0-3 Years Old Parenting Essentials: 350 Questions

Author: Xing Jinbiao, Xing Yi, Zhang Ronghua
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Raising children is an arduous task, involving almost every aspect of daily life, from caregiving, feeding, nursing, health care, entertainment, education, and training. The content introduced in this book focuses on nurturing, nursing, health care, and common knowledge, akin to parenting tips. It includes both hard tips, such as "What to do if a fish bone gets stuck in a child's throat," and soft tips, such as "Why some children lie." However, life is not always filled with clever tricks or an abundance of tips. When there are tricks or tips available, they can be used; but more often, there are straightforward, hard-and-fast principles that require people to be honest, scientific, and follow the rules. Thus, many of them are about the physiological and nursing knowledge of infants and young children. Although they may seem like common sense and common principles, misunderstandings and misjudgments can cause quite a bit of trouble, even lead to serious mistakes, such as the "milk teeth" phenomenon in 90% of newborns shortly after birth. This condition generally causes no discomfort, and the baby can continue to breastfeed normally. Occasionally, if the white pearls are hard and stimulate the mucous membrane, causing itching, the baby may bite the nipple. This usually resolves naturally within 2–3 weeks after birth. However, some parents, unfamiliar with the condition and impatient, may pick or wipe it with a cloth. As a result, due to the delicate and weak oral mucosa of infants, they are prone to infection after abrasion, leading to the opposite of the desired outcome. In severe cases, it can even cause sepsis. In fact, the reason for "milk teeth" is very simple: it is caused by the accumulation of epithelial cells and the blockage of mucous glands, leading to swelling. It will gradually absorb or resolve on its own, and generally does not affect the child's health. Parents have no need to worry. As such, it can also be considered a tip. This is the reason for the title of the parenting knowledge book.