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Pediatric Care’s Resources for Parents & Families

You can take charge of your child’s health and development. We’ve compiled a list of resources we recommend for parents that cover a variety of subjects. We love helping you on your parenting journey raising happy healthy kids!

Helpful Books

Help with Sleep

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth
The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Simple Solutions for Kids from Birth to 5 Years by Harvey Kemp
On Becoming Babywise by Gary Ezzo
Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg and Melinda Blau
Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems by Richard Ferber
The Sleep Sense Program by Dana Obleman (or visit Obleman’s website at www.sleepsense.net)

Help with Toilet Training

Guide to Toilet Training by Mark Wolraich
Toilet Training in Less Than a Day by Nathan Azrin

Help with Eating Problems

A Parent’s Guide to Childhood Obesity: A Road Map to Health by Sandra Kassink
Food Fights by Laura Jana and Jennifer Shu

Other Helpful Books

CyberSafe by Gwenn Schurgin O’keeffe
The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

Help with Parenting

No: Why kids of All Ages Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It by David Walsh
Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Love and Logic Magic for Early Childhood by Jim Fay
1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan
SOS: Help for Parents by Lynn Clark
The Child Whisperer, The Ultimate Handbook for Raising Happy, Successful, and Cooperative Children by Carol Tuttle
On Becoming Toddlerwise and On Becoming Childwise: Parenting your children from 3-7 by Gary Ezzo
The Entitlement Trap: How to Rescue your child with a New Family system of Choosing, Earning and Ownership by Richard and Linda Eyre
The Difficult Child by Stanley Turecki
Taking Charge of ADHD by Russell Barkley
Baby 411 by Denise Fields and Ari Brown
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting by John Gottman, Joan Declaire and Daniel Goleman.

Helpful Websites

References for Children’s Health

Early Intervention Services

Children’s Safety

Fun Websites

Apps Suggestions

Kids (for fun):

  • Tap and Sing by Storybots
  • ABC Videos by Storybots
  • Fisher Price:
    • Laugh & Learn Shapes
    • Laugh & Learn, Learning Letter Monkey
    • Storybook Rhymes
    • Laugh & Learn Animal Sounds for Baby
  • Talking Ginger
  • Talking Pierre theParrot
  • The Wheels On the Bus

Facebook Groups

  • Intermountain Moms
  • Utah Valley Moms
  • Real Moms
  • UVMoM (moms of multiples)

Health:

  • Pregnancy Companion
  • Similac Baby Journal (StrongMoms)
  • Pregnancy HD
  • Period tracker
  • My fitness pal