RESOURCES
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Newborn/Infant Resources:
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Your Baby’s First Year – AAP, Steven P. Shelov, MD
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Heading Home With Your Newborn - Laura Jana, MD and Jennifer Shu, MD
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Baby Care Anywhere: A Quick Guide to Parenting on the Go - Ben Spitalnick, MD and Keith Seibert, MD
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New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding - Joan Younger Meek, MD
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Baby & Toddler Basics: Expert Answers to Parents’ Top 150 Questions - Tanya Altmann, MD
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Age-Related Resources:
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Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 - Steven Shelov, MD, et al
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What to Expect the Toddler Years - Eisenberg, Murkoff and Hathaway
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Caring for Your School Age Child: Ages 5-12 - Edward Schor, MD
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Caring for Your Teenager - Donald Greydanus, MD and Philip Bashe
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Parenting Through Puberty: Mood Swings, Acne and Growing Pains - Suanne Kowal-Connelly, MD
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Sleep:
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On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep - Gary Ezzo, MA and Robert Bucknam, MD
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Guide to Your Child’s Sleep: Birth through Adolescence - George Cohen MD
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The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Sleep Longer - Harvey Karp, MD
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Illness/Symptoms:
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Guide to Your Child’s Symptoms: Birth through Adolescence - Donald Schiff, MD and Steven Shelov, MD
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My Child Is Sick! – Barton Schmitt, MD
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Your Child’s Health: The Parents’ One-Stop Reference Guide to Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior Problems and Healthy Development - Barton Schmitt, MD
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Nutrition:
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Guide to Your Child’s Nutrition - William Dietz, MD et al
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Achieving a Healthy Weight for Your Child - Sandra Hassink, MD
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Mom’s Guide to Your Kid’s Nutrition - Vicki Poretta and Marcela Kogan
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Dealing with Food Allergies In Babies and Children - Janice Joneja, PhD, RD
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Vaccines:
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Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health www.vaccinesafety.edu
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VACCINES: What Every Parent Should Know - Paul Offit, MD & Louis Bell, MD
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Vaccines and Your Child: Separating Fact from Fiction - Offit PA, Moser CA
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Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia www.vaccine.chop.edu
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CDC For Parents: Vaccines for Your Children - http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/parents/index.html
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Puberty:
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The “What’s Happening To My Body?” Book for Girls - Lynda Madaras
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The Talk: A Breakthrough Guide to Raising Healthy Kids in an Oversexualized, Online, In-Your-Face World - Sharon Maxwell, PhD
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Learning/ADHD Resources:
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Driven To Distraction: Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder - Edward Hallowell, MD and John Ratey, MD
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Raising an Organized Child - Damon Korb, MD
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The Organized Child - Richard Gallagher, PhD, Elana Spira, PhD & Jennifer Rosenblatt, PhD
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Social/Mental Health for Kids:
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Anger Management: Workbook for Kids - Samantha Snowden, MA
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Believing in Me: A Child’s Guide to Self- Confidence and Self-Esteem - Poppy O’Neill
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Growing Friendships: A Kids’ Guide to Making & Keeping Friends - Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore & Christine McLaughlin
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My Mixed Emotions: Help your kids handle their feelings - Elinor Greenwood
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Social Skills Activities for Kids: 50 Fun Exercises for Making Friends, Talking and Listening, and Understanding Social Rules - Natasha Daniels, LCSW
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Sometimes I’m Anxious: A Child’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety - Poppy O’Neill
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