Family Library
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
A dairy-free cookbook for people of all ages who suffer from lactose intolerance.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
This booklet includes several handouts to help parents of children with diabetes and youth learn more about basal-bolus insulin with multiple daily injections (MDI). Some of the information will help in understanding what basal-bolus insulin therapy is; other information and exercises will help pa…
Kids learn ways to manage and relieve the pain of common headaches and stomachaches, as well as pain related to injuries and illness. Self-care skills include belly breathing, positive self-talk, aromatherapy, and acupressure.
| Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, November 24, 2023 | ||
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Breastfeeding mothers and health caregivers from First Nations communities across Ontario share their personal experiences and valuable "how-to" information about breastfeeding. They represent diverse communities and reasons for choosing breastfeeding as the best choice for their children and thems…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Information on how to care for your child after cleft lip surgery including feeding, healing and incision care, pain management, and orthodontic appliances.
Information on how to care for your child after cleft palate surgery including feeding, mouth care, ear and throat care, and pain management.
This book presents a rational, healthy approach to child nutrition that offers practical and solidly researched information. The author emphasizes that an eating disorder indicates problems in the family as a whole and offers guidance for seeking help for serious disorders.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Intended for individuals and families who have members who are gluten intolerant. The recipes are intended for enjoyment by the entire family. In addition to the 150 recipes, there is extensive information about various gluten-free flours, legumes and rices. Also included are tips and techniques f…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library Lost | Available |
This is a guide to control the pain that plagues a child from headaches to arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, and more. Explains how to soothe the nervous system, reactivate the body's natural pain control mechanisms, determine which medications are most effective, implement relaxat…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, November 24, 2023 |
Written in positive and informal languaget this book is a guide to dealing with the common problems of stool withholding, soiling and wetting in young children. It gives insight into the perspectives of both children and parents, enabling a clear understanding of the issue.; Using friendly and info…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Diet is a huge priority for anyone living with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. The authors provide crucial guidance for families, friends and caregivers too in helping to manage IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) symptoms.; This updated second edition, in a very informative and easy-to-underst…
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Provides high-fibre recipes and nutritional analysis, including a detailed introduction explaining what a high-fibre diet is and its benefits. Recipes for a family's everyday eating and special events, including a desserts and baking section.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Children learn more in their first two years than at any other time in their lives, so anyone caring for them has a vital role to play in helping them. This easy-to-use guide is filled with activities and play ideas for every stage of a child's development up to the age of 2 1/2.
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
This book uses Family-Based Treatment based on the Maudsley approach to recommend a feeding strategy to parents of anorexic teenagers. It offers practical ideas as well as a large range of recipes.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
Stress. It can sap our energy, undermine our health if we let it, even shorten our lives. It makes us more vulnerable to anxiety and depression, disconnection and disease. Now, based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn's renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this groundbreaking audiobook shows yo…
| BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
A selection of favourite gluten-free recipes from the Canadian Celiac Association Halifax Chapter. Suitable for those diagnosed with celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
This sixth title in Hagman's "Gluten-free" series follows up on volumes covering bread and dessert with recipes for everything from Fruited Dressing for Pork and Chicken and Four-Star Chili to Biscuits and Gravy, Microwave Chicken and Dumplings and Chocolate Pecan Cupcakes.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
A practical cookbook containing over 100 recipes to help people living with cancer to manage eating difficulties (loss of appetitie, nausea, taste changes, swallowing difficulties, diarrhea) during cancer treatment. The final chapter contains information on healthy eating after treatment.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
A book that describes the author's journey through sorrow after experiencing thre miscarriages and the death of an infant son. It is a devotional collection to help others grieve and invities to presents hurts before God and to recieve over time the healing that He alone can provide.
| Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | Available |
This pamphlet provides information on breast or bottle feeding a newborn baby with a cleft lip and/or palate.