Dr. Jung’s second book, What to Know Before Having Your Baby, is an expanded, illustrated version of the popular newborn book that every Blue Fish family receives at their first newborn visit.
It is now available on Amazon and soon to be available at your local Barnes & Noble.
Below is the introduction from the actual book:
There is nothing that brings greater joy than having a baby. But then come all of the questions.
When I first started practicing pediatrics in 2002, the first thing I worked on was creating a “newborn booklet” to address questions frequently asked by new parents.
It started off as a flimsy pamphlet, with just under 10 pages of “advice” from a neophyte pediatrician. Since then, I have gained a wealth of experience as a doctor, encountered myriads of differing feeding and sleeping philosophies for babies, and, most importantly, raised three children of my own. And along the way, that flimsy pamphlet grew to nearly 50 pages and has become what many of my patients call their “newborn Bible.”
It started off as a flimsy pamphlet, with just under 10 pages of “advice” from a neophyte pediatrician. Since then, I have gained a wealth of experience as a doctor, encountered myriads of differing feeding and sleeping philosophies for babies, and, most importantly, raised three children of my own. And along the way, that flimsy pamphlet grew to nearly 50 pages and has become what many of my patients call their “newborn Bible.”
Every doctor at Blue Fish Pediatrics has contributed their own take on snot, fevers, and colic, but none has been more influential than my original partner, Dr. William Pielop. In the early days of Blue Fish, we would trade aphorisms and workshop spiels at lunch, trying to figure out just the right way to explain how to feed a newborn baby to an anxious new mom.
This second book was born from those many lunch conversations, and owes a lot to the Blue Fish newborn book. Hopefully, it will serve to assuage your anxiety about the many rashes, habits, and bodily findings that you will encounter as you raise your baby. The vast majority of things that parents observe are what we call “normal abnormal”—findings that are not a true health concern, but which prompt a parent to wonder, “Does this need to be evaluated?”
This second book was born from those many lunch conversations and owes a lot to the Blue Fish newborn book. Hopefully, it will serve to assuage your anxiety about the many rashes, habits, and bodily findings that you will encounter as you raise your baby. The vast majority of things that parents observe are what we call “normal abnormal”—findings that are not a true health concern, but which prompt a parent to wonder, “Does this need to be evaluated?”
This book will cover the common questions that so often cause unnecessary worry for new parents. The answers to these questions, along with their accompanying pictures and short vignettes, are intended to help reassure moms and dads that their baby is healthy and give them peace of mind.
However, as with my first book, the information here is not intended to replace your pediatrician. Rather, it is meant to enhance the conversations you have with your doctor so that each check-up can be more efficient and productive. If you suspect that there is a serious problem with your newborn, parents are encouraged to seek medical advice from their pediatrician.
I hope that this book will help bring peace of mind, and answer many of your concerns so that you can enjoy every precious moment with your newborn.