Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 306 pages
• Published by: American Academy Of Pediatrics
• Edition: 1st Edition June 1, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1581101570
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1581101577
• Book Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 15.2 ounces

Product Review
"The perfect resource for first-time parents who find themselves wishing their new baby came with an instruction manual."  —Calgary's Child

"Includes a refreshing mix of practical parenting tips alongside medically sound advice."  —Staten Island Parent

"Offers insights in an authoritative, accessible, and lively guide."  —Treasure Valley Family

"This wonderful book has all the information new moms and dads need."  —SeacoastOnline.com

"The docs’ lighthearted approachwill surely offer consolation to first-time parents who find themselves overwhelmed."  —Charlotte Parent

"This funny yet sage book shells out tons of advice."  —ePregnancy

"Smart advice to get you through those first nerve-racking months."  —Parents 

Product Description
This comprehensive guide for new parents finding themselves overwhelmed dealing with the reality of parenting provides "parent-tested, pediatrician-approved" advice to allay their fears. Written in a compassionate yet authoritative tone by two moms who are also pediatricians, this guide covers a wealth of topics that often prove daunting in the first eight weeks of a child's life. Starting with "Into the Mouths of Babes" (the trials of breastfeeding) and "What Comes in Must Come Out" (a discussion of "pee and poop") and moving on through "Fever: Trial by Fire" and "Seeing Yellow: Jaundice," this guide offers sound advice that will enable parents to feel confident about their parenting skills. Hints on daily living, sleep patterns, crying, the art and science of diapering, and traveling with a newborn are also provided.


Reader Reviews
There are people who already have a great depth of infant care experience when they have their first child--have changed so many diapers they can do it with their teeth, can get a onesie over a newborn's head without waking her, can swaddle a baby into immobility with a flick of the wrist. We are not those people. We needed help, and we found a lot of it here. My husband and I both read this book cover to cover before we brought our son home from the hospital, and referred to it often afterward. It has terrific practical advice for the new parent, with informative illustrations--such as demonstrating how to get those cute new outfits on your infant when they have clearly been designed by someone who has never actually dressed a baby-- and is written in a casual, clear style that makes it easily readable and memorable. We went back to it often: "What colors of poop did it say were okay?" "What did it say about the difference between projectile spit up and vomiting?" (Asked as something ran down a wall two feet away.) "Is it possible the baby really wants to eat every 45 minutes?" We suspect its discussion of growth spurts saved our sanity, if not our lives. This book focuses on the nitty-gritty of the new obsessions you'll have with the bodily functions and sleep habits of your new arrival, and how to balance them with your own. It is a cheerful, engaging, sympathetic and nonjudgmental guidebook, and we appreciated it tremendously in our early weeks home. Highly recommended.