A fat baby is not necessarily a healthy baby. From the beginning, try to teach your child to stop eating before she reaches a point of satiation. By that I mean a sense of complete fullness and reluctance to eat another bite. If your family has a problem with easy weight gain, you can try […]
Breath holding spells occur in some children who are able to hold their breath long enough to actually pass out. Only five per cent of children have this abnormal reflex. They are healthy in every other way. Following a triggering event, such as being frustrated or falling down, your child cries once, holds his breath,
Babies are simply miserable when they have a cold. If their nose is blocked up, they can’t nurse or suck on a bottle. Here’s how we open that nose: ⢠First, if there’s a watery discharge, just remove it with a soft rubber suction bulb. ⢠Second, if the nose is stuffy with little or
Bottle fed babies don’t need solids until four months of age and breast fed babies are fine until six months. Introducing strained foods earlier just makes feeding more complicated without helping your baby in any way. • Between four and eight months of age introduce your baby to most of the strained foods and cereals.
Babies cry when they’re unhappy or uncomfortable. Crying is a distress signal. Babies don’t cry to exercise their lungs. A few of them cry because they’re in pain from an ear infection or a bad diaper rash, and most babies obviously cry when their hungry, but they stop as soon as you offer them a
More than 50% of women experience post partum blues in the third or fourth day after delivery. The symptoms include tearfulness, sadness, and even the inability to think clearly. The main cause of this temporary reaction is probably the sudden decrease in maternal hormones. Here are some ways to cope with post partum blues: â¢
Babies who are raised in households with smokers are hospitalized more often during the first year than babies who are brought up in smoke free homes. They’re put in the hospital because of lung infections. This fact has been proven in a number of studies from the United States, Israel and England, all showing the
Although you may think that a suntan makes you look healthy, just the opposite is true. Sunburn is unhealthy for everybody’s skin, including your child’s. The evidence is clear that the sun’s rays damage the skin, cause aging and lead to a higher risk of skin cancer later on in life. Only one severe childhood
For some reason or another, honey seems to have a better reputation than white table sugar. But actually it has no nutritional advantages over plain sugar. As a matter of fact, although sugar is OK for infants, honey should never be given to a baby less than one year of age. It can be dangerous.
We have made great strides in improving the oral health of or children, but much more needs to be done, especially in the area of prevention. Did you know that 25% of all school age children have five or more decayed, filled or missing teeth? Fluoride is most important in preventing dental decay. There’s no
