pregnant women should not drink coffee carelessly, because too much caffeine can actually harm the womb and the heart. Under normal conditions, the effects of caffeine will begin to decrease within 5 hours since entry into the body. However, in certain circumstances such as in pregnant women, part-time or time decay in the body can…
Category Archives: Infants 0-1 Year
baby reflexes
As a newborn and young infant, most of your baby’s development and physical reactions will be determined by primitive reflexes. For example, if you brush your newborn’s cheek, he will likely turns his head (rooting reflex), which helps him to find a breast or bottle for a feeding. Or if you place a nipple in…
Parenting and Healthy Baby Sleep: What Are a Newborn’s Sleep Requirements?
Newborns and Sleep This is a wonderful time for you and your baby – you are getting to know each other. Newborns need a lot of sleep, though, and you must be aware of this and act accordingly. Healthy Baby Sleep: What You Need to Know Of course, your newborn will devote a lot of…
Understanding Cholesterol
CHOLESTEROL Cholesterol (technically known as a sterol) is a substance found in animal fats and oils, nervous tissues, bile, blood and egg yolks. It has been found that people who suffer from diseases related to the arteries have a higher than average concentration of plasma cholesterol, and it has therefore been thought that an increased…
Newborn screening
I have a month-old nephew now, even when he wasn’t born yet I was so excited of him coming out but like the parents I hoped he’ll be delivered healthy and without any problems then I went curious with the result of his newborn screening test the day he was born. If you would like…
Children’s sexuality
The existence of sexuality in children and remains an issue which is treated with concern, surprise, embarrassment and reluctance by parents and general than adults. Sigmund Freud first spoke of the existence of child sexuality in his work “Three studies on the theory of sexuality.” In this book he described a theory of psychosexual development…
The relationship of parent and child
Everyone is a potential parent. But when we want to make a child must consider the family circumstances in which the bears live. The way a child is determined to some degree before he was born and what role they play ● parents, ● is available as to the existence of even one member of…
When a family member suffers from Flatulence
FLATULENCE Flatulence is commonly known as a “fart” or “breaking wind”. But in reality, the term “flatulence” is basically a presence of gas in the stomach or intestines. It is a natural thing to swallow air, and so will naturally create air pockets or “gas” in the digestive tract. But in most cases, flatulence is…
Know about Claustrophobia and its symptoms
Claustrophobia is the intense fear of closed spaces or of being shut in. it is natural for us to feel a fear of confined spaces since there may be circumstances that face us with being trapped either in a narrow cave passage, or a car wreck, a closet or a small room from which the…
How to overcome fever in children
Fever is a usual thing that happen to our children, here is how to overcome fever in children: 1. Find out the cause of the heat. 2. Do not panic! fever is generally not life threatening. 3. Observe the child’s behavior. When the temperature is not too high child was still cheerful, active and want…