Babies and Toddlers

Head Shape
Your Newborn: Head to Toe: Everything You Want to Know About Your Baby's Health through The First Year
by Cara Familian Natterson, M.D.
In order for a baby to be able to travel through the birth canal, the head must be small enough and flexible enough to fit. Fortunately the brain is only a fraction of its adult size at birth. The bones that surround it are also able to mold into

Common Fussiness and Crying
Your Fussy Baby
by Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
Some of the things we know about ordinary, brief, or common fussing and crying shed light on extreme fussiness/colic. This information is often comforting to parents who are distressed by their child's fussing or crying.

Getting Your Baby on a Structured Routine
The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems
by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
You probably have a routine in the morning. You get up at roughly the same time, maybe you shower first or have your coffee, or perhaps you immediately hop on the treadmill or take your pup out for a brisk walk.

Six to Nine Months
The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems
by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
The E.A.S.Y. plan is a different ball game now, although we're still looking at a four-hour routine - and I hear many of the same problems I see in slightly younger babies. But by six months, there's a major growth spurt, too.

Getting Started: Guidelines for Different Ages
The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems
by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
Establishing a routine for the first time gets a bit harder as the baby grows, especially if you've never had structure. And because my first book concentrates mainly on the first four months of E.A.S.Y., some parents of older children find themselves

Why Healthy Sleep Is So Important
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
by Marc Weissbluth, M.D.
Sleeplessness in children and worrying about sleeplessness have been around for a long time. Healthy sleep appears to come so easily and naturally to newborn babies. Effortlessly, they fall asleep and stay asleep.

An Infant's Immune System
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Children's Vaccinations
by Stephanie Cave, M.D., F. A.A.F.P., Deborah Mitchell
Infants come into the world with antibodies they have gotten from their mother through the placenta. Infants who are breastfed continue to receive many important antibodies in the colostrum; the thick, yellowish premilk that is secreted during the first

Why a Cesarean?
The Essential C-Section Guide: Pain Control, Healing at Home, Getting Your Body Back, and Everything Else You Need to Know About a Cesarean Birth
by Maureen Connolly, Dana Sullivan
With the benefit of hindsight, we know that our Cesarean deliveries weren't the result of anything we did or didn't do. But very few pregnant women (at least those who are not carrying multiples or have certain medical conditions) plan

At Last There's Hope: An Easy Way to Calm Crying Babies
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
by Harvey Karp, M.D.
Estimates are that one out of every five babies has repeated bouts of terrible fussiness-for no apparent reason. That adds up to almost one million sweet new babies born in the U.S. each year who suffer from hours of red-faced, eyes-clenched screaming.

Basic Infant Care
Your Baby's First Year (Second Edition)
by Steven P. Shelov, M.D., The American Academy of Pediatrics
When your baby first arrives, you may feel a bit overwhelmed by the job of caring for her. Even such routine tasks as diapering and dressing her can fill you with anxiety-especially if you've never spent much time around babies before.

Breast Is Best! Breast-feeding for Success
The New Mom's Manual : Over 800 Tips and Advice from Hundreds of Moms for Baby's First Year
by Mary Jeanne Menna
Experts agree that breast milk is the best source of nutrition for baby, providing just the right amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, as well as critical enzymes and antibodies that promote immunities to fight disease in your baby.

Before You Give Birth
The Kidfixer Baby Book : An Easy-to-Use Guide to Your Baby's First Year
by Dr. Stuart Altman
The inevitable question, after sharing the happy news with friends and family, is bound to be: do you have a name picked out? After twenty-five years as a pediatrician with a private practice on Long Island, you can imagine the names I've heard.

The Importance of NO
How to Say No to Your Toddler: Creating a Safe, Rational, and Effective Discipline Program for Your 9-Month to 3-Year Old
by William G. Wilkoff, M.D.
We arrive at the threshold of parenting with our own unique collection of strengths and vulnerabilities. All children are not cut from the same cloth, and each of us must adopt a parenting style that is appropriate for our child's age and personality.

Happier, Smarter Babies
Baby Prodigy: A Guide to Raising a Smarter, Happier Baby
by Barbara Candiano-Marcus
As I began to research childhood brain development in order to develop the Baby Prodigy DVDs, CDs, and videos, I had to educate myself on how the brain worked. This chapter is by no means an effort to provide you with a full education in neuroanatomy

Your Baby's Amazing Brain
Baby Minds: Brain-Building Games Your Baby Will Love
by Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D.
Remember that feeling of excitement and exhilaration the day your baby was born? You examined her tiny face and gazed with amazement into her unaccustomed eyes wondering what she must be feeling in her first experience of the outside world.

How I Discovered the Secret to Successful Communication with Toddlers
The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old
by Harvey Karp, M.D., Paula Spencer
Where did your baby go? One day you're cradling a tiny newborn in your arms, all of parenthood stretched out in front of you. Then before you know it, you're living with an all-new creature-cuter than ever, but suddenly upright, opinionated, headstrong

Preparing for a New Baby
Caring for Your Baby and Youn: Birth to Age 5
by Steven P. Shelov, M.D., The American Academy of Pediatrics
Pregnancy is a time of anticipation, excitement, preparation, and, for many new parents, uncertainty. You dream of a baby who will be strong, healthy, and bright--and you make plans to provide her with everything she needs to grow and thrive.

There's a reason they call it labor
The Fourth Trimester: And You Thought Labor Was Hard ... Advice, Humor, and Inspiration for New Moms on Surviving the First Six Weeks-and Beyond
by Amy Einhorn
Recovering from labor is the closest thing most women come to recuperating from a heavyweight fight. Chances are you were pushing for hours on end, you didn't sleep a bit, and you feel like you've been run over by a truck.

The Challenge of Toddlerhood
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with Your Baby
by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
You know the old saying, luv: 'Be careful what you wish for-you just might get it.' If you're like most parents, I suspect that you spent a good part of the first eight months of your baby's life wishing things would get easier.

The First Six Months
Mommy Made and Daddy Too! Home Cooking for a Healthy Baby & Toddler
by Martha Kimmel, David Kimmel
Feeding our children is where our parenting begins. From infancy on, food becomes a significant form of communicating and nurturing. When your infant cries, you run to comfort her with food. In this way she gains her first sense of relief and well-being.