Publications
For Parents
Here we provide summaries of several helpful books about parenting.
Breastfeeding Your Hospitalized Baby ^
by Nancy May Hurst, RN, M.S.N., IBCLC. Texas Children's Hospital, 2004, 38 pages.
Breastfeeding your hospitalized baby (PDF) is produced by Texas Children's Hospital, one of BCM's affiliated hospitals.
What to Do When Your Baby is Premature ^
by Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., and Sharon Simmons Hornfischer, RN, BSN. Three Rivers Press, 2000, 361 pages.
What to Do When Your Baby is Premature has the most up-to-date information on:
- the most common medical conditions that can cause prematurity,
- steps to take to prevent early delivery,
- the latest options for treatment,
- understanding the neonatal intensive care unit,
- specific recommendations for different stages of prematurity,
- taking premie babies home.
Good Families Don't Just Happen ^
by Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats and Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., with Claire Cassidy. Adams Media Corporation, 1997, 246 pages.
Good Families Don't Just Happen is the authors' program for creating a happy, organize family—despite the inevitable conflicts, crises, and sacrifices that all families encounter. With simple advice and easy-to-follow principles that help you make your family run as smoothly as a well-managed organization, they provide the tools and inspiration you need to create your own "good family."
Good Marriages Don't Just Happen ^
by Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats and Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D. Thomas More, 2000, 272 pages.
"Following our first book, Good Families Don't Just Happen, we decided to write another detailing the ingredients for a successful marriage. In this book we we hope that the readers will gain an understanding of the important components that have helped us to have a successful marriage while raising our ten sons." (Catherine & Joseph Garcia-Prats)
