Archive for November, 2009

Be patient your baby in bed!

Gradually, as your baby grows, his moments of sleep decreases. There are two types of sleepers: large and small. No need to worry if your baby likes to stay in bed too. By cons, what if it is an early riser?

baby sleep problem

The fact of getting up early does not always mean that the little hungry. Leave it alone rather ten minutes, maybe he’ll shut up. But if he does not sleep again, a boudoir and some milk in a bottle can fill it. Another tip, so that the baby does not wake up too early, use dark curtains and thick to prevent light of day passes between the slats of the blind. Read the rest of this entry »

What is tokophobia?

The tokophobia means fear of childbirth. Although this phenomenon is not widespread among members of the fairer sex, it is however difficult to deny that many women have this fear of childbirth. Various reasons are behind it, there is the fear of not being able to bear pain, depression, and even previous obstetric trauma, or sexual. The worst is the fear of death.

tokophobia

During the nineteenth and twentieth century until the panic of confinement was due to the high rate of mortality during childbirth, and the bad stories were passed down from generation to generation. Until today, the legacy of tokophobia are far from being eradicated, despite medical advances. Read the rest of this entry »

The bubble children do they have the chance to be healed?

The bubble children born with severe immune deficiency linked to chromosome X. Because of this anomaly, they have severely weakened immune defenses, if any. Impairment is generally due to stem cells from bone marrow generates a problem of differentiation of T lymphocytes and NK cells, or a failure in cytokine synthesis.

bubble children

To preserve the threat of infections, they must live in a highly sterile and isolated. In the 90s, the team of Professor Alain Fischer and Marina Cavazzana than were able to discover that with the reinjection of missing gene in stem cells from bone marrow of these children, they can live normally. Read the rest of this entry »

Easing Baby’s first teeth?

His cheeks are red, he is grumpy, he drools abundance? Obligatory passage of infancy, teething is very painful for babies. Here are some tips to calm … In medicine, you will find a gingival gel for first teeth.

baby first teeth

No alcohol of course, it acts as a local anesthetic. In the same way, moreover, that the teething ring filled with water. Before giving to baby to chew on, then put it in the refrigerator.

Instead of a ring, there is also the option “frozen banana”. The flesh thaws in prolonged contact of his mouth. As for the cold, he should appease his gums. But stay with your child. This will allow you to intervene before the bananas from turning to mush … Read the rest of this entry »