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Australian Babies Warning
2008-03-15 03:52:00
I got foolish news from Australia. Recent studies of Queensland public health researcher warn breastfeed babies at the risk of overfeeding. The reason is that breastfeed baby doesn’t grow as fast as the growth charts recommend. Researcher says infants who are breastfed could be misdiagnosed as “failing to thrive” because their normal weight gain is slower ...
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Parent?s Sleep Strategy
2008-03-14 03:23:00
I have told you some steps to improve your babies sleep pattern. Now, the tips are going to you, parents. Recent studies of Cornell University’s James Maas show that baby’s primary caregiver loses up to 700 hours of sleep in the first year. Sleep deprivation can wear down the entire family. It is corroding health, straining ...
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Premature Babies Warning
2008-03-13 03:02:00
Yesterday, I found sad news about premature babies. According French researchers, premature babies are more entering childhood with learning difficulties and developmental problems. More than a third of children born before the seventh month of pregnancy are disabled, and the degree of disability rises the earlier they are born. A study of 1,800 infants born before 33 weeks of gestation found a higher prevalence of disabilities including cerebral palsy, delayed language skills, perceptual problems, behavior disorders and learning difficulties than in a group of children born at 39 to 40 weeks of gestation in the same region. Such resources were used by 42% of children born at 24-28 weeks but 31% of those born 29-32 weeks - compared with only 16% of those born at 39-40 weeks. photo credit: MikeBlyth The so-called Epipage study then looked at the children when they were five years old, checking their physical health and tests of their memory and understanding. The studies then divid...
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Pregnancy Massage Video
2008-03-12 03:51:00
Pregnancy is the period when a lot hormone changes take place. This effect in shown in body with a lot of discomfort and pain in particular areas of the body such as hips, stomach, breast etc. Continued with labor, all it seems to be carrying mother?s nightmare. However, the labor could make easy by pregnancy massage. ...
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Delivery Room Hypnosis
2008-03-11 05:33:00
No, it?s not mistyping. It?s really hypnosis in the delivery room. It called Hypnobirthing, a method that teaches women how to hypnotize themselves during their labor. It helping them to relax and let their bodies take over. The concept is not new or it rather ?rebirth? of birthing philosophy that exist thousands years ago. Recaptured by ...
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Postpartum Hair Loss
2008-03-10 11:04:00
Many new moms notice their hair loss three months around postpartum. Sometimes it is quite dramatic. The studies of 436 women in the year after their babies born found that their hair loss increased after the first month, with a peak at 6 months. Department of Dermatology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne report that twenty percent women ...
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Air Travel Pregnancy
2008-03-08 07:44:00
“Is air travel safe during pregnancy?“ With more and more mothers expected taking a pre-baby to the skies, the question is common for pregnant woman. Some women worry about the effect of decreased air pressure on the fetus during air travel. Flying is actually safe for pregnant woman with some requisite. Commercial air travel poses no special ...
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Fish Oil for Pregnancy. Take or Leave?
2008-03-07 16:00:00
Tia R wrote this question in Yahoo answers  “I am currently 14 weeks pregnant and started taking fish oil supplements during my 9th week. Now I have been hearing a lot about the danger of mercury in fish and how it can affect the development of the fetus. Should I take this in addition to the ...
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Choosing Where to Deliver
2008-03-06 08:16:00
photo credit: sean dreilinger You should consider some factor when you choose where to deliver. In common, peoples put the risk factor at the top rank before they decide. Here is an article about where to deliver based on pregnancy risk factor In general, your choice will be linked to your care provider. The majority of ...
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When Your Baby Bites During Breastfeeding
2008-03-05 08:39:00
  photo credit: DanielJames Although it?s common your baby bites during breastfeeding, many mothers wonder how they will be able to continue to nurse after their babies get teeth. Then some questions appear related to the problem. There are three reasons why your baby bites during breastfeeding. Babies bite because they start teething. They also bite to ...
