Infants Books

This book will help you find your parenting philosophy, your "purpose", and gives you sensible tips that have worked wonders in our household (2 year old and 4 month old). It emphasizes the importance and responsibility of parenting, and shows how you can be successful, while still maintaining your sanity. After reading this book, we both feel more comfortable as parents, and our daughters have responded.

"Parenting with Purpose" is an absorbing overview of parents' goals and means of achieving them. It is so relevant I found it hard to put down, but because of its thorough organization and comprehensive table of contents, I regard it as a very accessible reference, too. Dr. Madison highlights the wondrous accomplishments achieved in the first four years of life with refreshing perspective on the motivation of young children and acknowledges the hard work that parenting often requires. She reminds us of the investment for life that we make when we take the time to give care and attention to our youngsters. An inspiring guidebook, to be sure!

I've read a lot of parenting books, and this is one of my favorites. It teaches you how to respond to your children with love and respect, and how to respond to them in ways that are appropriate for their age. I love the fact that she has different chapters for 1, 2, 3 and 4 year olds. Many discipline books try to get you to do the same things for a 1 year old that work for a 3 year old - and clearly they are very different beings! I also love the fact that she talks about both philosophy and techniques; without a philosophy, techniques are useless.

We have used her suggestions for our 1 and 4 year olds, and they work well. We have well behaved, creative, loving children. What more could you ask?

As a former social worker and a parent and step-parent myself, I've looked at lots of books about parenting. Dr. Madison's book is thoughtful and well organized in its approach to parenting. She includes not only the "how-tos" but also the underlying developmental issues. Loaded with real-life examples that resonate with today's parents. I immediately sent a copy to my brother, a first-time parent of a 2 1/2 year old who still awakens her parents 2-3 times a night! He asked for help, and this book served as a life-line!

Great book. Residents should use this book, if not buy it. Not terribly expensive either. Excellent. Don't like the EKG book by the same author though.

In concise and clear language, Prof. Park explains how a
medical practitioner can diagnose alsmost any known
cardiac anomaly in a child.

Having a scientific but no medical background myself,
I found it very readable. Some knowledge of cardiac
anatomy and electrocardiography are a prerequisite.

What is especially good is Prof. Parks comprehensive
approach to the diagnosis: all posible pathologies are
listed and when a particular observation
is possible in normal patients, he doesn't forget to point
this out too.

I have only read the 2nd edition of the book (1988), so
I cannot vouch whether the latest (4th) is up to date
on recent advances in the field, be it in pacemaking
capabilities or teratogenic discoveries.

I bought this book on my 4th year medical student rotation for Pediatric Cardiology. It continues to serve me as a resident (just coming fresh off the Cardiology floor). The EKG section is invaluable. The description (and explanation of pathophysiology of) congenital heart defects is outstanding. I am told by fellows that this book has served them through the first year of fellowship then, before having to move onto more advanced texts. Only minus, no explanation of how EP studies work, which is not a huge minus because you won't be seeing much of that as a resident anyway. Bottom line: this is THE pediatric cardiology book that every pediatrician and every pediatric resident should have.

As a resident in pediatrics, you face the usual time constraints, yet you want to prepare yourselfs for electives by reading a comprehensible text. For Cardiology, I have found with Park's "Pediatric Cardiology for the Practioner" an outstanding text, which I actually prefer over more recent review articles for its easy to understand approach. The text is easy to read and is supported by the style of the figures and schemes. This book provides more than an introductory text for the pediatric resident with a general focus, it also provides a valuable and readily accessible resource for cardiology fellows.

sorry for my english!
i'm very sodisfated for my item. it was my first purchase on line and i don't think it was so easy and speedy!

Excelente livro, de fácil leitura, condutas atualizadas. Um livro que deve estar na estante de todo cirurgião pediátrico.

