My Life With Twins: The Portable Pediatrician Review and Giveaway

written by Dakotapam on February 21, 2011 in healthy living and My Life With Twins and reviews with 17 comments

The Sears family has been a part of our family ever since I was pregnant with our first child and I read the Birth Book as I prepared to enter the world of motherhood.

It was not until our second son was born that I read several other Sears books, such as The Baby Book and The Breastfeeding Book and I realized that the parenting style that I most connected with was attachment parenting.While I am not a full blown attachment parent (I was never able to get a good night sleep when co-sleeping, the twins have rarely been carried in slings, etc.) I knew that being in tune with and responding to the needs of my children was the best way for me to parent.

When I got the opportunity from Hachette Book Group and The Product Review Place to review the new addition to the Sears Parenting Library, I jumped at the chance.

The newest book in the Sears Parenting Library is The Portable Pediatrician: Everything You Need to Know About Your Child’s Health.

Those of you who have read here for any time know that I have been mothering for a while, over fifteen years, to be exact. During this time I have seen many changes in pediatric medicine. Take cough syrup for example. When Andrew was a baby it was advisable to treat colds and coughs with over the counter cough remedies. Now, when my one year old twins have colds I have been advised to increase fluids, but to avoid cough syrups.

It is valuable to have an up to date, trusted source of pediatric medical advice on hand. The Portable Pediatrician is just this source.

The Portable Pediatrician: Everything You Need to Know About Your Child’s Health
is divided into four parts.

The first part is titled “Four Things All Parents Must Do to Keep Their Children Healthy”. This section is devoted to helping you to select a pediatrician, how to get the most out of check-ups and office visits, an introduction to the Dr. Sears guide to head to toe guide to keeping your child healthy, and an explanation of the pills-skills approach to medical care.

The second part is titled “Well Baby and Well Child exams:How to Get the Most out of Your Parent-Pediatrician Partnership. This section guides you from the newborn physical all the way through adolescent sports physicals. Dr. Sears discusses what is generally looked for at each of these exams as well as different safety and behavioral issues that may arise during these ages and stages. I plan on looking over the appropriate chapter before each of our upcoming check-ups so that I am better able to know what to ask our fabulous family physician.

Part Three is the longest and most valuable section of the book. “Pediatric Concerns and Illnesses:A to Z” takes the parent from abdominal pain to yeast infections, along with everything in between. This section is especially valuable for parents who may suspect a problem and need to know whether a particular symptom requires a visit to the ER, an office visit, a wait and see approach, or a change in diet. This section is also sprinkled with great “Dr. Sears Tips”. This is not exactly a section that is designed to be read page by page, but to be used as reference as questions arise.

Part four is called “Medicine Cabinet” and has advice on how to give medication, allergic reactions, the use of antibiotics, fever and pain relief(along with very helpful weight based dosing charts for pain relievers). There is also a very helpful section on stocking your home medicine cabinet.

Remember when I told you that things are always changing in pediatric medicine? Well the Sears family is aware of that and are keeping up a Portable Pediatrician Update section on their website www.askdrsears.com. And, The Portable Pediatrician is truly portable as it is available as an app for your mobile device!

This book is a great resource for new and seasoned parents. It is a great baby shower gift, and I even tucked a copy into the box that I sent for my new nephew Henry last week (more on that tomorrow).

The Portable Pediatrician: Everything You Need to Know About Your Child’s Health
is available at Amazon.com as well as most of your favorite local book sellers.

Hachette Book Group has also made one copy available for me to give away to one of my awesome readers! To enter, simply leave me a comment telling me your favorite Sears Parenting Library book. Since this is “My Life With Twins Monday” if you are a mom (or dad) of a multiple you get two (or three or four) entries. Please leave a separate comment for each entry, and please be honest! I will select a winner through “And the winner is…” next Monday, February 28 at noon CST.

Hachette Book Group has a policy of only giving away one book per household, so if you have won this book from a giveaway on another website, you are disqualified from winning one from here.

*Because of my relationship with Hachette Book Group and The Product Review Place I was given a complimentary copy of the Portable Pediatrician to review. I received no other compensation and all opinions are my own.

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