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How Babies Can Light Up Your Life
2008-03-04 08:53:00
photo credit: maureen_sill Ever wonder why you tend to go ga-ga when they see a baby? Well, now it is scientifically proved that look at the baby can light up your life. Recent studies report that sophisticated imaging showed that seeing a baby’s face lit up a specific region of the adult brain associated with reward ...
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Pregnancy Clothes Types You May Need
2008-03-03 12:32:00
Weight gain during pregnancy is one of the biggest concerns of women today. Due to the perfect figure we normally see on TV and magazines, it is likely for us to envy. First and foremost, it is very important to accept the fact that you will be gaining weight. Whether you like it or not, ...
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CBS?s Must Have Baby Gadgets
2008-03-02 07:12:00
CBS?s Saturday Early Show, pointed to a bunch of must have baby gadget. Heather Maclean, a kids expert visited the show and makes a test with the panel of moms. She once founded Little Laureate, a media company featuring educational items for kids and wrote “The Baby Gizmo Buying Guide: From Pacifiers to Potties…Why, When, ...
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Baby Massage Video
2008-02-27 16:00:00
A video in youtube recently show us how to massage a baby. It?s fairly new in the United States and other western countries. However, massaging babies has been a parenting tradition in many cultures for centuries. In India, mothers regularly massage everyone in their families and pass this knowledge on to their daughters. After studying ...
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Stories About Formula Superiority Are Misleading !
2008-02-26 15:39:00
Soon after I post “Could Baby Formula Beat Breastfeeding ?“, timesonline.co.uk released an article that support breastfeeding. Stories about the superiority of formula feeding are misleading ! Here are I quote it for you : ?INFANT feeding may affect brain? was the somewhat alarming headline this week for what turned out to be a good news ...
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Could Baby Formula Beats Breastfeeding ?
2008-02-23 05:50:00
People believes that breastfeeding is the best for our baby. But, yesterday, an article from thewest.com.au reported that highly enriched formula milk are better for premature babies than breast or standard formula milk. The publication base on Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children studies. They looked at 76 premature babies born in the 1980s who were ...
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Plastic Baby Bottles Controversy
2008-02-11 13:17:00
Just few days after I published Bottle Feeding Tips, A dozen of the leading environmental groups in the country published the results of a study which says the vast majority of plastic baby bottles might pose a significant health risk. They contain bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical linked to obesity, cancer and other conditions in ...
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How To Prevent Pregnancy Heartburn
2008-02-08 16:50:00
“Any helpful ideas on how to get rid of pregnancy heartburn?” That?s the question wrote in Yahoo answers recently. Sure, there are many ways to heal pregnancy heartburn. You can take Mylanta or Tums. But, in this post let me show you how to prevent it. It?s natural way and doesn?t need any medicine. The ...
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Bottle Feeding Tips
2008-02-06 12:08:00
Important Preparation Make sure the bottle is thoroughly rinsed and cleaned. Use special liquid cleanser for nursing bottle. It’s designed to wash away thoroughly dirt on teethers, soothers, and nursing bottle without pigment left. Sterilize the bottle. You can boil the bottle & nipple for 5 minutes or you can use bottle sterilizer Know which nipple type your ...
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Pregnancy Herpes Worries
2008-01-31 03:04:00
You know already some fetal risk factors you should be aware during pregnancy. Now, let me aware you about pregnancy herpes that become common problem for pregnant woman. Heather wrote her worries about pregnancy herpes in yoshi2me.com : “I realized that I was late getting my period and I started to worry that I might be ...
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Pregnancy Back Pain
2008-01-30 13:31:00
Please read what Tiffany wrote in baby-gaga forum recently : ?Im starting to have ALOT of lower back pains, and it keeps me up all night so I cant sleep… Its awful… I was just wondering if any of you ladies have found a way to make it any easier or less painful… I was also wondering ...
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Breast Crawl Video
2008-01-23 16:52:00
Have you seen Unicef?s breast crawl Video ? In last August 2007, a group of caregivers and community volunteers in Nandurbar District of India witnessed a demonstration of a newborn performing a breast crawl. The video demonstrates how a newborn baby, when placed on the mother?s chest, will use a breast crawl to self-initiate breastfeeding within ...
