A Guide to Common Childhood Diseases, A Single Parents Personal Review

I’ve been a single parent now for over 11 years, bringing up my two children on a very low income here in the UK. I know from personal experiences, the worries and concerns involved in caring for their health and welfare on a daily basis. I only wish I had been in a position to have had a copy of this excellent guide to Common Childhood Diseases throughout those early years. Sleepless nights of anguish is the norm for many parents, but these worries were only heightened by the fact I was single. Two heads in this type of scenario is always better than one. I think it’s mostly the not knowing what to do, or how to help in those early hours of the onset of any foreboding potential illness, and the deep sense of feeling quite useless and inadequate as a parent, it really can all be quite overwhelming, traumatic and very distressing.

Children just don’t come along with a "How To" manual attached when they are born, wouldn’t it be great if they did? Being armed with the knowledge contained inside this guide can go a long way towards recognising those early warning signs, when your child first becomes ill, and may go a long way towards helping to alleviate many of those early worries, deep concerns and your own sense of anxiousness.

This guide can literally help calm worried, anxious and nervous parents. Personally I think that this is a book that every family with babies and small children MUST have. The reason for this deduction, is that the authors have paid considerable attention in driving an important message home to parents in a very clear, concise and easy to understand style, the importance of child health, with thorough and very thoughtful information on important subjects like meningitis, measles, mumps etc the most prevalent of all childhood diseases today.

Through early immunisation programs, many childhood diseases, I know, have almost been eradicated throughout the modern world, but outbreaks unfortunately do still occur, and education is the key to both prevention and good after-care. This guide certainly educates the reader throughout.

With information from both the worlds of medicine, that is "Western" or Allopathic, and "Ancient" or Ayurvedic that is rooted in the ancient Indian healing theories, the authors have presented information that is quite intriguing and appealing particularly with reference to Ayurveda which is considered to be one of the oldest forms of health care in the world. I personally found this guide particularly empowering because it probes into specific diseases avoiding medical or technical jargon and delivers information without tarnishing the flow of the information given, making it a very compelling and interesting read.

The guide is very well organised and the information is superbly presented throughout with complete contents page, with a useful glossary of medical terms and chapters specifying specific diseases which means that it is easy to find the information required as opposed to having to search for information aimlessly. Common Childhood Diseases is a valuable resource for not only parents but everyone who wants to know about both the world of Modern Medicine and the ancient medical Sciences of Ayurveda, whether as a parent (or to be parent) or simply as an interested reader.

The authors have created a down-to-earth and informative guide that has beautiful full-colour diagrams and photographs, and above all, it is practical and it is one book that I feel will help answer all those nagging little questions that plague all parents, as well as providing relief, knowing that what you have before you is a comprehensive yet a very well delivered book that shares practical suggestions reinforced by tips throughout on the do's and don'ts supporting the clearly written and accessible text.

I am sure you will agree, for most parents, or parents to be, the potential minefield of simply trying to cope with illnesses and diseases like whooping cough, measles, diphtheria, chicken pox, rubella, TB and meningitis, to name but a few, plus the current daunting issues towards vaccinations and the many immunisation programs available. These ongoing concerns can be very difficult areas for anyone to handle, however this current guide helps negotiate these matters successfully. The authors have indeed assembled all the information needed in a most beautiful and eloquent way with their straightforward, down to earth approach, with lots of useful and helpful advice.

In Conclusion,

"A Parent’s Holistic Guide to Common Childhood Diseases" is only intended to be a personal guide for parents, to help you recognise and hopefully diagnose quickly, those early symptoms, which can be so vitally important in getting early treatment for many children’s ailments. You should always consult with a medical practitioner or nearest hospital emergency department at your earliest opportunity should you suspect anything more serious. It is important to seek advice from a professional holistic practitioner before considering using ANY long-term alternative holistic treatments for your child. Overall this guide is highly recommended and very informative reading for any child carer, nanny, parent, potential parent to be, or grandparent in fact anyone who has a child’s health and continuing welfare in mind

Here’s to your child’s continued good health

John

John Elliott aka Oaky Wood together with Luella May co-founded TheCorner4Women.com and highly recommends "A Parent’s Holistic Guide to Common Childhood Diseases"