Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents

Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents, by Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc is the first accessible, reliable, and complete medical manual on holistic pediatrics and natural treatment for children. Dr. Neustaedter provides the information parents need to integrate natural treatments into their children's medical care. He incorporates the philosophies of attachment parenting and holistic medical care, and offers practical solutions to the problems that all parents face. Preventive medicine is a cornerstone of natural health care, and this book empowers parents by giving them the tools to maintain their child's vibrant good health. The book also discusses holistic treatments for acute, recurrent, and chronic childhood illnesses.

Parents can trust the Child Health Guide as a safe, effective resource for creating their children's path to optimal health, from infancy through the teen years.

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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