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With
your child's diagnosis of diabetes, you
might be feeling grief, sadness, or
fear. Everything you need to learn to
take care of your child's diabetes, in
addition to normal parenting issues, can
seem overwhelming. You might even worry
that you may do something wrong to harm
your child.
This
reassuring guide will help you find a
balance between good diabetes management
and normal life. It explains how
diabetes impacts your child's growth and
development, and gives you plenty of
ideas for dealing with routine diabetes
care. The first book of its kind, it
provides tips on:
- Fitting
diabetes demand into real-life
schedules
- Making
injections easier
- Preventing,
detecting, and treating hypoglycemia
- Dealing
with food issues
- Monitoring
blood glucose
- Working
with your child's day care or
preschool
- Meeting
the physical, mental, and emotional
needs of your child
- Explaining
diabetes to brothers and sisters
This
unique guide also includes experiences
and advice from other parents of
children with diabetes and amusing
Family Circus cartoons.
Item
#001
Diabetes Care for Babies, Toddlers, and
Preschoolers
ISBN
0471346764 John Wiley & Sons, 1999
Price:
$15.95
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