Healthy Start

A New Zealand Guide to Common Childhood Ailments

Dr Lynda Exton

Practical advice that works

• How to understand, diagnose and seek treatment
• Based on years of experience in caring for hundreds of families
• Underpinned by sound medical advice
• Essential for any parent or caregiver of young children
• An ideal gift for new parents
• Compact, attractively designed, economical
• Other resources section

Healthy Start is the healthy start you need to give your children

It is conveniently organised into five main sections:

• a quick guide to the common things that ail a child’s body and mind;
• a section on keeping your child well;
• a more detailed section on managing common illnesses;
• a guide to common medicines used to treat children’s ailments; and
• a resource section, including a guide to health services and assistance with the costs of illness.

About the author:

Dr Lynda Exton has been a family doctor for 21 years, including 18 with her own practice in suburban Christchurch. She has a particular interest in the wellbeing of children and in assisting parents, and has spoken at many parent support and education seminars. Lynda is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and has a postgraduate Diploma of Obstetrics. She and her husband John have two teenage children.