Dr. Spock's Baby Basics: Take Charge Parenting Guides

By Robert Needlman

Book Overview

Are you ready to care for your new baby?
Here's all the practical advice you need Distinguished pediatrician Robert Needlman, one of the new team of experts at The Dr. Spock Company, provides the best up-to-date information on your baby's most fundamental needs, with plenty of useful tips on day-to-day care. An easy-to-use reference that you'll turn to again and again, Dr. Spock's Baby Basics will help you:
Succeed at breastfeeding and bottle-feeding
Encourage good sleep habits, right from the start
Bathe, diaper, and groom your baby
Choose a crib, a car seat, and other essentials
Understand the different causes of crying
Start your baby on solid foods, and much more

For more than 50 years, Dr. Benjamin Spock was the world's best-known pediatrician. Drawing upon his trusted philosophy of baby and child care, a new generation of experts at The Dr. Spock Company brings today's moms and dads the latest parenting and child-health information. Watch for the next two books in the Take Charge Parenting Guides series: Dr. Spock's Pregnancy Guide and Dr. Spock's Safety & First Aid for Babies and Toddlers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439169411
• ISBN13: 9781439169414
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Just what I was looking for.

This book gave me exactly what I was looking for. Understanding of baby's behavior and needs. Reading it is flowing thanks to the wonderfull writing.

Perfect for fisrt time parents

I think it is a MUST TO READ book for first time parents....both mom and DAD!!!

Dr Spock's Baby Basics:Taking Charge

Dr. Spock's Baby Basics : Take Charge Parenting Guides Excellent book for a new Mom, as baby starts limit testing behaviors.

Excellent Gift for New Parents!

Easy to read guide on baby care filled with practical information written by someone who obviously knows and cares about children.A terrific gift for baby showers.