Guide to Child Care . Home page Site Map Contents Testimonials Feedback Buy the Book! . Introduction .. 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 . 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 .. Parenting Adolescents . 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 . 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 .. Psychological Concerns .. Managing a Hospital Stay .. Emergencies .. Prayer and your Child’s Health .. Nature Cure In Child Care .. Homoeopathy .. Ayurveda and Child Care .. Congenital Heart Disease FAQs . Part 5: Keeping Your Child Happy and Safe .. Healthy Habits .. Family Issues .. Prevention Of Accidents .. Keeping Children Entertained .. Spending The Holidays Together . ------------ Childhood Illnesses ------------ .. Abdominal Pain .. Abrasions or Scratches .. Acute Glomerulonephritis .. Acute Nephritis .. Acute Watery Diarrhoea .. Addictions .. Adenoids .. AIDS .. Allergies .. Anaemia .. Anorexia - Poor Appetite .. Asthma .. ADHD .. Autism .. Backache .. Bed-Wetting - Enuresis .. Birth Deformities .. Bites and Stings .. Bleeding .. Bone, Joint and Muscle Injuries .. Bowlegs and Knock-Knees .. Breathlessness .. Bronchiolitis .. Burns .. Calcium Deficiency .. Cancer .. Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation .. 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 .