Recommended Resources

Below are links to some helpful websites, books, DVD’s and other resources that we think can be helpful to you and your family.

Websites

1. Child Passenger Safety www.nhtsa.gov (car seat information)
2. American Academy of Pediatrics www.aap.org
3. Safety alerts and Product Recalls www.safetyalerts.com , www.cpsc.gov
4. Travel and Disease www.cdc.gov (information for international travel vaccines)
5. Health Information and vaccines www.chop.edu
6. Immunizations www.immunizationinfo.org , www.immunize.org/stories/index.htm
7. Self help Books for Kids with Medical Needs www.maginationpress.com
8. Child Discipline Guides www.parenting-magic.com
9. HealthyChildren www.HealthyChildren.org

Book List

1. Driven to Distraction, by Edward Hallowell
2. 1-2-3-Magic, by Thomas Phelan
3. Happiest Baby On the Block, by Harvey Karp
4. Super Baby Food, by Ruth Yaron
5. Seven Steps to Nighttime Dryness, by Renee Mercer
6. Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems, by Richard Ferber
7. American Medical Association’s Boys’ Guide to Becoming a Teen, by Pfeifer and Middleman
8. American Medical Association’s Girls ‘ Guide to Becoming a Teen, by Gwenwald and Middleman
9. The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library), by Valerie Schaefer
10. Caring for your Baby and Young Child, by American Academy of Pediatrics
11. What to Expect the Toddler Years, by Eisenber, Murkoff, Hathaway
12. What to Expect the First Year, by Arlene Eisenberg, Murkoff, Hathaway
13. What’s Happening to My Body for Boy, by Madaras
14. What’s Happening to My Body for Girls, by Madaras
15. Vaccines and Your Child (seperating fact from fiction) by: Paul A. Offit, M.D. & Charlotte A. Moser

DVDs

1. Baby Sign www.signingtime.com
2. Stranger Safety by John Walsh and Angela Shelton www.thesafeside.com
3. Internet Safety by John Walsh www.thesafeside.com