Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: 9th Edition

Dr. Benjamin Spock is America’s most trusted name in child care and parenting, and his essential guidebook has topped bestseller lists for over sixty-five years. This fully revised and updated edition of the classic manual provides first time and experienced parents the best information about caring for new babies, toddlers, and adolescents in the twenty-first century.

All of Dr. Spock’s invaluable, time-tested advice is here, along with the most current medical practices and advances in health care. While still covering key parenting issues like accidents, illnesses and injuries, this edition of the classic also contains the latest on:

* Immunizations
* Nutrition and childhood obesity
* Cultural diversity
* Alternative and non-traditional family structures
* Children’s learning and brain development
* Raising children with special needs
* Environmental health
* Increasingly common disorders such as ADHD, childhood depression, and autism—including medications and behavioral interventions
* Children and the media, including screen time, video games, and the internet

Updated by leading pediatrician Robert Needlman, the book includes a revised glossary of common medications and a resource guide that compiles the most reliable online resources. This indispensable 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.”

• Dr. Spock's The First Two Years: The Emotional and Physical Needs of Children from Birth to Age 2
• What to Expect the First Year
• Mayo Clinic Guide to Your Baby's First Year: From Doctors Who Are Parents, Too!
• The Happiest Baby on the Block; Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
• Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, 6th Edition: Birth to Age 5
• The New Basics: A-to-Z Baby & Child Care for the Modern Parent
• What to Expect When You're Expecting
• Cherish the First Six Weeks: A Plan that Creates Calm, Confident Parents and a Happy, Secure Baby
• Touchpoints-Birth to Three
• Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, 10th edition