Taking Care of Your Child: A Parent's Guide to Medical Care

by Robert H.; Fries, James F.; Vickery, Dona Pantell

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201608928
• ISBN13: 9780201608922
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Book

This book is fantastic! I wish I had it when my children were little. I purchased it for my daughter who is expecting her first baby (our first grandchild). This book is what everyone needs to have in the house when you are raising children and have so many questions. I used to call my mother all the time to ask her what to do about things like bee stings, fevers, coughs, rashes, etc. This book helps you with all of those things and hundreds of more. It gives you practical advise and tells you when it's necessary to seek medical care. This way you are not waisting money on unnecessary doctors visits. I highly recemmend this book and know that you will love it as much as I do!

BEST book for a new Mom and Dad! I couldn't live w/out it!

I was a typical new Mommy in May of 99. I would panic at the smallest things in my son. This book lists various symptoms of ailments and has a decision tree as to when you must call the doctor. This prevented me from making unnecessary calls to my advice nurse and doctor's office. I LOVE this book and will give a copy to all my friends who are expecting or already have a new baby.

A CLASSIC - THE BOOK YOU'LL KEEP

It's been almost 18 years since I was given an earlier edition of this book. For those of us who have little patience or time for chatty anecdotes, the authors provide a decision tree for every sickness and problem you will probably encounter as a parent. The most remarkable aspect of this book is that it becomes a teaching instrument for your child - my daughter and I read the decision trees together, learning how to make decisions about a medical problem she was having. A copy of this edition is sitting on her bookshelf at college! She packed it, saying that she'll never outgrow it. Buy this for yourself or for new parents. They will thank you.

Giving this book is the one gift that will get used often!

I received the 1988 version of this book back when my first child was born. I have used this book more often than anything. It has been by my bedside for 8 years! Now that my brother and sister-in-law are going to have their first child, it is at the top of my list of gifts to give them. There is a wealth of information for the new parent. It describes in detail, what the symptoms of common medical problems are. Even if you don't know what is wrong with your child, it prompts questions of you that help you figure it out.

A perfect baby/child instruction book for new parents.

This book was a baby shower gift and was the nearest thing to an "operating instructions" book that any new parent could receive about understanding the health of your child. The information is clear and concise and laid out in an easy to follow flowchart format. It helps you to understand how concerned you should be about what you see in your child's health - what to do for your child at home, when to alert the doctor, when to make an immediate appointment. There were two situations in my son's first years where this book helped me to realize that what I was seeing in him were serious symptoms - and I got him to the doctor before they had manifested to something worse. It's easy to know for yourself when you should get to a doctor -- it's hard to know that for your child. This book will help you to make the right decisions for your child, which is something that we, as parents, are all striving to do.