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About this book
Now updated! The new edition of this best-selling guide uses science to tackle some of the most important decisions facing new parentsâfrom sleep training and vaccinations to breastfeeding and baby food.
Is cosleeping safe? How important is breastfeeding? Are food allergies preventable? Should we be worried about the aluminum in vaccines? Searching for answers to these tough parenting questions can yield a deluge of conflicting advice. In this revised and expanded edition of The Science of Mom, Alice Callahan, a science writer whose work appears in the New York Times and the Washington Post, recognizes that families must make their own decisions and gives parents the tools to evaluate the evidence for themselves. Sharing the latest scientific research on raising healthy babies, she covers topics like the microbiome, attachment, vaccine safety, pacifiers, allergies, increasing breast milk production, and choosing an infant formula.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One: Show Me the Science: A Crash Course in Evidence-Based Parenting
- Two: Birth Day, First Day: Easing Your Newbornâs Transition into the World
- Three: Of Injections and Eye Goop: Newborn Medical Procedures
- Four: Getting to Know You: How Newborns Explore, Communicate, and Connect
- Five: Vaccines and Your Child: Making Science-Based Decisions
- Six: Sleep Safely, Sleep Sweetly: Safety at Night and the Bed Sharing Debate
- Seven: In Search of a Good Nightâs Sleep: (Or Something Like It)
- Eight: Milk and Motherhood: Breast Milk, Formula, and Feeding in the Real World
- Nine: Getting Started with Solid Foods: When and How to Begin
- Ten: Eat, Grow, and Learn: The Best Foods for Babies
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Index