Take a Deep Breath: Clear the Air for the Health of Your Child (Second Edition), provides the most updated recommendations regarding all breathing issues in children, ages 0 to 5 years. In age-based and problem-based chapters, this book will provide actionable items for parents and caregivers concerning the health and safety of growing children and perhaps their most important health area — their breathing. With updated guidelines on food safety, sleep safety, infection prevention, and more, this edition also introduces a new chapter, 'Clearing the Air in the Internet Age', which helps parents navigate the overwhelming amount of online health information, discern credible sources, and understand the risks and benefits of digital care.
This essential guide puts parents, parents-to-be, and caregivers at ease, providing the knowledge and understanding they need to protect the breathing health of their infants and young children.
Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Introduction
- Newborn to Three Months:
- Nose Breathing a Must!
- Throaty Gurgles: The Low-Down on the Lazy Voice Box
- Newborn Breathing Issues Related to Feeding
- Back to Sleep and Beyond: SIDS/SUID Prevention
- Wheezing: Can a Newborn Have Asthma?
- Respiratory Infections in Newborns
- Clear the Air for Your Newborn
- Three Months to One Year:
- Stuffy Nose in Babies: What's Up There?
- Throaty Noises and Stridor
- Feeding Issues for Healthy Breathing
- Sleepy Breathing in the First Year
- Respiratory Illnesses in Babies: Croup and Crud
- Nebulizers: What's in Them?
- Clear the Air for the First Year
- One to Five Years:
- Stuffy Nose/Runny Nose/Sinusitis — From Friends and Foes
- Snoring: What's That Noise?
- Choking Hazards: What is Safe to Eat?
- Hoarseness in Toddlers and Preschoolers: Shhhhh!
- Wheezing and Coughing: When Is It Asthma?
- Respiratory Illnesses in Toddlers and Preschoolers: Yuck!
- Clear the Air for Your Child
- Clearing the Air in the Internet Age
- Appendices:
- Glossary
- Vaccine Recommendations
- CPR for Infants and Children
- Index
Readership: This book is geared toward parents/caregivers of children ages 0 to 5 years, or to those planning on having children. Pediatricians' offices, Hospital bookstores, Drug stores or big-box stores such as Walmart that carry books, schools, daycare providers, child caregivers.