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Apply the best science to all your parenting decisions with this essential A-Z guide for your biggest questions and concerns from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline Every baby- and toddler-care decision sends parents scrambling to do the right thing, and often down into the rabbit hole of conflicting advice. Dr. Tina Payne Bryson has sifted through the reliable research (including about all those old wives' tales) and will help you make a manageable molehill out of the mountain of information and answer more than sixty common concerns and dilemmas.

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include: a section on baby blues and postpartum depression; added information on breastfeeding, pumping and insurance benefits; new safety information on SIDS and car seats; and updates throughout, bringing all advice up to date with the latest AAP guidelines. This parent-tested, pediatrician-approved advice will help new parents feel comfortable those first few days and weeks at home and serve as a reference for the whole first year.

"(Baby 411 is) my go-to reference so I don't bother Charlotte's pediatrician!"--Chelsea Clinton (US Weekly, Sept. 2015). You are having a baby! Congratulations! Now, the reality hits you--what the heck am I doing?  What if you could bottle the wisdom of all those parents who've come before you . . . and mix it with the solid medical advice from an nationally-renowned pediatrician? Baby 411 is the answer! Think of it as the ultimate FAQ for new parents.

In perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries --an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’s crying. No wonder pediatricians across the country are praising him and thousands of Los Angeles parents, from working moms to superstars like Madonna and Pierce Brosnan, have turned to him to learn the secrets for making babies happy. Never again will parents have to stand by helpless and frazzled while their poor baby cries and cries. Dr. Karp has found there IS a remedy for colic. “I share with parents techniques known only to the most gifted baby soothers throughout history …and I explain exactly how they work.

An indispensable handbook on all aspects of fatherhood during the first 12 months, by the author of The Expectant Father. The essential handbook for all things first-year father is now fully updated and revised. Not only will new dads get a month-by-month guide to their baby's development, men reading The New Father will learn how they change, grow, and develop over the first twelve months of fatherhood.

In Great Expectations: The Essential Guide to Breastfeeding, Marianne Neifert, MD, one of America's leading pediatricians and a nationally recognized lactation consultant, gives nursing mothers all the advice they need to breastfeed their babies successfully. Distilled from Dr. Mom's Guide to Breastfeeding, this is the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and effective book on the subject. Neifert has spent the last 25 years addressing the situations that nursing mothers routinely encounter; her sound, reassuring, and practical advice makes this a must-have for all new moms and mothers-to-be.

From the pediatrician who became an Internet sensation with the "Hamilton Hold" in a YouTube video about how to calm a crying baby, comes a one-of-a-kind resource to guide you through the earliest moments of your child's life--and help you to parent with common sense and confidence. Robert C. Hamilton, M.D., has spent more than three decades caring for newborns. In his practice, Dr. Bob has seen it all--what works, what doesn't. How can you get your baby to nurse, sleep, and maybe even cease crying? What strategies can help you connect and communicate with your infant? What important decisions will you make during the first year for your child, yourself, and your partner?

Ever wish you could have a baby nurse at home to answer your most urgent questions around the clock? Now you can!
Carole Kramer Arsenault has spent the last two decades helping parents through pregnancy, labor, and all of their new responsibilities once baby comes home--both as a longtime pediatric nurse, and as the founder of the most highly regarded baby-care service in New England. From the first trimester to the "fourth" (baby's crucial first three months), Arsenault and her team of professional nurses have seen it all. Now, they share their expert advice!

Lots of books tell you about child development and a baby's first year, but Watch My Baby Grow shows you everything that happens in the first year of life in step-by-step pictures with detailed explanations. Every milestone of baby development, from gurgles to coos to first words, is documented and explained. Why does your baby's cry sound the way it does? How are your baby's eyes and brain developing? What are the evolutionary reasons for speech-like sounds around the age of four months? Watch My Baby Grow has answers to these questions, as well as an individual story -- the early life of baby Melisa -- to relate them.

The perfect baby book for new moms and dads! You've just had a baby. Everything is perfect. Then the hospital sends you home--without an instruction manual... Baby expert Gina Ford comes to the rescue with her newly revised hour-by-hour, week-by-week guide. One of Great Britain's top parenting experts, she draws on more than twenty years of experience researching and studying the natural sleep rhythms and feeding patterns of babies to ease the stresses and worries of new parents. In this new edition, you'll find everything you need to know to get your newborn to sleep through the night. In addition to advice on sleep training, Ford shares her expertise on feeding schedules, colic, crying, teething, illness, pacifiers, separation anxiety, and setting up the perfect nursery. With this easy-to-follow guide, Ford will have your whole family sleeping through the night--happily and peacefully--in no time.

Brinda el sano consejo en todos los aspectos del cuidado del bebé de la Asociación Americana de Pediatría. Este manual completo y sencillo de usar aborda preguntas médicas, preocupaciones de los padres, e aspectos de seguridad. Incluyendo temas que van desde las etapas a alcanzar por mes, el cuidado infantil básico, cómo enfrentar emergencias, y problemas del sueño, haste la instalación del asiento de bebé para el auto y la elección de un pediatra, esta guía contiene una abundancia de información para padres que buscan tanto datos clínicos como avisos para una vida enfocada en la familia.

Esta serie, que pone información crucial al alcance de los pacientes, proporciona el conocimiento necesario, recopilado por médicos expertos, para que los pacientes aborden su atención médica preparados e informados. Escritas para una audiencia general, estas guías incluyen información sobre síntomas, medicamentos, tratamientos, efectos secundarios, control del dolor y cómo vivir con varias enfermedades crónicas que a menudo alteran las actividades diarias.

¿Eres primeriza?, ¿no sabes por dónde empezar? En estas páginas hallarás consejos que te acompañarán a disfrutar y afrontar el gran reto de tu vida. Paola Castro, bloguera y madre de gemelas, comparte con sinceridad su experiencia como mamá, trabajadora, ama de casa, enfermera, esposa y ser humano. Este libro aborda temas distintos, que van desde el embarazo hasta los dos primeros años de vida de tu hijo.

La biblia estadounidense sobre el embarazo, What to Expect When You're Expecting, con 12,8 millones de copias impresas, se sometió recientemente a una extensa tercera edición. Ahora llega la versión en español completamente revisada y actualizada. Qué se puede esperar cuando se está esperando , con 143.000 ejemplares impresos, es una traducción exacta y completa. El compañero perfecto para los futuros padres que leen en español, también es imprescindible para médicos, parteras y otros proveedores de atención médica que necesitan ayuda para comunicarse con pacientes de habla hispana. Qué se puededebe considerarse material básico en cualquier tienda y ha sido traducido cuidadosamente por Rosales Communications para que lo entiendan todos los grupos lingüísticos hispanos: cubanoamericanos, mexicoamericanos, puertorriqueños, dominicanos y más.

Ahora los bebes vienen con un manual de instrucciones Millones de padres en todo el pais han aprendido a confiar en Todobebe(R) y la valiosa informacion que les ofrece a la hora de criar a sus pequenos. Ahora, disponible por primera vez en formato de libro, los consejos, la alegria y el buen humor de Todobebe(R) estaran por fin al alcance de tus manos. En el tono amistoso y siempre encantador que la caracteriza, Jeannette Kaplun ofrece indispensables consejos para la crianza de tu bebe. Con informacion esencial acerca de como interpretar el llanto del pequeno, como detectar y superar la depresion posparto, consejos para facilitar la alimentacion y la lactancia y hasta una guia rapida para padres primerizos, Todobebe(R) es la biblia que todo padre necesita para el primer ano de vida de su bebe.