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Bite-Sized Parenting: Your Baby’s First Year
Chapter 1
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, About SUID and SIDS, June 2022
National Library of Medicine, Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: An Unrecognized Killer in Developing Countries, February 2016
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, June 2022
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC Approves Major New Federal Safety Standard for Infant Sleep Products, June 2021
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Pediatrics, Does Swaddling Decrease or Increase the Risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?, June 2009
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Swaddling: A Systematic Review, October 2007
American Academy of Pediatrics, Swaddling: Is it Safe for Your Baby?, July 2022
Journal of Perinatology, Clarifying Nipple Confusion, July 2015
American Family Physician, Risks and Benefits of Pacifiers, April 2009
National Library of Medicine, Pediatrics, Swaddling: A Systematic Review, October 2007
National Library of Medicine, MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, Risks and Benefits of Swaddling Healthy Infants: An Integrative Review, July/August 2017
KidsHealth, Your Newborn’s Growth, October 2018
American Academy of Pediatrics, Responding To Your Baby’s Cries, April 2021
The Journal of Pediatrics, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Fussing and Crying Durations and Prevalence of Colic in Infants, June 2017
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review, Colic, July 2012
Mayo Clinic, Colic, April 2022
KidsHealth, Colic, November 2019
The Period of Purple Crying, What is the Period of PURPLE Crying?
American Academy of Pediatrics, Back to Sleep, Tummy to Play, June 2022
KidsHealth, Your Newborn’s Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses
American Academy of Ophthalmology, Vision Development: Newborn to 12 Months, February 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Infant Vision Development: What Can Babies See?, January 2012
National Library of Medicine, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, The Effect of Musical Stimulation and Mother’s Voice on the Early Development of Musical Abilities: A Neuropsychological Perspective, August 2021
Nature Human Behaviour, Infants Relax in Response to Unfamiliar Foreign Lullabies, October 2020
International Congress of Infant Studies, Infancy, Singing Delays the Onset of Infant Distress, September 2015
Current Biology, Mothers Consistently Alter Their Unique Vocal Fingerprints When Communicating with Infants, October 2017
National Library of Medicine, Child Development, Developmental Differences in Infant Attention to the Spectral Properties of Infant-Directed Speech, December 1994
Acta Paediatrica, Skin-to-Skin Contact the First Hour After Birth, Underlying Implications and Clinical Practice, February 2019
Chapter 2
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC’s Developmental Milestones, August 2022
National Library of Medicine, Rooting Reflex, April 2022
Cleveland Clinic, The Color of Baby Poop and What It Means: What’s normal? When to worry?, December 2020
American Academy of Pediatrics, The Many Colors of Baby Poop, September 2022
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Womb with a View: Sensory Development in Utero, August 2017
National Library of Medicine, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, Massage Therapy Research Review, November 2014
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, PERSPECTIVE: The Long-Term Effects of Light Exposure on Establishment of Newborn Circadian Rhythm, October 2018
Chapter 3
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, June 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Lactobacillus Reuteri to Treat Infant Colic: A Meta-Analysis, January 2018
Nutrients, Probiotics on Pediatric Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, November 2018
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, Is Gripe Water Baby-Friendly?, April-June 2012
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Gripe Water Administration in Infants 1-6 months of Age-A Cross-sectional Study, November 2015
University of Michigan Health, Colic: Harmful Treatments, September 2021
National Library of Medicine, Pediatrics, Simethicone in the Treatment of Infant Colic: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial, July 1994
American Academy of Pediatrics, Breaking Up Gas, April 2012
Kelly Mom, My Baby is Gassy. Is This Caused by Something in My Diet?, March 2018
National Library of Medicine, Canadian Family Physician, “Something is Wrong with Your Milk”, March 2019
National Library of Medicine, Korean Journal of Pediatrics, Maternal Food Restrictions During Breastfeeding, March 2017
Johns Hopkins Medicine, 5 Breastfeeding Diet Myths
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Breastfeeding Medicine, ABM Clinical Protocol #24: Allergic Proctocolitis in the Exclusively Breastfed Infant, 2011
La Leche League International, CMPI – Cow’s Milk Protein Intolerance, January 2018
Chapter 4
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC’s Developmental Milestones, August 2022
