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Mass Market Paperback: 720 pages Publisher: Bantam; 2 (December 28 2004) Costumer Rating:  Read an Excerpt Chapter 1: Basic Infant Care Chapter 1: Basic Infant Care Book Description With more than 2,000,000 copies in print, here is state-of-the-art advice you can trust from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the organization that represents the nation's finest pediatricians. The second edition of Your Baby's First Year is the essential guide to all aspects of infant care. Here, in an easy-to-use format, you'll find: • A month-to-month guide to your baby's first year that lets you know what to expect in terms of growth, behavior, and development • A complete health encyclopedia, plus detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations • Information about vaccine safety and schedules for immunizations and health-care visits • Complete information on breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, and introducing solids • Suggestions for choosing quality child care-and ways to ease your baby's introduction to a sitter • Safety points for grandparents to keep in mind, both inside and outside the home • Poison prevention, infant CPR and choking instruction, general first-aid care • Safety checks for home and car, including a car safety seat shopping guide Your Baby's First Year is the indispensable guide to infant care for all parents who want to provide the very best care for their baby-from a source they can safely trust. About the Author Steven P. Shelov, M.D. Dr. Steven P. Shelov, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.P. is Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Chairman of Pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center and Vice President of the Infants' and Childrens' Hospital of Brooklyn. He is the Editor-in-Chief of several of the parent publications for the AAP including Caring For Your Baby and Young Child, The First Year Of Life, and A Guide to Child Symptoms. » More by Steven P. Shelov, M.D. The American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics is an organization of 57,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric specialists dedicated to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. AAP books with Bantam include Caring for Your Baby and Young Child Birth to Five, Caring for Your School-Age Child Ages 5 to 12, Caring for Your Teenager, Guide to Toilet Training, and New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding. » More by The American Academy of Pediatrics | |||||||
