Heading Home With Your Newborn

From Birth to Reality

Laura Jana, MD, Jennifer Shu, MD

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781610028080
• Edition: 5

New parents will feel comforted and confident with the guide that has been trusted by parents and pediatricians for 20 years! Packed with the wisdom of a parenting class, the reassurance of a doctor' s visit, and the warmth of a close friend, the fully revised and updated fifth edition of this bestselling guide offers essential advice from two pediatrician-moms. It covers everything new parents need to know from feeding and diapering to crying and sleep. Updates in this edition include new safe sleep recommendations; enhanced support for post-partum depression; updated developmental milestones; a timely discussion on of screen-use, media use, and technology; and revisions throughout, bringing all advice up to date with the latest AAP guidelines. With a closer look at which of today' s smart technologies are really helpful when it comes to babies and expert insights on the full range of health and safety topics including car safety seats, vaccines, and infant nutrition, this parent-tested, pediatrician-approved advice will help new parents feel comfortable those first few days and weeks at home and serve as a trusted guide for the whole first year.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Contents
• acknowledgments
• introduction
• getting ready to head home
• section 1: into the mouths of babes
• section 2: what goes in must come out
• section 3: activities of daily living
• section 4: activities of daily learning
• section 5: thinking outside of the house
• section 6: just for the health of it
• section 7: thanks for the memories
• parting insights
• index