Heading Home with Your Newborn : From Birth to Reality

Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. Heading Home With Your Newborn covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include: an updated section on baby blues and postpartum depression; added information on breastfeeding, pumping and insurance benefits; and new safety information on SIDS and car seats; new information throughout to bring all advice in line with the latest policies and recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics. This parent-tested, pediatrician-approved advice will help new parents feel comfortable those first few days and weeks at home with their new baby and serve as a touch point and reference for the whole first year. "Fully revised and updated, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know, from feeding and dressing, to diapering and bathing, and from crying and sleep to travel and activities. Updates include: a section on baby blues and postpartum depression; added information on breastfeeding, pumping and insurance benefits; new safety information on SIDS and car seats; and updates throughout, bringing all advice up to date with the latest AAP guidelines. This parent-tested, pediatrician-approved advice will help new parents feel comfortable those first few days and weeks at home and serve as a reference for the whole first year."--Amazon.com This book on newborn care is written for expectant and new parents. This book focuses on the crucial time (birth to two months) when parents can lay the groundwork for confident parenting. The authors describe their book as "parent-tested, pediatrician-approved". Send parents home from the hospital with confidence when you provide this invaluable guide