"As an experienced pediatrician, Rebekah Diamond is deeply grounded in a fact-based understanding of child healthcare. As a mother, she also understands that the accepted rules aren't always the solution to the challenges of nurturing a healthy new baby. But neither is the overload of relatable but often dangerously misleading information bombarding parents. So how do you trust yourself to make the best decisions for your child? With authoritative up-to-date research and real-world advice on the myriad obstacles facing moms, dads, and caregivers, Dr. Diamond unpacks the whys behind the facts to empower your best parental instincts. From safe-sleep guidelines, breast feeding, and binky addiction to sensory developmental activities, baby products, and the final--and 100% evidence-based--word on the vaccination debate, Dr. Diamond helps parents cultivate the clarity and sound decisions you need to lessen the anxiety (for parent and baby) around what should be the joyful, connecting early months of life"--back cover.
Publisher:New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., [2022], ℗♭2022.
General Note: Includes index."For your baby's first year"--cover.
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Part one: Birth to 3 months. A newborn shot and some eye drops -- Swingers, rockers, bounces, oh my! -- Crank the AC and get your boosters -- Fifty shades -- A pain in the behind -- Co-sleep no more -- Let's talk about breasts, baby -- I love you, please be quiet -- Part two: 3 to 6 month. Take your best shot -- To sleep train, perchance to dream -- The truth about pacifiers -- Buy the book -- TV land -- Bilingual baby -- Part three: 6-12 months. Baby teeth -- Never wake a sleeping baby -- Let them eat cake -- Milestone madness -- That'll teach you -- Your baby doesn't need kombucha -- Epilogue.