Marianne Restel MD's  Raising Kids in the New Millennium is a dandy self help work written by a doctor Mom and is especially for the new parents  who may not be entirely certain regarding what, how much or when their new infant comes to live with them.

 Chapter 1 The First Year of Life,

Chapter 2 The Four to Six Month Old,

Chapter 3 The Twelve Month Old,

Chapter 4 The Toddler Years,

Chapter 5 The 24 Month Old,

Chapter 6 The Preschool Years 3-5,

Chapter 7 The School aged child,

Chapter 8 Parenting the Adolescent,

Chapter 9 Behavior and Discipline,

Chapter 10 Spit Happens Encountering the Unexpected.

Most chapters begin with General Comments then progresses to specifics for each level with common normal conditions, issues, etc to aid the new and not so new parent.

Colic, crying, elimination are all discussed as Dr. Restel guides the new parent toward understanding what is normal and what is not.

Feeding including guidelines for when to introduce solids etc is included. Language development and getting ready for school are covered.

Dr. Restel takes the parents from birth right on through adolescence and the changes to be encountered along that road are all presented in the work.

Divorce, Medical illness and serious injury, Child Mistreatment are discussed. I found Raising Kids in the New Millennium to be a well crafted, easily readable guide.

The fact that the work is presented by a medical doctor specializing in kids is a real plus to this reader. So often guides are prepared based on ‘what should work’ by those who have little contact if any with actual children.

Writer Restel tosses in a regular sprinkling of anecdotes regarding her own children. Restel’s light handling of problems coupled with a little humor and some tidbits thrown in regarding her own parenting do’s and don’ts all capture and hold the reader’s interest.

I like the chapter headings and chapter notes, few new parents have time to sit down and read or re read a whole book. Raising Kids in the New Millennium can be read whole prior to baby and then piecemeal as the need demands following birth.

I like the fact that writer Restel does not present herself to be the absolute and final ‘there I said it now go and do’ authority. She offers a number of good suggestions, closes her book with a nicely rounded bibliography as well as clearly written descriptions of various childhood vaccines including their uses and importance for the well being of children and those around them.

On the whole I found Raising Kids in the New Millennium to be well done, easily read and covers most of the questions new parents, and parents of not so new kids may have.

For the home library, gift basket for the new parent, shower gift, public library, 

happy to recommend.

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Reviewed by: Molly Reviews Books   molly martin

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  AMAZON About the Author

Dr. Marianne Restel is a 1983 graduate of the University of Utah School of Medicine. She has nearly fifteen years of pediatric experience including a private practice in Tooele and Bountiful, Utah.

 She was on staff at Primary Children's Medical Center for several years while practicing in Utah.

She is currently living in Vacaville, California and is semi-retired from patient care. She is on the faculty of a major private university teaching nurse practitioner courses and is beginning her second book.

Amazon Product Details
Title:  Raising Kids in the New Millennium

 Genre: How To

 Author:  Marianne Restel, Md

 Line/Publisher Bonneville books

www.cedarfort.com 

ISBN: 10 55517 674 7

ISBN-13: 978-1555176747