Heel Prick Test For Newborn Babies
The heel prick test is a blood test - it involves collecting a sample of blood from your baby's heel 48 hours after their birth. The test is part of the Newborn Metabolic Screening Programme. Early detection and diagnosis mean that treatment can start quickly before a baby becomes sick. Metabolic disorders are hard to find without screening.
How does a baby get UTI ?
A urinary tract infection is an infection in the wee (urine). It is a common cause of fever in young children.It usually starts in the bladder and sometimes affects the kidneys. A UTI usually develops when germs (bacteria) from the poo, which are on the skin, get into the urethra and into the bladder. This can happen to any baby or child and is not due to poor hygiene.
What could be the reason of child’s bedwetting habit in older age too?
While bedwetting is a symptom of many underlying diseases, there can be many children wet the bed with no underlying diseases that could explain the bedwetting. Primary and secondary bedwetting are the two main types. Primary where child has never missed a night without wetting bed and secondary when there is an underlying cause which could be weak emotional health, UTI, or sleep apnea.
बच्चों में एडीएचडी(ADHD) क्या है?
· एडीएचडी(ADHD) ध्यान घाटे के अतिसक्रिय विकार को संदर्भित करता है और बचपन में एक न्यूरोडेवलपमेंट डिसऑर्डर है। यह आमतौर पर बचपन के दौरान निदान किया जाता है और वयस्कता तक रहता है। इस प्रकार के विकार वाले बच्चे अक्सर एक ही आदेश का पालन करने या अतिसक्रिय व्यवहार करने पर ध्यान केंद्रित करने और ध्यान देने के लिए संघर्ष करते हैं। साथ ही, क्या आप जानते हैं? महिलाओं की तुलना में पुरुषों में एडीएचडी होने की संभावना अधिक होती है।
Pediatrician Debunking baby myths
A pediatrician and a developmental psychologist from the Mount Sinai Parenting Center debunk 16 of the most common myths about raising infants and toddlers. They explain how baby walkers don't help babies learn to walk and how certain toys won't make babies smarter. They also debunk the idea that picking up a crying baby spoils — instead, you should be holding, touching, and snuggling that baby.
Responding Vs Reacting: What is your language of parenting love?
A parent-child relationship is one of the healthiest relationships and communication between both of them is than imperative. It is easy to be reactive as a parent, it is exhausting, along with the many other roles and responsibilities of being the adult. The key is to cultivate a language of love by being respectful and empathetic in our responses. Agreeably, these may not be our natural response, it is almost like learning a new language.
Early childhood education: A silent victim of COVID-19?
The first six years of your child’s life is all about its development. According to a research, 90% of the brain development occurs in the first six years of life. Where parents are equally worried about their children losing out on learning, they can have an opportunity to improve the bonding between the two. This could also be a time where parents could mould the child as they want. A boom or a Ban for you?
Learning while playing, some fun ideas for kids
DIY activities, one of the best ways to challenge your child’s comfort and creativity is by letting them do it themselves. DIYs are really fun for kids but might make them being trapped in the house with mess but hey! Trust us it is all worth it. Creativity is one, secondly it gives them the joy of independence of completing a project, builds their confidence too. Some DIYs can be cooking, painting, claying, and making cards.
Bathing a newborn, things to take care of
You can bath your baby at any time of the day. It’s a good idea to pick a time when you’re relaxed and you won’t be interrupted. And it’s best to avoid bathing your baby when baby is hungry or straight after a feed. If bathing relaxes your baby, you can use it as a way to settle your baby for sleep in the evening. Old is gold, watch this video from around 11 years ago, but nurture all the little thing that the nurse Is saying.
How to know if a child has special needs?
During the first year of a kid’s development, defects in motor function, language, and sensory perception could be detected. Head-banging, self-biting, and other unwanted or extreme responses to circumstances, are in extreme cases. They are more likely to be exposed to trauma, like bullying or else. This are mostly the mental health issues but with a proper support kids from such situation can come out stronger.
Is online schooling giving enough exposure that your child should be getting?
Now since offline schools are not the option, at least for the moment, online schools have started taking up their games. Many schools have now stepped up, despite the troubles they are going through, they have come up with unique ideas and mindfulness programs. But what should they majorly focus on? This could be a great opportunity to emphasize on the STEM education and more.
Kids with regular tummy pain could face appendicitis, is it true?
If your child has difficulty passing gas, stool, having pain around the abdomen, fever and nausea than it could certainly be the case of appendicitis. However, it is less likely to happen at an early age but, not zero. Appendicitis starts as a pain around the child’s belly button and spread in other parts of the abdomen, this happens as a result of infection, or a twist in the appendix as well.
How does kangaroo care affects your child’s health?
The skin-to-skin contact not only has the ability to work out the bonding between the two, but does a miracle of a science in premature babies. According to the expert kangaroo care can regulate body temperature, which also means that a premature baby gets a similar environment as she was getting before birth. In addition, it also promotes better oxygenation in infant with respiratory disorders.
Can endometriosis cause infertility in women?
Do you know that endometriosis can lead to infertility? However, it is still possible to get pregnant with endometriosis. Classified into 4 stages, this is an abnormal growth of the endometrial tissue that lies inside the uterus. The most common site of this disorder is ovaries, fallopian tube and outer surfaces of the uterus. With all the support of science, today it is possible to reach fertility even with such condition.
Ever thought of changing your parenting style once the pandemic is over?
So, what parent do you think you’ll be? The pandemic has given us enough time to introspect, to realise what’s really important to us and what we want to change in our lives. For some of us may think as a turning point of the life others take it as a new beginning of the chapter. Which ever way you take it, remember than your kids would always be your best friend, all that matters is your love and comfort for them which should not change.
