Baby and Toddler Basics: Expert Answers to Parents' Top 150 Questions

by Tanya Remer Altmann

Parents of babies and toddlers from birth to age three will find answers to their most-frequently asked questions about child health and wellness in this easy-to-understand volume. Tanya Altmann, MD, FAAP, helps parents with friendly, straightforward guidance in an easily digestible question and answer format.

Baby and Toddler Basics focuses on parents’ top 150 questions, based on Dr. Tanya's years in practice. An internet search of these questions could yield dozens of answers, many from dubious sources. Dr. Tanya addresses parents’ concerns with the expertise of a pediatrician backed by the trusted authority of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Baby and Toddler Basics’ clear Q&A layout means it’s just as fast as Googling, but with answers parents can trust, based on medically-sound AAP policy.

Topics covered in Baby and Toddler Basics include

• Breastfeeding
• Developmental stages
• Fever
• First Aid and injuries
• General baby care
• Poop
• Safe sleep and sleep challenges
• Stomach ache and illness
• Vaccines

Dr. Tanya’s clear answers to these frequently asked questions will help parents take the right actions at home and alert them when it would be best to call their pediatrician. With Baby and Toddler Basics parents can keep their own “portable pediatrician” in their diaper bag or on their nightstand, always ready with reassuring answers.

Genres: Nonfiction, Parenting

260 pages, Paperback

Published February 6, 2018

Reviews

[Julie S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic info in a quick-read format. Helpful for first-time parents, but there are better books out there.

[Mol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nothing super groundbreaking but could be a helpful guide to others. This could also be because I have been a parent for over a year and a half now. I did, however, learn a couple new things.

[Dana Atkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book provided lots of answers to the questions going through a new mom’s head. While I did not agree with all the answers given (at one point the author tells us to take our kid to the dentist after their first tooth pops up.... Umm no thank you. That’s a bit too early.), I did find a lot of answers helpful.
I will also say I received this as a gift and probably would not have bought it for myself. Google tends to be my source of answers for my little one.

[Kirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the information, format, and writing style, but some basic diagrams would have been really helpful for topics like breastfeeding poses and swaddling techniques, among other things. Yes, I could look these up online; but, I could also look up most of the information in this book online, at which point--why buy the book?

[Alee Hofman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found a few questions to be useful, the rest of the book to be basic information that most parents already know.

[Nawal Ciaramitaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book did a good job breaking down caregivers concerns about child care and addressed them in a simple, factual, easy-to-reference manner.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the new things that I learned, but for the most part, a lot of this book winds up just being common sense or, "call your pediatrician."