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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
    lead poisoning, prevention of*
    misbehavior
    oxygen therapy, precautions
    poisoning *
    poisoning prevention *
    poisonous plants
    smoke, heat, and carbon monoxide detectors
    suffocation deaths, prevention *
    toy
        child (age 6 to 9 years)
        infant (0 to 18 months)
        preschooler (3 to 6 years)
        toddler (age 18 months to 3 years)
    trampoline

SBE prevention

Scabies*

Scalp hair in newborn *

Scarlatina rash*

Scarlet fever*

Schedule for immunizations *

Schoenlein-Henoch purpura

School
    adjusting
    entering
    food allergies at
    homework problems (underachiever) *
    learning disabilities
    lunches
    phobia *
    responsibility for schoolwork *

Scoliosis
    illustration

Scorpion bite *

Scotch tape test for pinworms*

Scrape*

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Scratch*

Screaming and shouting

Screening tests, newborn

Seasickness*

Secretory otitis media

Seizures
    with fever*
    without fever*

Selective mutism

Self-calming skills
    infant, how to test
    toddler, teaching

Self-esteem

Separation anxiety, preventing

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 *
    setting limits on sexual behavior

Sexual abuse
    parenting sexually abused child
    protecting children

Sexual behavior, setting limits

Sexually transmitted disease
    chlamydia
        in females (teen version) *
        in males (teen version) *
    crab lice (teen version)
    gonorrhea
        in females (teen version) *
        in males (teen version) *
    herpes, genital (teen version) *
    pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) (teen version) *
    prevention *
    trichomonas (teen version) *
    vaginosis, bacterial (teen version) *
    warts, genital (teen version) *

Shaken baby syndrome

Shingles

Shock, electrical, prevention of *

Shoes *

Shots -- See Immunization

Shyness
    fear of talking (selective mutism)

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Sibling
    (see also Sibling rivalry)
    fighting
    mistreating
    of newborn
        rivalry *
        while mother is in hospital
    quarrels

Sibling rivalry
    with newborn *

Sickle cell
    anemia
    trait

SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), related to sleep position *

Single parenting

Sinus congestion*

Sinus infection (sinusitis)*

Sinuses, illustration *

Skin (cross section) illustration *

Skin adhesive, care

Skin care, newborn (normal)*

Skin prick test (for food allergy)

Skin problems and procedures
    acne (teen version)
    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*
    hives*
    impetigo*
    insect bite*
    itching, unknown cause
    jaundice *
    jock itch*
    lice, head*
    measles *
    milia *
    moles *
    mongolian spots *
    newborn skin care *
    pale skin
    pimple *
    pityriasis alba
    poison ivy, oak, sumac*
    puncture wound*
    rash, without itching (unknown cause)
    ringworm*
    roseola infantum *
    rubella *
    scabies*
    scrape*
    skin adhesive for wounds
    sliver *
    stork bites *
    sunburn*
    suture care
    toenail, ingrown*
    wart*

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Skinned knuckle*

Skull deformity, newborn

Sleep
    babies, sleep patterns
    children, sleep patterns
    diary
    increased during illness *
    phasing out nighttime feedings
    position for infants *
    problems
        bed-sharing with parents *
        bedtime refusal *
        colic*
        early morning riser
        eliminating crying at night (for babies over 4 months old) *
        eliminating nighttime feedings *
        miscellaneous misbehaviors
        night terrors *
        nightmares *
        prevention of (birth - 6 months)*
        prevention of (6 months - 2 years)*
        sleepwalking *

Sleepwalking *

Sliver *

Smashed or crushed fingertip*

Smearing of fecal material

Smoke detectors

Smoking
    cigarettes (teen version)
    how to quit
    marijuana*

Smoking, passive (involuntary)
    effect on children *
    effect on children with asthma

Snacks
    bedtime snacks for diabetes
    daytime snacks for diabetes
    healthy

Snakebite *

Soap vulvitis*

Social Security number for children

Soft spot

Soiling
    diary for data collection
    enema, how to give
    from constipation (toilet-trained child) *
    from stool holding (not toilet trained) *
    incentives for motivating children
    toilet training resistance or refusal *
    without constipation *

Solid foods for infants *

Sore nipples during breast-feeding

Sore throat*
    tests for strep

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Soy allergy

Spanking *

Special care nursery (SCN)

Speech problems
    speech and language disorders
    stuttering *

Spending quality time with your child

Spermicide, vaginal (teen version) *

Spider bite *

Spina bifida

Spinal tap in newborn

Spitting

Spitting up by infants*

Splint care

Splinter *

Spoiled children, prevention of

Sports, Children and

Sprain
    ankle
        illustration *

Stalling and poking about dressing

Staph infection

Stealing

Stepparenting

Still's disease

Sting
    bee*
    jellyfish or Portuguese man-of-war *
    venomous fish *

Stitch removal and wound care*

Stomach and intestinal problems and procedures
    abdominal pain*
    anal fissure
    constipation*
    diarrhea
        breast-fed infants *
        children (age 3 to 12) *
        formula-fed infants *
        general guidelines *
        toddler (18 months to 3 years) *
    diarrhea, antibiotic-associated *
    gas, excessive
    intussusception
    stool, unusual color *
    swallowed foreign body *
    vomiting*

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Stomach flu -- See Diarrhea; Vomiting

Stomachache*

Stools
    (see also Constipation)
    (see also Soiling)
    smearing of
    unusual color of *

Stork bites *

Strained muscle*

Strep throat infection*
    tests for strep

Stridor*

Stubborn toddler *

Stuffy nose*

Stuttering
    general guidelines *

Stye*
    illustration

Subacute bacterial endocarditis prevention,

Subconjunctival hemorrhage in newborn *

Subluxation of the radial head

Sucking callus in newborn *

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), related to sleep position *

Suffocation
    deaths, prevention of *
    SIDS, related to sleep position *

Sugar and sweets

Sugar content of high-carb foods (chart)

Sunburn

Sunstroke *

Surfactant, lack of (in respiratory distress syndrome)

Sutured wound care and suture removal*

Swallowed foreign body *

Swallowing medicine, help with

Swearing

Sweating, excessive

Swelling
    breasts, eyelids, or labia in newborn *
    finger
    gland*
    limb *
    lip (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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