Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified, practicing pediatrician, the creator of the popular website modernmommydoc.com, and the author of The New Baby Blueprint: Caring for You and Your Little One. She is the mother of two young daughters and lives in Portland, OR.
"""Dr Casares conveys a reassuring perspective that not only can we release the pressure but that we must, and walks the reader through a path that feels practical, believable, kind, and wise."" --Amy Stoeber, PhD, licensed psychologist and creator of the courses The Art of Imperfect Parenting and The Kids Will Be OK ""Dr Casares shares timely and topical advice, empowering parents to not only prioritize what is truly important but also to serve as role models for our children to continue tilting the needle towards greater gender equity."" --Shelly Vaziri Flais, MD, FAAP, pediatrician and author of Raising Twins, editor in chief of Caring for Your School-Age Child, coeditor of The Big Book of Symptoms, and assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ""Dr Casares' vital message in this warmly reassuring, deeply empathetic book is that when you practice better self-care, you will take better care of everyone--and everything--else. It's filled with practical, actionable tools and tips that even the most sleep-deprived, bleary-eyed working mother can follow."" --Jancee Dunn, author of How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids ""This book is exactly what modern parents need to get to that beautiful balanced space where they can love with every bit of their energy precisely because their tanks are filled in other areas of their lives."" --Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD, MS Ed, FAAP, author of Building Resilience in Children and Teens and Raising Kids to Thrive and director of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia"