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Your Premature Baby and Child: Helpful Answers and Advice for Parents by Amy E. Tracy and Dianne I. Maroney; Paperback - 400 pages, published September 1999 by Berkley Pub Group Synopsis: The only comprehensive guide for the parents of "preemies"-from homecoming to the school years. Every day new progress is being made in the care of babies born prematurely, helping them grow up as strong and healthier than ever imagined. But raising "preemies" often places special demands on parents whose little ones seem-especially in those early weeks and months-as fragile as they are precious. This illustrated guide, written by mothers of preemies and medical experts, can help. The Premature Baby Book : A Parent's Guide to Coping and Caring in the First Years Helen Harrison, Ann Kositsky "Since 1983, Helen Harrisons "The Premature Baby Book" has been the premier guide for parents as they cope with their premature baby's birth and subsequent stay in the hospitals Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)."

Your Premature Baby: Everything You Need to Know about Childbirth, Treatment, and Parenting of Premature Infants. Routine medical care for preemies; medical complications; parenting tips for extremely to moderately premature babies. From The Publisher This is a day-to-day guide for parents of premature infants. It explains everything parents need to know about the personnel, facilities, equipment and procedures that have given premature infants greater prospects for survival. Written by a neonatology specialist, the book details the problems most common to prematurity, explaining their diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Included are separate chapters on each of the three medically recognized stages of prematurity as well as first person narratives written by parents of babies in each category. Parents are advised on how to bond with premature infants; how to cope with emotional highs and lows of handling a premature infant; how to prepare for the premature baby's homecoming; the practical aspects of financial assistance and more.