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| A Word from Dr. Bill, Martha, Dr. Bob, and Dr. Jim | |
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| Getting Started: Baby-Care Basics | |
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| Getting Attached: What It Means | |
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| Parenting Your Baby | |
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| The Seven Baby B's of Attachment Parenting | |
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| Attachment Parenting Includes Fathers | |
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| Some Questions You May Have | |
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| Ten Tips for Having a Safe and Satisfying Birth | |
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| Find "Dr. Right" for Yourself - Explore Options | |
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| Choose the Right Birthing Environment | |
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| Hire a Labor Coach | |
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| Get Moving | |
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| Get Off Your Back | |
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| Experiment with Labor Positions | |
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| Use Technology Wisely | |
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| Use Medical Pain Relief Wisely | |
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| Avoid an Episiotomy | |
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| Be Flexible in Formulating Your Birth Plan | |
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| Preparing for Baby | |
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| Choosing Dr. Right for Your Baby | |
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| Choosing Other VIPs | |
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| Choosing Whether to Breastfeed or Bottlefeed | |
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| Circumcised or Intact? | |
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| Cord Blood Stem Cell Banking | |
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| Expanded Newborn Screening Blood Test | |
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| Preparing Your Nest | |
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| Getting the Right Start with Your Newborn | |
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| Baby's First Minutes | |
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| Bonding - What It Means, How to Do It | |
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| Getting to Know Your Newborn | |
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| Attachment-Promoting Behaviors | |
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| Birthday "Pictures" | |
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| Routine Hospital Procedures | |
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| Newborn Jaundice | |
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| Baby's First Checkup | |
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| Postpartum Family Adjustments | |
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| Nesting-in | |
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| Role Adjustments | |
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| Preventing and Overcoming Postpartum Depression | |
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| Now We Are Three | |
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| Shaping Up After Childbirth | |
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| Caring for Your Baby's Bodily Needs | |
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| Diapering Your Baby | |
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| Cord Care | |
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| Care of the Circumcision Site | |
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| Nail Care | |
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| Bathing Baby | |
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| Keeping Baby Comfortable | |
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| Pacifiers: In or Out? | |
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| The Right Touch: The Art of Infant Massage | |
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| Common Concerns in the Early Weeks | |
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| Early Newborn Changes | |
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| Spitting Up | |
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| Eyes | |
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| Baby's Mouth | |
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| Newborn Skin Marks and Rashes | |
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| Diaper Rash: Prevention and Treatment | |
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| Reducing the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome | |
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| Infant Feeding and Nutrition | |
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| Breastfeeding: Why and How | |
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| Why Breast Is Best | |
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| Preparing for Breastfeeding | |
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| Right-Start Techniques | |
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| How Your Breasts Make Milk | |
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| Common Breastfeeding Questions and Problems | |
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| The Breastfeeding Mother: Choices, Challenges | |
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| Eating Right During Breastfeeding | |
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| Upsetting Foods in Breast Milk | |
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| Medicines for Two: Taking Medicines Safely While Breastfeeding | |
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| Breastfeeding Helpers | |
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| Getting It Together: Working and Breastfeeding | |
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| Expressing Milk | |
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| "Nursing Nuisances," Challenges, and Funny Things That Happen on the Way to the Breast | |
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| Breastfeeding Special Babies in Special Circumstances | |
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| Weaning: When and How | |
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| Bottlefeeding with Safety and Love | |
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| Formula Facts | |
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| How Much? How Often? | |
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| Preparing Formula | |
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| Bottlefeeding Tips | |
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| Weaning Baby from the Bottle | |
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| A Person at Both Ends of the Bottle | |
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| Introducing Solid Foods: When, What, and How | |
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| Why Wait? | |
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| Feeding Solids: Six to Nine Months | |
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| Feeding Strategies | |
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| Feeding Solids: Nine to Twelve Months | |
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| Making Your Own Baby Food | |
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| Commercial Baby Food | |
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| Bring Out the Cup | |
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| Ten Tips for Becoming Your Family's Nutritionist | |
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| Feed Your Baby Smart Fats | |
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| Feed Your Baby the Best Carbs | |
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| Perk Up the Proteins | |
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| Shape Young Tastes | |
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| Fill Up with Fiber | |
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| Value Your Vitamins | |
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| Mind Your Minerals | |
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| Pump Up Baby's Iron | |
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| Make Every Calorie Count | |
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| Raise a Lean Baby | |
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| Feeding the Toddler: One to Two Years | |
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| Nourishing the Picky Eater | |
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| Getting Your Toddler to Eat | |
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| Choosing the Right Milk for Your Toddler | |
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| Is Your Child Eating Enough? | |
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| Food Allergies | |
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| Pesticides: How to Keep Them Out of the Mouths of Babies | |
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| Contemporary Parenting | |
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| Babywearing: The Art and Science of Carrying Your Baby | |
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| New Support for an Old Idea | |
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| Choosing the Right Baby Carrier | |
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| How to Wear Your Baby: A Personal Course | |
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| The Babywearing Father - Becoming a Shareholder | |
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| Other Babywearers | |
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| Wearing Down to Sleep | |
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| Babywearing in Real-Life Situations | |