National Library of Medicine, Mind, Brain, and Education, Dissonance Between Parent-Selected Bedtimes and Young Children’s Circadian Physiology Influences Nighttime Settling Difficulties, December 2013
National Library of Medicine, Sleep, The Development of Circadian Rhythms in a Human Infant, May 1999
American Psychological Association, Journal of Sleep Research, Development of Infant and Toddler Sleep Patterns: Real‐World Data from a Mobile Application, June 2016
Scientific Reports, Sleep-Dependent Enhancement of Emotional Memory in Early Childhood, August 2018
National Library of Medicine, Nature and Science of Sleep, Infant Sleep and its Relation with Cognition and Growth: A Narrative Review, May 2017
National Library of Medicine, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Bedtime Routines in Early Childhood: Prevalence, Consistency, and Associations with Nighttime Sleep, March 2015
National Library of Medicine, International Journal of Nursing Studies, Improving Day and Night Sleep Problems in Infants by Changing Day Time Sleep Rhythm: A Single Group Before and After Study, November 2005
American Academy of Pediatrics, Why Babies Spit Up, April 2019
American Academy of Pediatrics, Gastroesophageal Reflux & Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Parent FAQs, June 2019
National Eczema Association, Eczema and Bathing
American Academy of Dermatology Association, How to Bathe a Child Who Has Eczema
Mayo Clinic, Baby Acne
American Academy of Pediatrics, Cradle Cap, November 2009
Chapter 5
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Uninterrupted Infant Sleep, Development, and Maternal Mood, December 2018
National Library of Medicine, Pediatrics, Sleeping Through the Night: The Consolidation of Self-Regulated Sleep Across the First Year of Life, October 2010
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Sleep Research, Reference Values and Changes in Infant Sleep-Wake Behaviour During the First 12 Months of Life: A Systematic Review, January 2018
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
National Library of Medicine, Breastfeeding Medicine: The Official Journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, Infant Sleep and Night Feeding Patterns During Later Infancy: Association with Breastfeeding Frequency, Daytime Complementary Food Intake, and Infant Weight, June 2015
National Library of Medicine, Infant Behavior and Development, Breastfeeding and Short Sleep Duration in Mothers and 6 to 11 Month Old Infants, December 2012
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, Nighttime Sleep-Wake Patterns and Self-Soothing from Birth to One Year of Age: A Longitudinal Intervention Study, September 2002
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Behavioral Interventions for Infant Sleep Problems: A Randomized Controlled Trial, June 2016
National Library of Medicine, Canadian Family Physician, Infant Sleep Training: Rest Easy?, January 2018
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, SLEEP, Behavioral Treatment of Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings in Infants and Young Children, October 2006
National Library of Medicine, Acta Paediatrica, Treatment of Sleep Problems in Families With Young Children: Effects of Treatment on Family Well-Being, January 2004
National Library of Medicine, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Improving Infant Sleep and Maternal Mental Health: A Cluster Randomised Trial, November 2007
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Five-Year Follow-up of Harms and Benefits of Behavioral Infant Sleep Intervention: Randomized Trial, October 2012
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, July 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Starting Solid Foods, August 2022
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, When, What, and How to Introduce Solid Foods, August 2021
World Health Organization, Infant and Young Child Feeding, June 2021
Baby-Led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food, G Rapley, T Murkett. 2008, Random House
American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP News, New Guidelines Detail Use of ‘Infant-Safe’ Peanut to Prevent Allergy, January 2017
National Library of Medicine, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, A Consensus Approach to the Primary Prevention of Food Allergy Through Nutrition: Guidance from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; and the Canadian Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, January 2021
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy in the United States: Report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases–Sponsored Expert Panel, January 2017
The Association of UK Dietitians, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, The Effect of Age of Introduction to Lumpy Solids on Foods Eaten and Reported Feeding Difficulties at 6 and 15 Months, June 2008
American Dental Association, Eruption Charts
Seattle Children’s, Teething, January 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP News, FDA Warns Teething Products with Benzocaine May Pose Safety Risk, May 2018
American Dental Association, Teething
Chapter 6
