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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART 1: PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND THE NEWBORN

• Planning A Baby
• Pregnancy
• Making Preparations
• Labour And Delivery
• Management Of The Newborn In Hospital
• Normal Variations In A Newborn
• Care Of The Newborn
• Holistic Bonding With Your Unborn Child
  Guest Article by Dr. Geetanjali Shah

PART 2: THE GROWING YEARS — FROM INFANCY TO ADOLESCENCE

• Normal Growth And Development
• Immunisation
• Behaviour At Different Ages
• Meeting The Emotional Needs Of Children
• Learning And Schooling
• Getting Your Child Ready to Read
  Guest Article by Dr. Vibha Krishnamoorthy
• Parenting Adolescents
  Guest Article by Dr. M. K. C. Nair

PART 3: FEEDING INFANTS, YOUNG CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

• Feeding The Newborn And Infants
• Feeding Young Children
• Food For Adolescents
• The Food Pyramid
• Healthy Food Habits
  Guest Article by Karen Anand

PART 4: KEEPING YOUR CHILD HEALTHY

• Choosing A Paediatrician
• Proper Use of Medicines
• Home Remedies
• A First Aid Kit
• The A-Z of Childhood Illnesses
   
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Abrasions or Scratches
  • Acute Glomerulonephritis
  • Acute Nephritis
  • Acute Watery Diarrhoea
  • Addictions
  • Adenoids
  • AIDS
  • Allergies
  • Anaemia
  • Anorexia (Poor Appetite)
  • Asthma
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism
  • Backache
  • Bed-Wetting (Enuresis)
  • Birth Deformities and Congenital Abnormalities
  • Bites and Stings
  • Bleeding
  • Bone, Joint and Muscle Injuries
  • Bowlegs and Knock-Knees
  • Breathlessness
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Burns
  • Calcium Deficiency
  • Cancer
  • Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Mouth-To-Mouth Breathing
  • Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • Chickenpox
  • Choking
  • Circumcision
  • Cleft Lip and Palate
  • Common Cold
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Constipation
  • Convulsions or Fits or Seizures
  • Cough
  • Croup
  • Crying
  • Cuts
  • Dengue Fever
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Dehydration
  • Diphtheria
  • Down's Syndrome
  • Earache, Ear Infections and Deafness
  • Electric Shock
  • Encephalitis
  • Eye Problems
  • Fears
  • Foot Problems
  • German Measles (Rubella)
  • Glands in the Neck and Elsewhere
  • Headache
  • Head Injury
  • Hepatitis
  • Hydrocephalus
  • Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
  • Hypospadias
  • Influenza (Flu)
  • Jaundice
  • Joint Disorders
  • Kala-Azar
  • Leptospirosis
  • Limp and Pain in the Legs
  • Malaria
  • Malnutrition (Undernutrition)
  • Measles
  • Meningitis
  • Meningomyelocele
  • Menstrual Problems
  • Mental Retardation (MR)
  • Mouth To Mouth Breathing
  • Mumps
  • Nephrotic Syndrome
  • Nose-Related Problems
  • Obesity
  • Pneumonia
  • Poisoning
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Premature Baby
  • Prolapse of the Rectum
  • Rabies
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Rickets
  • Short Child
  • Skin Conditions
  • Sleep and Sleep Problems
  • Sore Throat (Pharyngitis)
  • Splinters
  • Stammering
  • Stridor (Noisy Breathing)
  • Teething and Care of Teeth
  • Tetanus (Lock Jaw)
  • Thrush
  • Thumb-Sucking
  • Tics
  • Torticollis
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula (TOF)
  • Tropical Eosinophilia
  • Tuberculosis (TB)
  • Typhoid
  • Umbilical Problems
  • Undescended Testis
  • Urinary Infection
  • Vaginal Discharge
  • Vomiting
  • Wheezing
  • Whooping Cough (Pertusis)
    
• Psychological Concerns
• Managing a Hospital Stay
• Emergencies
• Prayer and your Child’s Health
  Guest Article: Dr. Jer Master
• Nature Cure In Child Care
  Guest Article: Dr. Anand Gokani
• Homoeopathy: A Gentle Complementary System of Medicine
  Guest Article: Dr. Sunil Anand
• Ayurveda and Child Care
  Guest Article: Dr. Ashwinikumar A. Raut
• Congenital Heart Disease (CHD): Frequently Asked Questions
  Guest Article: Dr. Bharat Dalvi

PART 5: KEEPING YOUR CHILD HAPPY AND SAFE

• Healthy Habits
• Family Issues
• Prevention Of Accidents
• Keeping Children Entertained
• Spending The Holidays Together

Subject Index

11 February, 2013