Archive for May, 2008

Don’t think that keeping your newborn baby safe is a biggest risk. It doesn’t need much work to keep your baby safe. At this small age, your baby can’t get into much trouble on his own.

Even prior to the arrival of your baby, you can know how to handle the hidden threats for a newborn baby.

Here are some threats which you should know:

Safe sleep:

Make your baby to sleep on his back and on a stiff mattress so that you can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Don’t allow the newborn baby to sleep on anything that is soft and cushy such as a pillow, comforter, push toy, or sheepskin.

It is better to get a humid sleeper or one-piece outfit. It is the safest alternative than choosing a blanket, which can get scrambled around the baby. Ensure that the mattress fit tightly in the crib so that the baby cannot get ensnared between the mattress and the side of the crib.

Also, the crib should not consist of any missed gaps or broken parts.

Safe diaper changing:

Is it helpful and necessary to feed a baby by force? Don’t worry if your growing and developing baby eats only a half portion of food that you prepare for him. Leave him alone, but don’t force to eat.

First of all look at yourself and your partner. If both of you are under height and weight, what can you expect from your daughter or son.

So, don’t force such baby to eat like everyone does. Feeding the baby forcibly can lead to dysorexia and indigestion.

Set proper baby food ration that is suitable for your baby’s development, but not on age.

Mainly, underweight is the result of wrong and inappropriate nutrition. Here are various practical suggestions that help your child to break the bad cycle and learn how to take proper food.

• Strictly stick to an appropriate feeding schedule. Don’t give any stuff to eat in the intervals between one meal and the other. Your child then will automatically start the meal with a liquid dish.
• If your baby rejects to eat the food by the regular scheduled feeding time, then you should miss it.
• Sometimes, prepare the dishes that your baby likes to eat.

It will be very exciting for everyone to plan a new baby. You will find lot of fun in selecting those tiny baby clothes, but sometimes there is a chance for you to get tempted and buy impractical items or more than actually required.

Usually babies grow quickly, so there is no need to buy large number of clothes of smaller sizes.

How to choose the basic layette for your baby?

New babies spend most of their time in sleeping. So, you need to buy simple clothes that keep your baby warm and comfortable. The basic layette for your baby include: sleepers, diapers, gowns, sweater, caps, booties, socks, bibs and under-shirts [Unique baby clothes].

Hooded bath towel, out door wear, daytime outfits and buntings are optional items.

Select best fabric, size and designed clothes:

Fabrics: Usually, infant clothes attract adults, but remember that comfort and appeal never go together. So, it is best to read the labels before buying the baby clothes. Babies have tender skin tone, so buy the clothes that are soft and light weight cotton fabrics.

You can travel with your infant by air safely, if you follow some safety issues.

But, it is better to avoid air travel as much as you can, because it takes some time for your newborn baby to adjust the new life outside your womb.

Most of you worry about air travel with your infants, because it will hurt your child’s ears. Usually, the consequences of air travel on your infant’s ear are same as for an adult’s ear.

Changes in the atmospheric pressure can cause various changes in your middle ear pressure. Finally it can lead to severe pain.

In order to equalize the pressure, feeding will greatly help you. So, during takeoff and landing time, feed your infant. If your infant is not hungry, try to offer a pacifier.

If your infant is already suffering from ear infection, then he/she will feel very uncomfortable while flying. So, it is better to consult the pediatrician before leaving. Your doctor will suggest eardrops for pain relief.

Some mothers suspect that traveling by air raises the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, because irregular breathing is the most common problem in a pressurized airplane cabin.

The overreaction of the immune system to the harmless substance causes child allergies.

This substance is treated as the invader, which causes the symptoms.

The child allergies are caused due to the hereditary conditions. But, all the children in the family may not get the allergy.

Some children without the family history develop the allergy.

Airborne allergies are most common in children

Pollen is the major cause for airborne child allergy. To fertilize other plants; trees, grass, weeds release these tiny particles into the air.

These are seasonal. The type of pollen determines the symptoms that a child is allergic to.

Dust mites are one of the causes for child allergies. These are the main components of allergies that contain the bacteria and fabric fibers. These live in carpets, upholstery and bedding.

Mold is a fungus that live in moist environment, outdoors in warm weather and indoors. Outdoor molds are found in poor drainage areas. It is a common allergen.

Indoor molds are found in poorly ventilated and dark places. Molds are seasonal but indoor molds grow through out the year.