Caring for your baby and young child
Subtitle: birth to age 5
By: Steven P. Shelov, M.D., M.S., FAAP, editor-in-chief, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, Professor of Pediatrics, Stony Brook, New York, Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D., FAAP, associate medical editor, Community Pediatrics Medical Group, Westlake Village, California, Clinical Insructor, Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, Robert E. Hannemann, M.D., FAAP, associate medical editor, emeritus, Visiting Professor, Child Psychology, Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Richard Turbo, writer
Edition: New and revised sixth/Bantam Books trade paperback edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 917
ISBN-13: 9780553393828
Subjects: Child development; Infant; Child care; Infants; Preschool Child; Care
Description: "Now in its 6th edition, the mega-bestselling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (CFYBYC) is the most thorough and respected consumer book dedicated to early child care, reviewed and revised with state-of-the-art advice from the most trusted authority: The American Academy of Pediatrics. CFYBYC always addresses the latest medical research and recommended practices as well as the voiced concerns from their regular parent focus groups, ensuring a book that is thoroughly up-to-date and emminently useful"--
Notes: Includes index.

Previous edition: 2009.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Preparing for a new baby ; Birth and the first moments after ; Basic infant care ; Feeding your baby ; Your baby's first days ; The first month ; Age one month through three months ; Age four months through seven months ; Age eight months through twelve months ; Your one-year-old ; Your two-year-old ; Your three-year-old ; Your four- and five-year-old ; Early education and child care ; Keeping your child safe; title: Part 2. Abdominal/gastrointestinal tract ; Allergies ; Behavior ; Chest and lungs ; Chronic conditions and diseases ; Developmental disabilities ; Ears, nose, and throat ; Emergencies ; Environmental health ; Eyes ; Family issues ; Fever ; Genital and urinary systems ; Head, neck, and nervous system ; Heart ; Immunizations ; Media ; Musculoskeletal problems ; Skin ; Your child's sleep.