Synopses & Reviews
OVER 50 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT! 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.”
Synopsis
- Breast-feeding: the newest approaches, with proven techniques for working mothers- Immunization schedules, vitamins, and dietary recommendations- Working and parenting- Talking to your child about sex, contraception, homosexuality, tobacco, alcohol and other drug abuse, and AIDS- Children with disabilities- Raising nonviolent children- Gay and lesbian parents- First aid and injury prevention--including sports and recreational safety
Synopsis
The Classic Handbook -- Completely Up-To-Date 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."
About the Author
Benjamin Spock, M.D., practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. He then became a medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The author of eleven books, he was a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all. He had two sons, a stepdaughter, and four grandchildren. Dr. Spock, who died March 15, 1998, at age ninety-four, was married to Mary Morgan. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care has been translated into thirty-nine languages and has sold fifty million copies worldwide since its first publication in 1946.
Table of Contents
Contents 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