Baby Facts: The Truth about Your Child's Health from Newborn Through Preschool - Paperback

by Andrew Adesman (Author), William Sears (Foreword by)

Ear infections need to be treated with antibiotics. Newborns and infants should be bathed daily. New parents are deluged with advice on how to care for their babies. This book explores common baby health myths--in areas such as feeding, sleeping, toilet training, and illness--to help them separate baby facts from baby fiction.

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America's leading pediatricians and health experts agree--BabyFacts is a must for parents! It reveals and dispels many of the dangerous myths that persist about the health of young children.

"There may be more urban myths about parenting than any other category. . . . BabyFacts takes those myths and shatters them and leaves us with the truth in their place. What a wonderful book for every parent and all those doctors, too."
--Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., NBC News Chief Medical Editor

"BabyFacts serves up bite-sized nuggets of solid advice, perfect for parents who want a quick reality check. BabyFacts deserves a place on every parenting bookshelf."
--Robert Needlman, M.D., coauthor of "Dr Spock's Baby and Child Care," Eighth Edition

"Your child is too precious to make parenting decisions on bad information! BabyFacts separates fact from fiction."
--Ari Brown, M.D., author of "Baby 411" and "Toddler 411"

"BabyFacts stands out on the crowded parenting shelf. . . . I enthusiastically recommend BabyFacts to new and veteran parents who want to correct the many 'things you know that just aren't so.'"
--Marianne Neifert, M.D., author of "Dr. Mom: A Guide to Baby and Child Care"

"Dr. Adesman has done a real favor for parents with his new book. . . . BabyFacts gives great advice and helpful guidance for new and old families alike."
--Steven Shelov, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, "American Academy of Pediatrics' Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5"

Author Biography

Andrew Adesman, M.D., is Chief of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Schneider Children's Hospital in New York and an associate professor in the Pediatrics Department at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has appeared on the Today show, CNN, and the Discovery Health Channel.