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Child Health Guide
Holistic Pediatrics for Parents
Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc
Publication date: Spring 2005
See Excerpts below 
Child Health Guide presents Dr. Neustaedter's practical advice for parents, the same insights he shares every day in his medical practice. From infancy through the
teen years, this book will guide parents to the optimal path for their own lifestyle, offering a variety of choices and alternatives to the conservative and often rigid position of conventional medicine.
Today's parents are faced with many difficult health care decisions, and information about alternatives is often dispersed in specialized books. For the first time the Child Health Guide brings the scattered
information that parents seek into one invaluable resource. This book presents the issues in an objective manner so that parents can make informed choices about crucial issues they face in raising children
and treating their health problems. Starting with birth choices, sleeping issues, introduction of solid foods, and the troublesome problems of infancy, the Child Health Guide proceeds through the school years to
discuss learning styles, temperament, and the many illnesses of later childhood. The chapters on home treatment of illness provide clear and concise recommendations for the use of specific homeopathic medicines,
herbs, and acupressure. In this book, parents will find a reliable, safe, and effective resource they can trust.
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Excerpts from Child Health Guide:
Homeopathic treatment
Integrating Natural and Conventional Treatment
Managing earaches
Home treatment of colds
Asthma in kids
Eczema in kids
Acne
Solid foods introduction
Fats and Oils
Soy Unsafe for Children
Vitamin K in newborns
Circumcision
Fluoride
Language Delays
Recommended Books
Child Health Guide
Table of Contents
Part I: Natural child care
Chapter 1: The basics
The choice to pursue a natural approach
Taking an alternative path
Integrating conventional and natural health care
Cornerstones of healthy child care
Developing with your baby
Chapter 2: Nutrition principles
Food guidelines
Organic foods and pesticides
Fats and oils for health
Vitamins A and D
Milk and calcium
Sugar and sweeteners
Fish unsafe for children
Soy unsafe for children
Nutritional supplements
Chapter 3: Healthy decisions
Sleeping arrangements
Drinking water
Water bottles
Shampoos, lotions, and powders
Environmental toxins
Drugs and medications
Sun and sunscreen
Fluoride
Chapter 4: The vaccine controversy
What is the problem with vaccines?
What is an adverse reaction?
Do vaccines work?
Making an informed choice
Vaccine exemptions
TB test
Part II: From birth through early childhood
Chapter 5: Baby is born
New life
The first moments of life
Newborn exams and procedures
The first day
Getting started with breastfeeding
The circumcision decision
Chapter 6: Your new baby
What you will need
Diapers: cloth or disposable?
Weight gain
Jaundice
Bathing and hygiene
Breastfeeding
If formula is necessary
The first weeks
Digestion
Chapter 7: Four to nine months
Nutrition and babies
Teething
The role of acute illness
Anemia and iron
Chapter 8: The toddler
Food and the toddler
Safety
Toilet training
Tantrums
Frequent colds and ear infections
Chapter 9: The school-age child
Nutrition and school lunches
Allergies and asthma
Bedwetting
Temperament styles
Attention
Learning styles
Electronics: Television, video games, and cell phones
Part III: Managing acute illness
Chapter 10: Home treatment
The role of natural treatment
When to treat illness at home
Safety and common sense
Home prescribing
Chapter 11: Treating common symptoms
Abdominal pain
Bites and stings
Chicken pox
Colds
Colic
Coughs
Diarrhea
Earache
Fevers
First aid and injuries:
sprains, strains, cuts, burns
Headaches
Rashes and hives
Red eyes
Sore throats
Styes
Teething
Thrush
Vomiting
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