Child Care Resources

Many excellent child care books are available. Check your favorite bookstore and your library. The following is a list of some of our favorites:

General Development and Behavior
• Baby and Child Care - Spock
• Baby Taming - Mayle
• Baby Owner's Manual - Christopherson
• Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking - Wykoff & Unell
• Helping the Fearful Child - Kellerman
• Little People: Guidelines for Common Sense Child Rearing - Christopherson
• Solve Your Child's Sleep Problem - Ferber
• Toilet Training With Love - Jodoin
• The Toddler's Potty Book - Allison & Sapphire
• The Stress Proof Child - Saunders & Remsberg

Birth and Sexual Maturation
• What's Happening to Me - Peter Mayle
• Where Did I Come From - Peter Mayle

Step Family
• Step Families: Making Them Work - Paris
• Living, Loving & Learning - Enstein

Divorce
• Boys & Girls Book About Divorce - Gardner
• Parents Book About Divorce - Gardner

Death
• Any Kubler - Ross book is okay

Web Resources:

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDCs Health Topics for Infants and Children

Immunization Action Coalition

Immunization Gateway

Kids Health

Mayo Clinic Diseases and Conditions

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Child Passenger Safety