Baby and Toddler Basics: Expert Answers to Parents' Top 150 Questions

Altmann MD FAAP, Tanya Remer

ISBN 10: 1610021266 / ISBN 13: 9781610021265

Published by American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Baby and Toddler Basics: Expert Answers to Parents' Top 150 Questions
• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1610021266
• ISBN 13: 9781610021265
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Parents of babies and toddlers from birth to age three will find answers to their most-frequently asked questions about child health and wellness in this easy-to-understand volume. Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP, helps parents with friendly, straightforward guidance in an easily digestible question and answer format.

Baby and Toddler Basics focuses on parents’ top 150 questions, based on Dr. Tanya's years in practice. An internet search of these questions could yield dozens of answers, many from dubious sources. Dr. Tanya addresses parents’ concerns with the expertise of a pediatrician backed by the trusted authority of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Baby and Toddler Basics’ clear Q&A layout means it’s just as fast as Googling, but with answers parents can trust, based on medically-sound AAP policy.

Topics covered in Baby and Toddler Basics include

• Breastfeeding
• Developmental stages
• Fever
• First Aid and injuries
• General baby care
• Poop
• Safe sleep and sleep challenges
• Stomach ache and illness
• Vaccines

Dr. Tanya’s clear answers to these frequently asked questions will help parents take the right actions at home and alert them when it would be best to call their pediatrician. With Baby and Toddler Basics parents can keep their own “portable pediatrician” in their diaper bag or on their nightstand, always ready with reassuring answers.

About the Author

Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP, is a practicing pediatrician, founder of Calabasas Pediatrics, and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She is also an American Academy of Pediatrics spokesperson and sits on the Editorial Advisory Board for Sharecare. Dr. Tanya is the editor-in-chief of the American Academy of Pediatrics flagship book Caring for Your Baby and Young Child, the editor-in-chief of Your Baby’s First Year, and the author of Baby and Toddler Basics. She lives in Los Angeles, CA with her husband and three sons.