I Had My Baby!: A Pediatrician's Essential Guide to the First 6 Months

Bringing your newborn home can be exciting, challenging—and downright scary! The questions pop up immediately: What are all those flakes on my baby’s head? My baby snorts when breast-feeding—is this OK? I’m so tired. When can I hope to get my baby into a sleep routine so I can get some rest?

To ease your worries and to shepherd you through the crucial breaking-in period, Lesson Ladder has teamed up with Dr. Rob Lindeman—an experienced, Ivy-League-educated, practicing pediatrician—to create a concise, user-friendly, and reassuring guide that covers the core topics of new parenthood.

From learning what to expect during those first minutes in the hospital through your baby’s first 6 months, Dr. Rob unveils the basics of baby behavior: Establishing a new life routine, keeping your baby healthy, feeding and sleeping issues, and more! Most of all, Dr. Rob shows you not only how to take care of your little one…but, that you are more than capable of doing so!

Dr. Rob Lindeman has been practicing pediatrics in Massachusetts since 2000. His formal education began at Yale University, where he majored in molecular biochemistry and biophysics. Dr. Lindeman attended medical and graduate school at Columbia University in New York City, earning an MD and a PhD (in physiology). He trained in general pediatrics and pediatric pulmonary medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. In 2005, Dr. Lindeman was appointed Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Lindeman has owned and operated a private pediatrics practice, Natick Pediatrics, since 2002. He and his wife live in Brookline Massachusetts with their two boys and a dog. When he is away from the office, the doctor enjoys sailing, baseball, reading, writing and the company of his family, which includes two young children.

Dr. Lindeman is also the author of several academic papers as well as articles of general interest to parents which have been prominently featured by the media.