ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi WHY ANOTHER BOOK? xiii       ADENOIDS 2 ADOPTION 3 AIR TRAVEL 6 ANESTHESIA 7 ANTIBIOTICS 8 APGAR SCORES 9 APPENDICITIS 9 APPLE JUICE 10 ASTHMA 10 ATTACHMENT PARENTING 14 ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD) 14 AUTISM 17       BABY CARRIERS AND SLINGS 20 BABY FOOD 20 BAD BREATH 21 BED GRADUATION 22 BEDTIME 22 BED-WETTING 23 BELLY BUTTON 24 BELLY PAIN 25 BITES 27 BITING 27 BLOOD 29 BLOOD TYPE 30 BLUE EXTREMITIES 31 BONES 31 BOTTLE FEEDING 32 BOTTLE REFUSAL 34 BOTTLE WEANING 35 BREAST FEEDING 36 BREAST FEEDING AND DIET 45 BREAST FEEDING AND MEDICATION 46 BREAST FEEDING AND WEANING 47 BREAST-FEEDING CONSULTANTS 48 BREAST-FEEDING PROBLEMS 49 BREAST MILK VS. FORMULA 52 BREAST SWELLING 53 BREATH HOLDING 53 BREATHING 54 BRONCHIOLITIS 56 BRONCHITIS 57 BUBBLE BATHS 57 BUG BITES 58 BURNS 59 BURPING 60       CALCIUM 62 CAR SEATS 62 CAR SICKNESS 63 CAVITIES 63 CEREALS 64 CHICKEN POX 65 CHIN 66 CHOKING 67 CIRCUMCISION 67 CLUMSINESS 69 COLDS 69 COLIC 73 COLLARBONES 76 COLOR BLINDNESS 77 CONSTIPATION 77 CORD BLOOD 80 COSLEEPING 81 COUGH 82 COUGH, PERSISTENT 84 COUGH SYRUP 87 COXSACKIE 87 CRADLE CAP 89 CRAWLING 89 CREAMS AND LOTIONS 90 CRIB PARAPHERNALIA 90 CROUP 91 CUP FEEDING 93 CUTS 93       DAY CARE 96 DECONGESTANTS 96 DENTIST 97 DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES 98 DIAPERS 100 DIAPER RASH 101 DIARRHEA 102 DIMPLE IN THE BACK 103 DISCIPLINE AND BOUNDARIES 104 DOCTOR VISITS 112       EAR INFECTIONS 114 EAR PULLING 117 EAR TUBES 118 EAR WAX 119 ECZEMA 119 EGGS 122 EYES 123 EYE BLINKING 124 EYE CRUSTING 125 EYE DEVIATION (LAZY EYE) 125 EYE INFECTIONS 126 EYELIDS 127 EYE TEARING 128       FAMILY BED 130 FEARS 130 FEBRILE CONVULSIONS 131 FEEDING 133 FEET 141 FEVER 142 FIFTH’S DISEASE 145 FINGER FOODS 146 FLU 146 FLUORIDE 147 FONTANEL 148 FOOD REACTIONS 149 FORMULA 151       GAS 156 GOAT’S MILK 157 GROWING PAINS 157 GROWTH CHARTS 158 GROWTH SPURTS AND APPETITE 158 GUMS 159       HAIR 162 HAND WASHING 162 HEADACHES 163 HEAD BANGING 165 HEAD INJURY 165 HEAD SHAPE 168 HEARING SCREENING 169 HEIGHT 170 HERPES OF THE MOUTH 170 HICCUPS 171 HIP DISLOCATION 172 HITTING 172 HIVES 173 HUMIDIFIERS 174               ICE PACKS 176 ILLNESS MANAGEMENT 176 IMMUNIZATION 178 IMPETIGO 186 IRON 186       JAUNDICE 188 JOINT PAINS 190       KNOCK KNEES 192       LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LATE TALKING 194 LEAD POISONING 196 LEGS 197 LICE 198 LIMPING 200 LYME DISEASE 200       MASSAGE 204 MASTURBATION 204 MEDICINE ALLERGIES 205 MEDICINE CABINETS 205 MERCURY 206 MILK, COW’S 206 MOLD 209 MOLES 209 MONONUCLEOSIS 210 MULTILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT 211 MUSCLE TONE 211       nails 214 napping 215 Nasal aspirator 216 Neck lumps 217 neck pain 218 Neck rash 218 Neck tilting 219 Nightmares and night terrors 219 nipple confusion 220 Noise tolerance 221 Nosebleeds 221 Nose blowing 222 Noses, broken 222 Nursemaid’s elbow 222       OUTSIDE WITH A BABY 226 OVERWEIGHT 226       PACIFIERS 230 PAIN AND FEVER MEDICATIONS 231 Peanut butter 232 PENIS 232 PETS 234 PICKY EATING 234 PINWORMS 238 PNEUMONIA 239 POISON 240 POSTPARTUM LETDOWN 240 PREMATURITY 241 PRENATAL CLASSES 243 PUMPING MILK 243       READING 248 REFLUX 248 RESPIRATORY ALLERGIES 250 RINGWORM 251 ROLLING OVER 252 ROOM TEMPERATURE 252 ROSEOLA 253       SCARLET FEVER 256 SCHEDULE 256 SCHOOL ANXIETY 258 SCREENING TESTS 259 SENSORY INTEGRATION 260 SEPARATION AND STRANGER ANXIETY 261 SHAKING 262 SHARING 262 SHOES 263 SIBLINGS 264 SIDS 266 SIGN LANGUAGE 268 SINUSITIS 268 SITTING UP 269 SIZE 269 SKIN CONDITIONS IN INFANTS 270 SLEEP 272 SLEEPING POSITIONS 280 SNORING AND SLEEP APNEA 280 SOAP 281 SORE THROAT 281 SOY 282 SPEECH IMPEDIMENTS 282 SPITTING UP 283 SPLINTERS 283 STERILIZATION 284 STIMULATION 284 STOMACH BUGS 285 STOOLS 289 STOOL RETENTION 291 STREP THROAT 293 STROLLERS 295 STUTTERING 295 SUCKING BLISTER 296 SUNBURN 296 SUN PROTECTION 297 SWADDLING 298 SWIMMER’S EAR 298 SWIMMING 299       TANTRUMS 302 TAP WATER 304 TEETH 305 TEETH GRINDING (BRUXING) 307 Teething 308 TESTICLES 310 THERMOMETERS 311 THRUSH 313 THUMB SUCKING 313 TICS 314 TOILET TRAINING 315 TONGUE 318 TONSILS 319 TOOTHBRUSHING 320 TOOTH ROT 321 TRAVEL IN EXOTIC PLACES 321 TUMMY TIME 323 TWINS 324       URINARY INFECTIONS 326       VAGINA 328 VEGETARIAN DIET 329 VITAMINS 330 VOMITING 331       WALKERS 334 WALKING 334 WARTS AND MOLLUSCUM 335 WASHING 336 WATER, DRINKING 337 WEIGHT CONCERNS 338 WHEAT 341 WIPES 343 WITCHING HOUR 343       X RAYS 346       ZE END 348     INDEX 349