. These two books, embracing the same positive perspective and philosophy, are worthwhile additions to your home library that you can refer to again and again. Neither book needs to be read cover to cover, but rather as you need it regarding the issue at hand.

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