Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality | Laura A. Jana, Jennifer Shu

Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality | Laura A. Jana, Jennifer Shu | Well worth the purchase!

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	Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality Laura A. Jana, Jennifer Shu American Academy Of Pediatrics, 2005 - 306 pages average customer review:based on 55 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great guide

I registered for this book after having read great reviews of it. My mom laughed at the name, "from birth to reality!?" but she was so wrong. This is my first child, and although I knew I didn't know everything there is to know, I did have the opportunity to watch my brother be born when I was 12 and help take care of him as a newborn. Now, of course, this book doesn't (and couldn't) cover every facet of raising a brand new baby, but it gets 5 stars because it is so enjoyable to read and it is a great reference book! I know I will bring it with me to the hospital and when at home it will always be nearby on the coffee table. I couldn't imagine not being able to easily figure out what to do in certain tricky situations when under loads of stress and suffering mind blanks from very little sleep!
The writers don't try to sell you on breastfeeding, which as far as I have seen is pretty rare; they just give you tips on either breastfeeding or bottlefeeding, and you quickly learn the pros and cons of each. They also do a very good job informing you about pacifiers.
They go into great detail about poop and pee, and whether your baby is doing enough etc. Also some pretty good info on gas, spitting up and vomiting.
The doctors who write the book help you understand what will really happen as you try to get enough sleep for you and your baby, bathe, and soothe crying. They even have great diagrams on how to wrap up your baby to sleep, change diapers, dress your newborn, and bathe her too.
The section on leaving the houseis invaluable! I would have never felt ok with staying in for weeks, even though I already knew I would probably have to. Most mothers go through this very dilemma. You even get great ideas on flying with your baby!
The end is full of doctor visits, and body part care, sickness, etc., and also really helpful.
I can't suggest strongly enough that any mother (or father) to be reads this book before going home. I will make sure any friends or family that are preparing for their first baby read it, and you should too!

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Well worth the purchase!

This book is WELL worth the purchase! It is very straight forward, is extremely well written, and is very well organized into only the chapters that pertain to newborns (which is what I wanted and expected). I just finished reading chapters regarding breastfeeding/formula feeding and choosing the right bottle/nipple for your baby and I enjoyed every moment of it. I also love that this book was written by women but also that it was written by doctors who are part of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The book is of course fact-based but also gives helpful "real world" recommendations and suggestions.

I highly recommend this book to anyone expecting their first child!

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Fantastic Book

I am a pediatrician and I bought 30 copies of this book to hand out as gifts to my new parents with new babies! I love that this book is written by pediatricians. I am very, very pleased with the content and think it's a great gift for any new parents!

Wonderful! The best I've read!

My son was born in December and I found this book two weeks before I was induced. With this being my first, I had NO idea what to expect. I attended all the classes at the hospital and read many books, but this one was the most straight-forward, to-the-point, realistic and comprehensive guide. I am now giving it to every new mother I know :)

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Informative, but not Scary!

The problem I found with most other books of this type was that they went into TOO MUCH detail about what could go wrong... and this book strikes a wonderful balance between delivering the most important information and not scaring a new mom, who's likely already hyperattuned to every little snort, cough, and cry, half to death! The tone is friendly but professional, like a doctor with a good bedside manner, and readable in short bursts (when you snatch the time between feedings and changings). I particularly like the arrangement of topics and the helpful hints embedded in each chapter.

I'd recommend reading this book BEFORE you deliver, to give yourself a leg up on the learning curve. The sections on feeding and diapering are indispensable... this is a great gift book for a mom-to-be, from a friend or from yourself!

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