Parenting Your Young Child
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Many new parents often have questions about the best way to raise their child. We suggest
these books and websites to help you find the parenting information that works for you.
Babies
•
Your Baby’s First Year (4th ed.), American Academy
of Pediatrics (AAP)
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Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5
(5th ed.), AAP
•
Baby 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Baby’s
First Year,
by Ari Brown and Denise Fields
•
Your Self-Confident Baby: How to Encourage Your
Child’s Natural Abilities,
by Magda Gerber
•
What to Expect the First Year (2nd ed.),
by Sandee
Hathaway, Arlene Eisenberg, and Heidi Murkoff
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Touchpoint: Birth to 3. The Essential Reference for
the Early Years,
by T. Berry Brazelton, MD
Toddlers/Preschoolers
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Guide to Toilet Training (2nd ed.),
AAP
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Toddler 411: Clear Answers & Smart Advice for Your
Toddler,
by Denise Fields and Ari Brown
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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers
Really Need from Grownups,
by Erika Christakis
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The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling the
Problems of Early Childhood,
by Selma H. Fraiberg
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The Happiest Toddler on the Block,
by Harvey Karp
•
Positive Parenting in Action: The How-To Guide for
Putting Positive Parenting Principles into Action in
Early Childhood,
by Laura Ling and Rebecca Eanes
Healthy Eating
•
Nutrition: What Every Parent Needs to Know,
AAP
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Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of
Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humor, and a
Bottle of Ketchup (2nd ed.),
by Laura Jana, MD,
FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP
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The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies and
Toddlers: Practical Answers to Your Questions on
Nutrition, Starting Solids, Allergies, and Picky
Eating,
by Anthony Porto, MD, Dina DiMaggio, MD
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Raising a Healthy, Happy Eater,
by Nimali Fernando,
MD, MPH, and Melanie Potock, MA
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Healthy Kids, Healthy Diet. A Parent’s Guide to
Optimizing Nutrition for Your Family’s Health and
Well-Being,
by Sue Kuivanen
Picky Eating
• Books by Ellyn Satter:
• Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense
• Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat,
How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook
• How to Get Your Kid to Eat, But Not Too Much
•
The Picky Eater Project: 6 Weeks to Happier,
Healthier Family Mealtimes,
by Natalie Digate Muth,
MD and Sally Sampson
HEALTH EDUCATION
Sleep Habits
•
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
(3rd ed.),
by Marc Weissbluth, MD
•
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems,
by Richard Ferber
•
Sleeping Through the Night: How
Infants, Toddlers, and Their
Parents Can Get a Good Night’s
Sleep,
by Jody Mindel
•
Sleeping Like a Baby: A Sensitive
and Sensible Approach to
Solving Your Child’s Sleep
Problems, by Avi Sadeh
Tempera ment
•
Understanding Your Child’s
Temperament, by William B.
Carey, MD
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Temperament Tools: Working
with Your Child’s Inborn Traits, by
Helen Neville et. al
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Raising Your Spirited Child,
by
Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
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The Highly Sensitive Child:
Helping Our Children Thrive
When the World Overwhelms
Them,
by Elaine N. Aron
Behavior and Discipline
•
Your Defiant Child: 8 Steps to
Better Behavior (2nd ed.), by
Russell A. Barkley and Christine
M. Benton
•
1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for
Calm, Effective, and Happy
Parenting,
by Thomas Phelan
•
Setting Limits with Your Strong-
Willed Child, by Robert J.
Mackenzie
Divorce and Blended
Family
•
Mom’s House, Dad’s House:
Making Two Homes for Your
Child,
by Isolina Ricci
•
The Co-Parents’ Handbook,
by K.
Bonnell and K. Little
Crisis and Loss
•
Parenting through Crisis: Helping
Kids in Times of Loss, Grief, and
Change,
by Barbara Coloroso
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Trauma through a Child’s Eyes:
Awakening the Ordinary Miracle
of Healing,
by Peter Levine and
Maggie Kline
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Talking with Children about Loss,
by Maria Trozzi
Sibling Rivalry
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Siblings Without Rivalry,
by Adele
Faber and Elaine Mazlish
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Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings:
How to Stop the Fighting and
Raise Friends for Life,
by Laura
Markham
•
Siblings: You’re Stuck with Each
Other, So Stick Together (Laugh &
Learn),
by James J. Crist and
Elizabeth Verdick
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Understanding Sibling Rivalry:
The Brazelton Way,
by T. Berry
Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow
Websites
kp.org/mydoctor
Kaiser Permanente
preventiveoz.org
Temperament questionnaire and
strategies (small fee)
healthychildren.org
American Academy of Pediatrics
kidshealth.org
Nemours Foundation
babysleep.com
Pediatric Sleep Council
childmind.org
Emotional Health
choosemyplate.gov
Nutrition
ellynsatterinstitute.org
Feeding and Eating
first5california.com
nhtsa.gov
Car seat safety
sesameworkshop.org/resources
zerotothree.org
211.org
Community Resources
Blogs, Podcasts, Apps
kpthrivingfamilies.org
(blog)
Family Wizard
(co-parenting app)
PediaCast
(Nationwide Children’s
Hospital) (podcast)
Mayo Clinic Radio
(podcast)
Healthy Children
(AAP) (podcast)
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