From America’s foremost baby and childcare experts—the help you need to deal with your high-need baby or child.Does your baby fuss, cry, and want to be held all the time? Do you have a young child who’s stubborn, opinionated, demanding—a real handful? Take heart. America’s favorite childcare authorities have written a book just for you. Drawing on more than forty years of pediatrics practice and on their own experience as parents, Dr. Bill and Martha Sears offer:

Revised and expanded: America's bestselling "baby bible" –– an encyclopedic guide to the first two years of your baby's life.The million-copy bestseller by “the man who remade motherhood” (TIME) has now been revised, expanded, and bought thoroughly up-to-date — with the latest information on prenatal vitamins, breastfeeding practices, daycare, midwifery, hospital births, preventing and overcoming postpartum depression, and infant development.The Se...

The Sears Parenting Library's exploration of how nutrition affects the brains and behavior of young children. N.D.D., or Nutrition Deficit Disorder, as coined by Dr. Bill Sears, is based on the idea that if "you put junk food into a child's brain, you get back junk behavior and learning."Dr. Sears explores the latest scientific research on the effects of nutrition on the brain, presenting case studies of his own patients who were diagnosed as "N.D.D." and showed major improvement i...

Shape your child’s tastes and metabolism for optimal health!Raising healthy kids is harder than it used to be. Fast-food restaurants are everywhere, junk food is served in schools, and high-risk sweeteners and trans-fats abound in snacks marketed directly to children. Illnesses among children—from depression to diabetes, from limited attention spans to cholesterol imbalance—have reached an all-time high, and this alarming situation can be directly linked to the foo...

An updated guide to the renowned parenting philosophyAttachment parenting is the beloved, yet often misunderstood, philosophy of ensuring your children grow up with their needs completely fulfilled. Modern Attachment Parenting gives you all the information you need to choose your own AP adventure.Modern Attachment Parenting doesn't overload you with parenting rules, but rather empowers you with information. It is an evolution of the scienc...

We all want to live as healthfully as possible. In The Omega-3 Effect, Dr. William Sears turns his attention to the critical role that omega-3s play in the body. Dr. Sears takes readers through each body system-including the brain, heart, joints, skin, and immune system-and demonstrates how omega-3s are essential to each.The Omega-3 Effect also offers tips on what foods and supplements readers should incorporate into their diet, as well as several delicious recipe...

Twelve years ago, renowned physician and author Dr. William Sears was diagnosed with cancer. He, like so many people, wanted -- and needed -- to take control of his health. Dr. Sears created a comprehensive, science based, head-to-toe program for living a long, fit life -- and it worked.Now at the peak of health, Dr. Sears shares his program in Prime-Time Health. This engaging and deeply informative book will motivate readers to make crucial behavior and lifestyle changes....

From America's leading authorities in childcare comes the definitive guide to having a healthy pregnancy—and a healthy baby.The Healthy Pregnancy Cookbook guides expectant mothers and fathers through all stages of pregnancy from preconception through birth, focusing on how to enhance the health of mother and baby:How to grow a smarter and healthier babyHow your baby is developing, and how you may be changing both emotionally and phy...

A fully revised edition of the Dr. Sears guide to breastfeeding, a perennial favorite of parents for nearly two decadesFrom pediatric experts Martha Sears, R.N., and William Sears, M.D., a comprehensive, reassuring, authoritative information on:How to get started breastfeeding, with illustrated tips for latching on Increasing your milk supply Breastfeeding when working away from home Pumps and other technology associated with breastfeeding Making sure your ...

From America’s leading authorities in childcare comes the definitive guide to having a healthy pregnancy—and a healthy baby.The Healthy Pregnancy Book guides expectant mothers and fathers through all stages of pregnancy from preconception through birth, focusing on how to enhance the health of mother and baby.How to grow a smarter and healthier babyHow your baby is developing, and how you may be changing both emotionally and physicallyEating right ...

Everything you need to know about getting your baby or toddler to sleep—from America’s foremost baby and childcare expertsFor every parent deprived of sleep by a restless infant or toddler, now there’s hope. The Baby Sleep Book is the comprehensive, reassuring, solution-filled resource that every family will want to own.Babies don’t automatically know how to sleep through the night; they need to be taught. The Sears family has learned from decades ...

Science-based guidance on getting the best from your cancer treatment from one of America’s most trusted doctorsCancer can make you feel powerless. Survival rate statistics can leave you feeling helpless and afraid.But you are a person, not a percentage. And you are not powerless.In Help Heal Yourself from Cancer, cancer survivors and medical-profession veterans Bill and Martha Sears help you go from patient to partner in your cancer-healing journe...