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Delivering a baby is the most important and memorable day in every women's life. Once the baby is born, parents are loaded with number of responsibilities related to the child's health and development. One has to take utmost care of the baby as he is solely dependant on parents for the better growth. Some of the most essential areas of concern for parents (especially mother) are to take care of her diet, necessity and problems. Bathing a baby is again the most critical part of the mother as the body of baby is so small and tender. During the...
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Watch Your Baby Grow It is a pleasant sight to see your baby growing. This growth and development is a result of various physical and mental changes that take place in your baby. In the first year of life, your baby will develop milestones like rolling over, sitting up, standing and possibly walking. Developmental milestones are physical and behavioural signs...
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FEEDING YOUR LITTLE ONEBreast FeedingBreast milk contains everything your baby needs to grow and be healthy. Mother's milk is the best source of nutrition for the first 6 months of a baby's life as it contains appropriate amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, minerals, vitamins and hormones that the infants require. The milk secreted in the first 7 to 10 days called as colostrum, is rich in protein and contains protective antibodies that help in increasing infant's immunity. ...
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Happy Nappy ChangingBesides feeding your baby, nappy changing is another task which consumes much of the time of new mothers. It is very essential to keep your tiny one's skin dry and clean. If diapers are not changed regularly then urine or faeces combined with bacteria will produce nappy rash. To maintain good hygiene, ensure that you change your baby's nappies as and when they...
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Immunization: A Safeguard For Your Child's HealthAt birth, babies have protection against certain diseases as antibodies have passed through the placenta from the mother to the unborn child. Breast milk provides additional antibodies to the baby after birth. But this protection is temporary. The vaccination schedule is announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and it is mandatory to follow this schedule for a healthy baby and healthy society. Immunization (or vaccination) is a way of creating immunity to certain infections by using small amounts of a killed or weakened micro-organism that causes the particular infection. These mi...
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Toy For Your Bundle of Joy Every time you go to market you see a new toy. You get confused looking at it - which one is best suited for your baby. There are some points to be kept in mind while you decide to make a purchase. Playing for babies is entertainment as well as their primary means of learning and developing. These toys give the initiative that helps to develop the reasoning power of your child. So, as your ba...
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Paediatric endocrinologist, Archana Arya, treats obese children at the Centre for Child Health in Gangaram Hospital all the time, but even she was surprised to see a 14-month-old baby weigh 17 kg last week.
The boy's weight should have been between 8 and 11 kg. After ruling out all clinical causes of his obesity — hypothyroidism, pituitary gland disorder or genetic syndromes which may cause weight gain — Arya concluded that the baby was obese because he was being fed e...
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In the era of plastic breasts, fast life and artificial baby feeds and multiple baby pacifiers, breastfeeding is becoming redundant and old-fashioned. Mothers want to maintain their figures like those of celebrities; they care less for their infants and more for their perfect figures.
Breast milk is the most wholesome and nutritio...
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