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The original guide to help parents understand what is dangerous for their children and what is just hype.Dr Cara Natterson uses her skills as both a pediatrician and a mom to offer straightforward advice on what parents should and shouldn’t avoid. Most of the time, she reassures us that so-called dangerous products are completely safe. Perhaps most importantly, Dr. Natterson tells parents what she does for her own children in her own home.In this era of helicopter parenting and endless worry, Dangerous or Safe? provides a calm voice filled with valuable, no-nonsense advice for every parent.

This one-of-a-kind guide explains, in a clear and comforting tone, precisely what is happening on the inside and outside of your child’s body. A follow up to Your Newborn: Head to Toe, theToddler book covers a full spectrum of child maladies, from ear infections to rashes and bruises, from fevers to broken teeth, from sore throats to stomach flu. Dr. Natterson explains what you can and should do for your child before you call the doctor.

This essential guide to your toddler’s health and well-being is filled with practical, immediately useful advice.

After countless conversations with parents, Dr. Cara Natterson wrote a book to answer the most preoccupying questions. Whether you are wondering about vaccines or your baby’s sleep habits, Your Newborn: Head to Toe is an invaluable source of counsel and comfort. Working her way down a baby’s body, Dr. Natterson writes about issues that may affect a baby from stem to stern. For each topic—from a slow-healing belly button to constipation—covers what parents can do, when a doctor needs to be involved, tests that are required, what the results mean, treatments and possible complications

Publisher’s Weekly raved, “L.A.-based pediatrician Natterson wisely taps into parents’ need for practical medical information during the first year of their child’s life, providing a comprehensive, straightforward guide… Natterson’s style is parent-friendly yet professional, and she’s terrific at tackling universal parenting questions that may be especially compelling during the first days and weeks of a child’s life. Both veteran and parenting newcomers will find this a worthy resource, with solid advice and information.”