Breastfeeding and Baby Information:

• Regarding breastfeeding: 

  • Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher

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• For general baby / toddler issues: 

  • Baby 411 by Ari Brown and Denise Fields

  • Toddler 411 by Ari Brown and Denise Fields 

 

Toilet and Sleep Training 

• For toilet training:

  • Toilet Training the Brazelton Way by TB Brazelton

  • The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training by Mark Wolraich

  • Parents Book of Toilet Teaching by Joanna Cole

  • The Potty Journey: Guide to Toilet Training Children with Special Needs by Judith A. Coucouvanis

 

• For sleep training:

  • Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth

  • Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber

  • American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood Sleep Guidelines

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Development and Behavior 

• Regarding development:

  • Wonder Weeks by Frans X. Plooij and van de Rijt Hetty

  • Touchpoints-Birth to Three by T. Berry Brazelton and Joshua D. Sparrow

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• ​Regarding challenging behavior, limit testing, and common childhood conflict solving:​

  • The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child by Alan E. Kazdin

  • Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman

  • 1-2-3 Magic: 3-Step Discipline for Calm, Effective, and Happy Parenting by Thomas Phelan

  • Your Defiant Child by Russell A Barkley

  • How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

  • alankazdin.com

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• Speech and Language Developmental Milestones:

  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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• Language Based Learning Disabilities (LBLD):

  • Helping Your Child with Language Based Learning Disabilities by Dr. Daniel Franklin

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Getting to know your body

• You-ology:  A Puberty Guide to Every Body

• It's Perfectly Normal by Robie H. Harris

• Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg

• Puberty is Gross, But Also Really Awesome by Gina Loveless

• Kelli's Books about the body

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Mental Health Resources 

• ADHD:

  • Taking Charge of ADHD: Third Edition: The Complete, Authoritative Guide for Parents by Russell A. Barkley

  • Answers to Distraction by Edward M. Hallowell

  • 12 Principles for Raising a Child with ADHD by Dr. Russell Barkley

  • ADHD 2.0 by Dr. Ned Hallowell

 

• Anxiety:

  • Freeing Your Child From Anxiety by Tamar Chansky

  • You and Your Anxious Child: Free Your Child from Fears and Worries and Create a Joyful Family Life by Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D

  • Anxiety Relief for Teens by Regine Galanti, Ph.D

  • Express Yourself: A Teen Girl's Guide to Speaking Up and Being Who You Are by Emily Roberts, MA, LPC

 

• Mental Health Centers:

  • Children's Aid Society 

  • Inwood Community Services 

  • The Jewish Board 

  • Metropolitan Center for Mental Health

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Nutrition/Diet

• Iron:

  • General iron information

  • Meeting daily iron needs

  • Foods high in iron

• Cholesterol:

  • High cholesterol info​

  • Cholesterol problems in children 

  • Cholesterol, LDL, and HDL 

• Fiber:

  • Foods high in fiber

  • General fiber information

  • Insoluble & Soluble Fiber

• Calcium​:

  • General calcium information​

  • Ways to increase daily calcium 

• General nutrition info:

  • Choose My Plate

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Other helpful Links

• ​Eczema and sensitive skin 

• Stuttering

• Physical Developmental Delays: What to Look For

• Poison Control Center (212-764-7667)

• What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish

• Fish Tissue Search

• Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Health (Herbs and Supplements)

• Colic: Happiest Baby on the Block