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Saturday, September 4th, 2010
When buying toys for your child, what is your concern?
price? brand? usefulness? or other options again?
In order to choose the right toy for your baby, it’s a few tips:
* Parents need to know the stages of child development, both aged, emotionally and physically.
* Caring for a used toy, do not buy an expensive home, adjust with child’s ability.
* Notice in terms of security, both in terms of material or the workings of the toy.
* Select toys that are bright in color and contrast, to stimulate the senses of sight of children.
* Children aged 6 months or more like a toy that emits sounds and colored objects, as well as soft-textured objects.
* Give toys like Lego and the like that have a variety of forms for children aged 9 months and upwards. Or a similar toy that can be played during the shower.
* No need expensive toys for your child. To stimulate the creativity of your child, you can create your own; you certainly have to be creative.
Be sure to put a toy that is easy to reach by the child to avoid the bad things that might happen
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Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Quality of sleep affects a child’s brain development of children, emotional and social growth. Unstable emotions, which inhibited growth and not creative at school can occur due to lack of time sleeping child.
Son of a lack of sleep can occur if the child is tired, sick, too engrossed in play, uncomfortable position while sleeping.
Some of these tips may be noticed by parents in upholding the child’s bedtime.
* Provide one-hour dinner before bed.
* Avoid foods that stimulate the brain to always be active, such as chocolate, coffee.
* Provide water or warm milk before sleeping child.
* Taking into account the comfort factor in the bedroom.
* Given the cleanliness and tidy rooms.
* Noting the color of paint on the walls of the room, should provide a soft paint colors so that children are not stimulated to always active.
* Noting that the child clothes when sleeping softly.
* Set the child’s sleep habits
* Changing the clothes the child when sweaty and wet.
* To read a story or picture to exist when he would sleep
* Listening to soft music so that children can sleep comfortably.
Smart and healthy child is a child who has a good quality sleep and this will help in dealing with other children.
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010
Many parents are from the time the toilet training or potty training with uncertainty. “All children are ready at the same age, so it is important that you monitor your child for signs of preparation, such as stopping an activity for a few seconds or clutching his coat.
Most children begin to show these 18 characters to 24 months, although some may be ready before or after. And boys tend to be later and have more time to learn to use the toilets for girls.
Instead of age as an indicator of the election, look for other signs that your child is ready to start toward the bathroom, such as the ability to:
- Follow the instructions
- Understand the words on the process of toilet
- The control of the muscles responsible for elimination
- To express verbally should go
- The dry layer of two hours or more to keep
- First to sit on the toilet, and then go to the toilet
- Dropdown diapers, training pants, disposable underwear
- Show interest to use the toilet or wearing underwear
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
Often, we as a mother asks the child to the doctor with a complaint we have trouble throwing stools for several days and complained there was anything wrong in giving his food, or is there a serious disorder in our children.
Children who have difficulty defecating likely to experience constipation or constipation if the nature of abnormal feces or if the magnitude of the frequency of abnormal stools. The definition of constipation is difficulty or delay the passage of faeces. In general, constipation or constipation will occur if hard stools, rarely go out and feel the pain if the exit.
Stools is basically a reflex, intestinal peristalsis is accompanied by relaxation of the anal sphincter muscles inside and out, and consciously controlled by the anal sphincter muscle, causing the outer part keingginan to defecation or bowel movement.
Normal defecation patterns vary depending on age and diet person. As in infants, during the first 3-4 days is typically issued a thick meconium odorless greenish black color, then slowly turned brown-green and the small amount of frequency till eight times daily, and keeping, despite the baby can not dive 24 hours a leak faeces. Feces milk started coming out after one week, infants with Mother’s Milk issued a stool softening jonquil, is that a formula has a yellow solid stools. Stool frequency and form of older children reflect the eating habits and diets.
Under normal circumstances, they are rare stools, sometimes only once in 3-4 days. Problems that are often complained of pain and if the resulting discomfort Toilet time.
What can we do?
- Changes in diet, the provision of fruit juice or a source of fiber from fruits and vegetables, inadequate in the daily fluid requirements. Avoid dairy products, bananas and apples as they can cause constipation.
- Nursing soften the anus with feces and maintain these areas to keep them dry. Give a cream after changing diapers to provide a sense of cool.
- Teach slowly and in accordance with their own child steps in toilet training.
- Overcoming the psychological problems that cause constipation
- Suggested for stools daily or regularly twice a day to the toilet
- The position that can help simplify stools; bend thighs Kea raise blood pressure in the abdomen so that the abdominal cavity.
