Babies and Toddlers

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.

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.

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.

Some Thoughts on Being Pregnant
Operating Instructions : A Journal of My Son's First Year
by Anne Lamott
It's not like she's the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all

Part 1
The Baby Rules : The Insider's Guide to Raising Your Parents
by Jamie Schaefer-Wilson, Jo Ann Germinario
Out of the mouths of babes (literally!) comes this indispensable bible of infant-tested, baby-approved tips for perplexed parents who find themselves wondering why their new bundle of joy came with less instructions than their remote control.

Part 1
A Baby Is a Gift
by Joanne Davis
It's true. And almost everyone agrees. A baby is a wonderful way to start a life. Being soft and warm, vulnerable and innocent, issuing tiny yawns and sleepy sighs, babies cast an enchanted spell over all they meet.

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

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