For generations, parents across the world have relied on Dr. Spock's expert pediatric advice. Now, In this fully revised edition of his timeless bestseller, you'll find all the information you need to meet the changes and challenges of childrearing in the new millennium -- including entirely new chapters about international adoption, coping with terrorism and disasters, college planning, autism, and other such topics as:

• breast-feeding: the latest research, approaches, and techniques
• common medical-care Q&A
• talking to your child about sex, drugs, and disease
• immunizations, vitamins, and nutrition
• learning, behavioral, and physical disorders
• dental and vision care
• raising nonviolent children, teaching tolerance
• blended families
• gay and lesbian parenting
• first aid and injury prevention

...and more. With all-new glossaries of medical terms and common medications, and an updated list of resources, this invaluable guide is the next best thing to Dr. Spock's #1 rule of parenting: "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

This first-time collection of essays brings together Dr. Spock's insightful writings on connecting with your child's inner life during the all-important early years. Dr. Spock's The First Two Years covers such topics as:

<ul type=disc> <li>understanding your baby's different cries <li>helping your little one cope with separation anxiety <li>communicating with your baby <li>teaching your child about giving and sharing <li>the easiest way ever to toilet-train <li>dealing with the impact a newborn can have on siblings <li>treating the most common ailments

With Dr. Spock's The First Two Years, new parents everywhere will return again and again to Dr. Spock for all of their child-rearing questions.