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INDEX
A
accidents 108–18
additives 82
advice centres 132
air bags 28
alcohol 10, 126
allergies
bottle feeding 14
breastfeeding 7
food 10, 69, 71, 79, 83
anaemia 80
anti-depressants 126
aspirin 89, 103
asthma 21, 91
au-pairs 48
B
baby blues see depression
back problems 122
bathing 27–8, 44
bedtime see sleeping
bedwetting 53
behaviour 51–64
difficult 46, 58–63
benefits 134–45
bleeding see cuts
body (yours after birth)
120–3
bones, broken 115
bottle feeding 7, 15–16,
18, 22, 23, 93
equipment 16
help 16
how to 18
making up feeds 16
sterilising 17
washing 16
weaning 65–71
breastfeeding 7–15,
22, 70, 71, 91, 130
advantages 7
changing from breast to
bottle 13
combining breast and
bottle 13
how it works 7–8
how to 10, 13–14
problems 12–13
weaning 15, 65–71
burns 108, 115
C
car safety 28, 110
chest compression 114
chest infections 21
chicken pox 101
Child Benefit 135
childcare 47–50, 130
child health clinics 131
childminders 47–8
choking (first aid)
108, 116
colds 91–2
colic 23–4
colostrum 8
community midwives
131
constipation 7, 18, 53–4
contraception 128
coping
at first 4–6
with crying 22–4
with difficult behaviour
58–63
with stress 124–5
cot death 19–21
coughs 21, 89, 92
Council Tax Benefit 145
crawling 31
crèches 48
croup 92
crying 22–4, 89
cuts 109, 117
D
day nurseries 48, 50
death of a baby 119
deep vein
thrombosis (DVT) 121
dental treatment 35
depression 125–6
postnatal 6
development 30, 31, 39
reviews 36
diarrhoea 89, 93–4
diphtheria 103
disability see special
needs
Disability Living
Allowance 40
doctors see GPs
domestic violence 128
drawing 31
drinks 71–3
drowning 110
DTaP/IPV/Hib
immunisation 104, 107
E
ear infections 21, 90, 94
eating
family food 74–82
problems 84–5
starting solids 65–73
eating (you) 4, 8, 10, 122
education departments
132
emergencies 4, 112–18
employment see work
exercise see physical
activity
expressing milk 13
eyesight 39
F
falls 109
feet 32, 33
fighting (child) 63
first aid 112–18
fits 88, 95
fluoride 33
follow-on milk 72
food see eating
food additives 82
food safety 83
formula milk 16, 17, 65,
70–2, 140
G
German measles see
rubella
glue ear 90, 94
GPs 131
changing 133
when to consult 88, 103
growth 11, 36–9
charts 37–8
H
head lice 96–97
health services 131
health visitors 131
hearing 30, 31, 39, 94
height 36–38
help and support 5, 11,
40, 53, 55, 61–2,
87, 119, 122, 124, 125–7
groups and organisations
133, 141–4
rights and benefits
134–40
services 131–3
hepatitis B 106–7
Hib meningitis 100, 104
hospital, children in 90
Housing Benefit 145
housing departments
132
I
ibuprofen 89
illness 87–107
caring for child 89
common complaints 90–9
hospitals 90
infectious illnesses 100–7
medicines 88–9
signs 87–9
immunisation 102–7
timetable 107
Incapacity Benefit 141
Income Support 142
Iron 80
J
jaundice 21
Jobseeker’s Allowance
141
L
learning 41, 45–6
lifting 122
linkworkers 132
local authority services
131–2
local groups 133
loneliness 129–30
lone parents 128–9
M
Maternity Allowance
140
Maternity Leave 135–6
measles 101, 105, 107
medicine 88–89
accidental poisoning 109,
117–18
meningitis 100, 105
see also Hib meningitis
microwave ovens 15
milk
for children 65–72
free/low cost 14, 143
MMR immunisation
105–6
mouth to mouth
ventilation 113
mumps 101, 105, 107
N
nannies 48
nappies 24–6
nappy rash 25, 26
night-time see sleeping
nits see head lice
nursery classes/schools
47
nursery schools 46–7,
50
nuts 68
allergy to 69
O
older children 57
overactive children 64
P
paracetamol 89
Parental Leave 138
Patient Advice and
Liaison Services 131
peanut allergy 69
physical activity 42
physical activity (you)
122–3
playgroups 47, 50
playing 41, 43–4
poisoning 110, 117–18
polio 26, 105, 107
postnatal depression see
depression
potty training 45, 51–4
prescriptions, free 135
primary schools 47, 50
puerperal psychosis 6
EMERGENCY HELP
If your child is ill or has an accident and you need
help quickly:
• Phone your GP. You can call at any time of the
day or night. If you haven’t been given a special
number for calls outside surgery hours, phone the
usual number and wait for an answer.
• If your GP doesn’t answer or can’t get there
quickly enough, take your child to the
accident and emergency department of the
nearest hospital with a children’s unit. Find
out in advance where this is. Your health visitor
will be able to help you.
• If you think your child’s life is in danger, call
an ambulance. Dial 999 and ask for the
ambulance service. Say it’s for a baby or a child.
You don’t need a coin or phonecard to dial 999
from a public phone box.
If you don’t have a phone:
• Keep a couple of coins and/or a phonecard always
ready in a special place.
•
Find out in advance whether neighbours have a
phone you could use in an emergency.
R
recovery position
114–15
relationships
between parents 126–7
relaxation 4, 124
resuscitation 112–14
rights and benefits
134–146
road safety 110
rubella 101, 105, 107
S
safety
checklist 108–11
sleeping 20–1
salt 68, 81
scalds 108, 115
seeing 30, 31, 39
sex 127–8
shock 118
shoes 32–3
single parents see lone
parents
sleeping
babies 19–21
problems 54–6
safety 20–1
sleeping (you) 4, 20, 124
smoking 20, 21, 91,
123–4
Social Fund 143
social services 132
social workers 132
soya milk 14, 72
special needs, children
with 40
Statutory Maternity Pay
139
stools (baby) 24, 53–4
strangers 111
sudden infant death
syndrome (SIDS) see
cot death
suffocation 108–9, 118
sugar 34, 68, 73, 80–1
sun (protection) 28, 111
T
talking 31, 39
tantrums 62–3
tax credits 142
teeth 33–5
caring for 34–35
teething 33
temperature 20–1, 28,
87–8, 98, 103
temper 62–3
tetanus 104, 107
thirst 11, 86
threadworms 99
throat (sore) 98
toilet training see potty
training
tonsillitis 98
tuberculosis 106
twins 11, 29
U
unconsciousness 112–14
V
vitamins 74
vomiting 18, 87, 89, 99
W
waking see sleeping
walking 31
washing 27
weaning 65, 73
weight 11, 36, 37–8
whooping cough 101,
104, 107
wind 18–19
work 15, 47, 130, 136