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Books

Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent's Illustrated Guide to Complete Medical Care
Author/Editor:	R.H. Pantell J.F. Fries D.M. Vickery
Publisher:	Da Capo Press
11 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA  02142
Publication Date:	2006
This book provides practical tips to help you manage your child's medical care. It contains information and decision charts about growth and development, child and adolescent health problems, immunizations, emergencies and injuries, healthy weight, and more.
Your Baby's First Year
Author/Editor:	American Academy of Pediatrics S.P. Shevlov, Editor-in-Chief
Publisher:	Bantam Dell
1745 Broadway
New York, NY  10019
Publication Date:	2005
This book provides practical information to help parents and grandparents with all aspects of infant care. You can find a month-to-month guide that helps you know what to expect in terms of growth, behavior, and development. There is also information on health conditions, feeding, immunizations, emergencies, safety, child care, and more.

Online Resources

KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens
Nemours Foundation
Web Address:	www.kidshealth.org
This Web site provides a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This Web site offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest.
The Happiest Baby
How to calm crying babies
Web Address:	www.thehappiestbaby.com/default.asp
This Web site provides information from Dr. Harvey Karp about how to calm crying babies. You can also see excerpts from his book, The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer. And you can find out about related classes in your area.

Organization

American Academy of Family Physicians
P.O. Box 11210
Shawnee Mission, KS  66207-1210
Web Address:	www.familydoctor.org
The American Academy of Family Physicians produces a variety of health-related educational materials. Its Web site offers a health library and bulletin board, news, and comments sections.

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Author:	Debby Golonka, MPH	Last Updated: June 19, 2007
Medical Review:	Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics
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