Nursing Your Child at Home (ePub)

A guide to support our children through illness and encourage a healthy immune response to disease. For parents looking for a more natural way to support their child's health. Promotes calmer and more confident nursing of child through a fever at home. Written by a trained nurse and natural health practitioner. The intention for this book is to share information with parents who may be looking for a more natural way to support their child's health. It also helps parents to feel calmer and more confident when nursing their child through a fever at home. How we support our children through illness and encourage a healthy immune response to disease can help build their resilience as they go into adulthood. For those parents who are just beginning a journey towards a more involved role supporting their child, they will find some useful remedies, ideas and instruction within this book. It covers homeopathy, aromatherapy, herbal remedies and practical nursing therapies, all of which have been tried, tested and found to be safe and effective. The layout is practical, easy to use and designed for parents who may be sleep-deprived and looking for help in the small hours! This book embraces the well-trodden path of what we now call complementary therapies, but which were once the mainstay of health care in our communities, and combines this traditional knowledge with the sound medical advice and research that we are privileged to have access to today.