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| Babywearing in Special Situations | |
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| How Babywearing Benefits Infants and Parents | |
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| Babywearing May Change Your Lifestyle for the Better | |
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| Nighttime Parenting: How to Get Your Baby to Sleep | |
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| Facts of Infant Sleep | |
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| Step One: Give Your Baby the Best Sleep Start | |
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| Step Two: Condition Your Baby to Sleep | |
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| Step Three: Lessen Conditions That Cause Night Waking | |
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| Sleeping with Your Baby - Yes? No? Sometimes? | |
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| Handling Worries and Criticisms of Sleeping with Your Baby | |
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| Sleep Safety | |
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| Troubleshooting: Solving Your Baby's Sleep Problems | |
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| Frequently Asked Questions About Sleep Problems | |
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| Parenting the Fussy or Colicky Baby | |
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| Fussy Babies | |
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| Why Babies Fuss | |
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| Matching Babies and Parents | |
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| Soothing the Fussy Baby | |
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| The Colicky Baby, Alias the Hurting Baby | |
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| Tracking Down Hidden Causes of Colic | |
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| Comforting Colic | |
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| Is Colic Preventable? | |
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| Entering the Promised Time | |
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| Working and Parenting | |
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| The Real Issue: Attachment | |
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| Keys to Working and Attaching | |
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| Choosing Substitute Caregivers | |
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| The Commercial Day-Care Option | |
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| Special Situations | |
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| Parenting the Adopted Baby | |
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| International Adoption | |
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| Parenting Twins | |
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| Single Parenting | |
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| The Down Syndrome Baby - A Special Kind of Parenting | |
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| Mixing Babies and Pets | |
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| Infant Development and Behavior | |
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| Growing Together: Enjoying Your Baby's Developmental Stages | |
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| Growing Together | |
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| Attachment Parenting: How It Builds Better Babies - And Parents | |
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| How Babies Grow | |
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| The Five Features of Infant Development | |
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| Seven Ways to Build a Brighter Baby | |
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| Autism Screening and Early Detection | |
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| Sensory Processing Disorder | |
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| The First Six Months: Big Changes | |
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| The First Month: Big Needs | |
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| Newborn Reflexes | |
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| The Second Month: Big Smiles | |
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| The Third Month: Big Hands | |
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| A Three-Month Review | |
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| The Fourth Month: Big Looks | |
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| Language Development, Four to Six Months | |
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| The Fifth Month: Big Reaches | |
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| The Sixth Month: Sitting Big | |
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| Raising Healthy Teeth | |
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| The Second Six Months: Moving Up | |
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| Six to Nine Months: Exploring Big | |
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| New Fears and Concerns in the Second Six Months | |
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| Nine to Twelve Months: Big Moves | |
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| Caring for Your Baby's Feet | |
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| The Second Year: From Babyhood to Toddlerhood | |
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| Twelve to Fifteen Months: Big Steps | |
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| Fifteen to Eighteen Months: Big Words | |
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| Enriching Your Toddler's Language | |
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| Does Your Child Walk Funny? | |
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| Eighteen to Twenty-four Months: Big Thoughts | |
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| Bothersome but Normal Toddler Behaviors | |
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| The Real Meaning of Discipline | |
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| Headstrong Mind-set | |
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| Toy Squabbles | |
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| Temper Tantrums | |
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| Biting and Hitting | |
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| Baby Won't Mind | |
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| Screeching and Whining | |
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| Thumb-sucking | |
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| Toilet Training | |
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| Facts You Should Know | |
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| Better Late Than Early | |
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| A Step-by-Step Approach to Toilet Training | |
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| The Child Who Won't Go | |
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| Toilet Training Quickly: The Weekend-Training-Camp Method | |
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| Keeping Your Baby Safe and Healthy | |
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| Babyproofing Your Home | |
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| Profile of an Accident-Prone Child | |
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| The Accident-Prone Home | |
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| Home Babyproofing Checklists | |
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| Choosing and Using Safe Baby Equipment | |
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| Safe and Sane Car Travel | |
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| Cycling with Infants | |
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| Plantproofing Your Home | |
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| Environmental Pollutants: Getting the Lead Out | |
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| Keeping Your Baby Healthy | |
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| Health Maintenance Begins at Home | |
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| Well-Baby Checkups | |
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| Immunizations: Why, What, and When | |
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| Treating Little People | |
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| Giving Medicines | |
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| The Most Common Medical Problems: Self-help Home Care | |
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| Parenting the Baby with Fever | |
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| Colds | |
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| Coughs | |
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| Ear Infections | |
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| Sinus Infections | |
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| Croup | |
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| Diarrhea | |
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| Vomiting | |
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| Constipation | |
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| Tracking and Treating Inhalant Allergies | |
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| Eczema | |
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| Questions Parents Have About AIDS | |
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| Childhood Illnesses at a Glance | |
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| Lifesaving Procedures and First Aid for Common Emergencies | |
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| The Three P's | |
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| When Your Baby Isn't Breathing: A Step-by-Step Approach to CPR | |
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| Choking | |
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| Bleeding | |