3 am Handbook

The New Zealand 3am Handbook answers some of the most common questions parents ask about their children's health and development. Based on sound scientific evidence, written by a team of highly trained and accomplished paediatricians and adapted for New Zealand by the Starship Children's Hospital, this comprehensive book will help parents through the sometimes exasperating challenge of raising healthy children. With its detailed tables, boxed information, diagrams, extensive index and listings of support and information groups, The New Zealand 3am Handbook gives parents and caregivers the essential information in an easy-to-understand form. Topics covered include: advice on breastfeeding, choosing your child's dr, coping with a baby who won't stop crying, establishing sleep patterns, help with toilet training, making mealtimes work, dealing with behavioural and learning problems, preventing injuries, treating rashes and fevers, treating common illnesses.

New information in this revised edition includes meningitis and autism.