Posts Tagged ‘Children’
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.
Tags:Brain, brain development, child, Children, comfort, Development, Food, growth, Healthy, lack of sleep, Milk, Pain, sleeping child, Tips
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
S
udden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a sudden death and unexpected in a seemingly healthy infant. SIDS is the leading cause of death is most often found in infants aged 2 weeks-1 year. 3 of 2000 infants experienced SIDS and almost always when they are sleeping. Most SIDS deaths occur at ages 2-4 months and occur worldwide.
Sudden unexpected infant deaths and for reasons that remain unclear, even after autopsy. SIDS is one of the most important deaths in the first year of life after the neonatal period.
SIDS is the leading cause of death is most often found in infants aged 2 weeks-1 year. 3 of 2000 infants experienced SIDS and almost always when they are sleeping. Most SIDS deaths occur at ages 2-4 months and occur worldwide. In the typical case of a baby aged 2-3 months who appear healthy, at tidurkan without suspicion that things outside of normal circumstances, some time later found the baby died, and the conventional autopsy fails to find cause of death. It has been disclosed that the baby looked healthy before he died, but a more detailed history of perinatal and intensive examination neurologic function kardiorespiratorik and produce the evidence that children are not in normal circumstances before.
A mother who smokes during pregnancy increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Sudden death in infants occurs when the baby shortage of breath in bed after his position blocking breathing. As quoted from the AFP, it was a lot of sudden death syndrome associated with a surprising lack of response in the brain that trigger baby gasping for breath. In such conditions, infants will cry to stimulate normal breathing.
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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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Saturday, July 31st, 2010
The toddler has a great ability to accept new information than older children. Research shows, introducing the activities of reading, language and mathematics since the age of the children, will make them easier to capture those lessons later.
Here are some ways which can encourage and train them to have a smart brain.
- Invited to speak. Tell me about anything to him. What is clear, so the child knows, she is the center of your attention. This will support them in the development of language knowledge and thinking.
- Select children’s books with big letters and pictures are clear. This will help children understand what they see and also slowly learning to read words.
- Buy tapes / VCDs / DVDs in foreign languages. It will be easier to catch a toddler a foreign language than in later days.
- Buy computer software for toddlers. Much software training proficiency using the keyboard as a child before the age of 2.5 years less likely to use a mouse.
- Buy alphabet letters made from plastic and store in the bathroom. Every time a shower, do introduce new letters and repeatedly until the child’s heart. That way, children will slowly begin to learn the relationship between speaking and writing in the language.
- Always be rectified. Many parents feel frustrated if their children repeatedly read one page in the same book or watch a movie / VCD that it-that’s all. Do not disgust and panic! This is an important part in which the child knows the information.
- Buy the letters and figures made of magnet. This allows children to play while learning in front of the fridge. Introduce new words every week.
- Read out one story every day. Read with intonation and expression as we were playing the drama.
- Remember, physical education directly related to academic education. Research shows brain development is also closely related to physical education, like crawling before the age of one year. If you and the children often perform a variety of sports activities together, this can help increase the child’s physical development and brain. Whether it’s running, horseback riding, swimming, and others.
- Buy a set of lessons and education for children under five. These include books, videos, tapes, and how to teach it. Read and learn from both of the child. Buying a free image for your child, there is nothing wrong.
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Properly, a mother must always be patient in feeding their children, because of eating not only makes children fulfilled their nutritional needs, but these activities can also be used as a learning experience for toddlers. At the time the child starts talking, eating activities can be used as a means for mothers to teach the concept of taste, expression of taste, color concepts, the concept of texture, the concept of number, and size concepts.
Patience by mothers in performing this activity can facilitate the process of eating and toddlers to develop their insight and knowledge. In terms of eating, the mother or caregiver to act as mediators to introduce various concepts and facts which met the child in his environment. An example is when feeding, the mother can provide information about what to eat, what it’s like, what color, how much, and so forth. Feeding techniques while learning can be done through a few tips:
- Arouse the attention and wants the child to react. Mother took the child to eat and give a sign that the meal has arrived. To attract the attention of children, maternal use of verbal and nonverbal expression, to enable the sensing of children. Mom then took the plate and let the kids hold eating utensils, food, and imitate what the mother said. She was also the name given food, taste, shape, texture, and tightens up with an expression of voice or expression. Repeat this several times.
- Giving praise and raise confidence and competence in children if the child is eating properly. Mothers should not be stingy praise for his son. For example, if he had spent one tablespoon of food, just the mother’s praise of their versatility. Especially when the food can be spent with the neat.
- Get children to plan all activities shall be taken, all actions have demonstrated that patterns of activity in preparing meals, children should also be involved, such as washing hands, preparing food, telling stories about what was done the mother, to clear the table after dinner activity is over. This is done many times, in order to form habits and a healthy diet.
- In order for the learning process becomes much easier and pleasant situation, the mother should also make eye contact with toddlers. In addition, mothers are advised to have a sense of empathy, would give the baby a chance to speak, trying to share a pleasant feeling, and follow what the initiatives and responses of children. Mother or child interactions during feeding intensively this remedy can be used as a means to improve the cognitive abilities of children.
Tags:Children, diet, Eating, eating utensils, feeding, Iron, knowledge, learning experience, Nutrition, Nutritional, Tips, Toddler, washing hands
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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.
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