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Do My Baby Need Baby Walker ?
2008-01-15 13:36:00
Baby walkers were very popular some years ago, but now health and safety experts strongly advise against them. When walkers were widely used, thousands of babies suffered significant injuries in them each year. The most serious accidents, often fatal, involved rolling down open stairways. Other injuries resulted from tipping over or pinching hands between the ...
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Make Baby Nursery Room Seem Larger
2008-01-07 19:03:00
Many parents that are expecting a baby find themselves faced with the challenge of working with a small area for their nursery. Modern houses and apartments with ultra-efficient layouts are often less than spacious. Here are some ideas to make your nursery appear to be much larger than it is and that will allow you ...
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Help Your Child Focus and Pay Attention
2008-01-07 02:19:00
Your child is already paying attention. The question is what are they paying attention to? Child ren who have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder often fail to pay attention to what they are supposed to be paying attention to — the teacher in the classroom, your instructions to stop running in the house or the fact that they have a quiz next week in social studies class. They are often paying attention to things that are more interesting to them such as what the other kids are doing in the class, what the dog is doing while you’re nagging at them or how many home runs his favorite baseball player has hit. Using this principle – that your child is intensely interested in and paying attention to some things — you can help your child focus in situations where she currently is falling short. The main strategy is to channel your child’s energy and interest to promote the development of persistence in other tasks. Sometimes kids lack persiste...
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Easy Potty Training Methods
2008-01-06 07:19:00
Potty training children is just that—training. Just as each child learns to walk and talk at their own pace, so to do children learn to use the potty. Remember patience and consistency. And never get upset when a child has an accident. Growing up is a strange new experience for them and learning to control their bodies is all part of life. Getting angry when a child has an accident creates more problems than it solves For some children, it will be like turning on a light switch and they will wake up and never use a diaper again. For others, it may take a month or two for them to fully transition out of diapers. Whatever you do you must be consistent. If you work hard for a week and only see minimal progress, do not give up. Some of the signs a child may be ready to be potty trained is if they are ale to stay dry for over two hours at a time. If they have regular bowel movements throughout the day. If your child comes up and tells you they need a diaper change. Using a potty chair ...
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Choosing Pediatrician for Your Baby
2008-01-05 12:14:00
Congratulations, you’re pregnant. As the count-down to the birth of your new child approaches, you should consider finding a pediatrician who will work the best with your soon to be expanding family. Having a pediatrician on-hand though the formative weeks and years of your child’s life is in the best interests of both you and your child. Waiting until your child gets sick or needs a check-up is absolutely not the time to be going through the selection process, which can be stressful even when everything is going according to plan. Beginning Your Search There are several sources you can tap into to locate qualified pediatricians in your community. A good place to start is the “American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)“. A pediatrician who is certified by them will have will have graduated from four years of medical school, received three years of resident training, and passed their written examination. They provide pediatrician search service on-line. Another sourc...
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Music To The Heart Of A Child
2007-12-30 05:03:00
Music is powerful and persuasive. It touches one?s emotion, motivation, creativity and relaxation. It has the soothing effect that can calm our mental nerves. It inspires you to do something new and productive. It gives you ideas. It lulls you to sleep. The list is definitely endless. Music is many things. It makes us happy, annoyed, ...
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Parenting Starts Before Pregnancy
2007-12-29 01:51:00
While it may seem farfetched to some people, many of my clients remember what they felt and experienced while still in the womb. Comments such as these are not unusual: ?I knew even before I was born that my mother didn?t want me.? ?I could feel my mother?s fear and anxiety even before I was born.? Pare nting does ...
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Prepare Your Baby to Walk
2007-12-28 02:21:00
One concern many parents have is teaching their baby to walk. It may seem like it just comes naturally ? and to an extent it does! However, there are things you can do to prepare your baby to walk. Babies don?t just wake up one day and start walking. There?s a natural progression from rolling over, ...
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