Download full textERIC Number: ED466289
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 37
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Healthy Start, Grow Smart: Your Newborn.
Department of Education, Washington, DC.; Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.; Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
This booklet offers guidance to parents in caring for their newborn babies. Advice is given on the following topics: (1) newborn health screening; (2) what a healthy newborn looks like; (3) newborn reflexes; (4) baby checkups; (5) fathers' role; (6) the baby blues; (7) sleeping position; (8) breast milk; (9) breast feeding; (10) bottle feeding; (11) checkups and shots; (12) what it's like to be a newborn; (13) changing diapers; (14) keeping a memory book; (15) installing car seats; (16) newborns' brains; (17) guiding babies every day; (18) babies' people skills; (19) learning to communicate; (20) why babies cry; (21) ways to soothe babies; (22) preparing the baby's bath; (23) bathing the baby; and (24) being gentle when bathing the baby. Information resources for families conclude the booklet. (EV)
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Infant Behavior, Infant Care, Neonates, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Education, Parent Materials, Parenting Skills
Ed Pubs, Education Publications Center, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free); Tel: 800-872-5327 (Toll Free); Fax: 301-470-1244; email: edpubs@inet.ed.gov; Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html/.
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Audience: Parents
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Education, Washington, DC.; Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.; Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
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Note: This publication was sponsored by the Texas Department of Health. Contributions from Susan H. Landry and Craig T. Ramey.
