About the book:If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything Will Still Be Okay: How to Know If Your Child's Injury or Illness Is Really an Emergency
As an Emergency Room pediatrician, Dr. Lara Zibners has seen it all. She's cared for a portion of the 25 million children in the U.S. who are taken to the ER each year-and she knows that more than 50% of these visits may be unnecessary. IF YOUR KID EATS THIS BOOK, EVERYTHING WILL STILL BE OKAY shows parents when they may need to take action, and when they might be able to just go back to bed and call their doctor in the morning.
Dr. Zibners covers every part of the body and offers sound advice (for example, did you know that oil is the best remedy for dissolving superglue between body parts?), all while maintaining a lively and often hilarious tone. To the question, "What if she chokes on her vomit?" Zibners answers, "A healthy child will not choke on her own vomit, unless she is drunk or high on Grandma's sleeping pills."
Finally, no more frantic late-night searches through the "why to buy,""how to diaper," or "what to feed him" sections found in other childcare books to find out if little Franny needs to go to the ER. This book focuses on the truly important questions, like how to keep her from electrocuting herself in the first place. Not every child has a pediatrician with specialized emergency room experience living in her home. But this book just might be the next best thing.
What I thought:
The first thing I'm going to say is, I wish I had this book when I first became a mom! This is a must have for new parents! There's plenty, and I mean plenty of information in the book that is very useful to me today, as a mom of 3. I know I'll be referring to it for years to come. But there were also so many things in it about newborns, that I thought, wow, I really could have used this years ago! It is packed full of so much information, you can tell that Dr. Zibner really knows her stuff! Not only is it full of information, but it's hilarious to read! Dr. Zibner tells you like it is, and makes it so fun to read along! The humor in this book makes it so easy to read though everything and you learn a great deal while doing it.
There are 15 chapters in this book, with titles such as Ten Fingers...Eleven Toes? A Guide to the Newborn's Body, Behaviors, and Symptoms; The Noggin and Nervous System; The Guts; The Plumbing; You Give Me Fever!; and Mama, Owie! Minor Bumps, Bruises, Burns, and Wounds; just to name some. Each chapter is listed in the front of the book, under each is listed all of the issues that go in to that catergory. So if your child gets hurt or sick, you can just grab the book and quickly find the information on the part you are looking for. This really is a great book, with so much information! I'm really thinking that they should send each new mom home from the hospital with a copy of this book! Then you're set for the next 18 years!
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