Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prenatal assessment -- Resuscitation of the newborn -- Infants of low birthweight -- Breathing difficulties in the newborn -- Birth trauma -- Some congenital abnormalities -- Routine examination of the newborn -- Dislocated and dislocatable hip in the newborn -- Infection in the newborn -- Jaundice in the newborn -- Convulsions in the newborn -- Vomiting -- Diarrhoea -- Mother-infant attachment -- Growth and growth charts -- Feeding and feeding problems -- Failure to thrive -- Weaning -- Review at six weeks -- Review at eight months -- Respiratory infections in the older infant -- Fever in the older infant -- Convulsions in the older infant -- Crying babies and sleep problems -- Non-accidental injury -- Selected drugs.