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    Moved recently? Find an AAP member pediatrician in your area. What is "FAAP"?
  • Healthy Children
    Quarterly magazine from AAP that features in-depth articles on a wide range of important health topics.
  • Seasonal Tips for Parents
    A series of tip sheets on a variety of seasonal topics including winter safety, summer safety and back-to-school.
  • Safety and Injury Prevention
    Keep your child safe. Click here for childproofing checklists, playground safety, poison prevention.
  • A Minute for Kids
    Listen here! One-minute radio segments. This month's features include Ear Piercing, Bunk Bed Safety and Common Sports Questions.
  • Pediatric Subspecialist Fact Sheets
    Has your child been referred to a specialist? Click here for information on the background, training and area of expertise for many pediatric subspecialities.
  • Bright Futures
    A philosophy and approach that is dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy.

AAP Bookstore

Check out the latest AAP parenting books...

Caring for Baby: 0 to 5 Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: From Birth to Age Five
Coming in October 2009! The new 5th edition of our best selling Caring for Your Baby and Young Child has been updated to reflect more than 250 AAP policy statements, reports and guidelines - preorder today! >  PreOrder

Heading Home with Newborn Heading Home with Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality
Offering parent-tested, pediatrician approved advice, Heading Home with Your Newborn has everything new parents need to prepare for the first few months of their infant's life. >  Buy


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