Caring for your baby and young child
by Steven P. Shelov, Tanya Remer Altmann, Robert E. Hannemann · first published 2014
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Why HN recommends it
Practical American Academy of Pediatrics reference guide covering birth to age 5. Readers find it simple to use, a good value, and most helpful in the first few chapters on what to do and expect early on.
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"Now in its 6th edition, the mega-bestselling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (CFYBYC) is the most thorough and respected consumer book dedicated to early child care, reviewed and revised with state-of-the-art advice from the most trusted authority: The American Academy of Pediatrics. CFYBYC always addresses the latest medical research and recommended practices as well as the voiced concerns from their regular parent focus groups, ensuring a book that is thoroughly up-to-date and emminently useful"--
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For an authoritative source, you might try "Caring for your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5", by the American Academy of Pediatrics. https://www.amazon.com/Caring-Your-Baby-Young-Child/dp/05533...
on “The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015)” ↗For early child rearing, I found "Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 5th Edition: Birth to Age 5" by American Association of Pediatrics, very handy and simple.
on “Ask HN: Guide to becoming a dad?” ↗There is a lot of, mostly unreliable, third-party documentation, but Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5 for the American Academy of Pediatrics has seemed to be a pretty good value. https://shop.aap.org/caring-for-your-baby-and-young-child-pa... Beyond that: You and your co-parent need…
on “Ask HN: Is There a Manual for Babies?” ↗…Forgive each other. Swallow your pride. 4. Read the AAP book on young children. Its 800 pages but the first few chapters are what matters. The rest is mostly a reference. (American Academy Of Pediatrics - Caring for Your Baby and Young Child) Good luck. Its a journey.
on “Ask HN: First-time dad-to-be. What do you wish you'd known back then?” ↗"Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5" by the American Academy of Pediatrics is a tome, but is the best practical guide for what you need to do, and what to expect, for the first few years of a child's life. Use it like a…
on “Ask HN: Concise, pragmatic baby manual for first-time dad?” ↗You might want to check out the American Academy of Pediatrics' book: Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, Birth to Age 5. If you live in the Southeast of the US, you can get it for free at any Publix supermarket store. https://shop.aap.org/caring-for-your-baby-and-young-child-pa...
on “Ask HN: Concise, pragmatic baby manual for first-time dad?” ↗One thing I thought was interesting that came out of the AAP book, "Caring for your Baby and Young Child," was that sometimes babies cry to just to get energy out before getting to a more contented state. It's not always something that needs to be "fixed" right away. It also mentions, as do several other…
on “Why babies cry in the first three months, how to tell them apart, and what to do” ↗