When I was in the Army, at the 545th Ord. Co., I knew Dr. Ronald J. Sharp, and he was the best Doctor one could every hope for. We had an emergency, l975 or 76, and he flew in to take charge of a patient that blew half his face away with an M16 rifle; thanks to him he survived, I was the NCOIC in charge that evening, of the Nuclear Site in West Germany. Now I'm married and live in St. Paul, Minnesota, and Lima, Peru with my wife Rosa Penaloza, my name is Dennis L. Siluk, an author of some 19-books. But his books are sure the best, no doubt....

I am a Pediatric Surgery, and a Professor of Pediatric Surgery at ULBRA ( Brasilian Luteran University)- at Porto Alegre, Brazil. This book will be the #1, as Recommended Bibliography for all Medical students, because it is clear, didactic, and have a lot of good figures. My only dream is to buy it at a better price, exclusive for Third World Nations.

I found that book extremelly usefull. It provides detailed and organized information regarding feeding development, difficulties and treatment. I recomend this book for SLP working with children.

If you are a speech language pathologist or occupational therapist working with children with feeding disorders, you must have this book!!! It is huge and has everything you need to know. Buy it!!

This book is so well written, and truly is pretty darn "comprehensive", as the title says. The authors start with normal development, and lead you through the evaluation, goal writing and treatment process in such a coherent way. Many examples of actual children really help illustrate their points. Considering the cost of attending a feeding seminar, the price of this book is a good deal. Only wish I had time to read the book from front-to-back (it is over 600 pages).

This is an excellent resource that every feeding therapist should own. The authors do not target one pediatric developmental stage but infancy through childhood. They thoroughly review normal anatomy and physiology relating to feeding and swallowing as well as complications and treatment options. The feeding experience is not isolated to anatomy and physiology but recognized as an experience with many psychoemotional and environmental factors.

"...undertakes the seemingly impossible task of describing pre-verbal infant communication....an important book." --Rose Boyarsky, St. Louis, in "Psychotherapy in Private Practice" [Note: no numerical rating in review]

"...clinically useful....there are moments in this book...when one is actually stopped in one's conceptual tracks by a particularly apt insight." [Note: no numerical rating in review]

"integrate[s] a better understanding of infancy into broader psychoanalytic theory...." "...lucid and succinct...." "a wealth of clinical thinking that fulfills the promise of the book's subtitle...." "...probing insight into subtle passages and clinical processes...." "...few analytic authors have contributed such a wealth of insight and material for future study as does Kumin in this volume." --Renata Gaddini, Rome [Note: no numerical rating in review]

I am neither a psychiatrist nor a psychologist, but I learned a tremendous amount from this book. The author makes the ideas of projective- and introjective identification very clear. It was fascinating to learn that a baby's distress call, and the way it is responded to by the parent, becomes the model for the child and later adult to manage his or her own anxiety. As a father of a 16 month-old daughter, it helps me understand how my parenting, and empathetic answering my daughter's needs, contribute profoundly to her current and future mental health. I didn't need the advice to psychotherapists, but found it interesting. I feel that reading Charles Brenner's book, A Textbook of Psychoanalysis (I think that is the title), before this one, would be helpful to novices like myself to understand better the concepts in the book.

I read The Reiterated Resurrection 6 months ago. It is a fantastic story! The only advice I have for this writer is that he ought to rewrite some parts of this book. Some proze,though beautiful, just hides the message which is very positive in my view.

The Reiterated Resurrection is fantastic piece of literature. It precisely describes how we the European youth feel today. I have never before read a story where the reader is dragged in as if he were a part of the chaotic world where there is no way out, but fight to death for what you believe is right. Alexander Steel and Rudolph Baumgartner appear as yet to be born giants who in many ways resemble todays villains and improvised herous who are robbing the mankind's destiny for their own selfish benefits. This writer certainly knows the tricks of hypnotic inducement. "What a frightful ride of the new Century!"