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
Pathogenic bacteria found in farm animals currently have an immunity to antibiotics that is higher than many years ago. Therefore, to maintain to stay healthy and can be cut in time, farm animals injected with a stronger antibiotic levels or higher. This causes the animals came from farms may be more dangerous than an antibiotic prescriptions written by doctors.
Organic farms are very limited use of antibiotics. This does not happen in non-organic farms, where they use antibiotics without rules, as long as they can keep their livestock from disease. The use of antibiotics such as this causes stress on cattle. Of all the antibiotics circulating in Australia, 60% used in the cattle, not humans.
Marine biologists from the University of Queensland, Dr Simon Costanzo stated in Marine Pollution Bulletin March 2005 edition, that antibiotics and bacteria that have developed resistance to antibiotics, are found in water and sewage lines in downtown Brisbane. This increase threats to the environment and human health, especially for children. The British Medical Association has warned that resistance to antibiotics is “one of the major public health threats to be faced in the 21st century.” While WHO has ordered the reduction of antibiotic use in agriculture and animal husbandry.
Animals that live in a more decent and better on organic farms is to minimize the use of antibiotics and other veterinary drugs. Medicines and antibiotics are used only when really needed.
Tags:age, child, Children, disease, drug, farm animals, Food, human health, Iron, organic farms, organic food, pathogenic bacteria, public health, resistance, Stress
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
Organs, a brain, immune system and detoxification mechanism of children is immature and still developing. The combination of these conditions with the large percentage of food consumption per kilogram of their weight, making children more susceptible to toxins that exist, compared with adults.
Toddlers are a lot of organic foods have pesticide residue stated less th
an 1 / 6 in their urine, compared with children consuming non-organic food.
Elizabeth Gillette’s paper in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives are used as reference by many parties, shows how the combination of exposure to pesticides (although slightly) in the environment, household and food lead to slowing growth in children. Gillette comparing children in two villages which are isolated in Mexico, where one village routinely uses pesticide and the other does not.
All other factors equal-genetic factors, diet, lifestyle, climate, culture, etc.. The study found significant differences between the two groups of children in two villages in terms of mental and motor skills (children exposed to pesticides have a low skill level, with high aggressive behavior).
In many Western countries, children and adults alike are exposed to pesticides. A Study on Mother’s Milk in 1995 found that infants exposed to pesticides in Australia at levels above the maximum limit. In Canada, found a direct correlation between pesticide contaminations in breast milk those increase the risk of otitis in infants.
Tags:Brain, breast, breast milk, child, Children, environmental health perspectives, Food, food consumption, growth, immune system, infant, Iron, Milk, organic foods, pesticide residue, Toddler, toddlers
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Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Infectious diseases and intestinal worms are often considered vulgar disease or disease of low socioeconomic class. Disease caused by a humid tropical climate, high population density and poor, sanitation, excreta used as fertilizer in the garden, soil conditions, and lack of public knowledge is low. Research shows it can reduce the intelligence of children have worms.
Intelligence of children of this decline occurred because the worms damage the mucosa (wall) intestine and takes nutrients from food so that children can have food absorption problems and even malnutrition. Due to lack of nutrient intake in children would interfere with the development of body cells including brain cells. And ultimately result in children not developing intelligences, even decreased.
Intestinal worms can attack anyone, but if these diseases attack children, then the child will experience a weak, tired, listless, negligent and loose. Children who are infected worms will also become very vulnerable illness, hepatitis, myopic eyes, malnutrition, and decreased levels of intelligence. Symptoms most often appear in children is the problem of intestinal worms such as decreased appetite, nausea, diarrhea, difficult stools, weight loss and decreased intelligence of children. And anemia, tuberculosis, and malaria is a disease that could arise due to worms.
Intestinal worms in children can be caused by various species of hookworm (Ascaris lumbriocoides, Neactur smericanus, Ancylotomaduodenale), roundworms, whipworms (Truchuris trichiura), and several other types of worms. According to the survey, 60-80% of Indonesian population affected by worms and 90% of them are elementary school children. Therefore, it is important to teach children how to live clean, for example by requiring washing hands before eating and drinking.
Tags:absorption, Brain, brain cells, child intelligence, deficiency, Development, disease, infectious diseases, Intelligence, intestinal worms in children, lack, malnutrition, nutrient intake, nutrients, problem, socioeconomic class, washing hands, Worm
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
If we do not stool in a single day this stomach feels uncomfortable. Mother can imagine if this happened to your baby. Surely the baby will be cranky all day. How not matter which should be removed now rest together in the intestines so that makes her stomach hurt. This is called constipation.
For adults who had normal stools is every day but not for babies. Toilet pattern every baby is different. There’s a Toilet frequency magnitude 5-6 times a day but there is also a once every two days. So, if your child is not in the stools 2-3 days most likely he’s just lack of fiber. But if it exceeded the three day Mother should immediately take him to the doctor.
