3am 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 breast-feeding
Choosing your child's doctor
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