Archive for 2010
Simple Signs To Know What Your Newborn Baby Needs
The joys of being a mother of a newborn baby is limitless and indeed a great feeling. The act of bringing the child to this world is both hard and fulfilling at the same time. Along with these joys, comes great responsibility of having to take care of that newborn baby. For a mother, it [...]
Is It Ok to Breastfeed During Pregnancy?
There has long been the warning issued to women who get pregnant while still breast feeding an older child that it is not advisable to continue breast feeding when one is pregnant. However, now according to studies it would seem that breastfeeding creates no additional risk in a normal pregnancy. While many express the apprehension [...]
Millennium Development Goals Of WHO Focused On Improving Newborn Care In The First Month Of Life
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) statistics of 2010 revealed that 40% of mortality among infants whose ages are below 5 occurs within the first month of life. This period is marked by fragility of the infant in terms of environmental adaptation to extreme hot and cold temperatures, sucking ability to have an effective feeding pattern, [...]
Safety for the Newborn Baby and Cat
It has been seen to happen that the arrival of a new baby in the house can elicit feelings of jealousy among house pets, particularly cats. So if one already has a pet cat at home, who is already very much part of the family, then there may be reason for apprehension as to how [...]
Fears of Lifestyle Impacting Newborn Development
According to a new report, the sedentary lifestyles and parents being over protective of their babies is hampering the physical development of babies. Factors such as posture, coordination and balance could be negatively impacted, found the study. The study examined how children aged 4 years and above fared with 12 movement skills, including standing on [...]
Babies to Be Strapped into Plane Seats
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been asking the government to make it compulsory for ages, without success and now they will be trying to persuade the general public to do so voluntarily – buckle their infants into child safety seats on planes. There have been incidents reported where due to plane turbulence, babies [...]
Tested And Proven Infant Feeding Techniques
Proper and appropriate infant feeding especially during the early years will greatly help in the development of your child’s body and brain. During the first few months after the baby is born, breast milk and formula are the only proper food you can give them. As they grow older, you can start training them to [...]
Mom’s Going Back to Work Does Not Have Adverse Effect on the Newborn
New moms who have to resume working soon after the arrival of their baby are often guilt ridden at having to do so, wondering about the consequences of this for their baby and its well-being. However recent research shows that they need not agonize over returning to work after baby’s birth – academics have found [...]