Other signs of constipation that can be the Mother of note, namely:
- Feces shaped like a pebble, hard and dry
- When push (push stools out) the baby looks in pain
- There is blood in the stool
Why Constipation?
The reason there are two factors, functional and pathological.
The cause of the functional:
Usually it’s closely related to diet. Or it could be because of less milk. Avoid giving your baby breast milk from constipation because breast milk easily digestible by infants. Besides lack of fiber can also be the cause. Although exclusive breastfeeding was given but if Mother does not give (or Mother eat) vegetables and fruit she could get constipated. Do not forget, what is the Mother of the consumption effect on milk quality. The selection formula that does not fit can also be the cause.
Pathological Causes:
The cause of this is due to abnormalities in the colon nerve bottom, starting from the anus to the top. Could also be due to nerve dysfunction, which regulates the elasticity of the colon so that bowel narrowed. As a result hard to get out and piled dirt on the bottom of the large intestine. The cause of this should be treated medically to avoid dirt buildup colitis due to a long-time decay.
Tips:
- Always insert the fiber in the daily menu
- If you must give him formula milk, choose lactulose-containing materials that can improve the function of motility (movement)
Tags:baby, breast milk, breastfeeding, child, Constipation, feeding, fiber, fruit, Milk, vegetable
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Some parents often complained of lack of sleep. Because the baby likes waking up at night and fret when his desire not obeyed. No wonder if some of the Mother looked pale and tired during the day because of lack of sleep.
This problem can be overcome if the mother could create a good sleep for their babies, how to create an atmosphere like in the womb. That way the baby will be comfortable, not going to wake up and disturb Mother. Here are tips-tricks:
- Comfortable beds
Baby still not able to adjust to a big bed. Sleeping position with a large bed that much different from when he curled in the womb. We recommend using a box, basket, or cradle.
- The right temperature
not until he woke up because the room temperature is too cold or hot. When the Mother of using a fan or air conditioner, do not point directly to the baby. Room temperature no more or less than 22 degrees centigrade. If the room temperature feels too hot, replace it with a thinner shirt and baggy.
- A soothing caress and pat
Caress and pat lightly to soothe that will make her sleep more soundly.
- Soft voices
To change the heartbeat once he heard the Virgin, Mother of the buzzing sound could use a fan, radio voice, and gentle voice of his toys.
- Sleep alone
Give a room for him. Avoid sleeping with your baby, because sleep can be disturbed from the movement of the Mother and Father. Do not just carry her when she starts crying. With Mother even carried her wake.
- Routines
if the current sleep time and activity before sleep is still not regular, not too late to create the routine. Specify what time he had a warm bath, put on your nightgown, playing in bed, listening to Mother telling or singing until she fell asleep.
- Napping enough
do not think that if Mother did not put him to sleep during the day so he would be exhausted and fell asleep at night. On the contrary, too tired to make her sleep restless. It’s okay to reduce the hours of nap, but not to make it continue to wake up.
Tags:babies, baby sleep, comfortable beds, infant, lack of sleep, sleep time, Tips
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Some mother complained about her son often refused to brush his teeth. Especially in the morning and at night before bed. Of course there is the cause of this rejection. One of the most significant factors is the habit. If your child is not accustomed to clean his mouth early on, do not be surprised if someday he did not feel uncomfortable if they do not brush my teeth.
For her to the Mother should be diligent in cleaning the oral cavity since a baby. That way she will feel uncomfortable if his mouth was not clean. Easy to do so, follow these steps:
- take a small gauze pads and wrap the fingers
- Gauze pads soaked in lukewarm water
- Rubbed into all parts of the oral cavity
Because he is used to clean the oral cavity itself he will be diligent in cleaning the teeth later. After entering the 3 year old Mother can start introducing tools for cleaning teeth. Select a brush with soft bristles to the teeth and gums are not injured. May also buy a toothbrush with a unique and funny. This can add excitement brushing their teeth.
Should Using Toothpaste?
There are some types of toothpaste for children, but the dentist should advise your child not to use toothpaste first. The reason is of course because the chemical constituents contained in it are feared the child could swallow.
With increasing age the ability to gargle and swallow a little too much better. We should try to give this Mother of toothpaste (select marked safe for toddlers) to him. Do not worry too much just enough to give a little on the tip of the brush.
Tips:
- Create a pleasant atmosphere while brushing your teeth, for example, while singing. So the little one does not need forced the fact may be traumatizing for him.
- Can also perform ritual brushing your teeth with Mother, Father and his brother.
Tags:brush teeth, Children, Dental, mouth, Teeth, Tips, toddlers, toothbrush, toothpaste
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