When I saw the cover of this novel, I said, "here another one of the hundreds of hollowcaust stories. I guess I was wrong. The Reiterated Resurrection answers in a most compelling way the question of where the war against terror goes next. Although I assume this is author's first novel since I didn't see any other titles under his name, the artful style he uses from beginning to end, certainly displays a well matured artist. The main protagonist such as Rudolph, Alexander, and Helen seemed so real and inducing that the moment I entered their world, I could barely keep my eyes dry. This is a fantastic story that in many ways displays ourselves in good and bad days!

Here is a powerful story projecting a frightful future world produced by current events. Four Protgonists from four corners of the word, four utterly different dreams, yet each of those dreams meets the same destiny. When President Harris learns that his name leads the deadliest terrorist's list, nothing stops him from involving the following protagonists in his strugle for survival. Alexander Steel, a notorious air combatant, is unwillingly drawn into a prophetic battle that brings to life the three days of darkness. Rudolph Baumgartner, a scientist, a colossal poet during the day and a deadly terrorist at night, relentlesslly strives to bring to life a villain from his favorite childhood fictitious novel. And finally Helen, an essence of incomparable beauty caught between two deadly enemies destined to die for her. I loved this novel. This unknown author possesses an impressive style. He brings a web of three dimensional characters who seem awfully real and flow intensely to the end.

I highly recommend it to readers of fiction.

I purchased this book to augment the Creative Learning curriculum I use in my preschool room and was not disappointed. Simple Signing with Young Children is a WONDERFUL, pertinent, practical guide to incorporating ASL into your classroom. Carol Garboden Murray did a great job at introducing ASL concepts and explaining the basics to someone like me: a preschool teacher interested in adding sign language to our everyday routine. The pictures are great: lots of them and easy to reference. The photos include the person and their facial expression, which is such a key element to learning...instead of just pictures of the hand demonstrating each sign.
The author also does a great job a explaining variations on the signs and how children typically adapt them to their developmental level. Her chapter on Sign Language for Babies is particularly thorough. Because of my background, I was most interested in her chapters for toddlers and incorporating ASL into the classroom. I was so excited to learn songs, fingerplays, and signs for classroom routines (like story time and "five more minutes to play"). There is also an index of signs at the back of the book for easy reference. I cannot say enough about what a great resource this is. Our preschool has currently ordered another copy to keep on hand as a resource for all of our teachers at the center.

In "Simple Signing With Young Children: A Guide For Infant, Toddler, And Preschool Teachers", preschool teacher, special education instructor, early interventionist, parent educator, nursery school and childcare director, and sing language workshop presenter Carol Garboden Murray draws upon her more than 17 years of experience and expertise to write a thoroughly 'user friendly' instruction manual for parents, teachers, and care-givers to teach very young children how to communicate through sign language. Detailed photographs aptly demonstrate how to execute each sign while written directions provide a methodical and step-by-step guide for educators and parents. Comprehensive, authoritative, and superbly organized, "Simple Signing With Young Children" is the ideal introductory instruction manual and very highly recommended for anyone having to teach sign language to very young children at home, in a daycare center, or a community preschool program.

How great it is to know when the baby is hungry, thirsty or full! Helping children to communicate alieveates so much frustration! Thanks Carol for a great book!

This book is wonderful, not only for teachers, but for parents too. The pictures, and clear instructions makes the book practical, and a must-have for the classroom or at home.

After our 5 month old kept waking up every 2 hours- I lost it. I ordered the book and after 3 nights he was sleeping 12+ hours at night. Of course I was still up every two hours to see if he was alive. We used it for my daughter at one month and it WORKED. Now we have a 1 and 5 year old with awesome sleeping habits and lots of Mommy Daddy time after 8:30pm- :)

I was a tired parent with a four month old baby,who'd only slept a maximum of 4 hours at a time, and I was convinced he needed feeding at night until I read this book.
I recommend reading earlier than I did as it has saved my sanity!
It's a lovely book as it reassures you, while pointing out common errors that prevent your baby sleeping.
Despite not really believing at first that a book could help-after following the advice,my baby improved within about a week.
Definitely recommended.

