Laura A. Jana - Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality

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This publication has been developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The contributors are expert authorities in the field of pediatrics. No commercial involvement of any kind has been solicited or accepted in the development of the content of this publication. Disclosures: Dr Jana reports a publisher/author relationship with National Center for Youth Issues; an advisory board member relationship with Owlet, Ingenuity Foods, Yoee Baby, and BabyNoggin; a consultant relationship with Primrose Schools; and an author relationship with Hachette.

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2020 Laura A. Jana, MD, FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, MD, FAAP

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwisewithout prior permission from the publisher (locate title at ). First edition published 2005; second, 2011; third, 2015; fourth, 2020.

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ISBN: 978-1-61002-424-2

eBook: 978-1-61002-425-9

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Pencil drawings by Anthony Alex LeTourneau

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020930658

One of the best guides to the first year of your babys life.

Parents magazine

This book packs the advice of a parenting class, a doctors visit, and a best friend into one indispensable package.

Library Journal

Funny yet sagehaving this book in the house is like having a doctor on call (without the co-pay).

ePregnancy magazine

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the humor in Heading Home! Very entertaining and informative. I am now recommending that all my new parents get a copy, whether they are on their first or fourth baby.

Dan Brennan, MD, CLC, FAAP

Sansum Clinic, Santa Barbara, California, and contributing writer for Santa Barbara Parent magazine, the Daily Sound, and the Goleta Voice

Heading Home With Your Newborn is one of the very best books for parents that Ive run across in the 24 years that I have been reviewing parenting books. Written with great heart and soul, it provides up-to-date medical information. These two pediatrician authors are both smart and compassionate, and its obvious that they remember just what it feels like to bring home a brand-new baby.

Bobbi Conner

Creator and host of The Parents Journal nationwide public radio program

A special book that new parents will want to read cover to cover before their little one arrives. No matter what challenges new parenthood throws your way, Drs Jana and Shu are sure to leave you feeling both confident and competent. Heading Home is the perfect shower gift!

Barton Schmitt, MD, FAAP

Professor of Pediatrics at the Childrens Hospital of Denver