Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality,This comprehensive guide for new parents finding themselves overwhelmed dealing with the reality of parenting provides “parent-tested, pediatrician-approved” advice to allay their fears. Written in a compassionate yet authoritative tone by two moms who are also pediatricians, this guide covers a wealth of topics that often prove daunting in the first eight weeks of a child’s life. Starting with “Into the Mouths of Babes” (the trials of breastfeeding) and “What Comes in Must Come Out” (a discussion of “pee and poop”) and moving on through “Fever: Trial by Fire” and “Seeing Yellow: Jaundice,” this guide offers sound advice that will enable parents to feel confident about their parenting skills. Hints on daily living, sleep patterns, crying, the art and science of diapering, and traveling with a newborn are also provided.

From the Publisher
Winner of the:
2006 Benjamin Franklin Award (parenting category)
2006 Midwest Book Award (health category)
2005 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award (health category)

About the Author
Laura A. Jana, M.D., F.A.A.P., sits on the board of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is a columnist for Contemporary Pediatrics, and has served as an expert columnist for Babyzone.com. A former consultant to Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Disney Internet Group, she cofounded a national parenting media company and served as vice president for program development. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska. Jennifer Shu, M.D., F.A.A.P., is the editor of Baby and Child Health. She is a former chairperson of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Young Physicians and the American Medical Association Young Physicians Section and remains active in both organizations. She has appeared on the Kids Healthworks series on the Discovery Channel and in national interviews as a representative of the medical community. She lives in Lebanon, New Hampshire.