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Safety (see also Baby equipment; Prevention)
- animal bite prevention
- bicycle
- burn prevention
- childproofing the home
- choking prevention
- fire-retardant clothing
- hot water heater setting
- Internet
- lead poisoning, prevention of
- misbehavior
- oxygen therapy, precautions
- poisoning
- poisoning prevention
- poisonous plants
- resource list
- smoke, heat, and carbon monoxide detectors
- suffocation deaths, prevention
- toy
- trampoline
Scabies
Scalp hair in newborn
Scarlatina rash
Scarlet fever
Schedule for immunizations
Schoenlein-Henoch purpura
- admission and discharge instructions
- general guidelines
School
- adjusting
- cheating
- excuse (form)
- food allergies at
- homework problems (underachiever)
- learning disabilities
- lunches
- phobia
- preparing for the first day
- resource list
- responsibility for schoolwork
Scoliosis
- diagnosis and treatment
- illustration
- resource list
Scorpion sting
Scotch tape test for pinworms
Scrape
Scratch
Screaming and shouting
Screening tests, newborn
Seasickness
Secretory otitis media
Sedatives, discharge instructions
Seizures
- with fever
- without fever
  - admission and discharge instructions
  - general guidelines
Selective mutism
Self-calming skills
- infant, how to test
- toddler, teaching
Self-esteem
- guidelines for raising a child's self-esteem
- resource list
Separation anxiety, preventing
Separation, fear of, resource list
Sex education (see also Birth control) (see also Sexually transmitted disease)
- for young children
- pregnancy prevention (for teens)
- prevention of sexually transmitted disease (for teens)
- puberty for boys
- puberty for girls
- resource list
- setting limits on sexual behavior
Sexual abuse
- parenting sexually abused child
- protecting children
- resource list
Sexual behavior, setting limits
Sexually transmitted disease
- chlamydia
  - in females
  - in males
- crab lice
- gonorrhea
  - in females
  - in males
- herpes, genital
- pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- prevention
- trichomonas
- vaginosis, bacterial
- warts, genital
Shaken baby syndrome
Sharing, resource list
Shingles
Shock, electrical, prevention of
Shoes
Shots -- See Immunization
Shyness
- fear of talking (selective mutism)
- resource list
Sibling (see also Sibling rivalry)
- fighting
- mistreating
- of newborn
- quarrels
Sibling rivalry
- resource list
- with newborn
Sickle cell
- anemia
- trait
SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
- overview
- sleep position
Single parenting
Sinus congestion
Sinus infection (sinusitis)
- admission and discharge instructions
- general guidelines
Sinuses, illustration
Sippy cups
Skin (cross section) illustration
Skin adhesive, care
Skin care, newborn (normal)
Skin prick test (for food allergy)
Skin problems and procedures
- acne
  - athlete's foot
- birthmarks
- blister
- boil
- bruise
- carotnemia
- cracked skin
- cradle cap
- cut
- dandruff
- diaper rash
- drooling rash
- eczema
- erythema toxicum
- fifth disease
- fingernail infection
- forceps or birth canal trauma
- freckles
- frostbite
- hair loss
- hand, foot, and mouth disease
- hemangioma
- hives
- impetigo
- insect bite
- itching, unknown cause
- jaundice
- jock itch
- lice, head
- measles
- milia
- moles
- mongolian spots
- newborn skin care
- pimple
- pityriasis alba
- poison ivy, oak, sumac
- puncture wound
- rash, without itching (unknown cause)
- ringworm
- roseola
- rubella
- scabies
- scrape
- skin adhesive for wounds
- sliver
- stork bites
- sunburn
- suture care
- toenail, ingrown
- wart
Skinned knuckle
Skull deformity, newborn
Sleep
- babies, sleep patterns
- children, sleep patterns
- diary
  - chart
  - text
- increased during illness
- phasing out nighttime feedings
- position for infants
- prevention of problems 6 months to 2 years
- prevention of problems birth to 6 months
- problems
Sleepwalking
Sliver
Smashed or crushed fingertip
Smearing of fecal material
Smoke detectors
Smoking
- cigarettes
- how to quit
- marijuana
- passive (involuntary)
  - effect on children
  - effect on children with asthma
Snacks
- bedtime snacks for diabetes
- daytime snacks for diabetes
- healthy
Snakebite
Soap vulvitis
Social play
Social Security number for children
Soft spot
Soiling
- diary for data collection
  - chart
  - text
- enema, how to give
- from constipation (toilet-trained child)
- from stool holding (not toilet trained)
- incentives for motivating children
- note to school staff
- toilet training resistance or refusal
- without constipation
Solid foods for infants
Sore nipples during breast-feeding
Sore throat
- tests for strep
Soy allergy
Spacer with metered-dose inhaler
- illustration
Spanking
Special care nursery (SCN)
Speech problems
- book list
- speech and language disorders
- stuttering
- therapy
Spending quality time with your child
Spermicide, vaginal
Spider bite
Spina bifida
- diagnosis and treatment
- resource list
Spinal tap in newborn
Spitting
Spitting up by infants
Splint care after an injury
Splinter
Spoiled children, prevention of
Sports and children
Sports participation checkup form
Sprain
- ankle
  - illustration
  - teen version
- finger
- general guidelines
Stalling and poking about dressing
Staph infection
Status asthmaticus
Stealing
Stepparenting
- general guidelines
- resource list
Steroids for asthma
- inhaled
- oral
Still's disease
Sting
- bee
- jellyfish or Portuguese man-of-war
- scorpion
- venomous fish
Stitch removal and wound care
Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures
- abdominal pain
- anal fissure
- appendicitis
- constipation
- diarrhea
- gas, excessive
- intussusception
  - admission and discharge instructions
  - general guidelines
- irritable bowel syndrome
- stool, unusual color
- swallowed foreign body
- vomiting
Stomach flu -- See Diarrhea; Vomiting
Stomachache
Stools (see also Constipation) (see also Soiling)
- smearing of
- unusual color of
Stork bites
Storms, fear of, resource list
Strained muscle
Strep throat infection
- tests for strep
Stress in children and teens
Stridor
- admission and discharge instructions
- general guidelines
Stubborn toddler
Stuffy nose
Stuttering
- book list
- general guidelines
Stye
- illustration
Subacute bacterial endocarditis prevention,
Subconjunctival hemorrhage in newborn
Subluxation of the radial head
Substance abuse, resource list
Sucking callus in newborn
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- overview
- sleep position
Suffocation
- deaths, prevention of
- SIDS, related to sleep position
Sugar and sweets
Sugar content of high-carb foods (chart)
Suicide, resource list
Sunburn
Sunstroke
Surfactant, lack of (in respiratory distress syndrome)
Surgical discharge instructions -- See Discharge instructions
Sutured wound care and suture removal
Swallowed foreign body
Swallowing medicine, help with
Swearing
Sweating
Swelling
- breasts, eyelids, or labia in newborn
- finger
- gland
- limb
- lip (local allergic reaction)
Swimmer's ear
Swimming, infant or toddler
Swimming, safety from contaminated pool water
Symptoms
- emergency
- illness in newborn
- severe illness in infant
Synagis, preventing RSV
Syncope
Synovitis, transient

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