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Important Milestones: Your Baby by Six Months, August 2022
National Library of Medicine, StatPearls, Physiology, Sleep Stages, April 2022
National Library of Medicine, Nature and Science of Sleep, Short- and Long-Term Health Consequences of Sleep Disruption, May 2017
BMJ Paediatrics Open, Parent-Reported Early Sleep Problems and Internalising, Externalising and Dysregulation Symptoms in Toddlers, March 2020
American Medical Association, JAMA Network Open, Recommendations on Complementary Food Introduction Among Pediatric Practitioners, August 2020
National Library of Medicine, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Delayed Introduction of Lumpy Foods to Children During the Complementary Feeding Period Affects Child’s Food Acceptance and Feeding at 7 Years of Age, January 2009
National Library of Medicine, Nutrients, How Feasible Is Baby-Led Weaning as an Approach to Infant Feeding? A Review of the Evidence, November 2012
Baby-Led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food, G Rapley, T Murkett. 2008, Random House
National Library of Medicine, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Maternal Control of Child Feeding During the Weaning Period: Differences Between Mothers Following a Baby-Led or Standard Weaning Approach, November 2011
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, A Baby-Led Approach to Eating Solids and Risk of Choking, October 2016
National Library of Medicine, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics : The Official Journal of the British Dietetic Association, No Difference in Self-Reported Frequency of Choking Between Infants Introduced to Solid Foods Using a Baby-Led Weaning or Traditional Spoon-Feeding Approach, December 2017
KidsHealth, Reading Books to Babies, August 2019
Chapter 7
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, Food Allergy
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, The Public Health Impact of Parent-Reported Childhood Food Allergies in the United States, December 2018
United States Department of Agriculture: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Food Allergies, December 2016
KidsHealth, Food Allergies, January 2022
Food Allergy Research and Education, Food Allergy Essentials: Common Allergens
American Academy of Pediatrics, Common Food Allergies, August 2020
American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP News, New Guidelines Detail Use of ‘Infant-Safe’ Peanut to Prevent Allergy, January 2017
American Academy of Pediatrics, When Can I Start Giving My Baby Peanut Butter?, March 2019
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, The Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Hydrolyzed Formulas, and Timing of Introduction of Allergenic Complementary Foods, April 2019
American Academy of Pediatrics, Peanut Allergies: What You Should Know About the Latest Research & Guidelines, January 2020
Food Allergy Research and Education, Research: Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP)
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, Primary Prevention of Allergic Disease Through Nutritional Interventions, November 2012
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Top 8 Food Allergies in Kids and What Parents Need to Know, June 2018
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, The Public Health Impact of Parent-Reported Childhood Food Allergies in the United States, December 2018
Food Allergy Research and Education, Education: Common Questions
American Academy of Pediatrics, Food Allergies in Children: How Do I Know If My Child Has a Food Allergy?, November 2018
Cedars Sinai, Food Allergies in Children
American Academy of Pediatrics, Food Allergy Reactions, November 2009
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Foods and Drinks to Avoid or Limit, May 2022
KidsHealth, Can I Feed My Baby Honey?, October 2018
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Choking Hazards, February 2022
US Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020
American Academy of Pediatrics, Why Do Infants Need Baby Formula Instead of Cow’s Milk?, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Where We Stand: Fruit Juice for Children, July 2022
American Dental Association, Journal of the American Dental Association, From Baby Bottle to Cup: Choose Training Cups Carefully, Use Them Temporarily, March 2004
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Impact of Symbolic Gesturing on Early Language Development, June 2000
Chapter 8
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
National Library of Medicine, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, No Need for Water Supplementation for Exclusively Breast-Fed Infants Under Hot and Arid Conditions, August 1990
National Library of Medicine, Indian Pediatrics, Do Exclusively Breast Fed Infants Need Fluid Supplementation?, April 1992
Acta Paediatrica, Exclusively Breastfed, Low Birthweight Term Infants Do Not Need Supplemental Water, January 2007
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review, Hyponatremia, September 2013
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Water Intoxication in Infants
