Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality - Softcover

"Its spirited, light, and conversational tone makes readers feel like they are talking to a trusted good friend who just happens to be a pediatrician." --John C. Nelson, MD, MPH, obstetrician-gynecologist, past president, American Medical Association, on the first edition "This book packs the advice of a parenting class, a doctor's visit, and a best friend into one indispensable package." "--Library Journal, " on the first edition "The advice you'd get from your sister or best friend, if she had her baby only last year." --Gil Fuld, MD AAP, News Editorial Advisory Board "This book will lower your stress about raising your child. It is a wonderful narrative that reads as if it was a conversation among friends. You can have a shared learning experience with the authors who are moms, docs, and daughters and really do know." --George A. Strait, former medical correspondent, ABC News "In an era of one-size-fits-all parenting advice, this book truly stands out." --Armin Brott, author, " "The Expectant Father series", " on the first edition "A family-friendly, easily read...guide to the unique experience of caring for a newborn that is both practical and medically sound." --Lillian Blackmon, MD former chair, AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn "The authors do an outstanding job of handling the basics, and this remains one of the best bringing-baby-home books in print." --Library Journal-Book Smack

Now in a fully-updated second edition, Heading Home with Your Newborn has everything new and expectant parents need to know about caring for baby in the first few months after birth. Written by two pediatricians who are also parents, this awarding-winning guide covers feeding, sleeping, changing, bathing, dressing, traveling, sickness, child care options, and much more. The second edition features new chapters on vaccines and choosing a child care provider, plus a robust new section devoted to early learning, with chapters on baby brain basics, baby sign language, fun and games, books and babies, the sounds of music, and the effects of media on the very young. Also included is new or updated information on car seats, safe sleep, cord blood, what to keep in your medicine cabinet, postpartum depression, vitamin D, organic formulas, disposable vs. cloth diapers, newborn hearing screening, and more. With wit and humor, Drs. Shu and Jana allay the feelings of anxiety, guilt, and inadequacy that inevitably plague first-time parents home alone with a newborn, providing authoritative yet compassionate advice for the sleep-deprived and overwhelmed! Here are a few special excerpts from Heading Home With Your Newborn as featured on HealthyChildren.org: Sleeping by the Book The Many Colors of Poop To Bathe, or Not to Bathe