Dr Spocks Baby & Child Care 8TH Edition

THE CLASSIC THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE TIMES! For sixty-five years, parents have relied on the expert advice of renowned pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock. But while children never change, issues and concerns do. Dr. Robert Needlman, himself a top-notch pediatrician, has newly updated and expanded this timeless classic to speak to any parent who is raising children in our rapidly changing world. While still providing reassuring advice on age-old topics such as caring for a new baby, as well as accidents, illness, and injuries, this book also contains expanded information in many new areas, including:

• Cutting-edge medical opinion on immunizations

• Obesity and nutrition

• Cultural diversity and nontraditional family structures

• Childrens learning and brain development

• The newest thinking on children with special needs

• Environmental health

• Increasingly common disorders such as ADHD, depression, and autism— including medications and behavioral interventions

• Children and the media, including electronic games

• Coping with family stress

• And much, much more

With an updated glossary of common medications and an authoritative list of the most reliable online resources, this invaluable guide is still the next best thing to Dr. Spocks #1 rule of parenting: “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”

For generations, parents across the world have relied on Dr. Spock's expert pediatric advice. Now, In this fully revised edition of his timeless bestseller, you'll find all the information you need to meet the changes and challenges of childrearing in the new millennium — including entirely new chapters about international adoption, coping with terrorism and disasters, college planning, autism, and other such topics as:

• breast-feeding: the latest research, approaches, and techniques

• common medical-care Q&A

• talking to your child about sex, drugs, and disease

• immunizations, vitamins, and nutrition

• learning, behavioral, and physical disorders

• dental and vision care

• raising nonviolent children, teaching tolerance

• blended families

• gay and lesbian parenting

• first aid and injury prevention

...and more. With all-new glossaries of medical terms and common medications, and an updated list of resources, this invaluable guide is the next best thing to Dr. Spock's #1 rule of parenting: "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

Acknowledgments

Preface

Trust Yourself and Your Children

Trust Yourself

Raising Children in a Changing World

What Are Your Aims in Raising a Child?

Parents Are Human

Nature and Nurture

Love and Limits

The Diversity of Families

Section I:

Your Child, Age by Age

Before Your Child Is Born

Babies Develop; Parents, Too

Prenatal Care

Delivery

Choosing Your Baby's Doctor

Planning the Homecoming

Helping Siblings Cope

Things You'll Need

Your Newborn, Birth to about Three Months

Enjoy Your Baby

Touch and Bonding

Early Feelings

Parents' Sexual Relations after Delivery

Caring for Your Baby

Feeding and Sleeping

Crying and Comforting

Diapering

Bowel Movements

The Bath

Body Parts

Temperature, Fresh Air, and Sunshine

Common Newborn Concerns

The First Year, Four to Twelve Months

A Time of Firsts

Caring for Your Baby

Feeding and Growth

Sleeping

Crying and Colic

Spoiling

Physical Development

Learning about People

Clothes and Equipment

Common Physical Issues in the First Year

Your Toddler, Twelve to Twenty-Four Months

What Makes Them Tick?

Help Your Toddler Explore Safely

Fears around One Year

Challenging Behaviors

Sleep Issues

Eating and Nutrition

Toilet Training and Learning

Your Two-Year-Old

Being Two

Worries around Two

Challenging Behaviors

Diet and Nutrition

Toilet Training

Your Preschooler, Three to Five Years

Devotion to the Parents

Romantic and Competitive Feelings

Curiosity and Imagination

Sleep Issues

Fears around Three, Four, and Five

Worries About Injury and Body Differences

School