American Academy of Pediatrics, Recommended Drinks for Children Age 5 & Younger, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Good Oral Health Starts Early, November 2020
American Academy of Pediatrics, AAP News, Fluoride Toothpaste Should Be Used When Child’s First Tooth Erupts: AAP, September 2014
American Association of Pediatric Dentistry, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
American Association of Pediatric Dentistry, Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center, The Importance of the Age One Dental Visit, 2019
American Academy of Pediatrics, Movement: Babies 8 to 12 Months, April 2021
Chapter 9
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Important Milestones: Your Baby by Nine Months, August 2022
National Library of Medicine, Infant Behavior and Development, Sleep Disruption and Motor Development: Does Pulling-to-Stand Impacts Sleep-Wake Regulation?, February 2016
National Library of Medicine, The Spanish Journal of Psychology, The Temporal Relation Between Regression and Transition Periods in Early Infancy, May 2010
National Library of Medicine, Child: Care, Health and Development, Locomotion and Nightwaking, November 2005
National Library of Medicine, Psychiatry, From the Outside Looking In: Sense of Belonging, Depression, and Suicide Risk, 2015
Public Library of Science, PLOS ONE, Having a Lot of a Good Thing: Multiple Important Group Memberships as a Source of Self-Esteem, May 2015
Chapter 10
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
KidsHealth, Finger Foods for Babies, June 2018
National Library of Medicine, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Repeated Exposure to Food and Food Acceptability in Infants and Toddlers: A Systematic Review, March 2019
National Library of Medicine, Appetite, Practice Does Make Perfect. A Longitudinal Look at Repeated Taste Exposure, November 2008
National Library of Medicine, Pediatrics, Early Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Acceptance, December 2007
National Library of Medicine, Frontiers in Psychology, How Infants and Young Children Learn About Food: A Systematic Review, July 2017
Public Library of Science, PLOS ONE, The Lasting Influences of Early Food-Related Variety Experience: A Longitudinal Study of Vegetable Acceptance from 5 Months to 6 Years in Two Populations, March 2016
Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, Feeding Guide for the First Year
American Academy of Pediatrics, Sample Menu for a Baby 8 to 12 Months Old, August 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Starting Solid Foods, August 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Travel Safety Tips, August 2018
Chapter 11
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Allen Institute for AI, Brain Sciences, The Association Between Diurnal Sleep Patterns and Emotions in Infants and Toddlers Attending Nursery, November 2020
National Library of Medicine, Nature and Science of Sleep, Spotlight on Daytime Napping During Early Childhood, March 2018
American Academy of Pediatrics, Healthy Sleep Habits: How Many Hours Does Your Child Need?, November 2020
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Recommended Amount of Sleep for Pediatric Populations: A Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, June 2016
KidsHealth, Naps, June 2020
National Library of Medicine, Sleep Medicine Reviews, Many Naps, One Nap, None: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Napping Patterns in Children 0-12 Years, April 2020
National Library of Medicine, Childhood Obeisity, Age of Bottle Cessation and BMI-for-Age Percentile Among Children Aged Thirty-Six Months Participating in WIC, April 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Discontinuing The Bottle, December 2011
American Academy of Pediatrics, Recommended Drinks for Children Age 5 & Younger, May 2022
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Making the Switch to Cow’s Milk for 1-year-olds, November 2016
American Academy of Pediatrics, Decreasing Community Toddler Formula Use, April 2022
American Academy of Family Physicians, American Family Physician, Nutrition in Toddlers, August 2018
National Library of Medicine, Acta Paediatrica, WHO Motor Development Study: Windows of Achievement for Six Gross Motor Development Milestones, April 2006
Government of Canada, Information for Canadians Travelling Outside of Canada, November 2011
American Academy of Pediatrics, Baby Walkers: A Dangerous Choice, August 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How to Ease Your Child’s Separation Anxiety, July 2021
KidsHealth, Separation Anxiety, October 2016
Chapter 12
World Health Organization, Weight for Age
American Academy of Pediatrics, Amount and Schedule of Baby Formula Feedings, May 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?, August 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Important Milestones: Your Child by One Year, August 2022
American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Media and Young Minds, November 2016
American Academy of Pediatrics, Breastfeeding: AAP Policy Explained, July 2022
World Health Organization, Breastfeeding
Mayo Clinic, Language Development: Speech Milestones for Babies, February 2022
Stanford Medicine, Age-Appropriate Speech and Language Milestones
