The Parent's Guide to Natural Health Care for Children

The Parent's Guide to Natural Health Care for Children
Author: Karen Sullivan
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781590301074

This comprehensive sourcebook of natural health alternatives can be used by parents with children from infancy through the teenage years.

Parent's Guide to Natural Health Care for Children

Parent's Guide to Natural Health Care for Children
Author: Karen Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2008-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781422392157

A wealth of useful facts make this book a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to the myriad natural health care options for children available today. It includes information on acupuncture, herbalism, homeopathy, aromatherapy, & flower essences, & provides clear guidelines on how some natural remedies can be used at home. The book also covers many of the key health issues that every parent needs to be aware of -- including sleep problems, obesity, emotional well-being, immunizations, healthy food choices, environmental hazards -- & offers practical, natural ways to address them. Emphasizes the importance of focusing on a child¿s physical & emotional health, since both are critical for healthy development.

Take Charge of Your Child's Health

Take Charge of Your Child's Health
Author: George Wootan
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1992
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780517573655

Proceeding from the assumption that physicians can best care for children only in cooperation with parents, Dr. George Wootan, a family practitioner for more than 20 years, presents a valuable medical guide that will help parents recognize childhood ailments, treat minor injuries, and become familiar with a well-child pediatric examination. 25 illustrations.

Super Healthy Kids

Super Healthy Kids
Author: Kumuda Reddy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2010
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780923569112

Naturally Healthy Babies and Children

Naturally Healthy Babies and Children
Author: Aviva Jill Romm
Publisher: Celestial Arts
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2003-08-06
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1587611929

Committed to finding natural ways to care for their children, many parents seek techniques that do not require the invasive procedures and medications often associated with Western medicine. In Naturally Healthy Babies and Children midwife and herbalist Aviva Romm offers a comprehensive handbook that addresses the common health issues of children, from newborns to preadolescents. Aviva's whole-child approach integrates herbal remedies, nutrition, hygiene, and alternative health techniques with supportive, informed parenting. From anemia to whooping cough, each entry includes herbal, dietary, and general recommendations, including tips on when to pursue professional medical care. Naturally Healthy Babies and Children is indispensable reading for families seeking safe, effective ways to practice healing techniques at home.

Child Health Guide

Child Health Guide
Author: Randall Neustaedter
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2005
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781556435645

"A complete medical resource book on holistic pediatrics and natural treatment for children"--Provided by publisher.

The Parent's Guide to Homeopathy

The Parent's Guide to Homeopathy
Author: Shelley Keneipp
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1583949062

This book is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use guide available for parents who want to use homeopathy to treat their children's illnesses safely, gently, and effectively. Practical, concise, and user-friendly, The Parents' Guide to Homeopathy provides homeopathic remedies for more than 150 acute conditions, from annoying to threatening, that arise in the everyday lives of kids. Instructions on how to observe physical and emotional symptoms in kids from newborns to teens; succinct descriptions of gentle, safe, and nontoxic remedies; and sections on winter ailments, first-aid, enhancing healing, and travel put a wealth of knowledge at parents' fingertips. Remedy tables at the back of the book help decipher the correct treatment for each condition. Shelley Keneipp shares her wealth of knowledge and many years of experience to provide a clear, simple education concerning homeopathic remedies. She empowers parents who want to break the habit of relying exclusively on medical expertise and instead to use relatively economical over-the-counter remedies without worrying about harmful side effects. She suggests essential remedies to stock for any household first aid kit; provides background on common ailments such as coughs, colds, fevers, and digestive problems; and includes eye-catching sidebars that alert readers to conditions that demand immediate medical attention. Boxed entries clue readers to what symptoms to observe and how to differentiate between similar presentations. Taken together, these features make this book the gold standard for parents who want apply the gentlest possible cure in the shortest possible time with the fewest reasons for intervention.

Kinki Kreations

Kinki Kreations
Author: Jena Renee Williams
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: African American children
ISBN: 9780767913690

Kinki Kreations offers step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions for hair styles for black children that can be created in less than 15 minutes. This innovative handbook reveals expert techniques for crowning little heads with afros, braids, cornrows, twists and a variety of other all-natural styles. Tips for proper shampooing, caring for newborns' hair and finding the right salon are included. Best of all, Kinki Kreations is packed full of adorable photographs that will get any parents cooing.

Taking Care Of Your Child

Taking Care Of Your Child
Author: Robert H. Pantell
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 556
Release: 1990
Genre: Children
ISBN: 9780201608922

A completely revised and updated edition of this award-winning book, this sixth edition gives parents clear, practical advice on feeding, medicines, doctor visits, discipline, and all other aspects of raising a healthy child.

Gentle Healing for Baby and Child

Gentle Healing for Baby and Child
Author: Andrea Candee
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2010-02-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 143919484X

Give your child the gift of natural health When your children are sick or injured, you want them to feel better -- fast. Although in some cases there is no substitute for traditional medical care, prescription drugs are not always the best answer. Countless parents are discovering that natural, health-promoting substances can often be both safer and more effective. Now, a master herbalist with more than twenty-five years of experience who is also a mother of two shares her natural approach to wellness. Inside you'll find easy holistic therapies for common childhood injuries and ailments, and learn: how a banana can remove a splinter which herbs help reduce fever how an onion helps both bruises and earaches why garlic is nature's antibiotic how a spritz of rosemary hair juice prevents lice why peppermint tea relieves both headaches and stomachaches how gargling with lemon juice and table salt can ease a sore throat why ginger root can ease motion sickness and many other intelligent uses of foods and therapeutic plants -- nature's own medicine -- to alleviate discomforts. Best of all, this invaluable reference stresses and approach that helps you teach you children the benefits of proventing illness -- not just treating it.