The latest edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is now available in Spanish! All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization on child health is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust, covering everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child's self-esteem. Whether it's resolving common childhood health problems or detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations, this new and revised edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child has everything you need: A review of necessary basic care from infancy through age five . milestones for physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth, including red flags for preventing obesity. A complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, congenital diseases, and other disabilities. Guidelines for prenatal and newborn care, with spotlights on maternal nutrition, exercise, and screening tests during pregnancy. An in-depth discussion of breastfeeding, including its benefits, techniques, and challenges, as well as nutritional needs and vitamin/iron supplementation. Updated safety standards: the very latest AAP recommendations, from CPR instruction and immunizations to childproofing tips and product and toy safety. Tips for choosing child care programs and car safety seats. Ways to reduce your child's exposure to environmental hazards, such as air pollution and secondhand smoke. The latest reports on cutting-edge research into early brain development. Updated content dedicated to sleep and allergies (including food allergies). New chapter on the effects of media and technology exposure on children. Special messages for grandparents and stepfamilies; and much more.

Steven P. Shelov, MD, MS, FAAP is a professor of pediatrics at Stony Brook Medicine and associate dean of undergraduate medical education at the Winthrop University Hospital Regional Campus of Stony Brook. He received his medical doctorate from the Medical College of Wisconsin and his master's degree in administrative medicine from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Shelov is the author of bestselling parenting books Your Baby's First Year and The Big Book of Symptoms.

Tanya Remer Altmann, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician in private practice and is a clinical instructor at Mattel Children's Hospital at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is also a mother of 2 young children. Dr. Remer Altmann is also the the author of Mommy Calls: Dr. Tanya Answers Parents' Top 100 Questions About Babies and Toddlers.

The latest edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child is now available in Spanish!

All parents want to provide the very best care for their children. This essential resource from the most respected organization on child health is the one guide pediatricians routinely recommend and parents can safely trust, covering everything from preparing for childbirth to toilet training to nurturing your child's self-esteem. Whether it's resolving common childhood health problems or detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations, this new and revised edition of Caring for Your Baby and Young Child has everything you need:

A review of necessary basic care from infancy through age five
. milestones for physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth, including red flags for preventing obesity.
A complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, congenital diseases, and other disabilities.
Guidelines for prenatal and newborn care, with spotlights on maternal nutrition, exercise, and screening tests during pregnancy.
An in-depth discussion of breastfeeding, including its benefits, techniques, and challenges, as well as nutritional needs and vitamin/iron supplementation.
Updated safety standards: the very latest AAP recommendations, from CPR instruction and immunizations to childproofing tips and product and toy safety.
Tips for choosing child care programs and car safety seats.
Ways to reduce your child's exposure to environmental hazards, such as air pollution and secondhand smoke.
The latest reports on cutting-edge research into early brain development.
Updated content dedicated to sleep and allergies (including food allergies).
New chapter on the effects of media and technology exposure on children.
Special messages for grandparents and stepfamilies;
and much more.

PARTE 1
1 Preparación para recibir un nuevo bebé
Ofrecer a su hijo un comienzo saludable
Obtención de la mejor atención prenatal
Nutrición
Comer para dos Ejercicio
Análisis durante el embarazo
Preparación para el parto
Elección de un pediatra
La capacitación de un pediatra
Búsqueda de un pediatra
Temas para conversar con su pediatra
Cuándo debe dejar el hospital el bebé?
Hay que circuncidar al bebé?
La importancia de la lactancia materna 25
Debo almacenar la sangre del cordón umbilical de mi hijo recién nacido?
Preparación de su casa y su familia para la llegada del bebé
Elección de la ropa y los accesorios del bebé
Compra de muebles y equipamiento para el bebé
Preparación de sus otros hijos para la llegada del bebé
¡Al fin llegó el día del parto!
2 El parto y los primeros momentos después
Parto natural habitual
Parto por cesárea
Procedimientos de la sala de partos luego de un parto natural normal
Salida del área de partos
Si su bebé es prematuro
Reflexión sobre la llegada de su bebé
3 Cuidado básico del bebé
El día a día
Respuesta a los llantos de su bebé
Cómo ayudar al bebé a dormir
Posiciones para dormir
Pañales
Micción
Deposiciones
Baños
Cuidado de la piel y de las uñas
Ropa
Cuidado básico de la salud de su bebé
Toma de temperatura rectal
Visitas al pediatra
Vacunas
4 Alimentación de su bebé
Lactancia materna
Cómo comenzar: Preparación para la lactancia
Bajada de la leche y prendida del bebé al pecho
Cuando aumenta el suministro de leche
Con qué frecuencia y durante cuánto tiempo?
Qué ocurre con los biberones?
Extracción y almacenamiento de la leche
Posibles inquietudes y preguntas sobre lactancia
Alimentación con biberón
Por qué fórmula en vez de leche de vaca?
Eleccion de unaformula
Preparacion, esterilizacion y almacenamiento de /a formula
El proceso de alimentacion
Cantidad y cronograma de Ia alimentacion conformula
Suplementos para bebes amamantados y alimentados con biber6n
Suplementos vitamfnicos
Suplementos de hierro
Agua y jugo
Suplementos de fluor
Eructos, hipo y regurgitaci6n
Eructos
Hipo
Regurgitacion
S Los primeros dlas de su bebe
Los primeros dfas de su recien nacido
Como se ve su recien nacido
Peso y medidas del be be a/ nacer
Como se comporta su recien nacido
El regreso a casa
Cuestiones de Ia paternidad
Los sentimientos de Ia madre
Los sentimientos del padre
Los sentimientos de los hermanos
Observaci 6n de I a sal ud
Los prim eros examenes ffsicos de su recien nacido
6 El primer mes
Crecimiento y desarrollo
Aparienciajfsica y crecimiento
Reflejos
Estados de conciencia
Llantos y co/icos
La primera sonrisa
Movimiento
Vision
Audicion
0/fato y tacto
Temperamento
Cuidados basicos
Alimentacion y nutricion
Como cargar a su bebe
Chupetes
Salidas
Como conseguir ayuda para Ia casa
Viajes con su recien nacido
La familia
Un mensaje especial para las madres
Un mensaje especial para los papas
Un mensaje especial para los abuelos
Observaci6n de Ia salud
Control de seguridad
Asientos de seguridad para el automovio
Bafios
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