Recommended Resources
Dr. Barnes, III
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5-4th edition— American Academy of Pediatrics
"High quality advice and very comprehensive (also 2 others in this series for 5-12 years and teenagers)."
Immunizations and Infectious Diseases: An Informed Parent's Guide— Margaret C. Fisher MD, FAAP, editor
"New from the AAP! An excellent common-sense guide for parents about viruses, antibiotic usage and vaccine safety. Can be purchased on the web
at www.aap.org (bookstore)."
etch.com
"Interesting website of our local Children's Hospital, a comprehensive primary and tertiary children's medical center supported by all our doctors. This is where we admit our sick patients for treatment"
www.cdc.gov
www.fda.gov
"Official comments on product recalls, new medications and medication recalls."
Dr. Fogle
Caring for Your Baby and Your Young Child— Steven P. Shelov, MD, FAAP, Editor-in-Chief
"Good reference book for medical or parenting needs."
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problem— Richard Ferber
"Everyone wants their child to sleep through the night."
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding— La Leche League International
"The best breastfeeding reference book."
Your Child's Health— Barton D. Schmitt, MD, FAAP
"Barton Schmitt is a great general pediatrician."
www.aap.org"Good general pediatric information."
www.cdc.gov"Good information on immunizations."
Dr. Padgett
1-2-3 Magic"Great book on discipline for 2-12 year olds."
ADHD, A Complete and Authoritative Guide"All parents who have a child with ADHD, should read this one."
Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5— American Academy of Pediatrics
"Also in this series are books for age 5-12 and teenagers."
The Care and Keeping of You"American Girl's fantastic book on adolescence and puberty."
HealthyChidren.org
— Ameican Academy of Pediatrics
"A new AAP Web site that parents can trust. Powered by pediatricians, HealthyChildren.org will offer reliable, up-to-the-minute health advice, tools, and services for
proactive parents.
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Dr. Peeden, Jr.
Autism's False Prophets— Paul Offit
"This is a well written book documenting step by step the story behind the controversy involving vaccines. It is amazing what the public doesn't know about the chicanery that goes on here. All profits from the sale of the book go to autism research."
Charlotte's Web— E.B. White
Where the Wild Things Are— Maurice Sendak
"This is a wonderful book to read aloud to very young children."
Dr. Swabe
The Magic Years— Selma Fraiberg
"An older book (available on Amazon.com) with great insight on childhood and adolescent behavior."
Dr. Yen
— Lauri Benkenkamp and Steven C. Atkins
Eat This, Not That Series— David Zinczenko
Food Fights— Laura A. Jana and Jennifer Shu
The Happiest Baby on the Block— Harvey Karp, MD
"Dr. Karp's techniques are amazing to watch!"
www.breastfeeding.com"This is a complete resource for breastfeeding tips, products, and support."