Dr Spocks Baby & Child Care 6TH Edition

Generations of parents have relied on Dr. Spock's classic bestseller "Baby and Child Care." It is still "the" source book, the most authoritative and reliable guide for parents. Collaborating with pediatrician and child psychiatrist Dr. Michael B. Rothenberg, Dr. Spock has updated his work to meet the changes and challenges of the 1990s. "Reorganized for faster and easier reference, with many new and expanded sections, the book includes the latest advice and information on such topics as: "

breast-feeding: the newest approaches, with proven techniques for working mothers Cesarean section single parenting, remarriage and "blended" families talking to your child about sex, contraception, homosexuality, alcohol and drug abuse, AIDS working and parenting common medical questions and answers about whooping cough vaccine, diaper rash, infant diarrhea, scoliosis, and acne traveling with children immunization schedules, vitamins and dietary reccomendations

All Dr. Spock's invaluable, time-tested advice is here, including the most current medical practices and advances in child care. Written for parents of the '90s, this essential and classic work will help them face their many challenges and responsibilities with new confidence and joy.

Benjamin Spock M.D., practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. Then he became a medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, and Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He has written eleven books. He is a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all. He has two sons, a stepdaughter, and four grandchildren. His wife is Mary Morgan.

Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care has been translated into thirty-nine languages and has sold forty million copies worldwide since its first publication in 1946.

A Letter to the Reader About This Sixth Edition of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care Acknowledgments The Parents' Part The Supportive Father in Pregnancy and Delivery Bodily Contact and Other Bonds Parents Are Human Strict or Casual Discipline? The Father as Parent The Changing Roles of Women and Men Managing Family and Career What Are Your Aims in Raising a Child? Children's Emotional Needs Parents as Companions Who Will Care for the Children? Relations with Grandparents Planning the Homecoming Equipment and Clothing Nursery Equipment Bedding Clothing and Diapers Bathing Feeding Equipment Outings Medical and Nursing Care Having the Baby The Visiting Nurse The Baby's Doctor Infant Feeding What Feeding Means to the Baby Schedules Giving the Feeding Getting Enough and Gaining Weight Vitamins in Infancy Drinking Water for a Baby Breast-feeding The Values of Breast-feeding Feelings About Breast-feeding How to Give Breast-feeding a Fair Trial The Nursing Mother's Physical Condition The Working Mother Getting Started at Breast-feeding How the Nursing Pattern Gets Established How You Know the Baby Is Getting Enough Special Problems During Breastfeeding Manual Expression and Breast Pumps Breast and Bottle Combinations Weaning from the Breast Bottle-feeding About Formulas Getting the Bottles Ready to Fill Bottling the Formula Formula Refrigeration Mixing the Formula, When You Don't Need to Sterilize About Sterilization Mixing the Formula If You Have to Sterilize Giving the Bottle Weaning from Bottle to Cup Wean the Baby Gradually Changes in Diet and Schedule Adding Solid Foods Changes in Schedule and Bottle Daily Care The Fontanel Sleep Diapers The Bowel Movements The Bath The Navel The Penis Clothing, Fresh Air, and Sunshine Play Periods Immunizations The Vaccines Problems of Infancy Crying in the Early Weeks Spoiling Is Not Common Common Kinds of Indigestion Constipation Diarrhea Rashes Birthmarks and Other Skin Conditions Jaundice Umbilical Hernia Mouth Troubles Eye Troubles Breathing Troubles Common Nervous Symptoms Swollen Breasts Vaginal Discharge Undescended Testicles Comforters and Thumb-sucking Six-Month Independence and the Need for Comforters Thumb-sucking The Pacifier Rhythmic Habits The Development of Babies Watching Them Grow Physical Development and Motor Skills Talking Slower Patterns of Development Teething What Makes Good Teeth Preventing Injuries Principles of Prevention Motor Vehicles Fire: Smoke and Bums Drowning Poisons Home Safety Feeding Young Children Elements in the Diet Foods for a Sensible Diet Less Valuable and Undesirable Foods Meals Feeding Between Meals Feeding Problems Thin Children Fat Children One-Year-Olds What Makes Them Tick Avoiding Injuries Fears Around One Year Independence and Outgoingness Handle Them Matter-of-Factly Nap Hours Are Changing They're Apt to Change Their Eating Habits Managing Young Children Play and Outgoingness Aggression Going to Bed Duties Discipline Whining Jealousy and Rivalry Fitting into the Family Toileting What Does It Mean? Bowel Control Bladder Control Wiping Setbacks Two-Year-Olds What They're Like Negativism Worries Around Two Stuttering Three to Six Devotion to the Parents Curiosity and Imagination Fears Around Three, Four, and Five Nail Biting Masturbation "The Facts of Life Day Care Center, Preschool, and Montessori School From Six to Eleven Fitting into the Outside World Self-Control Posture Television, Movies, and Comics Stealing Lying Schools What a School Is For Trouble with Lessons Adolescence Physical Changes Psychological Changes Sexuality Social Changes Illness Handling a Child with an Illness Diet During Illness Giving Medicines and Enemas Fever Colds and Sinusitis Ear Infections Tonsils and Adenoids Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, and Swollen Glands Croup and Epiglottitis Influenza, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia Headaches Stomachaches and Upsets Constipation Soiling (Encopresis) Urinary Disturbances Vaginal Discharge Allergies Skin Conditions Measles, Rubella, Roseola, Chicken Pox Whooping Cough, Mumps, Diphtheria, Poliomyelitis Tuberculosis Rheumatic Fever, Joint Pains, and Heart Murmurs Hernias and Hydrocele Eye Troubles Convulsions Other Conditions Going to the Hospital First Aid Cuts, Bites, Bleeding, and Burns Objects in the Nose, Ears, and Eyes Splinters Sprains, Fractures, and Head Injuries Swallowed Objects Poisons Choking and Artificial Respiration Special Situations Traveling with Children Child and Family Guidance Chronic Handicapping Conditions Child Abuse and Neglect Adoption The Premature Baby Twins Divorce, Single Parenting, and Remarriage Divorce Custody and Visitation The Single Parent Remarriage Afterword: A Better World for Our Children Index Emergency Chart