Bottle-Feeding
Other Places To Get Help
Book
Your Baby's First Year Author/Editor: American Academy of Pediatrics
S.P. Shevlov, Editor-in-ChiefPublisher: Bantam Dell 1745 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Publication Date: 2005 This book provides practical information to help parents and grandparents with all aspects of infant care. You can find a month-to-month guide that helps you know what to expect in terms of growth, behavior, and development. There is also information on health conditions, feeding, immunizations, emergencies, safety, child care, and more.
Online Resource
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Web Address: www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/inf-toc.html This site contains information about infant formulas, including safety concerns.
Organizations
American Academy of Family Physicians P.O. Box 11210 Shawnee Mission, KS 66207-1210 Web Address: www.familydoctor.org The American Academy of Family Physicians produces a variety of health-related educational materials. Its Web site offers a health library and bulletin board, news, and comments sections.
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 211 East Chicago Avenue Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60611-2637 Phone: (312) 337-2169 Fax: (312) 337-6329 Web Address: www.aapd.org The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) is the membership organization representing the specialty of pediatric dentistry. The AAPD parent resource center has information about how to prevent and treat child and adolescent dental problems.
Bright Futures P.O. Box 571272 Washington, DC 20057-1272 Phone: (202) 784-9770 Fax: (202) 784-9777 Web Address: www.brightfutures.org The Bright Futures Web site offers current information about health promotion and health care needs of infants, children, teens, families, and communities. Bright Futures is sponsored by the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health at Georgetown University.
KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and Teens 10140 Centurion Parkway North Jacksonville, FL 32256 Phone: (904) 697-4100 Fax: (904) 697-4125 Web Address: www.kidshealth.org This Web site is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It has a wide range of information about children's health, from allergies and diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This Web site offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can sign up to get weekly e-mails about your area of interest.
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| Author: | Debby Golonka, MPH | Last Updated: August 16, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics Thomas Emmett Francoeur, MDCM, CSPQ, FRCPC - Pediatrics | |
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| Topic Contents | |
| Topic Overview | |
| What is Expected | |
| Promoting Healthy Growth and Development | |
| When to Call a Doctor | |
| Routine Checkups | |
 | Other Places To Get Help |
| Related Information | |
| References | |
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