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  • Published: 15 March 2006
  • ISBN: 9780553383690
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $45.00

Your Child's Health

The Parents' One-Stop Reference Guide to: Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesses, Behavior Problems, and Healthy Development



Emergencies:

--when to call your child's physician immediately

-what to do in case of burns, bites, stings, poisoning, choking, and injuries

Common Illnesses:

-when it's safe to treat your child at home

-step-by-step instructions on dealing with fever, infections, allergies, rashes, earaches, croup and other common ailments

Behavior Problems:

-proven strategies for colic, sleep disturbances, toilet training problems, thumbsucking, and the video game craze

-no-nonsense discipline techniques for biting, temper tantrums, sibling fighting, and school refusal

Health Promotion: From Birth Through Adolescence:

-essential advice on newborn baby care, nutrition, cholesterol testing, immunizations, and sex education

-ways of preventing spoiled children, picky eaters, overeating, tooth decay, accidents, and homework problems

  • Published: 15 March 2006
  • ISBN: 9780553383690
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $45.00

Praise for Your Child's Health

"Fills the gap where Spock leaves off! Written by one of the most experienced and thoughtful pediatricians in the country...Precisely helpful, telling parents when and when not to panic." --T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., Harvard Medical School