I like this book because it's simple to read, and most of all - it makes sense! It's purpose is to make parents take their cues from the children by watching out for the "Core Night" This is when baby sleeps for a block of time longer than he ever has before at night. My son was two months old when he had his first "Core Night" which confirmed what the authurs said. However, it doesn't clearly address the issue of what to do when baby wakes and seems to REALLY want to be fed during his "Core Night.

In this text Beatrice Hollyer and Lucy Smith outline a very simple, easy to follow approach to help your child sleep through the night. A parent, though well intentioned, can easily promote habits that prevent a child from sleeping. This book tells you what to avoid doing, and what you should do to assist your child in finding their natural sleep patterns. Compared to other sleep books which do not focus on the ability to naturally promote sleep from the earliest days, this book helps you as a parent to recognize cues from your child that he or she is ready to sleep for longer periods. The cues come from the child and as a parent you look for evidence of their first 'core night' - a block of sleep when the child sleeps longer than in the past. The focus of the book is on sleep, but its advice spills into many aspects of infant care including feeding. For example, the author's illustrate how important it is to recognize an infant's hunger cry and to stop night feeds when they are no longer required. On a personal note, my husband and I purchased this book while I was pregnant and read it long before my due date. Our baby slept through the night for the first time when he was 28 days old. Following the book's recommendations was difficult at first and I strayed from their advice exactly five times over the next month - each time realizing that the author's were correct. It is important that both parents be using the same approach to ensure the child is not receiving mixed signals at this time - which was difficult for me only initially. By the end of two months every night was a good night. Our son is an excellent sleeper and he is happy and content during the day. We could have done several things to thwart what he was naturally ready to do, but happily we had read this book and helped him instead. This is a great approach to helping your baby sleep that (most importantly to me) does not require crying. Both my husband and I cannot recommend this book enough. I am buying it for my sister and her new baby because I refuse to let my copy out of the house!

you have an idea of what to expect every week and some activities to do with your baby.

Well organized, scientific, and full of useful material. What else do you need?!

My husband and I are first time parents and we really recommend this book. It is nice to see a week by week review of things that might be happening in your child's life as well as how to interact with them on sights, sounds, etc. It is an easy read -- yet totally informational! I love all the examples they give.

GREAT!! I give it 5 stars!! This book has great information about your child's development in any given week and how to play with her to help her develop. I love this book!! I am only on week 8 but the material has been consistently informative. I have recommended this book to my daughter's daycare and even offered to buy the book for them (I could not find the book locally or they would have had it this morning.). This book is easy to read and is well organized. It is very concise, which makes it very managable when you only have a few minutes to spare. Buy this book, you won't regret it.

My 15 month old (who can't talk yet) adores this book, which we checked out from the library. So much of the subject matter and vocabulary are words that he recognizes and that I use everyday with him (going to bed, bottle, blanket, going to the park, colors and simple phrases). He gets a big kick out of the end when the mommy falls asleep and the baby (who looks just like him in a little red sleeper) calls for daddy instead. Highly recommended!

My 4 and 6 yr olds love this book, and so do I! They have liked it for years. They love the words, and the pictures, and it flows so well. I just love how it sounds, and the oh so simple life portrayed in this book. It makes us all happy to get into this child's family's world. Thank you Amy Schwartz!

My four-year-old laughed until her sides hurt. She was pounding on the floor, sobbing with laughter. Which made ME laugh hard too, which made HER laugh even harder, and then we both almost wet our pants from laughing. This is a great book to enjoy with your toddler or preschooler, especially if they have a "baby" sibling. The illustrations are adorable, and the dialog is very true to life. Can't wait to read more by the talented Amy Schwartz.

This book is a must-have for any parent of a child who does not like to go to sleep. It is as much a book for parents as it is for children, perhaps more! We cracked up at the too-true scenario depicted. You will too!