Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality - Paperback

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Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality - Paperback

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Book Overview

New parents will feel comforted and confident with the guide that has been trusted by parents and pediatricians for 20 years! Packed with the wisdom of a parenting class, the reassurance of a doctor's visit, and the warmth of a close friend, the fully revised and updated fifth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know from feeding and diapering to crying and sleep. Updates in this edition include new safe sleep recommendations; enhanced support for post-partum depression; updated developmental milestones; a timely discussion on of screen-use, media use, and technology; and revisions throughout, bringing all advice up to date with the latest AAP guidelines. With a closer look at which of today's smart technologies are really helpful when it comes to babies and expert insights on the full range of health and safety topics including car safety seats, vaccines, and infant nutrition, this parent-tested, pediatrician-approved advice will help new parents feel comfortable those first few days and weeks at home and serve as a trusted guide for the whole first year.

ISBN9781610028066
Author Jennifer Shu MD , Laura Jana MD
PublisherAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
GenreHealth & fitness and Relationships
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2025
Edition5
LanguageENG- English
Pages350
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Jennifer Shu MD
Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, is a practicing pediatrician, mother, medical editor in chief of HealthyChildren.org and a content reviewer for BabyCenter.com. She has been a health expert for CNN.com, WebMD.com, and the Parents magazine advisory board. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician and mother of 3 who has been featured on such media outlets as CNN, The Today Show, US News and World Report, and NPR. She is on faculty at Penn State University's Prevention Research Center, has given 3 TED Talks and more than 150 talks and keynote addresses to such high-profile audiences as the World Bank and the British Parliament. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
About Laura Jana MD
Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP, is a practicing pediatrician, mother, medical editor in chief of HealthyChildren.org and a content reviewer for BabyCenter.com. She has been a health expert for CNN.com, WebMD.com, and the Parents magazine advisory board. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician and mother of 3 who has been featured on such media outlets as CNN, The Today Show, US News and World Report, and NPR. She is on faculty at Penn State University's Prevention Research Center, has given 3 TED Talks and more than 150 talks and keynote addresses to such high-profile audiences as the World Bank and the British Parliament. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

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