Recommended parenting books:

Self-care guides - Kaiser Permanente Healthwise Handbook(call 1-800-207-5084 or stop by our Health Education department for a complimentary copy) - a self-care guide to getting healthy and staying healthy; includes home-care tips, first aid advice, when to call your physician, and covers more than 200 medical topics.

Your Child's Health: The Parents' One-Stop Reference Guide To: Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior Problems, and Healthy Development by Barton Schmitt, MD - advice to parents about home treatments for common childhood illnesses, when to see your doctor; it also covers normal development and behavioral problems.

Guide to Your Child's Symptoms by the American Academy of Pediatrics: The Official, Complete Home Reference, Birth through Adolescence by Donal Schiff, MD, and Steven Shelov, MD - a guide of symptoms based on age that covers the causes, and what actions to take; also includes a first-aid manual on home care and when to see the doctor.

Parenting manuals:

What to Expect: The First Year by Heidi Murkoff - what to expect month-to-month, covering expected developmental milestones, what to expect at the check-up visits, and commonly asked questions and concerns for each age.

Your Baby's First Year (American Academy of Pediatrics) by Steven Shelov - a month-to-month guide to your baby's first year that covers growth, behavior, and development, basic care instructions, bottle and breastfeeding advice, introduction to solids; includes a complete health encyclopedia, and safety information, including car seat safety.

The Complete and Authoritative Guide: Caring For Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 (American Academy of Pediatrics) by Steven Shelov, MD - the first of three parenting manuals by the AAP that includes a month-to-month guide to the first year, feeding information, basic care instructions, and developmental and behavioral information for children up to 5 years old; also covers first-aid, childhood illnesses, and immunizations.

The Complete and Authoritative Guide: Caring For Your School-Age Child: Ages 5 to 12 (American Academy of Pediatrics) by Edward Schor, MD - the second in the AAP child-care guide series, this serves as a guide to the developmental and behavioral issues of this age group, covering issues such as puberty, social matters, school problems, divorce, druges, eating disorders.

The Complete and Authoritative Guide: Caring For Your Teenager (American Academy of Pediatrics) by Philip Bashe - the third in the child-care guide series by the AAP, it covers the physiological, cognitive, and emotional development of the teenager, including issues about adjusting to middle school, getting along with peers, mood swings, sex and druges, preparing for college, as well as some medical problems such as acne and mono.

Discipline and behavior:

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish - teaches parents how to improve their ability to talk and problem-solve with their children.

Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish - advice about how to manage sibling rivalry.

Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka - a guide to helping parents understand the temperament of a spirited child, and how to effectively deal with the behavioral challenges.

Sleep books:

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth - teaches parents the normal sleep habits of infants and toddlers, and how to achieve these regular sleep habits for their children.

How to Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber - the classic sleep book, to help your child sleep through the night.

The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp - Learn the 5 S's that Dr. Karp states can soothe any crying newborn baby and help them sleep.

Feeding Books:

Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insight, Humore, and a Bottle of Ketchup by Laura A. Jana, MD and Jennifer Shu, MD - an easy read with practical advice for parents trying to get their kids to eat properly.

How to Get Your Kid to Eat...But Not Too Much: From Birth to Adolescence by Ellyn Satter - written by a registered dietitian who shares her philosophy on how to feed a child so they grow up to be good eaters. She covers nutrition and feeding practices for healthy children over all of the age ranges, as well as special feeding practices for healthy children over all of the age ranges, as well as special feeding problems, such as poor growth, obesity, eating disorders, and issues of special needs children.

Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense by Ellyn Satter - this book covers all the basic of child nutrition, including: nutrition for pregnancy, breastfeeding versus bottle feeding, calories, and normal growth, introduction of solid foods to the infant, feeding the toddler, overweight children, and childhood eating disorders.

Websites:

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) website, which offers information on parenting advice, pediatric current events, health topics, vaccines.]

The Kaiser Permanente website, with general medical information, e-mail your doctor, online prescription refills, and more]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- information on infectious diseases, immunizations, accidents/safety issues, and particularly helpful for travel information/vaccines/advisories

Medline Plus - medical information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Kids Health - general pediatric advice for parents, kids, and teens from the Nemours foundation

Family Doctor - general pediatric advice and information from the American Academy of Family Physicians

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - health and medical infromation from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, with a particualary nice section on "Vaccine Education"

Physicians' Desk Reference - medication information from the Physicians' Desk Reference (PDR), as well as general medical information and health topics.

Mayo Clinic - general medical information from the Mayo clinic. Check out the sections of Baby's Health, and Children's Health

Seat Check - 7 out of 10 children in child safety seats are not properly buckled in. This site offers information on proper use of car seats and booster seats, and how to find locations for child safety seat inspections.

Parents Helping Parents is an organization which provides support and resources to children and adults with special needs.