Caring for Your Baby and Young ChildThis authoritative and comprehensive book brings you state-of-the-art answers to all your medical and parenting concerns. Written in a warm, accessible style and illustrated with more than 350 helpful drawings and diagrams, this book gives you the information you need to know about looking after your baby up to the age of five. In Caring for your Baby and Young Child you will find: BL a month-by-month guide to your baby's first year that lets you know what to expect in terms of growth, behaviour, and development BL a yearly guide for years two to five, with practical advice for dealing with nightmares, bedwetting, and temper tantrums BL health watch features that alert you to potential problems at each stage BL advice on effective discipline and optimal nurturing BL a complete health encyclopaedia covering illnesses, injuries, congenital diseases, and other disabilities BL a discussion of family issues from sibling rivalry and adoption to stepfamilies and professional child care. This is an essential child care resource for all parents who want the best for their children. |
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Contents
Preparing for a New Baby | 3 |
Issues to Discuss with Your | 9 |
104 | 58 |
Tuberculosis | 63 |
Breast and Bottle | 67 |
Possible Problems | 91 |
Supplementation for BreastFed | 104 |
Your Babys First Days | 111 |
Your Child | 411 |
Making a Final Selection | 418 |
Building a Relationship with Your | 428 |
Controlling Infectious Diseases | 436 |
Parttime Care for Children with | 442 |
Behavior | 495 |
Chest and Lungs | 507 |
Birth Defects | 522 |
Birth and the First | 112 |
Parenting Issues | 124 |
112 | 133 |
The Family | 165 |
Basic Care | 181 |
Immunization Alert | 187 |
Age Eight Months Through | 215 |
Age Four Months Through | 250 |
Whooping Cough Pertussis | 282 |
Age Two to Three Years | 285 |
57 | 286 |
Basic Care | 305 |
Developmental Disabilities | 319 |
Family Relationships | 320 |
Growth and Development | 326 |
Basic Care | 355 |
320 | 375 |
322 | 393 |
Hearing Loss | 528 |
Fever | 535 |
Animal Bites | 536 |
Hay Fever Allergic Rhinitis | 541 |
Sore Throat Strep Throat | 547 |
Resuscitation | 552 |
Genitourinary Tract | 587 |
Wetting Problems or Enuresis | 593 |
Motion Sickness | 599 |
Bowlegs and Knockknees Roseola Infantum | 621 |
Skin and Diseases | 647 |
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Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5 American Academy of Pediatrics,Steven P. Shelov No preview available - 2009 |
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| Title | Caring for Your Baby and Young Child Oxford medical publications |
| Author | Steven P. Shelov |
| Editor | Steven P. Shelov |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0192627783, 9780192627780 |
| Length | 676 pages |
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