Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5 (Shelov, Caring for your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5)
by American Academy Of Pediatrics
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Author: American Academy Of PediatricsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-22
ISBN: 055338290X
Number of pages: 784
Publisher: Bantam
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- ISBN13: 9780553382907
- Condition: NEW
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Book Reviews of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5 (Shelov, Caring for your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5)
Book Review: This 4th Edition (2004) Was Very Good, But Is Now Out Of Date - Buy 5th Edition (2009) Instead
Summary: 2 Stars
Although this 4th edition (2004) was very good when I purchased it some time ago, as of October 2009 you should buy the 5th edition Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 5th Edition: Birth to Age 5... (Paperback) instead.
The 5th edition (2009) has the following improvements:
* It has 145 more pages.
* The text is more pleasant to read than before because there is more space between the lines.
* The illustrations are better coordinated with the text.
* A lot of revised or new material is present, including: (i) Information on weaning from breast to bottle has been moved from the chapter on 4-7 months to the chapter on 8-12 months. (ii) "The Second Year" chapter in the old edition has been retitled to the less confusing "Your One-Year Old." (iii) The "Age Three to Five Years" chapter has been split into separate chapters for 3-year-olds and for 4- to 5-year-olds. (iv) Part 2 has been reorganized more-or-less alphabetically with new chapters 17 on allergies and 34 on sleep. (v) There is new or substantially revised text on psychological resilience (pages xxxiii-xxxvi), Tdap and other vaccines (7 & 793-800), toxoplasmosis (8), tests during pregnancy (10-13), delivery (13-6 and 36-8), probiotics (118 & 523), vitamin D (169), autism spectrum disorders (336-7 & 622-7), school transportation safety (450-1), E. coli (524-5), sickle cell (635-7), BPA (702), well water (703), and MRSA (825). (vi) The new Appendices on pages 850-866 collect together schedules, growth charts, and so forth that were scattered throughout the old edition.
I'm giving this book 2 stars instead of the 4 stars I would have given it previously. Buy the 5th edition (not this book) from Amazon.com!
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Summary of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Revised Edition: Birth to Age 5 (Shelov, Caring for your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5)
The organization that represents the nation's finest pediatricians and the most advanced research and practice in the field of child health answers all your medical and parenting questions. Here is sound, reassuring advice on child rearing that covers everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child's self-esteem. Here, too, is an indispensable guide to recognizing and solving common childhood health problems, plus detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations.Comprehensive, accurate, and doctor-approved, Caring for Your Baby and Young Child provides the very latest state-of-the-art information, including:
. Basic care from infancy through age five
. Guidelines and milestones for physical, emotional,
social, and cognitive growth
. A complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses,
congenital diseases, and other disabilities
. Guidelines for prenatal and newborn care with sections
on maternal nutrition, exercise, and screening tests during pregnancy
. An in-depth guide to breastfeeding, including its benefits,
techniques, and challenges
. A complete guide for immunizations and updated information
on vaccine safety
. A guide for choosing child care programs and car safety seats
. Ways to reduce your child's exposure to environmental hazards,
such as tobacco smoke
. New sections on grandparents, stay-at-home dads,
computers and the Internet, and much more
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is an essential child care resource for all parents who want to provide the very best for their children-and the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust.
It's Sunday after dark. Your baby is sick, hurt, or acting strangely, and the doctor won't be in until tomorrow. How can you find out what to do when your healthcare professionals are unreachable? You may only need to go as far as your bookshelf. The revised edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (the American Academy of Pediatrics' reference book for infancy through preschool), provides a wealth of authoritative child-care information in an easy-to-use format.
The first half of this hefty text serves as a comprehensive parenting manual, and includes a month-by-month guide to the first year, nutritional information, basic care instructions, and physical, emotional, and social developmental milestones for children up to 5 years old. While the American Academy of Pediatrics represents the mainstream child-rearing philosophies embraced by thousands of baby doctors, it does not reflect the entire gamut of child-rearing theory. (There's no discussion, for instance, of breast-feeding past the first year or co-sleeping.) The second half of the book includes a thorough, easy-to-navigate emergency first-aid section, plus detailed information about childhood illnesses, immunization schedules and side effects, and family structures, as well as a discussion of behavioral issues. Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is useful, sensible, and carefully researched, and makes a trustworthy addition to any parent's bookshelf. --Ericka Lutz
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