Dr. Spock's The First Two Years

America's favorite pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Spock has helped two generations of parents raise their kids with his timeless bestseller, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care. Now, today's parents can rejoice: a new compilation of Dr. Spock's timeless advice is here! This first-time collection of essays brings together Dr. Spock's insightful writings on connecting with your child's inner life during the all-important early years. Dr. Spock's The First Two Years covers such topics as: - understanding your baby's different cries - helping your little one cope with separation anxiety - communicating with your baby - teaching your child about giving and sharing - the easiest way ever to toilet-train - dealing with the impact a newborn can have on siblings - treating the most common ailments With Dr. Spock's The First Two Years, new parents everywhere will return again and again to Dr. Spock for all of their child-rearing questions.

Dr. Benjamin Spock was the most trusted and most famous pediatrician worldwide; his reassuring and commonsense advice shaped parenting practices for half a century. The author of eleven books, he was a political activist for causes that vitally affect children: disarmament, day care, schooling, housing, and medical care for all. Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care has been translated into thirty-nine languages and has sold more than fifty million copies worldwide since its first publication in 1946. Please visit DrSpock.com for more information.

Introduction 1. Communicating with Your Baby: Reading Your Baby's Cues Crying: An Early Form of Communication with Parents Baby Colic Periodic Irritable Baby Fretful Baby Cries of Hunger Hypertonic Baby Crying Associated with Diaper Rash and Teething Responding to Your Baby's Cry: A Few Specific Suggestions Is the Baby Sick? Sucking Reaching Out Kicking Legs Grunting High-pitched Squealing The Parent's Response Happy to Crying Enjoy Your Baby 2. Parents' Biggest Newborn Concerns Umbilical Stump Floppy Head SIDS Exposure to Germs Breast-feeding Swelling of Babies' Heads Breathing Patterns Soft Spot Playing Too Vigorously Spitting Up Jaundice 3. Choosing a Doctor for Your Baby 4. The Arrival of the New Baby Feeding and Behavior Breast-feeding Formula feeding Preparing for the New Baby Preparing Sibling for the New Baby Preparing the Parents for the New Baby Arranging Help for Mom If I Have a Baby Boy, Should He Be Circumcised? 5. How Much Regularity to Infant Feeding? When a Mother Thinks About Going Back to Work 6. Beginning Solids Which Solids, in What Order? 7. Poor Eaters 8. Common Physical Problems Teething Sneezing, Coughing, and Dripping...the Common Cold Ear Infections 9. Stranger Anxiety 10. Transitional Objects Thumb-sucking 11. Sleep Problems Newborns Six to Sixteen Months: Demanding and Walking Naps: Six Months to Two Years Co-sleeping: Children Sleeping in the Parents' Bed Bedtime Rituals Bottle in the Bed: Age Six to Twenty-four Months Separation Anxiety: Six Months to Six Years 12. Toilet Training 13. Discipline and Temper Tantrums: An Opportunity for Parent­Child Communication and Learning Anger and Temper Tantrums Physical Punishment Humiliation, Shame, and Guilt 14. Can You Spoil a Child? Index