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OVER 50 MILLION COPIES IN PRINT!
THE CLASSIC THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WITH THE TIMES! For sixty-five years, parents have relied on the expert advice of renowned pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock. But while children never change, issues and concerns do. Dr. Robert Needlman, himself a top-notch pediatrician, has newly updated and expanded this timeless classic to speak to any parent who is raising children in our rapidly changing world. While still providing reassuring advice on age-old topics such as caring for a new baby, as well as accidents, illness, and injuries, this book also contains expanded information in many new areas, including:
- Cutting-edge medical opinion on immunizations
- Obesity and nutrition
- Cultural diversity and nontraditional family structures
- Children's learning and brain development
- The newest thinking on children with special needs
- Environmental health
- Increasingly common disorders such as ADHD, depression, and autism-- including medications and behavioral interventions
- Children and the media, including electronic games
- Coping with family stress
- And much, much more
With an updated glossary of common medications and an authoritative list of the most reliable online resources, this invaluable guide is still the next best thing to Dr. Spock's #1 rule of parenting: "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."
About the Author
Benjamin Spock, M.D., practiced pediatrics in New York City from 1933 to 1947. He then became a medical teacher and researcher at the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pittsburgh, and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The author of eleven books, he was a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all. He had two sons, a stepdaughter, and four grandchildren. Dr. Spock, who died March 15, 1998, at age ninety-four, was married to Mary Morgan. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care has been translated into thirty-nine languages and has sold fifty million copies worldwide since its first publication in 1946.
Dr. Robert Needlman grew up inChicago Yale University with a BA in English Literature and earned his MD from Yale Medical School Boston City Hospital MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Cleveland Yale University
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Fetal development. When you think of all the incredible changes that go into turning a fertilized egg into a newborn baby, how can you not feel awe? Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Fetal development. When you think of all the incredible changes that go into turning a fertilized egg into a newborn baby, how can you not feel awe? Read the first page
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love It!! Very Informative,
By A Safiro "axlandra" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition (Paperback)
I actually borrow this book from my local library. I am quite amazed by Dr. Spock's insight. I know and I've read so many times that each baby has its own unique development. But somehow Dr. Spock explains it in a different way. He also explores the importance of non-physical development, things that we missed on daily basis just because we are too busy comparing other babies are chubbier. Admit it mom!This book covers different stages of child development. So I don't read all of them at once, only on the sections that relate to my baby's current progress. Dr. Spock's suggestion is "TRUST YOURSELF". He believes mom knows the unique needs of her baby, and when the world-known pediatrician told you that .. what more can you say?
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This review is from: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a great book - especially for new parents. Our family owns this book and we have bought this book for friends and family who were about to become parents. It is an excellent reference guide - not a book you read from start to finish. Whenever our daughter was ill or something unexpected occurred, there was always a helpful passage that informed us what to do or pointed us in the right direction to the find the answer.The book tries hard to stick to undisputed facts and solutions, but this is an impossible task. Occasionally the author's opinion makes an appearance, but such appearances are seldom and rather easy to forgive or ignore.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Mindful Parenting Points Mixed with Questionable Advice,
By Ramiel Nagel "Author of Healing Our Children ... (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 8th Edition (Paperback)
Some parents might find this book reassuring. There probably is not a question that isn't answered in this giant book. I like Dr. Spock's reassuring tone, and suggestions that encourage bonding with babies, as well as avoiding television for children. For parents who like the mainstream medical perspective on child raising, this book may be for you.However there is some important advice I don't agree with that makes it fatally flawed. This includes the promotion of fluoride, vaccines and a low fat diet for babies and children. It is important for parents to think for themselves, not be told how to live. Indigenous groups across the globe had children with healthy teeth (without fluoride) and free from modern diseases (without vaccines), by giving their children a nutrient dense whole food diet, that includes animal fats. Modern medicine, has many things wrong about it as it seems unable to prevent the onslaught of modern childhood diseases like diabetes, could the vaccine touting, low fat lifestyle be why? Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6) & Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition (First Edition).
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