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During pregnancy, many people ask new parents a lot of questions – would you like a girl or boy? What color eyes do you hope she has? Do you think he’ll have freckles? All valid questions, but what it comes down to for most parents? The two arms and two legs. This is their way of saying, “As long as my baby is healthy, that’s enough for me.”
Whether you’re pregnant or have recently brought your new baby home, the baby’s health is often in a parent’s thoughts. The good news is that a few simple, easy tips can help ensure your baby continues to grow healthy and happy.

Baby’s life-long healthy journey begins in the uterus. Obstetrician recommendations include that a mother be in generally good health, capable of managing any on-going or chronic health issues she may have, and should stop using any tobacco or alcohol before she becomes pregnant. A healthy mothers whose body is capable of nurturing and caring for the baby’s in-utero development provides the basis of making a healthy baby.

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Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools: A Quick Reference Guide (American Academy of Pediatrics)This all-new guide provides resources and strategies to help care for children with chronic medical conditions and special health care needs in the community and school setting. Covers a spectrum of chronic illnesses, acute situations, and selected developmental and behavioral problems, with a special emphasis on children with special health care needs. Includes more than 35 condition-specific quick reference fact sheets, signs and symptoms, when to call emergency services, medication administration, and ready-to-use sample forms and care plans.

Infection Control in the Child Care Center and Preschool, 8th EditionThis book provides child care and preschool providers, pediatricians, family practitioners, and public health officials with an up-to-date, easy to read reference on infections and infection control for children in day care and preschool. The book covers both common and unusual infections and illnesses prevalent in this population, and offers practical guidance on issues of contagion, treatment, and transmission in this setting. Chapters also address special considerations for children who are at high risk of acquiring infection, or at risk of spreading infection in the daycare arena. The authors are infectious disease specialists who have spent their careers working in the areas they have written about, and they offer specific recommendations on how to deal with endemic problems of infection and transmission.

The 8th edition is completely updated and includes new vaccines, new therapies, and a totally new chapter on Molluscum Contagiosum. This indispensable handbook continues to be the go-to source for best practices for treating and preventing the spread of infection in children in day care and preschool.

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• User-friendly handbook offering practical guidance and expert advice
• Specific focus on epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of infections seen in the day care center and preschool setting
• Highly respected author team of senior infectious disease authorities in their fields

Kindergarten: Tattle-Tales, Tools, Tactics, Triumphs and Tasty Treats for Teachers and ParentsRemember the innocent but goofy things you did as a kindergartner? Reminisce about your early years as you learn how to help your precious child become ready for school and have a successful kindergarten year. Are you a kindergarten teacher who needs proven ideas and solutions for your classroom? This book is for parents and teachers of preschoolers and kindergartners. It will make you laugh and give you hundreds of ideas to help with behavior, reading, special education, science experiments, holiday celebrations, and recipes for Fun Fridays and for success. Chapter One: Teacher Tattle Tales Chapter Two: Celebrate the Holidays-Celebrate Life Chapter Three: A Smooth Move to School Chapter Four: Reading-the Greatest Gift of All Chapter Five: Science-Survival Specials Chapter Six: Discipline-Combat Duty or Common Sense Tactics? Chapter Seven: The Special Education Experience Chapter Eight: Silly Sanity Lists Chapter Nine: Recipes for Fun Fridays Chapter Ten: It's a Wonderful World, After All Susan Case is a retired Special Education and kindergarten teacher and the mother of a special needs daughter. She earned a Master of Science degree in Family and Child Development and has teaching certificates in Early Childhood, Special Education and Elementary Education.